Last year I wrote this story about my first encounter with croquet. I am re-publishing the story. I have posted new photos but my feeling about the sport remains the same.
And now the story ---
Some decades ago I played football and was taught that croquet was a girly-man sport.
After spending four hours photographing the Starr Family Mansion Croquet Tournament on Saturday I have changed my opinion about croquet. This is in part due to the information provided to me by seasoned croquet sports photographer Scott Brunner.
Its true! I now find a well executed ROQUET CROQUET every bit as exciting as the scoring of a touchdown. This sport can knock your socks off as evidenced in the photograph of Richard Anderson.
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