All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club are invited to become members. The patron of the club is Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, and the President is The Duke of Kent. The Club was founded by six gentlemen at the offices of "The Field" on 23 July 1868 at the height of a croquet craze as the "All England Croquet Club," and held its first croquet competition in 1870. Its original ground was situated off Worple Road, Wimbledon. Croquet was very popular there until the then-infant sport of lawn tennis (a game introduced by Major Walter Clopton Wingfield a year or so prior, and originally called "Sphairistikè") was
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