Backyard croquet rules pdf

When we first started playing croquet, we set up the court to fit in our backyard. But I wanted to know more about the official size of a croquet court, and how I could scale that to fit in the space we had.

So after hours of research, this is what I’ve come up with.

The international rules of association croquet state that the court must be 105′ long by 84′ wide. No wicket may be within 21′ of the outside boundaries of the court.

Six wickets will be used in total, two set 21′ feet from the center stake, and the others 21 feet from either edge in the corners of the court.

That’s a little confusing to just read it that way, so I’ve made some charts and diagrams to show the exact layout.

There are also a lot better ways to play croquet than using the international court layout, which I’ll show you next.

You can group most forms and variants of croquet into two categories, six wicket and nine wicket croquet.

American croquet, association croquet, and golf croquet all use six wickets and have similar court layouts, but use differe

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