21 and 28 September 2003, Meadows and Glasgow
Traditionally the Scottish Championship Finals comprise the finals of the Scottish Open, Handicap Singles, Handicap Doubles and Interclub League, and are scheduled to be played at the National Centre (formerly at Bush, now at Meadows West) during the last weekend of September. In recent years it has also been the tradition that at least one of the finals is played late: the 2001 Doubles final, for instance, was played on the 6th of May 2002, and the 2002 Handicap Singles final on the 26th of October.
This year's finals broke with tradition in several respects. Firstly, the Open had a new format and was completed in one weekend in July rather than being split into separate qualifying and final stages. Secondly, the National Centre was not available at the designated weekend because of the need to do some serious scarifying, and so one of the three remaining finals was played a week early and the others were relocated to Glasgow. Thirdly, all the championships were finished on schedule!
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20 September 2003, Meadows
The 2003 edition of the Walker Cup was held on Saturday 20th September 2003 at the Scottish Croquet Centre (Meadows West, Edinburgh).
This tournament is for players with handicap ten and over, and therefore frequently attracts players who do not compete in other SCA tournaments. Following comments last year that the tournament lasted too long, it was decided this year to experiment by playing 18-point handicap games. Combined with a three-round knock-out format with a single game in each round, this enabled the tournament to be completed before 4pm, following a 9:30am start.
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