Scottish Croquet Association 
Meadows, 3-4 September 2011
The Glasgow Quaich is contested each year by teams from the Croquet Association (of England) and the Scottish Croquet Association. It was Scotland's turn to host the match this year, and it took place at the National Croquet Centre at Meadows West, now equipped with two flagpoles from which the Scottish and English flags were flown.
Kinross, 28 August 2011
The same four players as last year drove from Edinburgh to Kinross on the morning of the last Sunday in August: Hamish and Janice Duguid, Robert Inder and Fergus McInnes. Only the Kinross contingent was different, consisting this year of enthusiastic newcomer Alistair Malcolm in place of long-serving Kinross Club member George Kirk.
With two games on at a time, the tournament could have fitted onto one short court, but as we had the space and equipment for two courts we decided to set them both out and avoid double-banking. This entailed a certain amount of hammering hoops with a large block of wood, as no one had brought a hoop mallet. The balls available were inspected and found to consist of one set of Dawson primaries, one set of Jaques alternates and two sets of Barlows; the Dawson and Jaques balls were selected for use in view of their better rushing capability. And so play got started at about 09:45.
Results of the Edinburgh Tournament, 15-20 August 2011
