Organiser Rafe Bateson reports
An early start across country to Aspley Guise with everyone arriving on time - almost, a putting green almost as cold as the first tee on the Carthagena but a dry morning got the day off to a good start.
Our hosts provided tees and coffees and looking at the handicaps we gave them 123 shots so it would be a tall order to pull off a result.
The shock came on the second green when the ball landed 20 yards to the right and finished 10 yards to the left of the flag. The greens were fast and hardly any were flat. If you didn’t get the right position you could find yourself a long way off the green. "Come back in three weeks and see how fast they really are," said their captain Paul with a smile on his face.
Having said that the course was in excellent condition and, apart from a two-minute drop of rain, the day remained dry and even warmed up.
Despite this massive advantage to AG we came away with a creditable 4-4 draw, and although I assisted Captain Richard in going 5 down at the turn our golf improved and we won the back nine, losing in the end 4&3.
Stephen Collins and Keith Carne won 2&1, Andy Brown and Tony Goodson won by 1, Ian Maddison and Fred Williams lost by 2, Paul Life and Derek Young (who also won nearest the pin on the tricky 10th) won by 1, Nick Seeley and Ian Riches had the biggest win 5&4, with Stephen Mathers and Paul Clarke, Graham Gadsden and Derek Page both losing by 1 and 4&2 respectively.
Thanks to a two tee start lunch was served at 2.15pm with everyone away in good time to miss the traffic. A good day, brilliant hosts and a very good course.
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