Aussie Rules Croquet - 9. Once the correct hoop is run all the balls become alive again. Fun with Social Distance 10. After a hit the striker plays the two 1. Aussie Croquet, initially called bonus shots from the position so Ricochet, was developed as a achieved. training game in South Australia. 11. Bonus shots do not accumulate; The flexibility of its rules suits it for rather, the aim is to build breaks COVID-19 challenges - it’s a fun from a sequence of bonuses. game with in-built social distance. 12. Bonuses and Breaks make the So in health terms R0➪ ​ game great fun 2. The Coach who invented it, John 13. Each ball must run each hoop in the Riches, stresses its role as a training correct order and then hit the peg. method;yet its popularity has grown 14. Each hoop and the peg score one and Queensland, Victoria, New point for that player. South Wales, ACT and America all 15. The player with the most points after have thriving tournaments or club one hour precisely will be the matches. winner. 3. As in Golf Croquet, an Aussie Rules 16. When a player’s turn ends they must Singles game plays Blue, Red, immediately vacate the lawn and Black, and Yellow balls in that order; retire to their corner until their next Blue and Black play Red and Yellow. turn. 4. Each ball is started in turn by being 17. Players are always 2 +metres apart hit from midway through its first hoop 18. A short game is to run hoops into the lawn. 1,2,3,4,5,6, and hit the peg with both 5. All subsequent hoops are run balls (14 points) “normally”. 19. Unlike the AC Code there is no 6. Once all balls are in play the striker croquet stroke. can choose any one of his/her balls 20. Unlike the GC code, in “Aussie” to play at the start of each turn. croquet each ball must run each 7. Each turn is one shot unless bonus hoop. shots are gained. 21. If the striker ball goes out of bounds 8. The Striker ball earns bonus shots the turn ends. when: 22. Any balls hit out of bounds are a. it runs its next hoop in the measured to the yard line and right direction and order played back into the game from (One Bonus Shot) there. b. When it hits any of the other 23. If no contact is made with the ball balls (Two Bonus Shots) (an air shot) it is a stroke as in AC. c. Hitting any subsequent ball during the turn gives a further two bonus shots providing no object ball is hit more than Hassocks Croquet Club May 2020 once per turn. AWR