Scottish Short Croquet Championship 2004
29 August 2004, Ballathie House Hotel
[Editor's note: This event was scheduled to take place at Dunkeld, as in previous years, but the hotel there had a double booking and found us an alternative venue further down the Tay.]
We had a fairly enjoyable day at Ballathie apart from the regular showers and the length of the grass. The grass not having been cut to an acceptable level for a croquet competition meant that play was difficult and bisques, if used properly, could assist greatly in getting round.
There were six entrants - Maria Limonci, Joe Lennon, Martin Stephenson, Brian Smith, Alan Wilson and myself. Maria came third with two wins and hoops differential of +7. First and second place were closely contested by Joe and Alan, both with four wins but Joe coming out top with a positive hoops differential of 23, 3 more than Alan.
Geoff Caldwell