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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