Croquet Court Etiquette

Spectator Etiquette

Spectators should refrain from:

• Audible comments

• Offering advice

• Calling attention to any error

• Moving into line-of-play

Players

• Can receive advice from a playing partner only (time must not be wasted on prolonged discussion)

• Should play strokes with reasonable dispatch

• Should not stand or move in such a way as to distract the adversary

• Should ensure all balls are correctly placed if hit off the court

• At the end of play, balls and clips should be made ready for a following game

• Call the umpire to watch strokes, or the position of balls after a ball has been struck, when there is any doubt about the outcome of a stroke

• May not query an adversary’s stroke but may call an umpire to watch subsequent strokes and must inform the adversary of his/her intention to do so. The adversary has no justification for taking offence in this eventuality

• Must inform the adversary at any time of the state of the game on request as each player may need to act as umpire.

(Also refer to relevant pages of Croquet New Zealand Yearbook)