Cold Cold Day
On a day when the scoring average was below 30, one man stood tall and won the Blue Jacket by a clear 5 points. More of that in a minute. The forecast was for rain and the mood was one where we might have had a repeat of last week where we all got wet through. But apart from a very late brief squall, it held off and we all stayed dry. But the wind was cold and it was a tough day at the office. It's hard to get a swing going when you can barely feel your hands.
The sixes were a major surprise at least for one group. We walked in declaring "well today's going to be a donation." Our group of the ATM, Scottish Duncan, Mahmoud and myself had endured a fairly miserable time out on the course lamenting missed putts and missed opportunities. But with scores of 28 and 43 we cleaned out the first and last sets. 43 for the final six is often a winning score for the middle six.
The middle six went to birthday boy KC with his sunshine band of Vaughn, Derek and Richard Ellis. 41 points was enough for that.
Talking of birthday boys .........
Cheer up Kallum, at 63 you're a lot younger than most of us ! We say thank you for your generous shout of a welcoming, warming wee dram and the sausages, fish bites and chippies. Congratulations.
Before proceedings got underway we had a couple of announcements. Keith advised of preliminary arrangements for the 2027 tour of the Gold Coast in late July. Anyone interested drop Keith an e-mail please. Eddie then advised of a more or less full house for the December Stampede to Mid Canterbury. There is still one place available for that trip if anyone wants in. Finally Jamie advised that the annual match with Invercargill is in the early stages of being arranged. It could be late this year or early next year but it will be this summer.
This is Mahmoud claiming his fourth Blue Jacket for the year. Nobody else is in that club with a couple of others on three. As mentioned earlier Mahmoud played well today in difficult conditions. With 39 well-earned points he was well clear of the field with the next best score being 34.
Derek Todd won his second Swingers Trophy for the year but after substantial damage the trophy is aware for repairs. ( Bruce Carvell - can you remember to bring it back next week please :} )
Great to see Eddie back leading us through announcements but special mention and thanks to Trevor Trump for the magnificent job he's done holding the fort recently.
Also great to see Sandy in the house and his number came out in the raffle.
One last thought and it came this week involving me. My tee shot on hole 3 hit the scaffold. Does that cost you a whisky ? Happy to buy but just confirming the agreed stance on this.
Hope it's a bit warmer next week just quietly.
Hope the Haggitt and Hackers Cup ( The Plate ) participants go well.