27 August 2006, Meadows
The Scottish Short Croquet Championship used to be held at the Dunkeld House Hotel, but in recent years it has been nomadic. In 2004 it was at the Ballathie House Hotel, and in 2005 it was at the Green Hotel in Kinross. This year it was scheduled to be in Kinross again, but as no one from the Kinross Club was available on the day it seemed more sensible, in terms of lawn setting effort and travel required, to move it to somewhere closer to the players. The possibility of changing the date as well as the venue was raised but then dropped as it didn't suit two of the original entrants, and we ended up playing on the scheduled date on two half lawns at the Meadows - the other lawns being in use for coaching in the morning and a club session in the afternoon.
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14-19 August 2006, Fettes
The entry for this year's Edinburgh Tournament was slightly lower than ever before (so far as the current manager's records go), with 26 players taking part, against the previous minimum of 28 attained in 1998. The number of players in the doubles was particularly low: 14 entered, and only 12 - which was half as many as in recent years - ended up playing, as Ruth Goudie had to withdraw with a shoulder injury too late for a replacement (player, not shoulder) to be found. For those who did play, the small total entry had the benefit that they could get more games each (though not in the doubles event, which was a straight knockout), as the demand for lawn space was often exceeded by the supply. Indeed the total number of games played, at 110, was slightly over the average of the past three years, though a lot lower than in some years with larger entries.
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