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Category Archives: General Notices
2016 Scoring (Avoiding a Shitstorm of Historic Proportions?)
We all have our own reasons for returning to Chez Nous each year. To enjoy nature and time with family. To reconnect with the ghosts of the past. To recharge and plan our goals for the future. Whatever our priorities, … Continue reading
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Mallet Matters
In an earlier post KJB mentioned that he was having new Mallets made to commemorate his purported 2013 win. Though that win has yet to be officially sanctioned, the celebratory offspring have become real. A series of emails to the … Continue reading
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KJB’s Victory Claim: GM 2013
[Editor’s note: what follows is a lightly edited thread of electronic mail dispatches exchanged in the wake of KJB’s claimed 2013 victory which surfaced on 1/28/2014] Ladies and Gentlemen and all Friends of the Golden Mallet: Pursuant to the rules, … Continue reading
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F.O.P. is Open: 2013
At the end of a week of more-than-90-degree days at Chez Nous, the daytime temperature has finally dropped into the 70s, which is a perfectly reasonable temperature at which one can play croquet. The field of play is officially open.
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1997 Winner
1997 G.M. Winner is DJBII with an average score of 19. Congrats Dan on your second GM! Doug Hoadley came in second with a fairly respectable 17.8. It is to be noted that if he had not played in either … Continue reading
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How the FOP, Even Old #5, Renews Our Spirits!
6/13/97 – TDB came upon LEB shuffling disconsolently [SIC] off of the F.O.P. and he asked gently what was wrong. In a weak + trembling voice she said she had been practicing the side wicket (Old #5) and did not … Continue reading
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1996 G.M. Results
The Grand Matron (L.E.B.) was the winner of the 1996 Golden Mallet for the 2nd time in its illustrious history. Congratulations G.M. [In TDB’s hand]
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Order of the Hat of the Golden Mallet
[In TDB’s hand] At a small ceremony held on December 25, 1991 at the winter headquarters of the Order of the Golden Mallet, four time champion Tom Beeby was presented with a Golden Mallet hat by aspiring G.M. player Todd … Continue reading
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22nd Year of the Mallet – DJB Wins 1991
22nd year of the Mallet “Semper Paratus et Mallatum” 72nd year of Colfax, “CSOTPH” 79th year of the Cottage [Chez Nous] 1st game will be number 298 [in TDB’s hand] DJBII was the winner of the mallet in 1991 with … Continue reading
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Historical Note
5/28 Historical Note – the 2nd came of this date was the 212th recorded game on the fields of play. TDBeeby Keeper of the Rolls
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