How Did the World Crokinole Championship (WCC)™ get started?
The desire for an annual world crokinole championship is not a new idea. As early as the mid-1890s, crokinole clubs and ‘circles’ had become popular in many Ontario communities (see The Crokinole Book by Wayne Kelly, pp. 8, 70-1). Numerous attempts to organize leagues and tournaments throughout other parts of Canada, Great Britain, and the United States appear to have been short-lived through the first two decades of the 20th century, but during the 1920s and 30s, as crokinole popularity seemed to experience a revival, more organized efforts began to yield results. One of the world’s most long-standing crokinole clubs first saw the light of day in 1927. Ontario’s Preston Crokinole Club-organized that year with a charter and detailed rule manifesto-has been operating continuously down to the present. And while not organizing large tournaments with any great frequency, members of this club have most certainly been avid crokinole boosters and have supported countless tournament events ove
