Scottish Croquet Association 
Budleigh Salterton, 25-28 May 2023
The event was won by Rachel Gee from England beating Aston Wade in a repeat of last year’s final but with the result reversed.
32 players from 12 different countries were represented: 5 each from England and Spain; 3 each from Finland, Ireland, Sweden, Wales and Switzerland; 2 each from Germany and Norway; and 1 each from Czech Republic, Latvia and Scotland (with myself David Fell representing Scotland).
13-14 May, Meadows
John Owen won the Scottish Masters with 4 out of 5 wins, losing only to James Hopgood who won all his 3 games but didn’t play enough games in the Swiss to be in the running for the title. Alastair Burn-Murdoch also had 4 out of 5 wins but John had won their match 26-22.
6-7 May 2023, Carrickmines
The CAI retained the Appleton Trophy, beating a team of four from the SCA 10-6. The CAI won the first round of doubles 2-0 and never looked back. The next three rounds were all halved, meaning that the SCA had to win the final round of singles 4-0 to win back the trophy. In the event we lost 3-1. In the singles Stefan had a good victory against Nathaniel, but was then defeated by Alan Looney in a late charge. Gerard had the misfortune to peg off his own ball accidentally leaving him and Campbell to slog out a three-ball ending in torrential rain on the Saturday evening while all the others were long finished and safely in the bar before the rain arrived.