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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Publisher: Washington, New York, Brentano'oSubjects: French languageNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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Game, set and match! Want to know more about forehands, volleys and how to hit a winning serve? Follow the expert advice of the "Wimbledon Junior Tennis Initiative" and pick-up top tips and techniques with real-life students, Megan, Helen, Chloe and Nathan. Before you know it you'll be ready to play on centre court at Wimbledon! ... Read more

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These are the complete and official rules for the six wicket grass croquet played in the United States under sanctioned USCA tournament formats.This is the 2006 revision of the rulebook and current as of January 2010.
The Six Wicket Croquet rules include a number of
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: English Croquet Players, French Croquet Players, New Zealand Croquet Players, Scottish Croquet Players, Jack Osborn, Compton Mackenzie, Henry Hugh Gordon Stoker, Robert Fulford, Chris Clarke, Ian Lines, Lily Gower, Johin, Waydelich, Aumoitte, Phillip Drew, Isaac Spratt, Jeff Dawson, Reginald Bamford. Excerpt: Jack R. Osborn (March 17, 1929 May 12, 1996) was an American croquet champion and founder of the United States Croquet Association. Osborn was born and raised in San Francisco, California. Osborn started to play croquet regularly in the 1960s in New York, later to be the headquarters of the United States Croquet Association (USCA) during its formative years in the late seventies and early eighties. In 1987, Osborn moved the USCA and the Croquet Foundation of America (CFA) south to headquarter in the midst of his strongest contingent of patrons in Palm Beach, Florida wealthy and retired enthusiasts who started the croquet boom in Florida. The state still has the biggest croquet population. It was Jack Osborn's vision, marketing saavy, energy, and sheer dogged determination that brought together five clubs in 1977 to form the nucleus of the United States Croquet Association. Although the sport had long flourished in the Commonwealth countries, croquet had devolved to a backyard pastime in the United States, and there were no agreed-upon rules. One of the first orders of business of the new association was to hammer out compromise rules acceptable to all five clubs - Green Gables Croquet Club, Palm Beach Croquet Club, New York Croquet Club, Wasthampton Mallet Club, and the Croquet Club of Bermuda. Since then, the list has grown to nearly 400 member clubs with 3500 members, and the rules have survived with minor periodic adjustments. The p... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=9775135 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Northern Ontario Business, published by Laurentian Business Publishing, Inc. on May 1, 2001. The length of the article is 984 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Hockey and the art of croquet.
Author: Michael Atkins
Publication: Northern Ontario Business (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 2001
Publisher: Laurentian Business Publishing, Inc.
Volume: 21Issue: 7Page: 4

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Croquet Project was an international effort to promote the continued development of the Croquet open source software development kit for creating and delivering deeply collaborative multi-user online applications. Implemented in Squeak Smalltalk, Croquet supports communication, collaboration, resource sharing, and synchronous computation among multiple users. Applications created with the Croquet Software Developer's Kit (SDK) can be used to support highly scalable collaborative data visualization, virtual learning and problem solving environments, 3D wikis, online gaming environments (MMORPGs), and privately maintained/interconnected multiuser virtual environments. ... Read more

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Chapters: Robert Fulford, Chris Clarke, Ian Lines, Lily Gower, Isaac Spratt, Jeff Dawson, Reginald Bamford. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Robert Fulford (born 1969) is a leading English croquet player who has dominated the sport since the turn of the 1990s. Born in Colchester, England, he started to play croquet at his local school at the age of 15. Fulford has a light attitude towards the game, often travelling from cheap hotel or homes of local croquet players to the next because he only makes about £8000 a year from the sport. One tournament yielded him a lawnmower. He is an alumnus of the University of Durham, where amongst some of his friends he had the nickname 'fluffy' He supplements his sporting career by working for a stone merchants in Thurrock in Essex. Robert has become a CPA and it is not clear what effect, if any, this will have upon his sporting pursuits. Robert also coaches croquet, particularly in Australia and the Chattooga Club in North Carolina. Robert has made croquet videos with Australian croquet expert Kevin Brereton in which Robert teaches both basic and advanced break tactics. He has won the world championship 5 times: Fulford has also won the Presidents Cup eight times (1989, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2008 and 2009), the Open Championship nine times (1991, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008) and the Men's Championship three times (1990, 1998, 2006). Fulford playing style includes the ability to play a range of shots. His tactic of peeling an opponent's ball through hoop 1 makes a triple peel as hard as possible for the opponent. His sextuple peels are also more frequent than those of any other player. Robert Fulford uses an Irish grip and employs "casting" about three times before each shot. He ha...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=454463 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club, Grimsby Tennis Centre, Centre Court, Hurlingham Club, Queen's Club, Thames Ditton Lawn Tennis Club, No. 2 Court, Abbey Lawn, Edgbaston Archery and Lawn Tennis Society, Old College Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, No. 1 Court, Devonshire Park Lawn Tennis Club, Edgbaston Priory Club, Nottingham Tennis Centre, Old Hill Tennis Club. Excerpt:The Abbey Lawn in Bourne, Lincolnshire , England , is a centrally-located space used as the principal recreation ground in the town. The cricket , tennis , bowls , pétanque , and football clubs play their home fixtures here. The hockey club practices here, though it now plays its fixtures on an all-weather pitch elsewhere. " The Lawn " is the site of the Bourne Outdoor Swimming Pool and its associated facilities. Origins Though all or most of the land once formed part of the estate of the canons of Bourne Abbey and the swimming pool originated as one of their fish ponds , the present form of the Abbey Lawn and its name derive from the 18th century development of a sheep lawn as an adjunct of the house built by George Pochin, the then lord of the manor of Bourne Abbots. His house was on the site of the claustral buildings of the monastic abbey which had been dissolved in 1536. A sheep lawn was among the gentry , the equivalent of an aristocrat 's deer park . While the part of the Abbey Church which had been used by the parish was retained, the buildings formerly used by the canons were demolished wholly or partially except where a current use could be found for them. Much of the site was therefore vacant around the period of landowner prosperity and investment which arose in relation to the agricultural enclosures of the 1766 Act of Parliament which related to most of ... ... Read more