In Praise of Croquet (1 of 2)

22/11/2023

Come now and sing a song of fine croquet!
The pleasure in the running of a hoop!
Step boldly on those fresh green lawns today!

It doesn’t matter just how well you play
Star, novice green or even nincompoop:
Come now and sing a song of fine croquet!

Opponents that you wish would go away
Or visitors you greet from Guadeloupe
Step boldly on those fresh green lawns today.

Ignore the summer weather (cold and grey)
And while you thaw yourself with tasty soup,
Come now and sing a song of fine croquet!

What words or rhymes can possibly convey
That shot that renders players cock-a-hoop?
Step boldly on those fresh green lawns today!

Posh? Vicious? That is hopelessly cliché!
We are a friendly bunch, a happy troop.
Come now and sing a song of fine croquet!
Step boldly on those fresh green lawns – today!

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Hazlemere Recreation Ground, Amersham Road, Hazlemere, Bucks, HP15 7QW

The Recreation Ground is on the A404 between High Wycombe and Amersham. If approaching from the north, travel 400m south from the Hazlemere double roundabout, slow down at Holy Trinity Church on your left and look for a small road on your right with a green and white Croquet Club and Recreation Ground signs. Coming from the south e.g., from the M40 or A40, take the A404 through the centre of High Wycombe. Pass the Royal Grammar School on your left and after one further mile look for the small road on your left with a green and white Croquet Club and Recreation Ground signs.