That describes both the weather at the Short Croquet tournament that we hosted on Saturday 5 August, and sadly, my play. The vagaries of the weather are best illustrated by two pictures of Linda Shaw (courtesy of Carol Jamieson, who helped with innumerable tasks during the day).
Ten players contented the tournament over five rounds and everyone enjoyed themselves, playing the games in a friendly, but competitive, spirit. The field was quite strong, with four out of the ten having a handicap of one or more peels. If that means nothing to you, think ‘minus handicap’.
At the lunch break, an excellent salad prepared by Minty, there was little to separate the players, but as we began the final round, three players were still in contention.
Once the final scores were in, the winner was Dave Kibble, with five wins from five games. Paul Wolff was second with four wins.
I am sure that many of the players have already ‘pencilled in’ next year’s fixture in their croquet calendar.