Wilkinson Sword 2014

13 July 2014, Glasgow

This year's Wilkinson Sword interclub doubles competition attracted an unprecedented and very welcome entry of six teams - twice the number of recent years - representing the Auchincruive, Crathes, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Kinross and Meadows Clubs.  To allow them all to play one another while keeping the event within a single day, it was run as five rounds of 14-point games, with time limits set at an hour and a quarter so as not to require too early a start or too late a finish for those with a long distance to travel.

As it happened, the two teams with the most wins (three each) in the first four rounds had their last game against each other, and so this was effectively a final.  The game was very close, but it was the Auchincruive team of David Arnot and Malcolm Smith who edged a narrow victory in extra time over Brian Clark and Charles Henderson of Crathes to take away the Sword.

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Summer Weekend 2014

5-6 July 2014, Glasgow

Martin Stephenson won the Summer Weekend, played at Alexandra Park in generally pleasant conditions with just a few brief showers - winning five of his seven games, despite giving away bisques in all of them as the lowest handicapped player in the tournament.  David Houston was not far behind with 4/5, having lost only to Martin.

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Golf Croquet Handicap 2014

28 June 2014, Meadows

As there were ten entrants for this year's Tournament, the event was run using the Egyptian System to allow seven rounds to be played and still leave time for a short lunch break.

Jamieson had sourced small flat lollipop sticks and these were trialled, with some success, to use in exchange for free turns.  I note James appears to be in the minority of those who prefer the pleasure of strolling the lawn to pull markers.

By the end of the fifth round, John Graham remained unbeaten and was comfortably leading the points table.  However, in round six he lost a game and going into the final round he, George Geis and Janice Duguid were on 115, 112 and 110 points respectively.  Although they all recorded wins in their final game, it was John who prevailed and received the plaudits for winning the Tournament.

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