Lakewood Croquet Club

PERKASIE, PA – One of the most unexpected surprises of Champions Cup 2000 was the introduction of a state-of-the-art mallet by Larry Moss. Known only as the “Big Basher,” the device measured more than four feet in length.

Moss reportedly spent months prior to Cup 2000 designing and field testing the model. The mallet, unlike any seen in extreme croquet previously, employs a custom PVC head and striking faces and a solid wood broom handle as a shaft. The finished product more closely resembled the type of mallet used in traditional circus sideshow strength contests than anything previously seen on a croquet green. Lakewood Croquet Club officials scrambled prior to Cup 2000 to determine whether or not the mallet was legal for play.

“We didn’t know what to make of it,” claimed LCC President Brian S. Johnston III. “I’ve never seen anything like it. The LCC Board of Directors were on the spot; we had to render a decision one way or another, and given the innovation of Mr. Moss’s mallet, we elected to allow its use.”

“The LCC is the premiere extreme croquet organization in the world today simply because of things like this,” continued the President. “Our members continue to push the envelope and take this sport to places it has never been before. In my book, people like Larry Moss are the definition of ‘extreme’.”