Secretary Trophy 2012
14 July 2012, Meadows
The announced format for the tournament was hastily revised after a late withdrawal and then further adjusted on the day to accommodate a late arrival. Thus a proposed flexible Swiss became a Swiss of five rounds and finally, later in the day, one of four rounds, by consensus, on the shortage of time.
With eight entrants, the lawns were double banked and the 90 minute time limits proved to be less than generous with only 25% of the games finishing within time. This may not be too surprising given the number of higher handicap players.
Going into the final round, it was once again two of this year's on-form players, Janice Duguid and Jamieson Walker, who were in contention as was David Houston. Jamieson would have remained unbeaten had he won his last game but, in the event, he was to lose to Alasdair Adam. Meanwhile, Janice was to go on and beat David resulting in the tie-breaking criteria being required.
As Jamieson had narrowly beaten Janice in an earlier round, it was to be he who claimed the victory and the trophy.
Hamish Duguid
Results
75% J. Walker (8) bt B. Cosford 13-11; D. Houston 7-6; J. Duguid 9-8
75% J. Duguid (8) bt R. Inder 9-6; A. Adam 9-8; D. Houston 9-4
50% D. Houston (16) bt H. Duguid 8-3; R. Inder +14
50% B. Cosford (20) bt J. Jurasinska 7-4; H. Duguid +13
50% A. Adam (20) bt J. Jurasinska 11-10; J. Walker +11
50% J. Jurasinska (16) bt H. Duguid 6-5; R. Inder +7
25% R. Inder (4.5) bt B. Cosford 13-9
25% H. Duguid (11) bt A. Adam 10-8
Jamieson Walker (left) receives the trophy from manager Hamish Duguid.