Rafe Bateson and Tony Lloyd with Kevin Kelly and Graham Rumsey from Aspley Guise
Organiser Rafe Bateson reports
Shorts and tee shirts were replaced by trousers (by some) and jackets as the cold wind woke everyone up!!!
The sun didn't warm up until about 10.00!
It was great to see the team from Aspley Guise, many of whom had played last year, so it was good to catch up before heading out.
Our day got off to a brilliant start with Captain Tony Lloyd chipping in from 50 yds on the first for a birdie whilst I put my ball into a tree! Then it was downhill all the way to the 10th, at which point we were 3 down, then a fighting comeback to go one up by the 14th but sadly we ran out of steam and lost 2&1 .
Some great results and comebacks enabled us to win the match 5 - 3.
Both Barry Donovan and Len Greaves got birdies on the 18th, which I'm sure they will tell you about if you see them in the bar.
Paul Hammond had a brilliant back nine for him and Chris Roy to come from behind to win 2&1.
Nearest the pin for John O'Gaunt on the 16th was Chris Sullivan.
Full results:
Tony Lloyd and Rafe Bateson lost 2&1
David Barlow and Tony Goodson lost 4&2
Paul Hammond and Chris Roy won 2&1
Fred Williams and Paul Life won 4&3
Barry Donovan and Neil Pinnington won 5&4.
Len Greaves and Dave Wood lost 2&1.
Chris Saunders and Richard Cobb won 2&1 with Chris giving 21 & 22 shots respectively to Aspley Guise.
Finally Gavin Little and Michael Newstead won 4&2
A thank you to Len Greaves who was drafted in 15 minutes before his tee time due to a no show by one of our team.
Following an excellent meal of lasagne and chips we said our farewells, a good day was had by all.
