Tales From Afar
Nothing from me this week but was sent this beauty through. One of these people in the picture below plays golf with us on Wednesday, the other is an ex All Black lock. See if you can pick who is who.
Talking of rugby big game this weekend. I'm picking that the All Blacks are working into a finely oiled machine and the Springboks might be a bit rusty. Another thing I'm picking is the All Blacks will want to play a high tempo high energy game and run the South Africans off their feet. I'm also picking at every break in play there'll be a Springbok sitting on the ground rubbing his knee. The trainer will come on and give him a drink of water and by miracle a minute later he'll be fully fit. Meanwhile his team mates will catch their breath. Let's hope the English referee is on to this .......
Meanwhile in D Town
This week was the start of the Tee line Turf project, so Richard and Eddie met up with Craig and Hayden on Monday morning to confirm the plan of attack. This meant ensuring the green staff had sorted out the crushed rock to be delivered to the site and then put into the three tee line excavations. That meant we could then start building the framework first thing Tuesday morning.
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So on Monday night I ( Eddie ) did the draw for Wednesday golf based on 22 players being in the field, which meant there would be at least two phantom groups in play. Using the random draw, as is custom, the first three numbers that came out were 41, 6 and 7. So, I then started our draw with a threesome of Fast Eddie, Trevor Trump and Fairway Phil. The rest of the draw fell into place with a field of 22 players.
Trevor Trump Tries Tactical Take-Out Technique
Golf day was great with calm, cloudy conditions and the course in good nick.
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On the first tee, as we teed off first to start the round, Bolty was heard to say " We have Trevor Trump and two Co-Presidents in the one group, that could be trouble and what could go wrong."
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So after teeing off and all hitting the fairway, it was Bolty who lined up his second shot from the right hand side of the 1st fairway, just 120 metres down the hill. Fast Eddie and Fairway Phi were standing some distance in front at around 11.00am in front left watching his second shot, when it came quickly off the inside heal.
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Eddie saw this coming straight at him and managed to dive sideways avoiding a nasty injury. The ball then continued directly towards Phil, who also managed a quick sideways movement to avoid damage.
So was this a deliberate move by Trevor Trump to eliminate competitors and advance his position in the Wagglers. By taking out the two Co-Presidents, he could be the incumbent Presidential candidate in one play. Wow what a Trumpian move.
Yebbut Who Won The Money
The Swingers Trophy was hotly contested between Derek Todd and Tony Attenborough with 2 birdies each. However, with a superior stableford score of 32 points, Tony gets the trip to Balclutha, what a treat !
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Meanwhile back in the Trump match .....
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As Trump and the 2 presidents were in a threesome they had the game where the worst stableford buys a beer for the best stableford. Coming up the 18th hole Fast Eddie and Trevor Trump were equal leaders by 1 stroke from Fairway Phil. So when all on the green, it came down to the last putt who would win the sauce.
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Given the current political environment where we have recently seen National underlings trying to kneecap their leader, I thought it may have been beneficial for a career in the Wagglers to defer to the establishment. Not so for Trevor Trump who sunk a curly 12 foot putt for par to win the haggle. As Kim Jong Un would say, not a good career move Trevor.
As to The Sixes........
Eddie was appointed banker for the evening and we got into the first auction with three teams fighting for the honour. This was shared between three teams with 30 points each. Without mentioning the 10 names of the others, I am pleased to see that one of them included birthday boy Geoff Laney, who got a couple of coins to cover his whisky and food shout.
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The second tranche was won in a close race with 41 points, by Trevor Trump, Fast Eddie and Fairway Phil.
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The third tranche was won in convincing fashion with 46 points by team UpnDown Cameron, Wazza Egen, Farmer Adam and Special K.
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Nice to see that the cops got 63 points between them today, so a big improvement from 39 points last week.
Birthday Boys and Blue Jackets
The birthday celebration this week was for Geoff Laney who has reached a healthy 68 years. Congratulations Geoff and thank you for the whisky and food.
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The raffle was won on the first draw by Fast Eddie with number 41. A check was done by Bolty to ensure that no screen shot was done then he was last seen whipping up a crowd to storm the clubhouse claiming the whole thing had been rigged and his number had been stolen.
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The Blue Jacket was won by Mahmoud Nikou who had a solid round with 38 points and was one point ahead of Geoff Laney in 37 points. This win jumps Mahmoud to pole position in the 2026 Race To Waitahuna. Mahmoud joins Hamish as the only people to win 3 Blue Jackets this year.
See you all week after next : }