United States Croquet Association of croquet, including information on starting a club and on local contacts to instruct and advise you. They will also gladly offer advice, print resources, and consulting on lawn construction and maintenance. In 1977, Jack Osborn organized five Eastern clubs (including the Westhampton Mallet Club, Croquet Club of Bermuda, Green Gables Croquet Club, New York Croquet Club, and Palm Beach Croquet Club) into the United States Croquet Association (USCA), and wrote a new rule book for an American version of the six-wicket sport called American Rules croquet. It was Jack Osborn's vision, marketing savvy, energy, and sheer dogged determination that
Hoops (band) Hoops (band) Hoops are an American indie pop band from Bloomington, Indiana. Hoops began as a solo project for musician Drew Auscherman. In December 2011, this first version of Hoops debuted with the song "Commercial", followed by a dual-song release called "Avian Way" later in the month. Auscherman recruited the rest of the band members in 2011 while they were all juniors in high school, however, they had all been friends since sixth grade. After Auscherman's solo Hoops releases of "Rosie's Garden" (2012) and the full-length "Little Pleasures" (2014), the full-band Hoops released their first tape titled "Tape #1" in