Scottish Croquet Association 
5 August 2006, Glasgow
Eight players met at Kelvingrove to contest this year's Scottish Golf Croquet Championship. The competition was played as all-play-all single 13-point games.
The trophy was retained by Jamieson Walker, who has now won this event three times in succession.
29 July 2006, Meadows
The higher handicapped players had the better of it this year with Joe Lennon just pipping Mark Elliot. There were seven players in all, which meant that two people (Mark and Jamieson Walker) had five games while the others (David Appleton, James Hopgood, Joe, Tony Whateley and Ian Wright) only had four. The games were 14-point, time-limited to 90 minutes, played to advanced rules with bisques, the lift hoops being 3 and 5. David was the most likely player to try the double peel but in fact he twice chose to make five hoops and leave all the balls in or near to corner four in an effort to extract bisques. This was a partial success in that he won one game and lost the other. Joe prevented the tactic by taking his first ball round and pegging it out; that was a complete success.
Thanks to James's mother for making lunch for us all!
David Appleton
Results
Lennon (4/4) beat Appleton 14-7, Hopgood 13-9, Wright 14-6, Whateley 14-2
Elliot (4/5) beat Appleton 14-7, Hopgood 10-5, Walker 10-9, Whateley 11-8
Appleton (2/4) beat Walker 14-3, Wright 14-8
Hopgood (2/4) beat Walker 10-9, Whateley 14-2
Walker (2/5) beat Whateley 10-9, Wright 14-3
Wright (1/4) beat Elliot 14-5
Whateley (0/4)
15-16 July 2006, Meadows
A maximum field of fourteen players gathered for the 2006 Scottish Open, being WCF President and 2005 runner-up David Openshaw, 2006 England Home Internationalist Samir Patel, 2006 Scotland Home Internationalists David Magee, Chris Dent and Bruce Rannie, erstwhile MacRobertson Shield player Martin Murray, Lancashire stars Dave Nick and Bob Burnett, German visitor Joern Vinnen, Lancashire's Ray Lowe and four more SCA representatives David Appleton, Fergus McInnes, Brian Murdoch and Martin Stephenson. Eleven of us, plus Eileen Magee and Jacqueline Openshaw, had gathered at “La Partenope” Italian restaurant for the pre-tournament dinner, a highly successful idea, allowing play to continue well into Saturday evening if necessary – thirteen for dinner worked very well.
22-23 July 2006, Meadows
The Scottish CA beat the Welsh CA 12-8 at the Meadows Club, Edinburgh, to regain the Celtic Shield. Conditions were fairly difficult with very fast and dry lawns - unusual for Scotland.
8-9 July 2006, Glasgow
As last year, the Summer Weekend attracted 10 players, but this time the handicaps were lower, ranging from 1 to 16 rather than from 3 to 20. Five of last year's contenders were back, all with altered handicaps: Fergus McInnes (3.5), Jim Taggart (6, though he played off 5 on the first day by mistake), Jamieson Walker (7), James Hopgood (14) and Joe Lennon (16). Joining them were expatriate Scot Elizabeth McKenzie Gray (16) and her husband Peter MacGowan (1) on a visit from Woking, and from nearer at hand Rod Williams (1.5), Alan Wilson (6) and Duncan Reeves (12). Martin Stephenson had entered but had to withdraw because his wrist was not yet recovered.
