4 October 2020, Meadows
Because of torrential rain the previous day, as well as overnight rain, we decided to start play at 11.30 to give the lawns time to dry out. In fact the day was dry and sunny and the lawns were in excellent condition.
With eight players, with handicaps from 5 to 11, we played two blocks of four with a final between the winner of each block. We played 13-point games with a time limit of 45 minutes, 50 minutes if double-banked.
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19-20 September 2020, Balgreen and Meadows
Stefan Colling from Glasgow won the Hamish Duguid weekend with a total of five wins – only Roger Binks managed to defeat him in a very close game at Balgreen on Sunday. The format of the weekend was dictated by the need for social distancing and Covid-19 rules were strictly enforced by the Meadows and Balgreen Covid officers. Sixteen players were divided into four blocks on the Saturday with the block winners progressing to Block A on the Sunday, the players coming second progressing to Block B and so on. Stefan and John Owen both had two wins in Block A but Stefan’s superior net points won him the bottle of wine, presented by Janice Duguid, and a well deserved handicap reduction to 9.
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Lorna Dewar won the 2021 Scottish Masters beating James Hopgood in the final. Lorna completed her first tournament triple on the Saturday and went on to beat an in-form Alastair Burn-Murdoch in the semis, before rounding off an excellent weekend for her by taking the trophy from multiple Masters winner James. The crowd were slowly freezing on a sunny but cold weekend in early May but were kept entertained by Alastair Burn-Murdoch’s peeling efforts on lawn 3 in the Z: Alan Wilson had hit the sextuple leave but ABM managed 4 peels of the quin before breaking down at rover.