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The University of British Columbia Croquet Society (officially known as the Croquet Society of the Alma Mater Society, and also known as the UBC Croquet Club), was a student recreation club founded in 2003 at UBC's Point Grey campus. Colloquially known as Croqsoc [crock-sock], the organization held friendly matches and tournaments throughout the school year, in a variety of croquet formats and locations. Four tournaments of differing disciplines allowed players to accumulate points towards the year-end championship. The student with the most points was awarded the [|Wile Cup]. The UBC Croquet Club was not renewed for the 2009-2010 school year.

Croquet Society is Born
On September 7, 2003, on a day-trip to the U.S., Daryl Wile, Corey Fischer, and Kevin Nickel discussed the idea of formulating a croquet club through the UBC Alma Mater Society (AMS), the school's student society. Upon returning to Canada, Wile recruited other close friends and roommates to join his Executive Board, the would-be operating council of the club. After Wile filed the necessary paperwork with the AMS and completed an in-person discussion on the merits of having a croquet club at UBC, the Croquet Society of the Alma Mater Society was born on September 14, 2003.

The upcoming UBC Clubs Days would be Croqsoc's opportunity to attract students to the fledgling club. A strong membership drive would allow Croqsoc to purchase additional croquet sets and awards for tournaments, and gauge the ability for hosting social gatherings on campus. Clubs Days turned out to be an incredible success for Croqsoc, as it was backed by an excellent table location and an eye-catching 4-foot cardboard cutout featuring Brad Pitt from the motion picture Fight Club (changed to Croquet Club).

Tournaments
The school year was broken down into four disciplines: Traditional, Oxford, Xtreme, and team-play. Traditional is also known as 9-wicket croquet.

Croqsoc Not Renewed
Dwindling support, coupled with sparse management, is detrimental to any sports league. The UBC Croquet Society was no different. As time passed, the passion and vigor to which Croqsoc was founded on and known for, disappeared. Running a club is no simple task. You need dedicated individuals who are ready to sacrifice time and effort. As students become more entrenched with scholastic issues as they near graduation, a fresh crop of enthusiastic underclassmen is needed to breathe new life into an aging Executive. Unfortunately for Croqsoc, this did not occur. The Executive had all but graduated, and there was little to no interest in finding replacements. As such, the club's application for renewal was not submitted, and with that, the Croquet Society of the AMS folded.