Croquet New Zealand currently have two full time staff members who carry out the day to day operations to ensure the strategic outcomes are achieved. They are supported by several volunteer operational committees. More on the committees can be found here.
Chief Executive – Dallas Cooke
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Dallas was appointed the position of Chief Executive from 1 April 2026.
Dallas has been playing and involved with croquet for over 40 years, serving on the CNZ Executive and Board and Finance, Audit and Risk Committees during this period, also holding administrative positions at both clubs and Association levels. She has represented CNZ in both Association and Golf Croquet international championships plus Trans-Tasman Competition. Dallas has also help run many tournaments at all levels alongside her father.
A member of a well-known croquet family with parents Geoff & Phyllis Young, and daughter Ashley all competing at top level croquet along with husband Keith who is very handy on the lawn. They have two other daughters, one who prefers playing Tennis and the other looking after her rescue Greyhound.
Sport Development Officer – Greg Bryant
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Greg joined CNZ in the Sport Development Officer role in 2013. Initially as a contractor, the role became full-time from 2016 as croquet continued to see the benefits of his work.
Greg is currently one of the top Association Croquet players in New Zealand. Being first introduced to croquet in the late 1970s at the Brightwater Croquet Club in Nelson, Greg quickly rose up the ranks and earned his first international selection in 1990.
He has represented New Zealand in 6 individual AC World Championships, 5 AC Trans-Tasman series (including 1 as captain and winning 3) and played in 5 MacRobertson Shield series (winning in 2014). Through his sustained success at national level, and his international accomplishments, Greg was inducted into the Croquet New Zealand Hall of Fame in 2020.
Greg currently leads the development area of croquet which focuses on the national secondary school programme, youth development, coach development and player development. He contributes a wealth of croquet knowledge to the role which has enabled much of the success on the world stage in recent years.
