Steve Jones (Coach/Manager)

Steve began his croquet career in Cheltenham, England, before shifting to New Zealand in 1982. There he won the NZ Open in 1996 and 4 Open Doubles titles as well as playing in 4 Trans Tasman Tests and 4 MacRobertson Shields. Steve was also World Champion at Sonoma in 1989, and in 1997 wrote a book on croquet “Peel Appeal”. After jumping the ditch in 1999 he was reserve for the 2006 Australian Mac team, before becoming Australian Team Coach in 2007. In real life he is Business Development Manager for a marketing company in Brisbane and, more importantly, spends as much time as possible travelling the world, drinking Italian coffee and wine, as well as (and sometimes at the same time as) boating and fishing!