Scottish Golf Croquet Championship 2018
16 June 2018, Meadows
Lorna Dewar won the Scottish Golf Croquet Championship.
A full complement of 12 players contested the championship. Despite fairly constant rain being forecast the weather was mainly dry except for one short, sharp shower and the lawns stayed playable despite the manager’s fears. The format was two American blocks, seeded by ranking with the top two in each block playing a knock-out while the rest played a final cross-block game.
In Block A Dave Widdison won all five games while Fergus Thompson only lost to Dave. In Block B Lorna Dewar and Alan Wilson both won 4/5 with Lorna declared the winner by having a higher “points for” total.
Both semi-finals were very close with Dave beating Alan 7-6 when Alan’s attempted jump shot from five yards clipped Dave’s jawsed ball just enough to promote it through hoop 13, while Lorna scraped past Fergus, also at hoop 13. The final was a high quality game with accurate shooting and ball placement. Played as a 19-point game it went to the final hoop where Lorna jawsed her ball and Dave just failed with a jump attempt leaving Lorna to run the hoop and take the trophy.
Alan Wilson
Results
| Block A | DW | BD | FT | JB | HD | AW | Wins | Gross | Net |
| David Widdison | 7-3 | 7-3 | 7-5 | 7-4 | 7-2 | 5 | 35 | 18 | |
| Bob Darling | 3-7 | 3-7 | 7-3 | 7-5 | 7-4 | 3 | 27 | 1 | |
| Fergus Thompson | 3-7 | 7-3 | 7-6 | 7-4 | 7-6 | 4 | 31 | 5 | |
| Joe Beattie | 5-7 | 3-7 | 6-7 | 7-0 | 7-1 | 2 | 28 | 6 | |
| Hamish Duguid | 4-7 | 5-7 | 4-7 | 0-7 | 3-7 | 0 | 16 | -19 | |
| Andrea Widdison | 2-7 | 4-7 | 6-7 | 1-7 | 7-3 | 1 | 20 | -11 |
| Block B | AW | RSR | LD | JW | JJ | RH | Wins | Gross | Net |
| Alan Wilson | 7-6 | 7-5 | 3-7 | 7-6 | 7-6 | 4 | 31 | 1 | |
| Rosemary Saunders Robertson | 6-7 | 2-7 | 7-6 | 6-7 | 7-3 | 2 | 28 | -2 | |
| Lorna Dewar | 5-7 | 7-2 | 7-4 | 7-4 | 7-2 | 4 | 33 | 14 | |
| Jamieson Walker | 7-3 | 6-7 | 4-7 | 7-3 | 7-4 | 3 | 31 | 7 | |
| Jola Jurasinska | 6-7 | 7-6 | 4-7 | 3-7 | 6-7 | 1 | 26 | -8 | |
| Robert Harvey | 6-7 | 3-7 | 2-7 | 4-7 | 7-6 | 1 | 22 | -12 |
Finals
| David Widdison | David Widdison 7-6 |
Lorna Dewar 10-9 |
| Alan Wilson | ||
| Lorna Dewar | Lorna Dewar 7-6 |
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| Fergus Thompson |
Cross-block games
Bob Darling beat Jamieson Walker 7-2
Joe Beattie beat Rosemary Saunders Robertson 7-6
Jola Jurasinska beat Andrea Widdison 7-6
Hamish Duguid beat Robert Harvey 7-6
The results are also on Croquet Scores.
