Croquet

Kathryn Cherry needs to step up to another level when she plays in a New Zealand Croquet invitation event in Palmerston North later this week.

Croquet is the sport that united Lynley Browne's family and kept a common interest through five generations.

The New Zealand president of the World Croquet Federation refused to give thieves the combination to his apartment safe before he was killed in Thailand.

The last bisque has been taken at the Balclutha Croquet Club, as the club has been wound up after surviving for 90 years since its inception.

Douglas Taylor retired from serious competitive croquet eight years ago but he still enjoys a hit-out at the Punga club, which celebrated its centenary at the weekend.

New Zealand will be attempting to win the MacRobertson Shield, the top teams event in world croquet, for the fourth time in England this month.

The two best players in the history of Otago croquet fought out a titanic battle at this week's 80th Otago championships at the Forbury Park lawns.

Dunedin composer Anthony Ritchie will have music ringing in his ears when he makes his world championship debut at Palm Beach, Florida, in May.

Dunedin composer Anthony Ritchie struck the right chord when he retained the national Edwina Thompson Silver Tray Invitation title in Hawkes Bay last week.