croquet wicket 2003

rosanna gusler · Post by **rosanna gusler** » Fri May 30, 2003 10:44 am

http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/wancheseart this years wicket for the croquet fundraiser for pocosin arts. ferro enamels between float. adinkira symbol for transformation of self. rosanna

Mimi Rivera Vellek · Post by **Mimi Rivera Vellek** » Fri May 30, 2003 1:44 pm

What wonderful wickets!! They should raise a ton of money. Thanks for posting them.

charlie · Post by **charlie** » Fri May 30, 2003 2:03 pm

aren't wickets smacked with large wooden balls, and possibly a mallet? are these for decoration or meant to be used? if the latter, isn't using glass a poor idea?

rosanna gusler · Post by **rosanna gusler** » Fri May 30, 2003 2:33 pm

the balls go under the wicket. the copper/glass one got bought by a croquet nut last year and is his queen wicket, it is doing fine. this years is a platter in a temperary wooden wicket frame. after the tournament, they can remove the platter as the frame is held together with thumbnuts on bolts. rosanna

charlie · Post by **charlie** » Fri May 30, 2003 2:36 pm

rosanna gusler wrote:the balls go under the wicket. the copper/glass one got bought by a croquet nut last year and is his queen wicket, it is doing fine. this years is a platter in a temperary wooden wicket frame. after the tournament, they can remove the platter as the frame is held together with thumbnuts on bolts. rosanna

theoretically. don't they also hit the posts pretty hard? i can remember lofting a few too, but the last time i played was when i was about 8, and the fun was just bashing them hard

rosanna gusler · Post by **rosanna gusler** » Fri May 30, 2003 2:59 pm

yes they do hit fairly hard. at the laet year event i did have to step in and de mallot a couple of unsupervised 8-10 year olds. boy were they mad. rosanna