Open Singles (Lauriston Cup)
Association
Croquet (Advanced Laws). Singles. Level
Play (i.e. without handicap). Knock-out, with Draw and Process. Games played in this competition against opponents with handicap of 20 or less count towards SCA Index. Suitable for good to expert players.
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| The Handicap Trophy |
Handicap Singles (Handicap Singles Trophy)
Association
Croquet (Advanced Laws). Singles. Handicap
Play. Knock-out, with Draw and Process.
Games played in this competition against opponents with handicap of 20 or less count towards SCA Index. Suitable for moderate to expert players.
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| The C.J. Tait Cup |
Veterans’ Handicap (C.J. Tait Cup)
Association
Croquet. Singles. Handicap Play. Knock-out, with Draw and Process. Games
played in this competition against opponents with handicap of 20 or less count towards SCA Index. Suitable for players of all abilities. Entry restricted to
members aged 60 and over on the first day of the season.
Full Bisques Handicap (18+) (Basil Townsend Trophy)
Association
Croquet. Singles. Full-Bisque Handicap
(i.e. both players allocated their full complement of bisques). Knock-out, with
Draw and Process. Entry restricted to players whose handicap is 18 or more at the start
of the season. Games played in this competition against opponents with handicap of 20 or less count towards SCA
Index. Suitable for those with a high handicap who wish to develop their break-building
and tactics.
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| The Golden Jubilee Ball |
Champion of Champions (Golden Jubilee Trophy)
Association
Croquet. Singles. Handicap Play. American Block (i.e. round-robin). Games
played in this competition against opponents with handicap of 20 or less count towards SCA Index. Suitable for players of all abilities. Entry restricted to
the winners of the four knock-out singles competitions in the previous year (i.e. Open Singles, Handicap Singles, Full Bisque
Singles and Veterans’ Singles).
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| The Lamont & Elliott Trophies |
Handicap Doubles (Lamont & Elliott Cups)
Association
Croquet. Doubles. Handicap Play. Knock-out, with Draw and Process. Suitable
for players of all abilities but particularly good for novices and improvers who wish to learn about competition play by partnering
a better player.
Golf Croquet (C.J. Tait Salver)
Golf Croquet. Singles. Handicap. Depending on numbers this may be played as a single American block (i.e. round-robin) or as two American
blocks. The final is played on the last day of the Edinburgh Tournament between
either the two people heading the single block or between the winners of the two blocks.
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| One of the Ells Trophies |
This half-day Association Croquet tournament is played on the sixth Saturday of the Beginners' Croquet Course to Handicap
rules and entry is restricted to those people who have attended the course. Depending on numbers it may be played
as singles or doubles and is normally played as one or more American blocks.
There were 10 entrants on the day for the 2008 edition. Played as two rounds of 14-point games on half-size
laws, with a 50-minute time limit. The winners were Sarah Duguid and Muriel Sim.
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| Now what? Eventual winner Sarah Duguid ponders her next move, while mentor Sheila Tibbels looks on |
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| Fun Doubles at Lauriston |
Fun Doubles (Harold Wright Rosebowls)
Half-Day Tournament. Association Croquet. Doubles. Level Play. Half-sized lawns. Suitable for players of
all abilities.
There are no bisques in this competition because the higher your handicap
the more points you get for each hoop you score (see table below). At the end
of the game, if the forward ball has scored more than 4 hoops more than its partner ball its score shall be backward ball+4. Hoops in excess of this will not count. You
can only peel your partner through 4 hoops, and if you are peeled by an opponent you get the higher score, yours or theirs.
NB: play stops immediately when “time” is called.
H'cap > 24 6 Points per Hoop
21 - 24
5
15 - 20 4
9 - 14 3
6 -
8 2
3½- 5 1
< 3½ ½
The 2009
edition of the Harold Wright Rosebowls (aka the Fun Doubles) attracted a smaller than usual turnout, with 12 players
fighting it out for the trophies (8 down on each of the preceding two years). This was
no doubt due to the clash with the Secretary Trophy on the same day, in which several Edinburgh members were competing.
The defending champions found themselves paired together again and mounted a spirited defence, ending in joint second
place. Two of our new members joined the fun, and managed to aquit themselves well whilst having a good time!
But inthe end it was two of our established members, Peggy Bartlett and Morven Wardley, who ran out winners, each winning
for the fourth time. Congratulations to them!
Peggy Bartlett & Morven Wardley: 64 points
Mattie Meiklejohn & Seonaidh Edgar: 56
Jean Forshall & John Dewar: 56
Susan Coley & Jamie Edgar: 54
Nina van Rooijen & Allan Hawke: 54
Sheila Tibbels & Jason Wardley: 24
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| The John Blaikie Cup |
Congratulations must go to Evelyn Mackenzie who won the 2009 short
croquet tournament. Three players tied on the number of wins but Evelyn was declared the winner based on the tie-break criterion.
The afternoon was overcast but dry and the
lawns were playing reasonably well given the amount of rain which had fallen in the past week.
Whist the turnout for the competition was disappointingly low, the standard
of play from the four entrants certainly was not.
Although the competitors
all had an AC handicap of 20 they were reluctant to play using any of the bisques allowed under the short croquet
rules. The decision was made to play to a base of 4, resulting in each having 4 bisques. The manager felt vindicated when
4 of the 6 games finished just within time and one of the others nearly so.
The manager's highlights were:
Spending a frustrating
10 minutes to find the first hoop holes on the lawn!
Evelyn taking her
first ball to peg using only 1 bisque.
Ken taking a bisque
to run 1 back!
On every occasion but one, Ken ran the first hoop
when bringing his first balls into play and on one occasion going on to take the second hoop as well!. His sole failure
was due to his opponent's ball being stuck in the jaws of the hoop - Ken had to settle for roqueting the ball (without
knocking it through the hoop) and going on to take the hoop thereafter.
Andrew pegging out his opponent's ball then coming from behind to win the game.
After time was called, Peggy's opponent failed to peg out their second ball from 4'
and Peggy then went on, against the odds, to run the final hoops and peg out both her balls to win the tie.
| | EM | AM | PB | KT | Wins | Net | Evelyn Mackenzie | -------- | -5T | +11 | +7 | 2 | +13 | Andrew Macmillan | +5T | -------- | -4 | +5 | 2 | +6 | Peggy Bartlett | -11 | +4 | -------- | +1T | 2 | -6 | Ken Travers | -7 | -5 | -1T | -------- | 0 | -13 |
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| The Adam Trophy |
End of Season High Handicap Tournament (Adam Cup) Association Croquet. Singles. Handicap Play. Format
dependent on numbers, but typically one or more American Blocks. Entry restricted to players of handicap
18 or over. There were just three entrants for the 2009 edition, which was won by John Dewar, winner of both
his games.
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| Stuart McKendrick Trophy |
Stuart McKendrick Trophy
This half-day
Association Croquet tournament is played as a Progressive Doubles Handicap event over two rounds. After the first round
pairings are re-ordered, the winner being the person most succesful over the two rounds.
It is open to
members of both the Edinburgh Croquet Club and the Meadows Croquet Club, as a means of fostering friendly competition between
the two.
The 2007 tournament was played as a Progressive
Doubles with two rounds of 14-point games. In view of the weather the time limit
for games was reduced to 75 minutes. The rules at “time” were slightly
unusual in that they initially followed normal croquet rules i.e. the side in when time was called finished their turn, followed
by one turn for their opposition. However, play then stopped, even if the game
was tied, rather than continuing to a “golden hoop”. This allowed
for the possibility of a tied game.
To be in with a chance of winning a player had to win in both rounds. The
tie-break rules were as follows:
1) Cumulative margin of victory
over the two rounds
2) Cumulative hoops scored by
the player and partner over two rounds (on the basis that the player having the sense to allow their partner to take advantage
of a position was demonstrating their knowledge and skill, and to avoid unseemly punch-ups as two partners fought for the
right to score points!)
3) Shoot-out to the peg
For this tournament we were able to obtain use of the glasshouse enabling us to provide refreshments and have the
trophy presentation inside.
In the first round partnerships were drawn at random. In the second
round, winners from round one were partnered with “runners-up” from the first round.
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| Janice Duguid receives her trophy from Club chairman and defending champion Sheila Tibbels |
Fortunately, in view of the weather, the competition was settled without resort to a shoot-out. It was also pleasing that the top three included representatives from both the Edinburgh Club and the Meadows
Club, since this competition is intended to foster ties between the two clubs. After
all, Edinburgh is the only UK town or city, other than London, to have two croquet clubs (unless you
know different of course… in which case contact us to put us right.)
The winner was Janice Duguid, with Tony Brightman in second place and Hamish Duguid keeping it in the family in
third place. Congratulations to them all, and thank you to everyone who entered.
Results
Round 1
Tony Brightman & Sheila Tibbels beat Allan Hawke & Joan Marshall +4T
Joyce Buckler & Fiona Stewart beat Evelyn Mackenzie & Jean Forshall +6T
Hamish Duguid & Janice Duguid beat Margaret McBride & Jola Jurasinska +4T
Peggy Bartlett & Fergus McInnes tied with Jamie Edgar & Marjorie Elliott
Round 2
Hamish Duguid & Joan Marshall beat Fiona Stewart & Evelyn Mackenzie +2T
Janice Duguid & Allan Hawke beat Joyce Buckler & Jean Forshall +6T
Tony Brightman & Margaret McBride beat Sheila Tibbels & Jola Jurasinska +2T
Peggy Bartlett & Jamie Edgar beat Marjorie Elliott & Fergus McInnes +4T
Final Standings
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Name |
Club |
Wins |
Round1 |
Round 2 |
Cumulative |
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Score |
Hoops |
Score |
Hoops |
Score |
Hoops |
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Janice
Duguid |
E |
2 |
4 |
8 |
6 |
10 |
10 |
18 |
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Tony
Brightman |
M |
2 |
4 |
12 |
2 |
7 |
6 |
19 |
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Hamish Duguid |
E |
2 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
6 |
6 |
14 |
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Peggy Bartlett |
E |
1 |
0 |
9 |
4 |
11 |
4 |
20 |
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Jamie Edgar |
E |
1 |
0 |
9 |
4 |
11 |
4 |
20 |
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Fiona Stewart |
E |
1 |
6 |
9 |
-2 |
4 |
4 |
13 |
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Allan Hawke |
E/M |
1 |
-4 |
8 |
6 |
10 |
2 |
18 |
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Sheila Tibbels |
E |
1 |
4 |
12 |
-2 |
5 |
2 |
17 |
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Joyce Buckler |
E |
1 |
6 |
9 |
-6 |
4 |
0 |
13 |
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Joan Marshall |
E/M |
1 |
-4 |
8 |
2 |
6 |
-2 |
14 |
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Margaret McBride |
E |
1 |
-4 |
4 |
2 |
7 |
-2 |
11 |
|
Marjorie Elliott |
E/M |
0 |
0 |
9 |
-4 |
7 |
-4 |
16 |
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Fergus McInness |
E/M |
0 |
0 |
9 |
-4 |
7 |
-4 |
16 |
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Jola Jurasinska |
M |
0 |
-4 |
4 |
-2 |
5 |
-6 |
9 |
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Evelyn Mackenzie |
E |
0 |
-6 |
3 |
-2 |
4 |
-8 |
7 |
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Jean
Forshall |
E |
0 |
-6 |
3 |
-6 |
4 |
-12 |
7 |
This one-day Association
Croquet Handicap Singles tournament is open to any player (ECC member or not) whose handicap has never been below 16.
As such it is an excellent tournament for novice and moderate players. A little piece of history was made at the 2009 Edinburgh
Midweek Tournament, but more on that later.
With the original entry
of seven pared down to four there were two representatives from each of the city clubs, Andrew Macmillan and Gerald Johnson
from the Edinburgh Club and Brian Cosford and David Houston from the Meadows Club. As forecast, the remnants of Hurricane
Bill blew through mid-morning, so by the time play started just after 12 noon the rain was petering out, never to return, and the
wind had dropped to a strong breeze. Nevertheless, conditions underfoot, particularly on lawn 2, remained
squelchy throughout.
The format was a single
American block of 18-point games with a ninety minute lime-limit. All games went to time. At
the end of the afternoon, Brian had been runner-up in all his games, leaving the other three on two wins each.
The tournament manager therefore went to net points to break the tie, and with Andrew and Gerald each on +2, David
Houston, on +4, was declared the winner.
And therein lies that
little bit of history, for in its 14th year David is the first ever winner of this tournament who is/was not a
member of the Edinburgh Club. Congratulations to David for striking this minor blow for the plurality of
Scottish croquet!
Results:
David Houston, 2/3
(bt Cosford +4T, Johnson +3T)
Andrew Macmillan, 2/3 (bt Cosford +1T, Houston +3T)
Gerald Johnson, 2/3 (bt Cosford +3T, Macmillan +2T)
Brian Cosford 0/3
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