Anyone for croquet?

At our latest Steampunk Gathering there was croquet, I missed it because my car broke down and I arrived too late (missed the Tea Duelling as well, drat!)
I would love to learn to play it as it seems quite gentle and easy.
Does anyone here play?

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No but I would love to, because as you say it seems easy and gentle.I have played kids croquet, with G/C don"t know if that counts.

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Yep - I wouldn't mind being the Alex Higgins of Croquet

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i have tried potato croquets.............quite nice.

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Is that the couch potato version Robert?

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ouch !

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Looks fun to me. Not sure there are any rules are there? Don't you just hit a ball and try to get it through the hooped pegs? I mean it was made for old fogies who struggle to remember what day it is, to keep them occupied when they would be a bother otherwise. You just whack away, smile and be happy.

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Two balls Mark, I believe you need two balls 😉

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How can you hit 2 balls with one stick?

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You put one behind the other I think, each player has two different colour balls. I'm off to study the rules! There is a fairly local club, I may look into joining if it doesn't cost much. Other than that I'd have to mow the grass!