Bocce can be a game of inches. Whichever ball is closest to the little white ball determines who rolls next or who scores. (THE OREGONIAN) You don't need a referee -- or a football -- to have a field ...

Croquet is typically a friendly game, a backyard competition, a diversion to be pulled out after burgers and before volleyball. But once one player's ball bumps into another's, it's time to whack ...

Regular readers of this column have figured out that golf is a big part of my life. But before golf, there was croquet. Maybe my golf habit has its roots in another sport in which you stand alongside ...

If you've seen serious games of badminton or croquet, you may think that you need a huge yard to accommodate play. But that's not the case. Recreational players -- the folks who will be coming to your ...

It's not summer unless someone slices an amazing shot through a wicket to win the game. This version of the perennial lawn game includes colorful mallets, balls, wickets and a carrying case, so that ...

Doug Grimsley bought his house in Vienna, Va., 13 years ago specifically because, at 15,000 square feet, the backyard could accommodate a full-size croquet court. He hauled in a hundred ...

Gentlemen, it seems, do not bash opponents’ croquet balls into the creek. At least not at the National Croquet Championships being played today and tomorrow at the Puget Sound Croquet Club in Kirkland ...

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