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Sticky Wicket 2023

21 years of Sticky Wicket 

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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.
Sticky Wicket 2022
Well, Sticky Wicket did not turn out quite as we expected but we sure had a lot fun playing in the light rain.

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​
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 Han;ey

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2018 Winner Karen Hanley

The Game

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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!

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  • Home
  • About
    • Board of Directors
    • News
    • Contact
  • Programs
    • Past Programs
    • Enrichment
    • Current Calendar
  • Museum
    • Hours and Directions
    • Past Exhibits >
      • Curiosities in the Museum
      • Winter Toys
      • The War to End All Wars
      • Paul Gurney
      • 2016 Exhibits
      • 2015 Exhibits
      • 2014 Exhibits
      • 2010 Exhibits
      • Bicentennial Exhibits
    • Reviews
    • Videos
    • Greeters
  • Events
    • Sticky Wicket
    • Graveyard Walks >
      • Past Graveyard Walks
    • Floyd Bennett Day
    • Event Tickets
  • Members
    • Become a Member
    • Renew Online
    • Business Members
    • Resources >
      • Local Historical Societies, Museums and Libraries
      • Geneology Resources
  • Quarterly
    • WHS Quarterly Archives >
      • Quarterly 1996 - 1999
      • Quarterly 2000 - 2009
      • Quarterly 2010 - 2019
      • Quarterly 2020 - 2029
    • Thurman Quarterly Archives >
      • THS Quarterly 1963 - 1969
  • Book Corner