Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke (croquet player) Chris Clarke (born 1971 in Lancashire) is an English croquet player who has been ranked among the world's top players since the late 1980s. He now represents New Zealand. Chris has won two World Championships in Association Croquet, in 1995 and again in 2008, six AC World Team Champs and one GC World Team Champs. 2008 was perhaps Chris's finest year, overtaking previous world champions Robert Fulford and Reg Bamford to regain the position of world number one player, which he held for in excess of 16 months. He also reached the semi-finals of the WCF
Grand Rapids Hoops Grand Rapids Hoops The Grand Rapids Hoops was a basketball team that played in the Continental Basketball Association, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Their first season was in 1989, and their final season was in 2003. Now defunct, professional basketball had been replaced in Grand Rapids by the no longer active Grand Rapids Flight. The Detroit Pistons' minor league affiliate, the Grand Rapids Drive, currently serves as the city's professional basketball team, playing their games at the DeltaPlex Arena. The team started and played in the Continental Basketball Association until the league folded in 2001. They joined the International Basketball