Organiser Steve Mathers reports
Our
latest Seniors fixture against The Millbrook Golf Club was always going to be a
challenge, particularly after our convincing victory at home back in May.
Sadly, this time around, Millbrook were clearly intent on evening things up - and, as it turned out, they succeeded rather more comprehensively than we would
have liked!
I had the pleasure of playing alongside David our Captain, who, by his own frank assessment, was having something of an “off day”. Fortunately, I was playing rather better than usual - particularly from the tee, where the driver was behaving itself and even occasionally travelling in the direction I intended. A few rather unnecessary missed putts prevented the round from being described as truly spectacular, but between us we managed to secure a 3 & 2 victory over Millbrook’s Derek Tilley and Ian Malloy. So, naturally, I shall be claiming most of the credit and Captain David can reflect on what might have been!
I had the pleasure of playing alongside David our Captain, who, by his own frank assessment, was having something of an “off day”. Fortunately, I was playing rather better than usual - particularly from the tee, where the driver was behaving itself and even occasionally travelling in the direction I intended. A few rather unnecessary missed putts prevented the round from being described as truly spectacular, but between us we managed to secure a 3 & 2 victory over Millbrook’s Derek Tilley and Ian Malloy. So, naturally, I shall be claiming most of the credit and Captain David can reflect on what might have been!
The
next match in was Chris Dennis (I’m sure I’ve seen him around ?) and Dave Wood,
who clearly felt inspired to better that result. They produced an excellent
performance, beating Millbrook’s Howell and Jones by a very convincing 6 &
5. Unfortunately, the good news rather dried up after that, with the remaining
matches proving somewhat less successful. One match even disappeared under the
dreaded “dog licence” of 7 & 6 - a result that requires no further
explanation, other than to say that the less said about it, the better!
Results for the matches were;
Barlow & Mathers beat Tilley & Milloy 3&2
Donovan & Life lost to Burke &Freeman by 2 (I gather Ian Burke was a “birdie machine”)
Thurgood & Maddison lost to Curley & Stamp 2&1
Darrington & Newstead lost to Carter & Dennis 6 & 4
Jones & Emkes lost to Burgess & Reay 3&2
Imray & Osman lost to Large & Ross 5&4
Dennis & Wood beat Howell & Jones 6&5 (top golf !!)
Dobson & Ebsworth lost to Hebron & Quinn 7&6 (Hebron was 1 under gross !!)
Nearest the Pin for JOG went to Ian Maddison, who was presented with a decent little red which we trust he’ll sample tonight.
Following
the rounds we enjoyed “bangers & mash” followed by cheesecake, coffee and
plenty of banter, which is what it’s all about.
Overall, Millbrook ran out winners by 6–2, levelling the series after our victory at John O’Gaunt in May. It was, unfortunately, our final scheduled fixture against The Millbrook GC, as fixture congestion means they won’t be included in next year’s programme. That is a shame, as everyone thoroughly enjoyed the course, the company and, as always, the excellent hospitality. Hopefully this isn’t the end of the relationship and we can rekindle the fixture somewhere down the line.
Results for the matches were;
Barlow & Mathers beat Tilley & Milloy 3&2
Donovan & Life lost to Burke &Freeman by 2 (I gather Ian Burke was a “birdie machine”)
Thurgood & Maddison lost to Curley & Stamp 2&1
Darrington & Newstead lost to Carter & Dennis 6 & 4
Jones & Emkes lost to Burgess & Reay 3&2
Imray & Osman lost to Large & Ross 5&4
Dennis & Wood beat Howell & Jones 6&5 (top golf !!)
Dobson & Ebsworth lost to Hebron & Quinn 7&6 (Hebron was 1 under gross !!)
Nearest the Pin for JOG went to Ian Maddison, who was presented with a decent little red which we trust he’ll sample tonight.
Overall, Millbrook ran out winners by 6–2, levelling the series after our victory at John O’Gaunt in May. It was, unfortunately, our final scheduled fixture against The Millbrook GC, as fixture congestion means they won’t be included in next year’s programme. That is a shame, as everyone thoroughly enjoyed the course, the company and, as always, the excellent hospitality. Hopefully this isn’t the end of the relationship and we can rekindle the fixture somewhere down the line.
In the meantime, congratulations to Millbrook on getting their revenge —
although I’m sure we’ll be reminding them for some time that we’re still
unbeaten when it comes to the important metric: who enjoyed the day most.
