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“It s good exercise and you’re meeting people,” she said. Playing at the Croquet Masters throughout the country kept her in touch with others in the sport further north and helped in getting some of them to Southland for competitions. About half of the 78 players at this week s championships in Invercargill have been visitors from Nelson, Ashburton, Timaru, Queenstown and Dunedin. Ashburton player Eva Kircher, 85, of the Waireka club, has been involved in croquet for 10 years after keeping active in tennis. She used to play tennis four or five times a week until a minor thumb problem made her start thinking about another leisure time activity. ....