Seniors Captain Tony Lloyd and Organiser Neil Pinnington relax with their Wellingborough opponents waiting for the overall scores to some in
Organiser Neil Pinnington reports
The team all arrived punctually to be greeted by superb
weather (if a little hot) and a warm welcome from our hosts.
The captain and I had been soundly beaten in the home match,
but Tony was in no mood to let that happen again. The success of his drive on
Captain's Day seemed to have gone to his head. He was playing way better than
his handicap. My only contribution in the match was to hold the flag for him as
he holed putt after putt to win 7 of the first 12 holes. At this point we were
5 up. I then made the mistake of
mentioning that his efforts would be writ large in the match report. This
caused an immediate catastrophic loss of form (for both of us) and we lost the
next two holes. However, Tony then rallied to win the 15th and the
match 4&3.
In the past. our matches against Wellingborough have been characterised
by a comfortable win at home followed by a disastrous result at Wellingborough.
However, the away results had been improving. Last year’s loss of 3.5 to 4.5 was by far our
best. Having started out with a win,
Tony and I awaited the following results with high hopes of doing even better. However,
in the second match Warren Churms and Paul Dobson lost to a player who was having
an equally good a day as our captain (as reported by Warren). When Chris Dennis and Algy achieved an
honourable half, the match was all square and could have gone either way. Our
hopes gradually grew stronger as each of the next four matches recorded wins.
Congratulations to all concerned. Special mention should be given to Paul Life
and Tariq Bhatti for their impressive 5&4 win. Also, Jonathan Lean and Paul
Jeeves who were 3 down standing on the 13th tee but then won the
next 5 holes for a remarkable 2&1 win. Commiserations to Oz and Graham
Gadsden who narrowly lost on the eighteenth green.
The final match
result was a magnificent 5.5 to 2.5 win.
I also must record that I managed to write my name on the
nearest the pin sheet only to be deprived of the bottle of wine by Chris
Dennis.
The detailed results were:
Tony Lloyd and Neil Pinnington won 4&3
Warren Churms and Paul Dobson lost
5&4
Chris Dennis and Algy Grimes
Halved
Peter Imray and Rob Ebsworth won
2&1
Paul Life and Tariq Bhatti won
5&4
Jonathan Lean and Paul Jeeves won
2&1
David Wood and Chris Roy won 3&2
Oz Osman and Graham Gadsden lost
1down
On the 18th green after a 4&3 win for Tony and Neil
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