Thursday 17th March

Rather better scores from the 31 starters in today's benign conditions with Joe Campbell and Harry Wright scoring 39 and 38 points respectively.
Bob Hetherington called in to say that his post op recovery isn't going as well as hoped so it will be a while before he joins in again.
Tuesday's competition is a club handicap qualifying bogey competition so with the later start time that's two things to remember.

Tuesday 15th March

Too wet for play today so those that did turn up had to settle for a cup of coffee.
Our Committee were hard at work this afternoon arranging the draw for the Seniors' Open.
There are reserves so if you know you can't play you're early cancellation will be appreciated.
Also to remind everyone that on Tuesday 22nd we revert to our usual start time with ten minutes added after 12 noon to accommodate our enlarged membership.

Thursday 10th March

Driver, 3 wood, 5 wood and single putt. That's how Jeff Smith got his birdie on the 5th in today's howling gale as well as identical shots and result on Tuesday.
Geoff Scott and myself felt as if we'd been mugged as did the other four when they saw Jeff's winning score of 36 points.
For those like myself who didn't know, Malcolm Donald has recently had surgery and one or two set backs during recovery. He was out practicing with Barbara on Tuesday and no doubt we'll see his smiling face back with us soon.

Tuesday 8th March

25 brave souls went out.
24 returned, Bernard had to go home after 12 holes but very good for a man of 86 as it was very windy and cold.
Jeff Smith 32pts.  H/C 13 to 11
Joe Campbell 29pts. H/C  18 to 17
Joe

Thursday 3rd March

Fortunately the overnight frost cleared away sufficiently for the course manager to open the full course just before kick off.
Ian Porter didn't stay for the after proceedings so he'll be surprised to find he's at least two shots worse off for his winning score of 36.
Geoff Scott's 33 won second place on count back.

Octavia's Sponsored Slim

Octavia has put notices on all the boards announcing her intention to slim and use the proceeds of sponsorship to support the junior section.
I don't suppose any of us would like to join her in slimming down a bit ourselves but our caterers do look after us well and I hope we'll all contribute.

Tuesday 1st March

The early morning frost was away before we started and we played in conditions better than some summer days.
It wasn't reflected in the scores though. Most of us thought that over forty was achievable but David Barnes' 37 was enough to win with David McCrum coming second with 36.