roque

Roque is a game that evolved from croquet. It is played on a hard-surfaced court with a raised border, using mallets to hit balls through wickets. The game originated in the United States around 1899 as an alteration of croquet.12

Croquet itself has roots in the 13th-century French game paille-maille and was introduced to England in the 16th century. Modern croquet involves players hitting balls through a series of hoops in a specific order. In the United States, lawn croquet uses nine hoops and two stakes on a court up to 40 feet wide and 75 feet long. The objective is for a player to get their ball through all the wickets.2