The WCF Development Programme gets off to a good start

UK based croquet coach, Michael Hague, spent last week end near the magnificent city of Milan, in Lombardy, Italy, but he was not just drinking the Barolo from nearby Piedmont or sampling Osso Buco.

Instead, he had given up his free time to act a coach and leader to an Italian Croquet Federation Golf Croquet Course.

The course consisted of a Friday evening teaching selected Italian players the rudiments of becoming coaches, a Saturday of them then teaching others under his supervision and finally, a Sunday mini-competition to test what they all had learned.

Michael, a retired army Brigadier, said, “The whole week-end was a great success and will undoubtedly play a part in the development of the Italian Federation towards coaching self sufficiency.”