Andy Shilton made his debut as a match organiser, standing in for Tony Goodson in the contest against South Beds. This is his report
There were no late changes of team and everyone turned up, on time, and properly dressed. Your organiser was happy.
The weather was fine (after the biblical deluge of Tuesday), and there were a dozen Red Kite circling overhead throughout the day. A fantastic day for golf round a lovely Downs course with views over Luton and Marsh Farm!
We were looking up against it on paper with JOG receiving 64 shots to the South Beds 111. But the bacon rolls before the start gave us a hearty feeling inside. And in the top match they certainly did something for captain on the day Algy Grimes. He was on fire, hitting the middle of fairways and holing putts from all over the place. By the turn we were 5 up with Algy coming in on every hole. And though he took his foot of the pedal on the back nine we comfortably won 4&3.
David Crosby and Colin Newbury won the second match 2 up, although Ian Riches and Brian Bullen lost 3&1. Brian apparently so focused on the golf (or looking for balls), that he hadn’t noticed any of the Red Kites overhead. Ralph Black and Keith Fuller finished all square with Ralph holing a 9 iron from 130 yards for an eagle. This after playing ‘absolutely crap’ on all the previous holes (according to their opponents). The pair did well to get the half as one South Beds player had 3 birdies on the day.
Nigel Underwood and Terry Sweeney went down by one hole. But Paul (Mr 3 Wood) Hammond and Richard Westergreen-Thorne were triumphant winning 5&4. Their opponents were aghast as Mr 3 Wood was putting for Eagles on par 5s something they couldn’t remember seeing before.
Our buggy duo of Ray Smart and Jim Peacock lost 3 & 1, so scores were level with everything resting on Peter Imray and David McNair. As we waited the South Beds captain was confident as one of their players had 18 shots on Peter and the other was apparently a bit of a bandit getting 3 shots. His confidence was misplaced with Messrs Imray & McNair triumphing 3&1 giving victory to the JOG Seniors by 4.5 – 3.5.
We were served a fabulous two meat carvery with Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes and parsnips, and much convivial talk was had. Brian Bullen had the consolation of winning the Nearest to the Pin and selected a nice bottle of white wine for his better half.
Algy had the thrill of announcing the result and telling a poor joke.
Match Captain Algy delivered some great golf… and a joke
Thanks to all who played.
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So much more exciting and entertaining than Sky Live Golf. Keep up the good work Seniors!
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