The Putt Putt Jug
Goring and Streatley - 12th October 2020

According to the meteorological agency October 3rd was the wettest day since records began. On the day of our game at Goring the Gods were trying again. The light drizzle on arrival turned into low cloud, mist and eventually fairly heavy rain.

Unusually, we were all able to sit down for tasty early bacon rolls (No great chef skills required). Suitably emboldened, we set out up the first three vertical holes into the clouds. Ian D eventually had to put on some waterproofs over his T-shirt and John F defied convention by not only ‘not’ complaining about the wet weather or arthritis, but by playing well enough to come 2nd. Others were not so immune to the conditions and scores suffered. The evening meal was a welcoming magnet to return to the club house, with the final groups appearing out of the dense mists and darkness. Michelle, not a lover of venturing to play golf in the wet, announced in no uncertain terms that she would NEVER EVER play in the rain again. I guess that’s her final word on the subject!

An interesting plate of food followed!. Although most people had at some time in their lives sampled pulled pork, the fact that it was formed into a hard ball and served with a garlic laced mayonnaise was certainly unusual. The chips looked great, but that’s were their allure ended.
A robust comment was sent to the club.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Due to circumstances fines were not handed out but "next month would be doubled" according to the captain.

The event was Mark Turvill's 100th in the society and an engraved tankard was sanitized and presented to him to recognise the moment.

Congratulations to all of the prize winners who defied the conditions.

Roving reporter: John Thorp