{"id":9152,"date":"2023-07-22T13:23:57","date_gmt":"2023-07-22T20:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=9152"},"modified":"2023-07-24T10:34:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T17:34:04","slug":"mondo-croquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=9152","title":{"rendered":"Mondo Croquet and Mad Hatter Party"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I ran across these guys in the park when I moved here 20 years ago. It looked like a Mad Hatter dinner party, so I pulled over. There were all these strange folks dressed in wacky clothes and playing croquet with bowling balls and sledgehammers. I watched for a bit and enjoyed talking and learning about these folks playing something they called Mondo Croquet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mondo Croquet is regular croquet, but with\u00a0bowling balls and sledgehammers. I noticed that they had a small pile of cracked open bowling balls, so it&#8217;s definitely a contact sport. It is also carried out with players wearing costumes and stylings of a late 1800&#8217;s English lawn or mad hatter style party. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was started by Stephen Peters in 1997. Read more here in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/connect.oregonlive.com\/user\/pacarlin\/posts.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Oregonian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f3N6jy2UunE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anyway, they&#8217;ll be having their <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/calagator.org\/events\/1250480605\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/calagator.org\/events\/1250480605\" target=\"_blank\">FREE annual 2023 Mondo Croquet World Championships and Mad Hatter Picnic this Sunday, July 30, 2023 from noon\u20134pm<\/a> in the north park blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pull on your British Lawn Whites, your Ham Sammmich costume, your Spock ears or perhaps just your sunglasses and get ready to smack some balls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What to bring?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>something cold to drink<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a chair to set a spell<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>a snack to share with the Mad Hatter Picnic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have one, a sledgehammer is handy, but we come equipped with enough hammers and bowling balls so no worries. In fact, you can just come and watch if you&#8217;d like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We do suggest you can turbo-up your fun by dressing appropriately, or appropriately inappropriate. Need some suggestions? Check out past photos:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mondocroquet.com\/photos\/\">https:\/\/mondocroquet.com\/photos\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I ran across these guys in the park when I moved here 20 years ago. It looked like a Mad Hatter dinner party, so I pulled over. There were all these strange folks dressed in wacky clothes and playing croquet with bowling balls and sledgehammers. I watched for a bit and enjoyed talking and learning about these folks playing something they called Mondo Croquet. Mondo Croquet is regular croquet, but with\u00a0bowling balls and sledgehammers. 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