Scottish Croquet Association 
18-26 October, West Palm Beach, Florida
Congratulations to Duncan Reeve of Scotland on winning the Plate. There is a summary of the event, with links to other reports and YouTube videos, on the WCF website. The full results are on Croquet Scores.
David Houston has written a personal account of the event.
6-7 September, Albury
Bruce Bennet won on his first visit to Aberdeen, beating John Henderson (holder) in the final.
ACCC held its annual AC Tournament for the Aberdeen Quaich on 6/7th September at Albury Community Sports Hub. Eight players entered: John Owen (-½), Stefan Colling (1), David Houston (3), John Henderson (4), Bill Strachan (7), Bruce Bennet (14), Dave McLaughlin (14) and Robert Bell (16). It was strange not to see Roger Staples playing, having supported the event since its inception, due to health problems. I wish him well for the future.
12 July 2025, Meadows
The women’s GC handicap tournament on 12 July 2025 was on one of the hottest days of the year and the free ice lollies proved very popular. Meadows welcomed twelve women from four clubs (Meadows, Balgreen, Edinburgh and Auchincruive). The whole tournament was closely fought. The semi-finals and finals were particularly tight and entertaining matches with Jean Wood (Meadows) edging out Gillian Black (Edinburgh and Balgreen), and Joy Rivett (Auchincruive) taking a win over Emma Jamie (Balgreen and Edinburgh) at the golden hoop. Joy went on to win the Tournament Salver and the gold medal, and Jean, who put up a hard fight, took the silver medal. Huge thanks go to all the folks who made this a very successful day including George Plant and the lawn maintenance team, Alison Ross for a delicious spread of cakes, photographers and all the players, of course.
Janet Brunton
23 August 2025, Meadows
Meadows CC hosted the first Scottish D level GC tournament and what a lovely friendly day it was with all the matches played in great spirit. The tournament was particularly aimed at less experienced players of handicap 11+ and everyone played well with all the players taking at least one win. Now they know they can win games at a tournament we hope they will go from strength to strength next year! The winner Was Mike Minieka, the runner up Ann Dinnie and newbie Geoff Parsons was third (only been in the club 8 weeks!). Many thanks to George and team for the lawns, Willie and team for the super-straight white lines, to Alison for the cakes, to all who BYOB’d, to Kenny our Captain for helping out with hoops and presentation and to GE Awards for the lovely medals.
Janet Brunton
9 August 2025, Meadows
Meadows GC C level was held on on 9.8.25 and once again our Auchincruive friends brought the sunshine with them. It was a great day's competition, but a bit nerve racking as it was all-play-all format and the winner was not clear until the very last match. We saw some great examples of quality play and resilience with a couple of players managing to come back from earlier losses to take wins later in the day. Particular mention to folks for whom this was their first ever tournament - it's great to think that they chose Meadows as their first outing and we hope they will go from strength to strength in the future. Joy Rivett (Auchincruive) took the trophy and the gold medal and Michael Mclachlan (Auchincruive) took the silver medal. It was Michael's first ever tournament! Angela Napuk (Meadows) was 3rd, Martin Howorth (Meadows) 4th, Ian Price (Auchincruive) 5th and Geoff Parsons (Meadows) 6th. Geoff took a win in his first ever tournament and is destined for greater things.
Janet Brunton
