Aberdeen Tournament 2017

9-10 September 2017, Westburn & Albury

Hosted by Aberdeen and Crathes Croquet Club, 18 players from as far afield as Middlesbrough, Keswick, Auchincruive and the Central Belt took part in the Aberdeen AC Tournament over the weekend of 9/10th September. Last year’s winner Jim Wilson (Keswick) could not defend his title as he was recovering from a knee operation but the Aberdeen Quaich will be returning to Keswick as Tom Ryan beat Kevin Wright (Auchincruive) in the final. Finishing at 4.45pm the presentation ceremony was a rather hurried event as Tom and others had to catch their train at 5.10pm. The Wine Final was won by Lorna Dewar (Edinburgh) who beat local player Malcolm Robertson in a closely contested match.

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SCA v CA 2017

2-3 September 2017, Meadows

The annual match between the SCA and CA took place on the weekend of 2-3 September at the Meadows.  The playing conditions were excellent and the ground crew of the club must be complimented on the condition of the lawns.

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Spalding Trophy 2017

26-27 August, Knightswood

The malignant deity, Achspoorin, who is responsible for so much of Glasgow's weather, had visited Knightswood for several days in advance of the Spalding Trophy weekend, to such an extent that lawn 1 was completely waterlogged, and only the willingness of the players to play rather than mope in the clubhouse stopped the manager from declaring lawn 3 to be unplayable.  At least it proved possible not to have any of the ten participating pairs play on it more than once.  And fortunately Anitscauld was absent.

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