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
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 Now defunct, professional basketball had been replaced in Grand Rapids by the no longer active Grand Rapids Flight.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