Spring Weekend 2006
29-30 April 2006, Meadows
This was the first SCA Spring Weekend to be held at the Meadows Club in Edinburgh rather than in Glasgow. The Meadows venue has the drawback that only three lawns are available, which with this year's large entry (15 on Saturday and 14 on Sunday) meant two or three players sitting out at a time. But it has the compensating advantage of the Meadows Club's spacious pavilion (now with a fully equipped kitchen, heating and comfortable chairs) - in which those sitting out could do so in comfort when the weather was cold, and in which Jamieson Walker provided delicious three-course lunches on both days. The pavilion also hosted an enjoyable impromptu tournament dinner on Saturday evening.
As for the croquet - the lawns were playing well (faster than at this time in previous years), the players came from as far south as Hull and as far west as Clydebank, their handicaps ranged from 1 to 20, and 37 games were completed in the course of the weekend, with two more started on Sunday afternoon but not finished by the 5.30pm cut-off.