SEATTLE, WA - Just moments after clinching his fourth Champions Cup victory and first win since 2000, spectulation began as to whether “Mr. Fantastic” Kevin Sutton would be traveling to Perkasie, Pennsylvania for the 2005 Pennsylvania Open, scheduled for Saturday, August 6th. Such spectulation is based on the elusive Triple Crown, victories in the Gary Coleman [...]
Monday, July 18, 2005
EVERETT, WA – Less than 24 hours before his defense of the Champions Cup, 2004 winner Brian “Gurgles” Johnston was struck with a suspicious case of food poisoning, courtesy of a questionable Indian buffet lunch July 15th. Johnston had dined at an all-you-can-eat lunch buffet in the culinary capital of the Northwest, Everett. Though initially [...]
Sunday, July 17, 2005
SEATTLE, WA - The Lakewood Croquet Club celebrated the tenth edition of its Champions Cup, extreme croquet’s premiere annual event, with television cameras, challengers from the University of Washington’s Honors Croquet League (UWHCL), the much heralded returns of “Money” Mark Stibbe and Dr. Lily Van Patten (who together travelled more than 6,000 miles to take [...]
Thursday, July 14, 2005
SEATTLE, WA – Less than 48 hours after his seemingly miraculous come-from-behind victory at Saturday’s Poison 2 event, Lakewood Croquet Club (LCC) legend “The Franchise” Jeff Gepner admitted to a variety of underhanded tactics in that win. In a series of emails exchanged with Brian S. Johnston III and LCC President Kevin Sutton, obtained by [...]
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
MARYSVILLE, WA - Just days before Champions Cup X and his opportunity to defend his crown as Cup winner and Lakewood Croquet Club Champion, Brian S. Johnston III sat down for an exclusive pre-Cup interview. Never one to shy away from controversy, Johnston shares his thoughts on his position as champion, how he’s prepared for [...]
Monday, July 11, 2005
PERKASIE, PA - The Lakewood Croquet Club today announced the return of the annual Pennsylvania Open event to the William J. Cherry Croquet Grounds in Bucks County, PA. The event, scheduled for Saturday, August 6th with a 1pm EST start time, will be the sixth annual edition of extreme croquet’s premiere East Coast championship.
Monday, July 11, 2005
MARYSVILLE, WA - More than five years since the inaugural edition of the Lakewood Croquet Club’s poison-rules event, aptly titled Poison, a second edition of the unique competition was held as a lead-in to Champions Cup X, set for the following week. Defending Cup winner and LCC Champion Brian S. Johnston III welcomed competitors to [...]
Saturday, July 9, 2005
TREVOSE, PA - A grassroots campaign has appeared in recent days in an effort to help bring civility and restraint to the Lakewood Croquet Club’s annual Pennsylvania Open event, which in recent years has been plagued by increased cheating and conflict amongst competitors. The campaign, titled “Get Jimmy Back!!” is centered on bringing back former [...]
Saturday, July 23, 2005
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