Istvan Poka won Saturday’s SPA Singles title and has therefore been selected to represent Scotland at the Men’s Singles World Championships in Nice in January. Lynn Jenkins was the highest ranked female competitor and therefore has been selected to represent Scotland at the Women’s Singles World Championships in Nice in January. Congratulations to them both. […]
The SPA are delighted to report that we have received an invitation to nominate both a female and male player to represent Scotland at the forthcoming World Singles Championships in Nice in January. To this end it has been decided that the highest placed female and male players in Saturday’s SPA Singles competition will be […]
The cost of purchasing trophies is constantly on the rise. Occasionally the SPA will have to purchase new trophies for a variety of reasons. However to keep our costs to a minimum we would like to remind all past, present and future SPA champions of the conditions attached to retaining an SPA trophy. This does […]
The Scottish squad of Christine Thomson, Ed Strachan and Douglas Hamilton competed in the European Veteran’s Championship in Lulea, Sweden, last weekend. The team faced a tough draw against Denmark (8th in the competition 2 years ago) in the opening round but put up a strong fight. Here are the results of the first 5 […]
The SPA would like to wish Christine Thomson, Ed Strachan and Douglas Hamilton, Scotland’s Veterans squad, the very best of luck for this weekend’s European Championships in Lulea, Sweden.
17 teams again registered to compete in the third and final Grand Prix at Perth PC on Sunday 22nd June. With the Triaxle team of Jimmy, Kevin and Paul sitting in top spot with a 9 point margin over DRAM, their nearest opponents, it seemed unlikely that anyone would catch them in the race to […]
Despite a dull morning in Perth an impressive 16 pairs, from a number of clubs across Scotland, arrived to take part in this event and made up a good mix of ‘the regulars’, ‘rare visitors’ and new faces to the Scottish club competition scene. A random draw allocated a number for each team which then […]
10 teams registered for Penicuik’s annual Open Pairs and were divided into two pools of 4 and 6, with 3 rounds played in the morning to decide the 4 teams who would qualify for the afternoon’s main competition. The afternoon’s main competition, a 4 team round robin, saw Jimmy & Istvan (Troon), Paul & Kevin […]
Details for Penicuik Open Pairs this Sunday: Registration: 9.30 for 10.00 start Cost: £3 per player Refreshments: Soup and sandwiches lunch @ nearby hotel £4 per person, pay at registration. Selection of soft drinks for sale during the day at the piste (please don’t drink alcohol). Format: depends on entry Bring a camping chair if […]
Seventeen teams attended Grand Prix 2 at Troon PC on 18 May. It was nice to several new faces and we very much hope they will continue to enter SPA competitions in the future. As ever, Troon put on a sumptuous spread including pasta and a huge variety of cakes and home baking which was […]