Basil Townsend Quaich 2017

28 May 2016, Auchincruive

Kevin Wright, winner of the 2017 BTQWith a disappointing shortage of entries, this year the battle for the Basil Townsend Quaich was between two clubs: Auchincruive (Kevin Wright) and Glasgow (James Thomson).  Held in the beautiful grounds of Auchincruive, the weather was very kind, with no rain, and the sun even shone in the afternoon making it very pleasant for the supporters who had come to cheer on their players.

With both players having a handicap of 18 it was agreed  to play one game with no bisques and no time limit.  The game, played in an attacking manner, moved on very swiftly and after a couple of hours Kevin had established a significant lead. However with James shooting in very accurately from long distances, he managed to put together a good run of hoops reducing the deficit considerably and put himself back into contention. Kevin eventually managed to get back on the lawn, and after a couple of failed attempts, pegged out, retaining the trophy, albeit for Auchincruive this time! The game lasted just over 2½ hours and the final score was +9.

Kevin Wright

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Student GC Championships 2017

8-9 April 2017, Sheffield

The first – and soon to be annual – British Student Golf Croquet Championships were held in Sheffield and could boast the most appropriate weather imaginable. Teams from across the country – notably two from Scotland, our three players from St Andrews and another team from the University of Edinburgh came to the lawn at Parkhead Cricket club to compete in in singles and doubles over almost two full days. Naturally the University of Sheffield managed to put forward the highest numbers of players, and good teams were present from the universities of Nottingham, Cambridge and a few others.

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Glasgow Open 2017

22-23 April 2017, Knightswood

The Glasgow Open took place at Knightswood, the new home of Glasgow Croquet Club, over the weekend of 22-23 April. Sadly this year the entries were reduced, with only 5 entered. Campbell and Jane came and swelled the numbers on Saturday but unfortunately could not manage the Sunday due to a commitment at Balgreen. The weather was kind sunny dry and fairly warm in fact two players were complaining of sunburn on their unprotected heads on Sunday morning.

John Campbell, a relatively high handicapper from Argyll (Tarbert), came and joined the event in order to learn more about advanced rules. He coped well managing to win two games.

Campbell Morrison won all three of his matches on Saturday, just scraping by in the match against John Surgenor +1 on time. He would probably have won the event had he been able to compete on the Sunday but as his commitment to Balgreen took precedence this let John retain the trophy having 4 wins from 5 games.

John Surgenor, Manager

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