Organiser Michael Newstead reports
After playing in almost monsoon conditions many times this year, how nice it was to be greeted by sunshine and fluffy white clouds on the morning of the13th of August when we welcomed the men from Saffron Walden to play the second of our two-match annual competition. We had been hammered 6-2 by SW when we played away earlier in the year, so was history going to repeat itself? Read on to find out.
And so, with the sun shining brightly, it was off with the sweaters and on with the shorts (for some of us), a parade of big hats and the sun cream, that 32 warriors, 16 from each club, took to the field of battle. Although this time, the field was different, the staggered start meant that all 8 games were underway within 30 minutes and resulted in reduced waiting time for lunch to start.
John O'Gaunt was in excellent condition; the greenkeeping staff must be congratulated on the work they have put into bringing the course back up to scratch following the horrendous conditions they have had to cope with earlier in the year, and it was especially good to see water flowing down the brook, following the dredging that has recently taken place.
Your Captain, RWG continued the superb form he had displayed the previous week when he won his own Senior Captain's Day, which was somewhat surprising as he was carrying the weight of yours truly on his back for much of the round! My own golf was to say, at best, "of questionable quality!"
Testament to the way RWG played against their Captain and Match Organiser was the score of a 5-4 win for John O'Gaunt. Would this trend continue? RWG and JOG Organiser could only sit and wait as the results came in.
Match 2 - Fred Williams and Nick Schumann - all square
Match 3 - Stephen Collins and Andy Brown - 4-3 loss
Tension mounting - game all square
Match 4 - Tony Goodson and Peter Imray - 2-1 win
Match 5 - David Trotter and Chris Saunders - all square
Match 6 - Stephen Mathers and Tony Walters - all square
Tension continues to mount - are JOG going to win by the narrowest of margins?
Rob Ebsworth and Alban Macdonald - 4-2 win
Gavin Little and Neil Pinnington - all square
Final Result - John O'Gaunt 5 - Saffron Waldon 3 - it was a good day for the men from JOG.
Compliments received for the catering and bar staff who provided their usual high-quality service were well deserved.
And so, with honours even for the year and everyone having had a great time, we said goodbye to our friends from Saffron Walden
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