this article was republished verbatim, entirely uncritically in some of the progressive mastheads in Australia, where the new womens croquette champion is from, i'm kind of heartbroken for her.

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[–] manuallybreathing@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

anyway here's an article from people actually care about this sport, and it sounds like they a'l had a pretty nice time

https://www.croquetnetwork.com/croquet-network-home/2023/8/15/unstoppable-gumbrell-is-womens-gc-world-champion

here's a cute video

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-20/canberra-woman-wins-croquet-world-championship/102878208

damn, Jamie seems so threatening 🙄

[–] manuallybreathing@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

it's only just sparked my notice that it's an event from SEPTEMBER

[–] AcidSmiley@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago

It just takes a couple months until the people who have always had a real, deep and genuine care about fairness in women's croquet notice the checks notes literal world championship in women's croquet.