As we sat on the patio at the Cambridge Country Club your Captain, Richard Westergreen -Thorne and myself feared the worst and this blog would be entitled "If it wasn't for bad luck we would have no luck at all" having been beaten by their Captain (19 shots) and his partner 6 handicap 4 and 3.
The
clouds darken when the second game came in and advised they too had lost 2 and
1. It was about this time I was advising the Captain to get a new organiser for
next years games.
A glimmer
of hope appeared when the first group that had started on the seventeenth
appeared smiling with a win of 3 and 2. The Captain and I breathed a sigh of
relief " at least it will not be a white wash" was the comment.
The
second group out on the seventeenth did something I have only read about in
magazines. being five up with five to play, yes dormie 5 they managed to
snatch a draw from the jaws of victory.
To cut a
long story short the next three pairings were all winners and our mood
completely changed to the possibility of a significantly large win. Remember we
lost at home 5 1/2 to 2 1/2 and if our last pair could come in with a win we
could earn an honourable draw overall. However dreams are there to be
crushed and with a dog licence being mentioned we had to settle on the fact that
we had beaten our opponents 4 1/2 to 3 1/2. This is the first time I can
remember beating them on their home ground.
Yes they keep the Scroll and we live to fight another day.
You will notice "No Names No Pack Drill". As a team it was well played and to come away with a win is heart warming.
I must thank Ian Maddison, Steve Luckman and Keith Howlett who are ex CCC members and were given a rowdy reception by the opposing team members all in a good spirit as indeed the whole match was played
As someone said "there is always next year" Watch this space.
Derek
Young
Organiser
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