Wine, Wickets & Wheels, the Hayes Presidential Center Fourth of July event comprises two national croquet tournaments:
The Hayes Golf Croquet Championship, a USCA-sanctioned, $1500 purse money tournmanet limited to 16 experienced golf croquet players, and The Supersize Croquet National Championship. Both will be played from July 1-4, 2010 at the Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont, Ohio. See the Goggle Maps link at http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
The invitation and application for Wine, Wickets & Wheels is below:
This is your invitation to….
The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
WINE, WICKETS & WHEELS
Golf Croquet Championship
&
SuperSize Croquet National Championship
at
The Hayes Presidential Center
Spiegel Grove, Fremont, OH
July 1 – 4, 2010
In 2009 the Hayes Presidential Center organized a croquet club sanctioned by the United States Croquet Association. Golf Croquet and SuperSize Croquet tournaments are featured events in WINE, WICKETS & WHEELS, a major fundraiser being inaugurated for the Center and focusing on the Center’s traditional Fourth of July celebrations. WINE, WICKETS & WHEELS also includes a charity Wine Auction and Wine Tasting, Croquet: A Sport Story Exhibit, Collectible Car Show, Wicket Shoot, Community/Family Croquet, and a popular annual concert by the Toledo Symphony Concert Band, complete with Civil War era cannon, attracting 5,000 people!
The Hayes Golf Croquet Championship will be played at the Hayes President Center under World Croquet Federation golf croquet laws, beginning with a brief round of Waterford doubles to seed subsequent singles blocks in separate professional and amateur flights. A total purse of $1,500 is being guaranteed for the first three places of the Pro singles. The Amateurs in this event are all chosen from the new Hayes Presidential Center Croquet Club.
The Supersize Croquet National Championship will be played freestyle using modified Golf Croquet rules on three different roughly oval courses set in separate areas on the site, which comprises more than 25 acres of groves and lawns. The obstacles and variety of terrain and surfaces make the site an ideal one for the free-wheeling challenge of SuperSize Croquet, very much in the spirit of Extreme Croquet.
The Hayes Presidential Center is the first presidential library in the United States, and one of few that has never received Federal funds for its operation. It houses the records and memorabilia of the Rutherford B. Hayes administration (1877 – 1881). The Hayes library boasts a significant collection of genealogical materials. The Hayes Presidential Center also holds the Rendell Rhoades Collection, the largest collection of croquet books and memorabilia in the United States.
Fremont, with a population of 17,000 on the banks of the Sandusky River, just 20 miles south of the shores of Lake Erie, set amidst soybean, wheat, and corn fields, is in many ways a typical mid-American town. Many aspects of the local culture are integrated with the four-day tournament schedule, making it a uniquely memorable event for visiting players and their guests.
Visitors will also have the satisfaction of helping one of the USCA’s newest and most unusual clubs take strong root in this small Midwestern town, on “invisible” courts adjacent to the Hayes Home on grounds state-mandated to be maintained in appearance consistent with the historical period of the Hayes administration.
The croquet events are organized and managed by Mike Orgill, Bob Alman, and Don Oakley, whose Croquet Store is an equipment sponsor of the event, along with key members of the Hayes Presidential Center Croquet Club, which in its first season has grown to nearly 50 members.
For the purposes of this first-time event, the organizers have declared that a Croquet Pro is a USCA member with knowledge of the WCF Laws of Golf Croquet. A maximum sign-up of 16 pros will be considered, within those guidlines.
We hope you can join us for this exciting, history-making inaugural event in the heart of Mid-America on the Fourth of July!
Cordially,
Mike Orgill, President Sonoma-Cutrer Croquet Club
Bob Alman, Editor, Croquetworld.com
Don Oakley, Owner, Oakley Woods Croquet
Kathy Boukissen, Hayes Presidential Center, Director of Development
Registration Form: HAYES GOLF CROQUET CHAMPIONSHIP
Thursday, July 1 Practice Rounds Friday, Saturday & Sunday, July 2-4 Tournament
Professional Player’s Fee: $275 Non-Playing Participant: $175
Professional Player’s fee includes:
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Eligibility for prize money (top three places)
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Opening cocktail party, Wednesday night at the Albrechta-Christy Estate (June 30)
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Lunches, courtside drinks and snacks, Thursday through Sunday
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Saturday Wine Auction, wine tasting, and dinner
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USCA sanction fee
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Tours of the Hayes Museum with Croquet Exhibit and the Hayes Home
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Special tour of the Croquet collection
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Optional local tours of Fremont town, industry, agriculture, and commerce
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Admission to all WINE, WICKETS & WHEELS events
Non-Playing Participants fee includes everything not related to the games:
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Opening Cocktail Party, Wednesday night at the Albrechta-Christy Estate (June 30)
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Lunches, courtside drinks and snacks, Thursday through Sunday
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Saturday evening Wine Auction, wine tasting, and dinner
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Tours of the Hayes Museum with Croquet Exhibit and the Hayes Home
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Special tour of the Croquet collection
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Optional tours of Fremont town, industry, agriculture, and commerce.
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Admission to all WINE, WICKETS & WHEELS activities.
FOR QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Mike Orgill – morgill@sonic.com
Bob Alman – Bobalman@aol.com
____ Golf Croquet Playing Professional $275 ___ Non-Player Participant/Guest $175
Name ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Street Address ________________________________________ City, State, ZIP________________________________________
Phone _________________________ Cell Phone __________________________ Email__________________________________
Send your application with full fee to:
Croquet Tournaments
Kathy Boukissen
Hayes Presidential Center
Spiegel Grove, Fremont, OH 43420-2796
419.332.2081 ext. 26 FAX: 419.332.4952
Make checks payable to: The Hayes Presidential Center Total Amount Enclosed: ________________________
Payment by: _____ Cash _____Check _____MasterCard _____ Visa _____Discover
Card Number: __________________________________ Expiration Date: _______ ______ Verification Code: ____________ (Last three digits on back of card)
Signature: ____________________________________________________
ACCOMMODATIONS & TRAVEL LOGISTICS
Special croquet lodging rates are currently being negotiated. Contact Mike Orgill at 707.547.7146 or morgill@sonic.net for information. For travel information and directions contact Kathy Bouskissen at 419.332.2081, ext. 26 or kbouskissen@rbhayes.org.
Registration Form: SUPERSIZE CROQUET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Thursday, July 1 Practice Rounds Friday, Saturday & Sunday, July 2-4 Tournament
Player Fee: $95 Non-Playing Participant Fee: $60
SUPERSIZE Player’s fee includes:
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Eligibility for winner/finalist trophies
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Lunches, courtside drinks and snacks, Thursday through Sunday
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Tours of the Hayes Museum with Croquet Exhibit and the Hayes Home
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Special tour of the Croquet collection
-
Optional local tours of Fremont town, industry, agriculture, and commerce
-
Admission to most WINE, WICKETS & WHEELS events
Non-Playing Participants fee includes everything not related to the games:
-
Lunches, courtside drinks and snacks, Thursday through Sunday
-
Tours of the Hayes Museum with Croquet Exhibit and the Hayes Home
-
Special tour of the Croquet collection
-
Optional tours of Fremont town, industry, agriculture, and commerce
-
Admission to most WINE, WICKETS & WHEELS activities and events
FOR QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Mike Orgill – morgill@sonic.com or Bob Alman – Bobalman@aol.com
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Wine, Wicket & Wheels Supersize Croquet Entry Application (check all that apply)
#_____ SuperSize Croquet Player $95.00 Total: $_______________________
#_____ Non-Player Participant/Guest $60.00 Total: $_______________________
#_____ Wine Auction Dinner – Sat., July 3 $100.00 Total: $_______________________
(Under a Tent at the Center’s Rose Garden)
#_____ Opening Cocktail Party – Wed., June 30 $15.00 Total: $_______________________
(At the Albrechta-Christy Estate)
Name ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
Street Address ________________________________________ City, State, ZIP________________________________________
Phone _________________________ Cell Phone __________________________ Email__________________________________
Send your application with full fee to:
Croquet Tournaments
Kathy Boukissen
Hayes Presidential Center
Spiegel Grove, Fremont, OH 43420-2796
419.332.2081 ext. 26 FAX: 419.332.4952
Make checks payable to: The Hayes Presidential Center Total Amount Enclosed: ________________________
Payment by: _____ Cash _____Check _____MasterCard _____ Visa _____Discover
Card Number: __________________________________ Expiration Date: _______ ______ Verification Code: ____________ (Last three digits on back of card)
Signature: ____________________________________________________
ACCOMMODATIONS & TRAVEL LOGISTICS
Special croquet lodging rates are currently being negotiated. Contact Mike Orgill at 707.547.7146 or morgill@sonic.net for information. For travel information and directions contact Kathy Bouskissen at 419.332.2081, ext. 26 or kbouskissen@rbhayes.org.
