CNZ Merit Awards (Association Croquet)

Merit Award achievement standards are acknowledged by the award of Merit Award badges to qualifying players. These awards give players goals to mark their progress as they develop their Association Croquet skills.
The awards are achieved by players while winning games in handicap or level play tournaments.

Bronze Merit Award:

Awarded for the first occasion in a tournament that a player completes a break of 10 hoops or more, with or without bisques.

Silver Merit Award:

Awarded for the first occasion in a tournament that a player makes a break of 12 hoops or more, without bisques. (Hoop points can include peels on partner ball, and peg points count.)

Gold Merit Award

Awarded for a triple peel.

Platinum Merit Award:

Awarded for a sextuple peel

Conditions.

1. The awards are only available for singles games, played on full-sized (or approved near full-sized) lawns, where the player is victorious.
2. Silver and Gold awards cannot be claimed if bisques were used to set up or play the award-winning break or to tidy up any leave.
   
3. The awards can be achieved in handicap games.
   
4. Each award can be won once, and a lower award cannot be claimed after first claiming a more advanced award.
   
5. It is the responsibility of a player to be aware if he/she has made the requisite standard. However, tournament managers should know the criteria and ensure players are made aware if they have achieved an award during a tournament.

Merit Award badges can be claimed by application to Croquet New Zealand