retaken (if in fact it has been taken), except when croqueting another ball; all players have the obligation to point this out. Acts of Dog: If a player's ball is relocated by an unleashed dog, it shall be played from the location the dog releases the ball. If the ball is released out of bounds, then the ball shall be played from the point (after adjusting for a mallet width from the boundary) it was removed from the field. Dynamic Starting Order: After lagging to the stake for starting order, the players exercise the option to go or not go in order of closeness; after each player goes, the remaining players re-choose who goes next in the same order. Extreme croquet locations Extreme croquet dates back to the 1920s, when fashionable people built courses with sand traps and other hazards in California and on Long Island. The world's oldest extreme croquet club was founded 1975 in Sweden. The first documented extreme croquet matches in the United States took place in Friendswood, Texas, around 1995. A group of college kids looking for a bit more excitement than the traditional game could offer began to test the boundaries of the sport. Boston University is the home of BU International Extreme Croquet Society. The organization was founded in 2008. On April 5, 2010 BU Today featured a film on the club. The Northwest Arkansas Nonprofessional-professional Extreme Croquet Association, or NANECA utilizes both urban and natural settings for its free flowing extreme croquet. Dubuque, Iowa is well accepted as the national epicenter of extreme croquet. The midwest town boasts two competitive extreme croquet leagues. ADCA (All Dubuque Croquet Association) was founded by Norman Charles Freund in 1982 and DCA (Dubuque Croquet Association) was founded by Norman's youngest heir, Gabriel Martin Freund in 2003. Both leagues have been featured in national publications. Articles "A Short History of Croquet" introduction to croquet "EXTREME CROQUET" The history of Extreme croquet from the Quicksilver Magazine "Extreme Satisfaction" feature article in Washington D.C. CityPaper about extreme croquet "Pardon, But My Last Shot Seems to Have Spilled Your Beer" from the San Francisco Chronicle "With Mallets Aforethought" from Smithsonian Magazine References Croquet