The office of SACA is presently situated in Gauteng in which the incumbent President is resident. The South African Croquet Association promotes interest in the game of croquet throughout South Africa, promotes, holds and manages tournaments at international and national level. The Association also arranges for the National Titles to be played for, where and when necessary, and renders advice and assistance to affiliated associations and clubs when required. Chris Wakeham started playing croquet at Country Club Johannesburg in 2003 under the guidance of Chris Bennett. He played mainly Association Croquet and was starting to improve when he suffered a back injury in 2005 and was unable to play for the next couple of years. Since starting again he has played both Golf and Association Croquet and now has handicaps of 2 & 4 respectively. He was runner-up in the Open Singles Golf Croquet 2010 Highlander Tournament and also came second in the Gauteng Open Door in 2010. He won the B Restricted Level Advanced Association Open Singles event at the 2010 Nationals in Johannesburg,

Chris Wakeham SACA President

Past Presidents

• Ellis Langeveld 2008 – 2010
  
  Ellis Langeveld 1932-02-19 - 2010-10-30
  Ellis was a keen croquet player at Somerset West Croquet Club for over a decade. After taking a leading role in the Management Committee developing the fourth court, he became Chairman in 2006 & in this position hosted some of the World Championship matches in March 2008. In November 2008 he was elected President of the South African Croquet Association and filled this esteemed position until his passing in November 2010.
  
  Ellis was one of South Africa’s top ranking Croquet players. He was a consistent, astute and strong player particularly in Golf Croquet and he held a World Ranking of 178 as the result of his participation in National, Provincial & Club competitions. He was a relative newcomer to Association Croquet which is a more complex game, but he mastered the techniques and strategy of this Croquet discipline.
  
  Ellis was very much involved in the development & promotion of croquet locally and nationally. As President of the SA Croquet Association he built up reciprocal connections with Croquet players around the World & welcomed many overseas visitors to the scenic & excellent playing facilities at the Somerset West Croquet Club. He was extremely well versed in all the Universal rules and regulations of Croquet and was one of South Africa’s Golf Croquet referees.
  During the last 2 years he encouraged local schools to play croquet and the game is already a sport on the curriculum of Somerset College Preparatory School.
  Ellis was always available to coach interested visitors, particularly a group from Macassar who attended one of the club’s regular Open Days. He was proud to be awarded the Department of Cultural Affairs & Sport Western Province 2010 Lifetime Achiever Sport Award which was presented posthumously. This was a first for the sport of Croquet and for Ellis personally.