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TRIUMPHANT: Players from Typos Croquet Club participated in the B-Section of the Eastern Cape Golf Croquet Classic (previously the Allan Wilson Classic) in Port Alfred. The doubles team of Linda and Rob Penhall, pictured, won the Open Doubles and Handicapped Doubles. Rob also made it through to the Open Singles semi-finals, while Les McLachlan, in her Croquet Classic debut, earned a spot in the Handicapped Doubles semi-finals Picture: CAMERON KRETSCHMANN

Typos Croquet Players Triumph

Wendy Kretschmann

CAMBRIDGE BOWLS AND CROQUET CLUB

Croquet great fun for all ages

Arguably the most memorable illustration of croquet (pronounced ‘crow-kay’), was depicted by Lewis Carroll in ‘Alice in Wonderland’. The self-indulgent Queen of Hearts chose to use hapless flamingoes as mallets for striking dubiously…

Wendy Kretschmann