We had a bit of debate on the player numbers leading up to this week's draw, and with Trevor Trump's comments in mind, the plan was to get a neat 24 players in the field. However, the weather did not co-operate and it turned out that with defections we ended up with only around 20 players, which was perfect and meant no phantom groups in play.

At the club house the numbing North East wind was whipping through the practice green, and without exception all normal people were searching for another jacket to add to their existing three layers.  However, there were two players, being Special K and Tyranic Todd, who were casually dressed in shorts and tee-shirts and looked to be featuring in the George Cluney fashion parade for wannabe golfers.  On confirmation that they wanted to play golf, rather than do the cat-walk, the draw was then consolidated to a neat 20 players and off we went, with expectations that 30 points would be a great score for the day.

The conditions then seemed to get worse, although this didn't affect Up'n Down Cameron, who on the 1st hole chipped in from the bottom edge of the green for a birdie to get our team off to a great start with a 7 pointer.

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From all accounts it didn't matter which hole you teed off from today, as this was a day when all things mainly turned to custard. Compared to the previous weeks there were more outers, more misdemeanours, more three putts, more scores in the teens and more bad language than usually expected. 

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On the second green it was noted that due to excess wind Timmsy placed his casino coin behind his ball to anchor it before he putted. Yes he did make his putt for par with the coin in place. On the 8th green it was also noted that Murray Edgar placed his finger on Bruce Grant's ball before he putted.  Also on the 8th green Fast Eddie left his trundler at the top of the path going down to 9th tee before putting out.  WOW. one of those days ...... On turning around his cart had accelerated down the path, capsized and emptied most contents of the bag onto the tee box.

However, one man stood tall and played better than his handicap today . He drove well off the tees, played great shots to the greens and sunk putts to carry his teammates to places they didn't deserve.  So well done Warren Alcock, a back-to-back Blue Jacket with 38 points, after last week's 40 points, a great effort.

This was 4 points ahead of the nearest contender being Mahmoud Nikou.  Warren also won the Swingers trophy, with just the one birdie needed to get a trip to Balclutha.

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President Broughton welcomed all players and asked Warren Egen to sort out the $100 for each of the team events.

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The winners of the first 6 holes in 29 points was team Bolty, The Nugget and The Two Warrens.  Note from afar .... I just wonder if we should instigate a rule which says you have to score a minimum number of points in order to be eligible to take home some bacon.   C'mon... 22 points and you win some money.  The words parasite and freeloader spring to mind. 

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The second 6 holes was won in 33 points by team Walter, Timms, Cameron and Nicolson.

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The third 6 holes saw a split prize in 46 points between teams Woodham, Meder, Cooper, Harvie, as well as team Todd, Broughton, Henderson, Nikou.

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As mentioned the Blue Jacket was won by Warren Alcock with 38 points and at the same time he also cleaned up the Swingers Trophy with just the one birdie.  The low handicappers didn't stand up today, so it was easy pickings for the silky swinging left hander.

The raffle was won by Nick Nicolson with number 33.

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The birthday boy was also Nic Nicolson who turns 76 years next week; happy birthday Nick and thanks for the whisky.