How to Set up a Garden Croquet Set

Setting Up a Garden Croquet Set

Garden Games offer fantastic Croquet sets through a great range of expert retailers who would all be happy to help you with information on your croquet set.,

If, however, you have just purchased a fantastic new Garden Games croquet set for your garden. it may be helpful to know how to set up all the equipment on your lawn.
A Tournament Croquet Lawn or court is defined as being a rectangle 35 yards by 28 yards. This is 32m x25.6m which makes for a very large space requirement.
Most people simply are not able to fit this within the modern garden. In the domestic setting a ratio of 5 to 4 can be used to set out with in the space you have.
So for example if you set up a court 10 metres the short side of the court should be 8 metres.
When selecting a place on your lawn to play it is best to aim to use a well mowed and relatively flat area with a good coverage of grass.

The better and more flat your lawn the better you will find the game, however if you are setting this up just for fun the odd dip in the lawn can add to the fun.

It is best, if at all possible,to leave a border of clear space around the court to allow players room to swing mallets at the edge of the court area.

I have added a few simple instructions with basic images to help you set up your new garden croquet set.

1. Identify the area you will be using as you court. use the 5 to 4 ratio and try to make it a clear level grass area.

2. Mark out the four corners of your playing court, if corner flags are included with in your set this can be used.

3. Identify the centre of your court by running string across the court from top right hand corner to bottom left hand corner and the same from bottom right hand corner to top left hand corner

4. Where the strings cross place the winning post (centre peg)

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5. Place the Red Topped Wicket or Hoop in line with the centre post (the centre of the hoop should line up with the winning post) but space half way from the court edge and the centre post.

6. Place one of the white topped wickets or pegs in line with the centre post with the same spacing on the other side of the court you should be able to look
through the Red Topped Hoop and see the winning post (in the centre) and through to the White topped Hopped on the opposite side .

7. Place the Blue topped wicket or hoop so that it is on the diagonal line from the corner to the centre peg / winning post and half way between the red topped hoop and the edge of the court in the South East corner of the court.

8. Place the remaining white topped hoop in the same way in the North West corner,North East corner and the South East corners.

Your basic Garden Croquet court is now set up and ready for hours of fun. This is a guide only for Garden croquet. Regulation courts are set up in accordance with the croquet association rules.

If you are seeking advice to set up a tounament standard regulation croquet court would be best to speak to your local club or association..

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