WELCOME TO CROQUET QUEENSLAND
Croquet Queensland is the registered name of Croquet Association Queensland Inc (CAQ), a non-profit organization.
The object of CAQ is to promote, organize and develop the sport of Croquet in the State of Queensland.
CAQ, at January 1, 2008, has forty-five (45) Member Clubs, all of which are autonomous incorporated Croquet Clubs. These Clubs are designated into geographical regions. The members of these Clubs are CAQ Registered Players.
The general control and management of the affairs, property and funds of CAQ is vested in the Management Board. The Board consists of the Office Bearers (President, Vice President and Treasurer), and Regional Delegates (each also representing the interests of the Members and Registered Players in their region).
The Board delegates some of its powers to elected or appointed subcommittees or Specific Duty Officers.
CAQ is a member of the national Croquet organisation, Australian Croquet Association Inc (ACA/Croquet Australia).
An interesting team mallet sport, Gateball, while not strictly a croquet game, comes under the auspices of CAQ, who have registered the name, Gateball Queensland.
Important Notice
Email Changes
Please untick the Logon using Secure Password Authentication
people with a croquetqld.org email address please make these change
incoming mail server change from mail.croquetqld.org to mail.pattersonsoftware.com
and you need to use ssl
Here are Instructions for different programs
Apple Mail (recommended for Mac OSX)
- Open Mail, go to the Mail menu, and click on Preferences...
- From the menu bar at the top, choose Accounts. You can have multiple accounts defined, so choose the relevant one from the list on the left. Make sure that the Incoming Mail Serveroption is set to mail.pattersonsoftware.com Click the Advanced tab under the menu bar, and check the Use SSL box. When it is checked the port number next to the option should change from 143 to 995. In the Authentication drop-down box, choose Password.
Outlook Express 6.0
- Go to Tools|Accounts, choose your e-mail account and click Properties.
- Under the Advanced tab, check This server requires a secure connection (SSL).
- Click here for pictures of your settings
Outlook XP/2003
- Go to Tools|E-mail Accounts. Choose View or change existing e-mail accounts under E-mail and click Next.
- Click on the name of the e-mail server and choose Change.
- On the Internet E-mail Settings screen, click on More Settings and choose the Advanced tab in the dialog box that comes up. Check This server requires a secure connection (SSL).
- Click here for pictures of your settings
Thunderbird 1.5 (recommended for all platforms)
- Choose Tools|Account Settings.
- In the Category list on the left-hand side, choose Server settings, and choose SSL in the Security Settings section.


