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Rotorua ready to host world's best

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6 Feb, 2015 07:00 PM2 mins to read

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WORLD CHAMPS: The Rotorua Croquet Club has been hard at work preparing for the World Golf Croquet Championships, which start today. Pictured is club president Dorothy Dyson.PHOTO/STEPHEN PARKER

WORLD CHAMPS: The Rotorua Croquet Club has been hard at work preparing for the World Golf Croquet Championships, which start today. Pictured is club president Dorothy Dyson.PHOTO/STEPHEN PARKER

The Rotorua Croquet Club is all geared up and ready to host the World Golf Croquet Championships, which start today in the Bay of Plenty.

The Rotorua, Whakatane, Katikati and Mount Maunganui croquet clubs will all be hosting matches during the world games.

The finals will be played at the Mount Maunganui club next weekend.

A total of 80 players from 11 countries will compete for the world title, including about 15 Kiwis.

Rotorua Croquet Club president Dorothy Dyson said members had been hard at work preparing for the competition - which was the biggest tournament held at the Rotorua club since it was established 108 years ago.

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She said they put up a fence around their lawns at the Government Gardens this week.

"It has been all go setting up," Dyson said. The temporary fence would also act as protection for spectators and other players, so they did not get hit by the croquet balls.

All five lawns - which will be in action for the next seven days - have been separated by a thick pipe.

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"We also have two temporary sheds, one we are using for an admin building and the other one is for visitors to put their things in."

Dyson explained the croquet hoops, which the balls pass through, were very skinny for the world championships. She said they were only the width of a croquet ball and the side of a bank card.

"That gives you an idea of the quality of the players and the accuracy needed."

Golf croquet is different to association croquet, which is the other main discipline of the game. Golf croquet was a lot quicker.

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"It is interesting because association croquet is the purist form of the game and golf croquet has come in during the past few years, about 10 years ago I think, and has been very popular," she said.

"Golf croquet is a lot quicker and it is not as technical - it is a little bit like test cricket versus one-day cricket."

There are no Rotorua players in the world championships.

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