Wilkinson Sword 2018
29 July 2018, Knightswood
Five pairs competed for this year's SCA doubles trophy in Glasgow in a round-robin format with each club pairing playing four 14-point games. The Knightswood lawns continue to improve and despite intermittent rain remained reasonably fast throughout the day. Round 1 produced a very close game between Aberdeen and Meadows which eventually (there was a bisque allocation problem discovered mid-game) resulted in Meadows winning by two hoops in time. Round 2 produced a different type of incident related to the calling of time and Aberdeen with a final turn ended up winners by three hoops. The Glasgow pair of Brian Durward and Peter Martin improved as the day progressed and produced a good round 5 finish where Martin pegged out to beat Balgreen 14-0. Meadows with a pairing of Roger Binks and Campbell Thomson played well throughout the day and won all of their games in good style. Well done Meadows, this year's winning club!
Lessons learned: bisque allocation in 14-point doubles games requires division by four (not two Meadows!) and call of "time" is best made by a neutral person with their back turned away from play.
Brian Durward
Results
| A&C | B | E | G | M | Wins | |
| Aberdeen & Crathes Bill Strachan & John Owen |
+7 | +3 | +1t (11-10) |
-2t (9-11) |
3 | |
| Balgreen Charlotte Townsend & Lorna Dewar |
-7 | +14 | -14 | -13 | 1 | |
| Edinburgh Alan Wilson & Rosemary Saunders Robertson |
-3 | -14 | -14 | -13 | 0 | |
| Glasgow Brian Durward & Peter Martin |
-1t (10-11) |
+14 | +14 | -7t (4-11) |
2 | |
| Meadows Roger Binks & Campbell Thomson |
+2t (11-9) |
+13 | +13 | +7t (11-4) |
4 |
