SEATTLE, WA – Another year, another failed attempt by Oregon’s Ironman Croquet League (IMC) to cross the state line with a Lakewood Croquet Club (LCC) title in tow. The IMC made it’s most aggressive push to date this year, sending a six-player contingent north in hopes of returning with the Poison championship belt. The group [...]
Sunday, August 17, 2008
SEATTLE, WA – Mr. Brian S. Johnston III continued to build momentum heading into the 2008 season finale, Champions Cup XIII, notching his third win of the year at Poison V, Saturday, August 16th at Mount Baker Park in Seattle. The victory was not an easy one, as he had to battle his way past [...]
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
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SEATTLE, WA – The Lakewood Croquet Club will host its fifth annual Poison championship on Saturday, August 16th at Mount Baker Park in Seattle. The event, the final LCC Major prior to the end-of-the-season Champions Cup, marks the club’s second foray into the Mount Baker neighborhood (June’s Gary Coleman Memorial Team Challenge was also held in [...]
Saturday, August 5, 2006
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Wednesday, July 7, 2004
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SEATTLE, WA – Lakewood Croquet Club President Kevin Sutton made his first major appearance since taking office last week, delivering his State of the Club address before top LCC brass at the organization’s headquarters. Sutton was direct in addressing a number of recent issues, including the resignation of former President Brian S. Johnston III, “Queen [...]
Monday, July 5, 2004
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SAN FRANCISCO – In what may prove to be the biggest shocker in an already tumultuous croquet season, Lakewood Croquet Club superstar “Queen of Croquet” Lin Cherry renounced her affiliation with the club and signed a long-term deal with the rival San Francisco Extreme Croquet Club (SFECC). It is believed that Cherry’s move is the [...]
Tuesday, August 11, 1998
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TACOMA, WA – The 1998 Champions Cup featured a special appearance by a bonafide croquet celebrity… Ken Little, winner of the 1998 WACCOS Fourth of July Tournament. Little offered stories of past WACCOS events, the history of their club’s championship, and discussed the current state of his struggle to gain possession of the WACCOS Traveling [...]
Sunday, August 17, 2008
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