The Spalding Trophy

Glasgow Croquet Club will be hosting a new weekend event on the 27th and 28th of August at Knightswood Park.
The Spalding family have commissioned a wonderful new trophy, to be played for annually, to honour the contributions of Bill Spalding to croquet in Glasgow and Scotland.
The event will take the format of advanced play, alternate strokes doubles. This innovative format is designed to allow experienced players to support improving players when playing advanced level play. All games will be 26 points and 3 hours long.

Pairs can be submitted in the following ways –
1) Clubs can select pairs from their membership.
2) Individual players from different clubs can form a pair (for instance it would be possible for a pair to be formed with a player each from Meadows and Glasgow Clubs.
The venue at Knightswood has 4 lawns. It will be possible therefore to accept multiple entries from both clubs and individual pairs. The format for the weekend will depend on the number of entries received.
Doubles pairings should typically be a low handicap player (between minus up to 5) and a high handicap player (between 6 and 12) although there can be flexibility with these handicap values.
The Spalding family will attend the event and Eleanor will present the trophy on Sunday afternoon.

Clubs are asked to publicise this event and to email Brian Durward their pairings in advance of the event.