Croquet Canada - Roquet, Triple Peel, Hoop, and Mallet

<BODY> <BLOCKQUOTE> <H3 ALIGN=CENTER>Welcome to Croquet Canada's www site.</H3> <STRONG>Viewing this page requires a browser capable of displaying frames.</STRONG> <P> <STRONG><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica">Welcome !<BR>Croquet Canada's National Website</FONT></STRONG> <P> <FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial,helvetica"><STRONG>Croquet Canada (CC) is the national association representing players and clubs across this great nation of ours. Formed in 1987 through persistence and hard work by William B. Prentice and Bill Langstroth, CC has come a long way and has made inroads coast to coast and world wide. </STRONG></FONT> <P> <FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial,helvetica">In 1997, we were pleased to announce that His Excellency, the Right Honourable Roméo LeBlanc, P.S., C.C., C.M.M., C.D., Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, has accepted our invitation to be the organization's patron! Also in 1997, a Canadian won the U.S. Open Croquet Championship after winning the Canadian Open the year prior. This year, 1998, represents the first that a Canadian contingent will venture forth to the UK for what we hope is a long standing tradition of team events in International play.</FONT> <P> <STRONG><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica"><A HREF="news/history.html">A History of Croquet</A></FONT></STRONG> <P> <FONT SIZE="2" FACE="arial,helvetica"> <STRONG>Croquet is believed to have been first played by thirteenth century French peasants who used crudely fashioned mallets to whack wooden balls through hoops made of willow branches....</STRONG></FONT> <P> <STRONG><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica"><A HREF="ccmenu.html">Croquet Menu</A></FONT></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica"><A HREF="tournaments/main.html">Croquet Tournaments</A></FONT></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica"><A HREF="news/main.html">Croquet News</A></FONT></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica"><A HREF="clubs/main.html">Croquet Clubs</A></FONT></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica"><A HREF="members/main.html">Croquet Members</A></FONT></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica"><A HREF="rules/main.html">Croquet Rules</A></FONT></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica"><A HREF="learn/main.html">Croquet Learning Centre</A></FONT></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica"><A HREF="equipment/main.html">Croquet Equipment</A></FONT></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica"><A HREF="guestbook/main.html">Croquet Guestbook</A></FONT></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica"><A HREF="contact/main.html">Contact Croquet Canada</A></FONT></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica"><A HREF="links/main.html">Croquet Links</A></FONT></STRONG><BR> <STRONG><FONT FACE="arial,helvetica"><A HREF="main.html">Main Croquet Page</A></FONT></STRONG> <STRONG><FONT SIZE="5"><A HREF="http://home.netscape.com/comprod/mirror/client_download.html">Download Netscape</A> or <BR> <A HREF="http://www.msn.com/ie/ie.htm"> Download Explorer</A> </FONT></STRONG><BR> <BR> You may click the <A HREF="ccmenu.html"><STRONG>MAIN MENU FRAME</STRONG></A> to see the index. </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY>