Lakewood Croquet Club

BRIGHTON, Ontario – Oakley Woods Croquet, manufacturers of fine croquet equipment for the traditional six- and nine-wicket games, recently introduced the first official pieces of equipment designed specifically for the game of extreme croquet. A specially designed low-cost eXtreme mallet is currently available, with a line of specially-designed balls due early next year.

Don Oakley of Oakley Woods Croquet, announced the new line of extreme equipment in a recent email to a number of clubs:

To all eXtreme Croquet players,

After visiting your website and reading the news contained on the front page, I felt obligated to provide you with a follow up story.

It is with thanks to the eXtreme players who have contacted Oakley Woods Croquet (www.oakleywoods.com) that we have recently added a new croquet mallet to our product line. Far from the “Toys-R-Us” quality, is our “EXTREME” croquet mallet. It features a solid ash shaft 36″ tall with an octagonal upper section for a sure grip, and a head made from a solid billet of virgin white high density polyethylene. The head is 2-1/2″ in diameter and measures 8-1/2″ face to face. This mallet designed and priced for the budget-conscious and serious croquet player. So as not to taint this message with the issue of money, you can learn more about it and our other products at our website or go directly to the mallet page at www.oakleywoods.com/mallets.htm

With respect to your balls, we have noted the problem of broken balls with the more aggressive players. We have replacement balls of two types, the 3-5/8″ wood composite ball you are probably familiar with as well as a solid plastic ball of slightly smaller size at 3-5/16″. We are currently developing a solid plastic ball of the larger size which should be ready for the 2000 playing season. Stay tuned for more information on that.

If there is any way in which Oakley Woods Croquet can be of further assistance to the eXtreme Croquet players, we are all ears.

Sincerely,

Don Oakley
Oakley Woods Croquet
Mail to: inquiries@oakleywoods.com
Web site: www.oakleywoods.com
Telephone: (613) 475-3541