Seniors at home to Leighton Buzzard June 9 2026

 

 Captain David Barlow and organiser Trevor Darrington with their opponents on the JOG 1st

 Organiser Trevor Darrington reports

The day started well and the promised rain kept away when the Captain and Organiser teed off at 8.30. Other than a few dribbles of rain, it was a sunny, but sometimes windy day. The course was in great condition and was complimented many times by the opposing Captain Peter Robson and partner (Dave Nero). In such conditions there were no excuses for not playing well. Unfortunately, the Organiser hadn’t read the script and played abysmally. Captain David played very well and kept us in the game which other than on hole 4 when we went 2 down, was level or 1 in it either way. The killer punch was hole 14 when Dave Nero was in the trees on the right and hit a 5 iron through umpteen trees to land the ball just off the green. His regular chip and putt secured a par and going 2 up.

Captain David gave us some hope with a shot to about 3 feet on the 16^th for a birdie and nearest the pin prize. Sadly, after an enormous drive on the 17^th, yours truly duffed the second, third, fourth and fifth shot to leave Captain David having to hole from 12 feet for a par to take the game down the 18^th. Unfortunately, the ball shaved the hole for a 2 & 1 loss. A pretty good result bearing in mind Dave Nero played pretty much par golf on the back 9.

As always, the food was excellent. “Chicken and chips” (they really must get bigger plates for this meal) and Pavlova for dessert.

As mentioned, Captain David won the JOG nearest the pin on the 16^th and Captain Peter Robson won for Leighton Buzzard on the 4^th.  

After the speeches, it was revealed that the final score was a 4-4 draw, so honours even. I’m sure everybody is looking forward to the away match on 13^th July when we need to master the somewhat quirky, but testing, Leighton Buzzard course.

Final scores:-

David Barlow and Trevor Darrington – Lost 2 & 1

Nigel Underwood and Tony Lloyd – Lost 3 & 2

Dave Wood and Graham Gadsden – Lost 4 & 2

Ian Maddison and Terry Domagala – Won 2 Up

Steve Luckman and Paul Hammond – Won 5 & 4

Richard Westergreen-Thorne and Neil Pinnington – Won 2 Up

Tony Goodson and Michael Newstead – Lost 3 & 2

Paul Life and Steve Mathers – Won 1 Up

The only question now is, has Neil Pinnington found his car keys yet??