Carole Jackson

(South Africa)

Carole started playing AC croquet in 1980 following a spinal fusion which stopped her from playing squash.  She has been involved in the running of croquet in South Africa on and off since 1983 and is currently President of that Association.

First selected to play for SA in 1982 against the USA in Palm Beach, again in 1983 and in 1995, she also played in the 1994 World Association Croquet Championship in Chester.  She is the current holder for the second year running of the South African AC Open Singles Championship.  It is only in recent years that Carole has taken up Golf Croquet and she is the current holder of 'The Level Best', an invitation event for the top twelve GC players in South Africa.  She played in the first Women's GC Championship in Cairo in 2005 and the second in Dublin in 200, winning the plate event.

Carole has two married sons and four grandchildren.  Her youngest son Andrew has represented South Africa three times in croquet.

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