The Most eXtreme Sport is Coming to Somerset on Grace Bay
January 10, 2007 at 4:20 PM |
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A Turks & Caicos resort is about to bring the heat with the extreme sport that will knock you out while at the same time giving you the most intense rush you have ever experienced...eXtreme Croquet. Yes, you read us right, croquet.
The Somerset on Grace Bay, a luxury beachfront resort, is bringing their eXtreme croquet to guests in March. What's involved?
"Somerset eXtreme Croquet" is played on a six-wicket beach course, a terrain that poses much more difficulty in navigating than croquet's traditionally tightly manicured lawns. The course is laid out in a figure-eight pattern with all wickets being turn wickets, making the passage space for a ball much smaller than a regular wicket. The basic rules and point system of croquet will apply to "Somerset eXtreme Croquet" with extreme variations.
For you croquet fiends we've posted the extreme variations after the jump, but we just thought you should know that an arm wrestling match between team captains is needed to determine who starts the game.
If you are interested in reserving some play time at the Somerset, you can do so through the resort's concierge or by calling the hotel directly. Don't worry, if you're newbie to the sport, the hotel will provide all equipment and a rules book, along with a course diagram.
And if you get sick of eXtreme croquet and need to give your brain and body a break from the intense game high, then kick back and relax on the resort's 4.6 acres of pristine beachfront property, with 54 guest suites complete with fully stocked gourmet kitches and infinity-edge and cross-current music pools. Also feel free to chill out at the resort's very own Somerset Sandcastle University before hitting up the eXtreme course again.
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eXtreme Croquet Rules at Somerset on Grace Bay
Six players, three on each team, set out to conquer their opponents through a series of cut throat plays and challenges. Signature "Somerset eXtreme Croquet" rules and maneuvers include:
* Water Slaughter - This condition occurs when a player roquets an opponent's ball into the ocean. The "slaughtered" ball remains in play. Any stroke used to return the ball to the course counts as one turn.
* The Disruptor - The first player to reach the halfway stake, the Disruptor, has freedom to move one wicket anywhere on the course.
* The Destroyer - The first player to pass through the last wicket without hitting the final stake, the Destroyer, has power to send one player back to the beginning of the course.
* Each player's turn, timed by the referee, must be completed within ten seconds or the turn is lost.
* An arm wrestling match between each team's captain determines who starts the game.
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