SEATTLE, WA – In an unexpected, shocking turn of events, LakewoodCroquet.com has obtained a copy of an email secretly sent by the Lakewood Croquet Club’s (LCC) resident curmudgeon Brian S. Johnston III to Ironman Croquet (IMC) head Brandon Lasher, offering to “be your goon” and “[knock] other competitor’s [sic] balls out of contention so that [...]
Saturday, August 5, 2006
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MERCER ISLAND, WA – The following is a statement released to the press earlier today from the office of Lakewood Croquet Club President Kevin Sutton: “It is with great sadness that I announce today the Lakewood Croquet Club is launching a full-scale investigation into allegations of treason, sedition and Cup fixing against former LCC president and [...]
Wednesday, August 2, 2006
SEATTLE, WA – Former Lakewood Croquet Club (LCC) President and Champions Cup IX winner Brian S. Johnston III took his frustrations over the scheduling of this year’s Cup public with a series of scathing MySpace comments and three melodramatic voicemails left for LCC rival “King of Qualifying” Tom Carmony. Johnston, along with all top LCC competitors, [...]
Monday, July 31, 2006
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MARYSVILLE, WA – Lakewood Croquet Club (LCC) Officials today announced the return of the Club’s annual poison-rules match, Poison 3, to the Johnston Croquet Grounds in Marysville this coming Saturday, August 5th at 7pm. The invitation-only event is a fast becoming an annual Pre-Champions Cup tradition, as top LCC competitors look to hone their skills [...]
Saturday, July 23, 2005
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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
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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 [...]
Tuesday, July 12, 2005
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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 [...]
Sunday, May 8, 2005
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SEATTLE, WA – The tenth annual edition of the Lakewood Croquet Club Champions Cup, extreme croquet’s premiere event, takes place Saturday, July 16th at Gas Works Park in Seattle. As in past years, the event is expected to draw competitors from a variety of extreme croquet organizations, as well as a number of newcomers to [...]
Sunday, October 3, 2004
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Champions Cup IX, held for the second straight year at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, was clearly destined to be a watershed moment in Lakewood Croquet Club (LCC) history. The year prior marked the first time the Cup had ever been claimed by a non-LCC competitor, as the San Francisco Extreme [...]
Saturday, August 5, 2006
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