Sport

KCC goes down the rabbit hole for whimsical day of croquet

By Matthew Kappos

Jan 20, 2026

Val Mulholland, Carmel Sheehy, Raylene McDonald and Alan Lindsey were among the croquet players paying tribute to Alice in Wonderland. Photos: Jordan Townrow.

There were no mallets made of flamingos and the balls were not hedgehogs, but otherwise, Kyabram Croquet Club did its best impression of Alice in Wonderland this week.

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Club members dressed in colourful regalia to pay homage to the Lewis Carroll story and the Queen of Hearts’ unconventional croquet game, the event coinciding with Campaspe Shire’s ‘Wonderland on the Murray’ events.

Free Press photographer Jordan Townrow fell through the rabbit hole on Friday morning, and emerged among the players at Kyabram Croquet Club.