Balgreen Croquet and Bowling Club welcomes new members. We have four greens at the Balgreen Bowling Green in Edinburgh - five minutes walk from the tram stop.
25/08/2026
Balgreen’s Emma Jamie and Stefan Colling being presented with the Spalding Trophy by Eleanor Spalding at Glasgow Croquet Club. In the AC alternate stroke doubles event (advanced level play) Stefan and Emma won all their matches and also the peeling prize, with 6 peels.
21/08/2026
Some of the spectators at the recent Edinburgh Tournament!
18/08/2026
The Edinburgh Tournament ended on Saturday after a week of sunshine - almost 40 players took part. The prizes were mostly presented by Kathy Brown (Balgreen Chairman), details of each winner are under each photo.
09/08/2026
Today we enjoyed the opening of the Edinburgh Tournament with the GC Doubles. A great day was had despite the weather ☔️ Players from all over Scotland played but it was four of our Balgreen members Eoin & Kathy, Michael & Ian who took us to an extremely well fought final with many of us watching on in the 🌞with a glass of wine. Well done to everyone who took part but especially to Kathy & Eoin who won🏆
06/08/2026
The new kitchen is almost complete! Thanks to Team Kitchen (Emma, David, Phil and Dave) and anyone else that helped out.
01/08/2026
Well done to Phil Banfill and Roger Binks who regained the Wilkinson Sword for Balgreen! Four clubs entered, both Balgreen and Glasgow had 2 wins but Balgreen had won the head to head.
31/07/2026
Lyon and Turnbull (auctioneers) celebrated their 200th birthday at Balgreen yesterday. More than 60 of their employees enjoyed playing croquet, eating ice cream and having fun! Thanks to Emma, Eoin and the team of Balgreen volunteers who made the day such a success!
12/05/2026
Balgreen hosted the Appleton Trophy for the first time last weekend. This is an annual fixture between the SCA (Scottish Croquet Association) and the CAI (Croquet Association of Ireland) that started in 1987. This time the SCA won 15-9!
Five of the SCA players are members at Balgreen with Rosemary Saunders Robertson being the only player to win 5/5 games.
06/05/2026
Chris Martin and Ian Price won the Alternate Stroke Doubles competition, winning all their matches! Seven pairs competed on a lovely day, much better than forecast!