Editing Roque (section)

==Roque court and equipment==

Roque is played on a hard sand or clay 30 by 60&nbsp;[[foot (length)|foot]] (approximately 9 by 19&nbsp;m) court bordered by a boundary wall, a [[curb]] [[bevel]]led at the ends to form an octagon. Players use this wall to {{Cuegloss|Bank|bank}} balls similarly to how [[billiard balls]] are played off the cushions of a [[billiard table]].<ref name="spring.net rules">{{Cite web
|url= http://www.spring.net/sports/roque/rules.html
|title=Official Rules and Regulations
|author=McGowan, B. C.|work=Roque: The Game of the Century
|publisher=American Roque League
|location=[[Dallas, TX]]
|year=1959
|access-date=2009-06-02
|display-authors=etal}}</ref>

The [[wicket]]s, called arches, are permanently anchored in the court. The arches are narrow as in professional six-wicket croquet. The court has ten arches in seven points configured in a double diamond (or figure-8). The two farthest end points and the central point of the figure-8 are double arches (one after the other) while the four side (or corner) points have single arches. Each arch of the double arches at either end of the court count as a separate arch, but the double arches in the center (which are closer together) are scored as a single arch.  While in nine-wicket croquet the single central wicket opens up to the length of the court facing the stakes, in roque the double center arches face the sides of the court.  Roque uses two stakes: at the head of the court is the "head stake," the other stake at the far end of the court is the "turning stake."<ref name="spring.net rules" />

The [[mallet]]s with which the balls are struck have a shorter handle (approx. 24 [[inch]]es or 60&nbsp;cm) than croquet mallets. One end of the mallet is surfaced with rubber, the other with wood, plastic, or aluminum.<ref name="spring.net rules" />