Driving down to St Neots through some pretty heavy rain made me think it was going to be a tough day at the office but apart from a shower at the beginning of our round the weather was very good and by the end of the round the conditions were excellent .
it was my first to St Neots and I was made very welcome by the extremely affable Mick Mitchell their Seniors Captain. Equally affable was his partner Adrian Dack and it transpired the Adrian I shared mutual friends that we had both made in our time in Asia in the 1980s and 90s. Perhaps this was a deliberate ploy by Mick and Adrian and I should’ve spent more time concentrating on Golf than chatting. Mick Marriott and I were soundly beaten five and three although we didn’t play that poorly it was just that Adrian hit some tremendously good shots to the Green and Mick was quite outstanding with his chipping and subsequent single putting. Well played to those two.
A good win from Phil Hunt and Michael Wright which included Phil winning nearest the pin on the very tricky eighth hole much to the chagrin of our pin supremo Peter Hickman, who had previously hit a really good shot. Also a good win from David Shales and Kevin de Trafford. David has had three matches this week and has played well in all three. This included a Pairs Match on Tuesday. Kevin fresh for his win against Middleton Hall once more played below his handicap and as I said yesterday he is a dangerous player on his day, especially if he doesn’t drive straight.
St Neots ran out comfortable winners 6 points to 2 our only close defeat was Richard and Peter H in the final match . Michael Whitlock was Nearest The Pin for the Home Team and the outstanding performance was a run of 10 holes where Martin Forster was 2 over par wresting the initiative from Stephen and Mark, who had been 2 Up, finishing 4 down with 2 to play.
We had had a 3 Tee start the eight matches all finished within a relatively short time of each other which enabled us to dine together. I have to say gammon is not my favourite choice of food but it was very tasty as was the spotted dick which I certainly would never choose, too many inedible school puddings. There was very animated conversation on all four tables during dinner which was testament to how well the players had got on with each other. Captain Mick made reference to the camaraderie on show. It was a most enjoyable day despite the result.
Finally, a very very big thank you to Michael McCarthy who stepped in after recent injury to play for us. All playing squads need people like Michael a very steady player one with a great sense of humour and a very wide knowledge of rugby as the chat on our table showed.
We now have a rest for a couple of weeks until we play at Toft on the 20th of August . In between we have the Seniors Away trip at Forest Pines Golf Club next week.
Please signup for The Parsonage Bowl on the 18th.
Paul
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