Seniors at home to Luffenham Heath Sept 15 2026

 

Seniors Captain David Barlow with Peter Imray and opponents Ian Moss and Mark Banfield

Luffenham Captain Martin Old with Gary Chamberlain, David Price and Neil Pinnington

Tony Lloyd reports

Give some people an inch and they take a yard! After stepping in at the last minute to replace an injured Jogger and helping my partner to a win over our Luffenham Heath opponents, organiser Terry Domagala sidled up me in the car park afterwards and asked me to write the blog report. Honestly!

At least we had had a lie in, as the Luffenham Heath team requested a later start because of their long journey and the delights of the Black Cat roadworks.

So after meeting at 8.30am for coffee and biscuits and the usual introductions we led our friends from Luffenham out onto the lush, green John O'Gaunt course to do battle.

First, though, we had a problem. Due to a misunderstanding, one of our players was missing! Fortunately one of theirs was too. And as it happened, both missing players were in the same group.

So it was that Graham Gadsden and Paul Wilkinson set off first as a two-ball. 

Luffenham Heath's Captain Martin Old likes to match handicaps as closely as possible so, breaking with tradition, he did not play with our Captain David Barlow.

The Luffenham Heath system has its benefits. There are fewer shots given and the results tend to be closer. The widest difference for instance was only two holes, unlike the "dog licences" that sometimes crop up.

We like the chaps from Luffenham Heath. Captain David described them as "kindred spirits".

So there was a convivial atmosphere in the Burgoyne Suite as we tucked into gammon steak followed by fruit crumble tart and custard and a toast to the visitors.

Then on to the results as presented by the Luffenham Captain.

Graham Gadsden: Lost two down

David Price and Neil Pinnington: Lost 3 and 1

David Barlow and Peter Imray: Won 3 and 2

Roy Brown and Geoff Elcome: Lost 3 and 2

Tony Lloyd and Oz Osman: Won 1 up

Dave Wood and Terry Domagala: Lost 4 and 2

Tony Walters and Tariq Bhatti: Lost 3 and 2

Chris Roy and Dave Trotter: Won 2 Up

Result: JOG 3 Luffenham Heath 5

Next up on October 19 is our rescheduled away match which had to be abandoned last month due to bad weather. Good luck to our squad who will be looking to avenge today's defeat.