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CroquetWade

Wade Hart. I build the digital infrastructure for Queensland croquet: one connected ecosystem where every piece feeds the next, from a Facebook ad to a world ranking.

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$ whoami
CroquetWade. Wade Hart. I build and run the digital infrastructure for Queensland croquet, so clubs and the association spend their time on the game, not the admin. Built for one state association, available to others.
$ cat ideals
  • Enjoy croquet. Whatever you're doing as a player, volunteer, coach or referee, enjoy it with enthusiasm.
  • Keep it simple. Outcomes over complexity. Do less admin and play more croquet.
  • Hit our aims. Purposeful decisions. What positive outcome will this bring? Do things that advance croquet.
  • Cooperate for croquet. Tolerance is expected. Not all people get along, but well mannered people can cope with that. We are here to enjoy croquet.

the ideals and the six aims →

$ ls built/
  • # strengthen admin and internal operations
  • myCroquet The member platform for Queensland croquet: a small permanent core — passwordless login, your own details — carrying self-contained modules for handicaps, events, club admin and committee voting. Each module is visible only to the people it serves — a member sees a quiet little site, a secretary sees membership tools, a committee member sees the decision register. Each person's myCroquet is exactly as large as their responsibilities, and no larger.
  • Membership system The statewide member list: who belongs to which club, kept current. For the association and every club. It gives one accurate list instead of a spreadsheet per club.
  • Document storage A club's constitution, policies and minutes kept in one place. For club committees. The documents survive the secretary's laptop.
  • Meeting transcription Record a committee meeting and receive structured notes. For club secretaries. It gives minutes without an evening at the keyboard.
  • MyCroquet ecosystem wiki A public reference gathering every MyCroquet module in one place. For clubs, committees and anyone wanting to see how MyCroquet fits together. The whole ecosystem, factually explained, kept current as modules change.
  • # promote croquet externally
  • News site The public news home for Queensland croquet, structured for search. For anyone following the game, and clubs wanting their stories carried. Club news reaches past the clubhouse noticeboard.
  • Newsroom A submission and editing desk with an approval step. For volunteers who write, and the editors who check. Anyone can submit; nothing publishes unreviewed.
  • Share tool Dictate a match report or upload photos from the lawn; the voice-to-text knows croquet terms. For players and club reporters. It gives a match report without the retyping.
  • Newsletters Email newsletters assembled from the news site, sorted by member postcode. For members; each club can also send its own. News arrives sorted by where the reader lives.
  • CroquetTV The video home: matches, coaching and club footage. For players and clubs. Croquet video in one place, not scattered across personal accounts.
  • Gala day pipeline A club submits a gala day once. For clubs running events. The article, the email campaign and the flyer follow from that one submission.
  • # grow and engage members
  • Come & Try One sign-up website covering every Queensland club, matched by postcode, with SMS reminders and a follow-up email sequence. For people deciding to try croquet, and the clubs that receive them. It gives a shared front door; no club needs to run its own page.
  • Advertising Paid social campaigns for player recruitment, tracked from the ad to the sign-up. For associations that need new members. It gives a measured cost per new player, not a guess.
  • # support clubs
  • Club websites A website built for a club from a short discovery conversation and a set of templates. For clubs without a webmaster. It gives a current website with no volunteer required to maintain it.
  • Committee wiki Governance, legal, insurance and role guides for club committees. For secretaries, presidents and treasurers. The answer exists before the crisis does.
  • ClubHub A forum connecting club committees across the state. For committee members. Clubs learn from each other instead of working alone.
  • Grants portal Grants indexed with application help and the local contacts for each club's area. For clubs seeking funding. The grant search is already done.
  • # develop skilled play
  • World rankings World croquet rankings integrated with grade-over-time charts. For competitive players and selectors. It gives a player their history in one chart.
  • Handicap system Handicap submission and tracking with trend charts; large movements are flagged. For players and handicappers. It gives handicaps with a paper trail.
  • Tactics & commentary corpus Match commentary recorded, transcribed and indexed, with the tactical advice extracted; includes a written notation for recording play. For players studying the game, and coaches. Tactical knowledge that lived in commentators' heads, made searchable.
  • Coaching courses in development Online training courses for coaches and referees. For associations facing a coaching and refereeing shortage. Accreditation that doesn't wait for a face-to-face weekend.
  • Bamford simulator A playable croquet physics simulator with a practice opponent. For anyone curious, and players preparing for competition. Play on a screen; study tactics against an engine.
$ purpose
One connected ecosystem, not a pile of standalone tools. A Facebook ad becomes a member. A voice note becomes a news article. A gala day becomes an email campaign. Every piece feeds the next. Queensland is the working case study; everything here runs there today.
$ services
  • Membership & participation growth Analysis of who you have now and a plan to grow it.
  • Marketing & communications How an association reaches new people on a volunteer budget.
  • Digital presence & websites An assessment of your current footprint and a plan that runs without technical staff.
  • Grant application support Finding the right funding source and writing a competitive application.
  • Governance review An independent look at board structures, practices and documents, with findings in writing.
  • Strategic planning A structured process that ends in a plan the organisation actually uses.
  • Event & tournament operations Planning, risk and volunteer coordination for a significant event.
  • Player, referee & coaching pathway design A structured progression from beginner to accredited.

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