Roque 366850 220537539 2008-06-20T10:16:08Z D C McJonathan 468266 /* See also */ moved incorrectly placed data and format '''Roque''' is an American variant of [[Croquet]] game (the name was derived by removing the first and last letters). Roque was an event at the [[1904 Summer Olympics]] in [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[United States]]. The American Roque League was founded in [[1916]]. It is played on a rolled sand court with permanently anchored wickets. The [[mallet]]s with which the ball is struck have a shorter handle (approx. 24 inches) and the ends of the mallet are faced with stone. It is still played at [[Chautauqua, Illinois]], [[Omaha, Nebraska]], [[Angelica (village), New York|Angelica, New York]], and [[Gallup, New Mexico]]. Roque, and most particularly the mallet used in the sport, features heavily in [[Stephen King]]'s novel ''[[The Shining (novel)|The Shining]]''. A chapter in [[John Steinbeck]]'s novel [[Sweet Thursday]] also describes a rivalry that arose among the town's residents over the game of roque. == See also == *[[Roque at the 1904 Summer Olympics]] *[http://www.spring.net/sports/roque/rules.html Roque rules] [[Category:Former Olympic sports]] [[Category:Croquet in the United States]] [[da:Roque]] [[de:Roque]] [[fr:Roque (sport)]] [[it:Roque]] [[pl:Roque]] [[pt:Roque (desporto)]] [[sv:Roque]]