Having selected the “A” team, all we needed
was good weather and a thumbs up from Lady luck !
The day presented us with unusually clear blue
skies, and a team raring to go, with Capt Fred & I leading the charge on
the Carthagena course which was in great condition considering the amount of
rain we had the previous day.
All games were close (except the last – more
of that later), and Fred and I had a close game which was all square until we
reached the 15th, which Fred won, and the sixteenth which I won,
followed by Fred winning the 17th (we even won the 18th
!!) giving us a good start with a 3 & 1 win. We then lost the 2nd
game on the 18th ( (having been 3 up) with Ron Etheridge playing a
blinder by winning the last 4 holes.
Our third game was halved with John Ellary
pairing with Bill Walker in a close entertaining match, and our fourth game
lost again on the 18th with Pat & Michael up against a strong
pairing from B & C who were recent competition winners. Our fifth pairing
of Colin and Bernard came in with a 3 & 2 win to leave the match all square
with 3 results to come. We were confident of a win with the strong pairing of
Terry McSweeney and Graham Court, but they found themselves with a real challenge
and Roger Loft of B & C recording a “hole in one at their nearest the pin
hole (so what happened to the drink then Roger!!), and the fifth game came in
halved. Two games to go and all square, but Sam and Tony came in
strong a 2up win with Tony Goodson playing a blinder on the final holes.
Our final game result was therefore important as we had recorded a 4 – 4 result
away from home, and a loss in the last game would give us the same result. Our
final pairing of Alban and William kept us in suspense as Alban needed
additional shower time to remove the clump of earth that had been deposited
down the back of his neck when one of the opposition decided to dig a hole
rather than hit the ball !! This clearly upset Alban and William, and
spurred them on to a great win of 6 & 5 !!
An overall match win 5 and 3, my thanks to
John Ellary for accepting a late call, commiserations to David Crosby regarding
his knees/elbow problems, and congratulations to Pat Gilgallon for being so up
to date and owning the first “driverless” car in Bedfordshire !!!
Graham McKay - Organiser
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