JOG Seniors Captain Richard Westergreen-Thorne and organiser Jed Isbell on the 1st tee with their St Neots opponents
Organiser Jed Isbell reports
A slightly overcast morning saw a merry band of JoG Seniors visit St Neots to play them in our annual inter-club match. The forecast indicated a 25% chance of rain, which did materialise in the form of some drizzle about half way round and lasted for a couple of holes before we all ended up removing clothing as the sun beat down on us.
As to the Captain's game, here we found ourselves one down after the first hole but soon rallied to make it all square by the third. We then managed to go two up before St Neots pulled one back, but we then promptly took the next two holes to reach the turn three up. Once again St Neots rallied only for their hopes to be dashed as our Captain produced a sublime chip and putt on the makeshift 16th hole (one was out of play for coursework) to keep us on track and to help secure a win of 4&3.
Pairings and results for the JoG team were as follows:
Richard Westergreen-Thorne & Jed Isbell - WON 4&3
Tony Lloyd & Mark Ellis - A/S
Paul Beck & Derek Young - Lost 1 Down
Paul Life & Tony Goodson - WON 5&3
Michael Bonwick & Gerry Degaute - Lost 1 Down
Ken Brewer & Michael Newstead - Lost 5&4
Paul Hammond & Rafe Bateson - Lost 2 Down
Algy Grimes & Trevor Darrington WON 5&4
A very close-fought match, which could have gone either way with 3 of the matches being lost on the 18th green, resulted in a win for St Neots with a final score of 4½ to the JoG’s 3½. We look forward to hosting St Neots on the 18th June for the return match, when we look to turn this result around.
After the match we were treated to cottage pie, treacle sponge and custard, which was enjoyed by all before our Captain got up to announce the result. Before doing so he shared with the audience a couple of incidents that had happened during our visit, with two of our players - Rafe Bateson and Paul Hammond - getting "tickets" on their windscreens as they do not allow commercial vehicles to park in front of the clubhouse - a situation made all the more comical by the fact that Rafe's vehicle is in fact taxed as a car and not used in any commercial capacity.
The other incident related to the "shot of the day" where a ball appeared on the fairway that our Captain was playing, only to find that it was in fact a wayward tee shot of Paul Life who had "slightly" lost his way. The faux pas to the story was that he was then given advice from the playing opponents of the Captain and promptly struck the ball over some trees to land it on the green to win the hole he was playing. Needless to say his playing opponents were none too pleased with the advice that was given to him by their so-called colleagues.
Post Match Note: Playing the 3rd, Algy Grimes got a birdie - but not one of the golfing kind. His second shot into the green hit the rear end of a Canada Goose that happened to be walking on the course. Needless to say this did not stop them from going on to win their game.
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