I was driving past the Canberra Croquet Club and these lovely ladies (Pat, Margaret, Ada & Nora) were playing their weekly game and I just had to share their story! They told me how the croquet club “was made in 1927 for the wives of the poly’s [politicians] to give them something to do.” They play every Tuesday and Saturday and have been doing it for years. The aim of the game is to get the most balls through the hoops. “We play with 2 people on a team and swap teams regularly, because it can become a vicious game” [when trying to defend the hoops by knocking the opponents ball out of the way]. “Once your team scores, you put a clothes peg on the hoop and the most pegs at the end wins.”
They’re in the process of organizing a tour and doing some new album stuff. Be sure to keep an eye (and ear) out for these guys. Check them out on myspace 
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