The Inaugural Dubai Croquet Session

What to do on a humid April weekend in 2021 during a pandemic?

The committee was formed, PIMMS was poured. Mallets were unsheathed.

Setting up took rather less time than procuring supplies for the big day.

Tensions were running high as teams debated choosing golf, association or plain old pirate croquet.

It soon became apparent the other team had a ringer.