Top New Zealand croquet players made the trip to north for an inaugural Northland premier tournament over the weekend.
The two-day invitational singles golf croquet tournament, the first of its kind held in Northland, saw players from Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Counties Manukau and Waikato/King Country descend on Whangārei's Kensington Croquet Club.
![Kerikeri's Kevin Hall was one of the marquee players on Saturday. Photo / Michael Cunningham](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/QVSB3RLFNJ7GKIY56465INN6HQ.jpg?auth=4fb104d25224916c16e97e4ac9279987f160da1b347bd11b12a6819b63f5bd66&width=16&height=12&quality=70&smart=true)
Golf croquet differs from the more formal association croquet by removing more technical rules and allowing for a more social format.
The weekend competition, restricted to the sport's premier players, featured 12 players with most inside New Zealand's top 50 ranking as well as 16-year-old Northland representative Jonny Halton.