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25 June 2008 Announcement of the Australian Team for the 2009 Trans-Tasman Test Series
12 June 2008

Entry forms are now available for:
National Golf Croquet Championships & Conditions
National AC Handicap Championships
National GC Handicap Championships

9 June 2008

The ACA Photo Competition is on again

7 June 2008

Photos of the 2008 ACA Executive

A selection of aricles and photos from the June Magazine

4 June 2008 Australia will be hosting the 3rd WCF Women's World Golf Croquet Championship - WCF Press Release
29 May 2008 The National Director of Refereeing (Owen Edwards) has produced the Golf Croquet Referees Manual.
28 May 2008 Information for players regarding Engraving of Trophies
22 May 2008

ACA AC Tournament Regulations updated to include an Impasse Regulation (Reg 16).

Updated information from ASADA on TUE and STUE exemptions now available on our ASADA page.

19 May 2008

An amended Member Protection Policy (MPP) comes into effect on 1 June 2008; information for state associations

The Seeding & Draw Procedures for ACA tournaments have been updated based on feedback from the last nationals.

The ACA has conducted a review of the various aspects of the format of national AC tournaments. The Executive has accepted recommendations contained in that report.
One of the recommendations was the use of a different method of tie-breaking to the current "net points" method. Details on the new method, Block Performance Rating (BPR), are available.

10 May 2008

The Minutes of the Plenary Session and the ACA AGM (Brisbane, April 2008)

ASADA's Fact Sheets have been updated on the ASADA website. The fact sheets are designed to provide players and support personnel with vital anti-doping information.
ASADA information is on the ACA web site.

30 April 2008

The Rules of Ricochet and the Handicapping card (from Queensland). All enquiries should be directed to

21 April 2008

The Minutes of the players meeting (March 2008, Brisbane) are now available.

The latest Australian Sports Drug Medical Advisory Committee (ASBMAC) Thereputic Use Eexemption (TUE) application form can be found on their website at http://www.asdmac.org.au/apply.htm (it is linked to from the ASADA information page on this web site).

19 April 2008

The ACA Handbook (PDF format) - updated at the 2008 ACA AGM

The Guidelines for Golf Croquet results to be included in the World Rankings has changed slightly. We have been advised by Sephen Mulliner that the minimum game time limit has been lowered from 60 minutes to 45 minutes.

9 April 2008 Articles and information from the March 2008 ACA Magazine
27 March 2008 Information from ASADA and WADA on colostrum.
25 March 2008 Results for the Eire Cup and Men's & Women's singles and the Gold Medal
14 March 2008

The 2008 revision to the laws of Association Croquet has been ratified by the four governing bodies of the ILC.  The Laws will take effect in Australia from 1 May 2008.
A summary of the changes as appears in the latest issue of Croquet Australia Magazine.

The new Laws Book may be purchased from your state association.

There are links on the Laws page to the revised edition of the laws (including a marked up copy) and also the official rulings document.

12 March 2008 John Riches (National Coaching Director) has produced a new series of booklets which are available for sale from him
11 March 2008 I encourage people to send me photos showing all aspects of Australian croquet - not just the best players, but all standards. This is not a competition simply a call for photos for the web site.
7 March 2008

Updated Australian Tournament Regulations (PDF)
This is a minor update mainly fixing inconsistent handicapping information

Information from the WCF on the updated World Anti-Doping Code

4 March 2008 Feedback from the Minutes of the Players Meeeting
3 March 2008 Eire Cup teams and order of play
21 February 2008 Dates and the city for the 2009 Australian Open Singles and Doubles AC championships have been announced: Adelaide 31st October - 8th Nov 2009
14 February 2008 Beat the Heat - information flyer from Sports Medicine Australia
7 February 2008 Information from the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Agency (ASADA) on the use of Finasteride and Cannabinoids and the possibility of doping.
29 January 2008 From time to time articles and other information from the ACA Magazine will be made available on this web site.
9 January 2008 The Panel who were tasked with the Enquiry and Report arising out of the events at the Australian Open Doubles on 5 November 2007 have presented their findings. That Report is available for public access (PDF).
31 December 2007

A new ACA Logo has been accepted.

29 December 2007

The winners of the ACA Photo competition and their entries are available.

22 December 2007

Thanks to research by Owen Edwards we now have much more information (format, where played and runners-up) regarding the history of various events: GC and AC. You can find it linked from the Nationals History page.

19 December 2007 Executive Circular No. 3 (PDF)
18 December 2007 Updated information from ASADA on the WADA 2008 Prohibited list
10 December 2007 Seeding & Draw Procedures for ACA Events
3 December 2007 Minutes of the players meeting (held 7 November)
27 November 2007 National Handicapping Regulations for Golf Croquet, and guidelines for inclusion of events in the Golf Croquet World Ranking System are available from the Handicapping page.
5 November 2007 Thanks to Owen Edwards we now have some historical information on the Australian Open Golf Croquet Singles Championships.
1 November 2007 Results from the Australian Open Doubles and Singles championships
28 October 2007 Knockout results from the National Golf Croquet Handicap Singles and Doubles (Deniliquin)
11 September 2007 The CroquetWeb compilation of online croquet-related resources is now incorporated into a single page on the Croquet Australia web site.
17 July 2007

The updated Selection Policy (PDF) is now online

10 July 2007

Revised ACA Pricelist available (PDF).

Information on Golf Croquet Tactics & Teaching Golf Croquet from Christine Pont (National Director of Golf Croquet).

5 July 2007

Executive Circular #2 for 2007 (PDF)

25 June 2007

The WCF have published a set of official rules for Garden Croquet

5 June 2007

The 2007 Laws of Golf Croquet have been accepted by the ACA and are available in PDF format.

29 May 2007

The ACA Anti-Doping Policy (May 2007) is available (PDF format)

20 May 2007

A copy of the ACA Investment Policy [PDF]

ACA Laws Committee ruling on "Partnerless Doubles"

3 May 2007 The minutes of the 2007 ACA AGM [PDF] and the Plenary Session [PDF] are now online
4 April 2007 The current list of elected and appointed officials after the 2007 AGM
27 February 2007 Updated National Handicapping Regulations (PDF) have been released. These supersede any previously released regulations and circulars.
26 February 2007 Results from the Australia vs New Zealand A Series Congratulations to Tim Murphy on his victory and to Kevin Beard also for making the final.
18 January 2007 The first Executive Circular for 2007 is available.
 

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