First-time winners in Singles and Doubles at the Scottish Open

Fettes College, Edinburgh

Saturday/Sunday, 2-3 May 2026

STOP PRESS In the concluding regional open championships of the season, Ed Kay wins his first Cuthbertson Quaich, beating Ben Beltrami 11-1, 11-1 in the final. Ben Jourdan won the Plate, beating Scottish Women’s Champion, Louise Mathias, in the final. Colm Grace won the Bowl. The Doubles, no longer organised as a President’s Cup-style event, was won for the first time by Ollie Arnold & Ben Beltrami, who beat Dan Grant & Terry McElvaney, who had deposed defending champions Penn Chai & Lewis Keates in the semi-final. Caley Club’s Enrique Castillo Carbonell & Simon Fraser won a round robin Plate.

The RFA’s thanks to hosts Fettes College, to organisers Ben Jourdan and Andrew Boyd, and to Penn Chai for his stream of video clips posted on the RFA Love In.

Singles

1st round: E Kay b C Chai 11-0, 11-0; O Arnold bt B Jourdan 11-8, 11-2; L Keates bt E Castillo Carbonell 11-1, 11-2; D Grant bt S Zhang 11-6, 11-8; P Chai bt C Grace 11-0, 11-2; T McElvaney bt L Mathias; B Beltrami bt H Weir 11-0, 11-3

Quarter-finals: Kay bt Arnold 11-0, 11-7; R Murby bt Keates 11-1, 11-1; Grant bt Chai 11-5, 3-11, 11-3; Beltrami bt McElvaney 11-4, 11-5

Semi-finals: Kay bt Murby 11-1, 11-4; Beltrami bt Grant 5-11, 11-5, 11-7

Final: E Kay bt B Beltrami 11-1, 11-1

Plate: B Jourdan bt L Mathias 15-1

Bowl: 1st C Grace; 2nd H Weir; 3rd C Chai

Doubles

Quarter-finals: O Arnold & B Beltrami bt L Clark & P Jesuarul 11-0, 11-4; B Jourdan & R Murby bt B Hale & E Lee 11-4, 11-2; P Chai & L Keates bt L Mathias & S Zhang 11-4, 11-0; D Grant & T McElvaney bt E Castillo Carbonell & S Fraser 11-2, 11-7

Semi-finals: Arnold & Beltrami bt Jourdan & Murby 11-3, 11-6; Grant & McElvaney bt Chai & Keates 11-7, 11-7

Final: Arnold & Beltrami bt Grant & McElvaney 11-7, 11-7

Plate: 1st Castillo Carbonell & Fraser W3; 2nd Mathias & Zhang W2; 3rd Hale & Lee W1; 4th Clark & Jesuarul