Sticky Wicket
The Sticky Wicket Croquet Games & Picnic was developed in 1997 as Warrensburgh Historical Society's primary event, bringing together members and businesses of the community for a fun event with a historical perspective, as well as a fundraiser.
Thanks to the generosity of Warrensburg’s businesses and community organizations, the Society offers a picnic at minimum cost. All enjoy an old-fashioned affair with great food and genteel, though sometime intense, competition.
The Sticky Wicket is held annually in August.
In the beautiful setting on the banks of the Hudson River we turn back time for this “old-fashioned” affair.
Thanks to the generosity of Warrensburg’s businesses and community organizations, the Society offers a picnic at minimum cost. All enjoy an old-fashioned affair with great food and genteel, though sometime intense, competition.
The Sticky Wicket is held annually in August.
In the beautiful setting on the banks of the Hudson River we turn back time for this “old-fashioned” affair.
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2018 Winner Karen Hanley
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The Winners' Circle
1997 Jim Kubaryk
1998 Raymond Whalen 1999 Al Leger 2000 Delbert Chambers 2001 Delbert Chambers 2002 Ray Whalen, Delbert Chambers (tie) 2003 Kyle Stonitsch 2004 Al Leger 2005 Arlene Kien 2006 Brendan Hanley |
2007 Ken Stonitsch, Brendan Hanley, Peter Wood (tie)
2008 Richard Stonitsch 2009 Brendan Hanley & Joelle Stonitsch (tie) 2010 Joelle Stonitsch 2011 Katherine Chambers 2012 Brendan Hanley 2013 Brendan Hanley 2014 Katherine Chambers 2015 Joanne Morrison 2016 Al Leger 2017 Karen Hanley 2018 Karen Hanley 2019 Karen Hanley |
The Game
The origin of Croquet may have been in Brittany and Southern France where, in about the fourteenth century, a game called Paille Maille was played. A game called Crooky, a bit more like our modern version of Croquet, was played in Ireland in the early 1800s. The game was introduced to England in the 1850s. The hoops were bent willow rods and the mallets a hard, knotty piece of wood, with a broomstick for a handle.
It was introduced to the United States in the early 1870s, first by high society where it seemed mandatory equipment for every estate. Among the first games to be played by both sexes, it is the only sport in which men and women compete with a similar handicap. At the turn of the century, the game had become so commonplace that a Boston preacher“banned the immoral practice of croquet", as it had become associated with gambling, drinking and philandering. After the First World War, American Croquet became such a fashionable pastime that it was often played in one's backyard in whatever space and layout that was available. May you not encounter a STICKY WICKET!
It was introduced to the United States in the early 1870s, first by high society where it seemed mandatory equipment for every estate. Among the first games to be played by both sexes, it is the only sport in which men and women compete with a similar handicap. At the turn of the century, the game had become so commonplace that a Boston preacher“banned the immoral practice of croquet", as it had become associated with gambling, drinking and philandering. After the First World War, American Croquet became such a fashionable pastime that it was often played in one's backyard in whatever space and layout that was available. May you not encounter a STICKY WICKET!