https://tv.croquetwade.com/videos/watch/562f80bf-8088-4fca-97cb-fd298ffc5390 Originally published on YouTube by Britclip. Watch the original: https://youtube.com/watch?v=D1oCb6W2Wnc Collected as part of the Queensland croquet video library — an ad-free archive of croquet content from across the web. — One from the archives - From 2001, the World Singles Croquet Championship Forget everything that you may have heard about croquet. It is not all cucumber sandwiches with the crusts off; more like a highly tactical war with the gloves off. Forget too, all the claptrap about the game only being played by elderly buffers on the vicarage lawn. It is no longer British Raj, long cool Pimms and peppery Colonels. Rather like golf used to be, croquet is perceived as a game for the elite, not the masses. Like all games, croquet is simple when reduced to its most basic. It consists of a lawn measuring 35 yards by 28, six hoops, four flags, and one peg that stands in the middle of the six hoops. All the players need knowledge of angles much the same as those needed to play snooker or billiards along with the strategic elements of chess. And like so many other sports when played at the highest level, it takes just one mistake to expose the jugular to your unforgiving opponent. 64 of the Worlds top players descend upon the Hurlingham Club in South London for the singles World Championships. Like the Olympics, the event happens every four years. The week-long championships are played over several venues, with the final providing an enthralling climax with South African Reg Bamford retaining his crown. These are the rushes from the day. Tue, 12 May 2026 01:42:14 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tv.croquetwade.com https://tv.croquetwade.com/lazy-static/avatars/293cf0d4-dbb6-4e2a-902b-411aa419403f.png https://tv.croquetwade.com/videos/watch/562f80bf-8088-4fca-97cb-fd298ffc5390 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tv.croquetwade.com/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.