The Croquet Association is the largest governing body for croquet in Great Britain, with a domain covering England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, and is responsible for selecting the Great Britain team.

It is a member of the World Croquet Federation and is pleased to host the 2010 MacRobertson Shield. 

Welcome from the President of The Croquet Association

Congratulations from The Croquet Association to all the players selected for their teams and a very warm welcome to them and their supporters.

This is only the seventh time since its inception in 1925 that the MacRobertson Shield has been held in England. Our members have been hugely looking forward to hosting this supreme challenge for teams from Australia, New Zealand and USA as well as Great Britain.

The MacRobertson Shield is the Association Croquet World Team Championship and this year, for the first time, the event becomes the pinnacle of two additional tiers in the World Team Championships. We, and the World Croquet Federation, are delighted that players from many other countries have travelled to England to take part and we wish them well.

Such a major sporting enterprise has involved a lot of hard work by volunteers and on behalf of The Croquet Association I would like to thank the members of the organizing committees, chaired by Colin Irwin and Stephen Mulliner, and all the enthusiasts at the venue clubs who have been tirelessly trying to ensure that when the croquet world looks back at these championships it will be with some pleasure, whether their team won or not.

Quiller Barrett