Captain Richard Westergreen-Thorne and organiser Rafe Bateson with Aspley Guise opponents
Organiser Rafe Bateson reports
The early morning rain and the greenkeepers presented the course in great condition and with all the introductions complete, Alban made his entrance ... he couldn't have timed it better!
Off to the first tee.
Handicaps were sorted with some minor changes after the latest update to the WHS on the 1st April.
Aspley Guise had 157 shots to JOG's 86 which made for an interesting day, especially on the Carthagena!
Richard and I were behind after the second hole and despite some valiant efforts from your captain while I was playing in the bunkers, 8 of them to be precise, we lost 4&3.
Despite a couple of fightbacks by other teams, Aspley Guise came out on top 6-2, so you could say we were trounced!
The only winners were Gerry Degaute and Trevor Darrington 4&3, so well done to them. Halves were achieved by Paul Jeeves and Ian Riches and Oz Osman and Paul Hammond (who came back from 3 down with 3 to play) .
Other losses were as follows:
Chris Saunders & Graham Gadsden lost 2&1
Peter Imray & Tony Lloyd lost 3&2
Peter Wade & Richard Young lost 4&3
and finally Steve Luckman & Alban Macdonald lost 5&4
Nearest the pin for JOG on the 8th was Steve Luckman and for Aspley Guise on the 6th Andrew Wright.
As usual lunch was excellent and Richard carried on the tradition of a captain's joke. Ask nicely and I'm sure he will tell it again!
A good day was had by all, ready for the return match on the 25th April.
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