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Date: 8/12/2026
Subject: Croquet Break - What's in Your Croquet Bag?
From: United States Croquet Association



CROQUET BREAK
provided as a USCA member benefit.

August 12, 2026
Reprinted from May 11, 2022

WHAT'S IN YOUR CROQUET BAG?

by

Debbie Davidoff

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For croquet tournament players, that "Tournament Bag" is an essential piece of equipment. This is a bag, permanently packed, that goes to the tournament and is full of items that you might need for any situation encountered on the lawns.

 So...here we go with "What's in Your Croquet Bag?".... Debbie's bag includes the following:

 1.        Mallet wrench

 2.        Rain gear, including rain gloves, jacket, pants hat, shoe covers, and extra poncho in case somebody else needs it

 3.        Baseball hats in case its windy and the brimmed hat won't stay on and chin strap for the brimmed hat

 4.        Medicines - Tylenol, Advil, Voltaren, and Thermacare heat patch

 5.        Chapstick

 6.        Ball markers, coins, and turf repair tools

 7.        Up to date Rule Book

 8.        Snacks - nuts, protein bars, turkey sticks

 9.        Name tags

 10.      Sunscreen

 11.      Small caddy towel to keep my mallet handle dry in rain

 12.      Cell Phone

 13.      Extra layers - vest, sweater - in case the weather turns

 14.      Sun sleeves

 15.      Tide Stick —- it takes out red wine on whites!!!

 

Sounds pretty heavy, but it’s worth it to have everything necessary at the drop of a hat. What's in your bag?
 
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Debbie Bag
Debbie Davidoff is a former lawyer and Fortune 50 Executive who has fallen in love with croquet in her (early) retirement. She is a USCA certified Level II Regional Referee and Instructor. Debbie has been actively involved in teaching and program development as President of the Highlands Strikers at Highlands Country Club, NC and is also a member of The Plantation at Ponte Vedra Beach and The Ponte Vedra Croquet Club. She currently serves on the USCA Golf Croquet Committee and is one of the founders of the Women’s Golf Croquet Academy.
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