NEWS ARCHIVES





News for 2022


Investment over the past year has greatly improved the Pyrford course which was in very good condition.
December the 7th was a sunny but cold day and 19 Bunkers golfers and 1 guest turned out for the festive December meet.

As is usual fines were handed out by fine Meister - Paul Beard:
- Luke Peters was fined for playing from a hazard and managing to hit the ball backwards over his head !
- Steve Walsh played in shorts and was fined for his foolishness.
- The Turvill's had a forgetful day with Chris leaving his golf shoes at home and his dad Ian leaving the trophy at home - both making journeys to retrieve the items.
- Ian Dowdswell with bushy white beard and festive red jumper won the Santa lookalike fine.
- Phil Richards hit two balls into the lake on the 6th hole and did a very good Benny Hill impersonation with his sideways beret (not a good look).
- On the 14th Tony Peters was fined for skipping his driver shot into and out of the lake before getting a birdie.
- Mike James also had a wonderful Santa beard and was fined for forgetting where he'd parked his car.
- Colin Turvill and Dave Flavell managed to break their buggy on the 2nd hole and were both fined even though they pleaded innocence !
- James McPhail was fined for wearing a suit and tie after golf - his excuse that he had to leave for a business meeting (although true) didn't persuade the fine Meister to be lenient.
- Rick Britton was harshly fined for playing in a ski jacket.
- Michael Prevost fined for a very colourful hat.

It was good to see John Furness out after his recent bout of Pancreatitis. Fine Meister Paul Beard won the sweep but fined himself his £17 winnings because he lost the winning ticket!

The meal was first class - Steak & Ale pie with lovely vegetables followed by sponge pudding and custard. Captain Dave Shorter looked very dapper with a illuminated tie then announced the results. Luke Peters 35 won on countback from Phil Richards 35 with Tony Peters in 3rd place with 34.

Congratulations to all the prize winners, with Luke receiving the winners trophy from Captain Shorter.


Roving reporters: Luke and Tony Peters

You can see the full set of results on the results page


With the Order of Merit firmly decided for 2022 it was good to see some keen stalwarts for breakfast and on the 1st tee at the heavily modified course.

PaulB was keen to stick to his diet, but failed miserably when confronted with the best £9 breakfast this side of the M25. Others (IanT knows who he is) couldn’t remember what they’d ordered and JohnT ate the last friendless bap.

Eleven golfers managed to hit the opening, generous, fairway. Bringing up the rear was a late arriving Rick. Out of breath, he failed to keep up the remarkable quality of golf shown by the rest😩.

The usual howling wind and horizontal rain on this course was mercifully absent, but the thousands of trees that have been planted over the years still seem stunted and losing the fight to stay upright. Beanie hats for JohnT, Prev and Beardy (and his jacket) marked them out as wimps in such benign weather.

Scores reflected the conditions and a good standard emerged across the board. This hid a multitude of sins, misdemeanours, mistakes and cussedness that were duly taken into account when the fines were dished out.

It’s great to see how keen SteveW is to subsidise our future rounds through the fines kitty. With 5 puts on the 9th and nearly hitting his own trolley that he’d parked 50 yards ahead of the tee on the 12th, he was on a roll. Carrying his clubs whilst pushing his trolley across the ‘No Trolley’ lines was unusual, but certainly not out of character. Setting off his car alarm was the icing on the cake.

MarkB spent the day bouncing off buggy wheels, out of bunkers and lakes but didn’t evade the fines master. Frazer started the day poorly by bringing in an unpolished trophy and finished by not putting his name on the16th NP and aiming at the NP2 marker on the 18th and missing!. IanT played safe on the 8th but still found water. This was good practice for the 14th when he played out of the pond. Good job his trousers were waterproof. The choice of the 7th for one of the NPs was not popular. The Captain, despite his years of experience, confuses a slice as playing for a fade. Prev confused his sand wedge and 8 iron, and did something with his trolley to the Captain that was indecipherable on the DOB sheet.

Alan found to his cost that, although the fines master may be ‘Over the Hill’, one shouldn’t say it in polite company. Sitting before the Captain at the excellent dinner proved expensive.

Congratulations to all the prize winners, with Steve receiving the winners trophy from Captain Shorter.


See you all soon!

Roving reporter: John Thorp

You can see the full set of results on the results page


What a day! Rain, rain, rain, cake, and more rain! Oh and some golf!

Perennial early arrives Alan and Frazer were again pipped by Steve who decided to get there at 7.30am, and then went on to polish off at least 5 bits of cake, god knows how many coffees, all to the bemusement of the bar staff! Unfortunately a couple of drop outs the day before due to covid and other illnesses, so we wish Dave F and Prevo speedy recoveries. You'd have thought by now that the Secretary would have learnt his lesson and not print out the order of play the day before the event, but no, after 2 revamps of the order and 2 more print outs, there was more changes as Pradeep failed to turn up in time for his tee-time so a quick movement of players and more changes! Pradeep was promptly fined for causing the Secretary to a) change the order again, and b) force him to play with Steve :-)

Speaking of Steve " The Cake" Walsh, it turned out to be an expensive day on the fines front :- fined for trying to tee off a metre in front of the markers, and then fined for arguing about it for the next 4 holes! Fined again for turning up on 2 tee's without a club, and last;y for dambustering the pond on the 10th which he then went on to par!

Elsewhere on the fines front:
- Rob for using his phone in the clubhouse
- Luke for putting off the green on the 13th
- Rick for stating that the light rain shower would not amount to anything, just as the heavens opened, and the monsoon started
- Dave S for aiming so far left to avoid out of bounds, that he almost reached Hampshire!
- Nigel (taking over from Luke) with a fine for the most garish outfit
- Luke for practicing at Wentworth the week before
- Mark T for being shit
- Tony for aiming but failing to hit the captain (would he have been fined if he'd hit him we wonder!)
- Tony, again, as Vice Captain had him in the draw and he failed to win
- Steve, again, for dressing in the car park
- Steve, again, for moaning that the changing room door was locked - he was pushing instead of pulling!
- James for turning up in his court suit!
- Frazer for aimlessly wandering across a par 3 fairway when the group was teeing off
- Ian T for leaving his card in the car
- Colin T for leaving his dobs card in the car

Congratulations to all the prize winners, with Chris T receiving the winners trophy from Captain Shorter.


And as today was the last OOM event for 2022, we had an extra presentation to the 2022 champion golfer, who was Ian T. Congratulations to Ian for a pretty solid performance throughout the year, even though he tried his best to cock it up in the last 2 events, and was close to letting his son Chris pip him at the final hurdle. Thanks to Steve The Cake for refurbishing the OOM trophy.


See you all soon!

Editor: Frazer Webb

You can see the full set of results on the results page

This seasons final Order Of Merit can be seen here


Thank You Ma'am. RIP.

Nearly everyone turned up to a slightly damp Drift, for an afternoon of fun in the Sun! Well it was sunny some of the time, in between the odd tropical storm! Nice weather we're having for this time of year.

A slightly shocked look appeared on everyone's faces when each group found out that Ian had kindly arranged with his home club for us to be able to play off the white tees. Apparently it only makes a difference on a couple of holes! :-) Some suggested he was attempting to protect his Order Of Merit lead, especially when it was announced that the final OOM event was at his old home course. Ian went on to prove this was all nonsense when he posted one of his worst rounds of the season so far. Not surprisingly he was fined - for which bit we're still not sure!

Everyone was on form - I don't mean the golf! Various notable on-course events resulted in one of the biggest haul of fines this year. Some notable excerpts were:
- Steve was fined for his outfit - it was an improvement on his previous one, as it was a new shirt to replace the one his wife had burnt (as it was so bad!)
- Ian (eventful day for him) was fined for not even passing the ladies tee on the 5th
- Paul H for hitting almost every tree on the course, but always ending up back in the middle of the fairway
- Captain Dave for playing the wrong ball on the 1st hole
- John F for playing a running putt on the 16th so he was out in the monsoon rain for as little as possible. Oh by the way, he missed it!
- Luke for leaving his scorecard in the car .... again
- Paul B for wearing pink shorts with some dodgy white stains on them
- Ian D, Paul S both for some fruity language
- Paul B for driving what looked like Postman Pat's van
- Tony P got fined cos he's such a nice bloke!
- Michael got fined for playing some good golf
- Ray and Ian D for on the course phone use
- The whole of the 1st group got fined cos they were the only ones that stayed completely dry
- Ray, Rob, Alan, Steve for wearing shorts at dinner
- Frazer, Luke, Michael, Dave S, Phil, Rick, Paul H, James for playing in the summer in long trousers
- Frazer for knocking the Fines Meister off the Nearest The Pin in 2 winning list
- Rob for saying look at that Kingfisher ...... it was a wood pecker!
- Michael for locking his key in his car
- Paul H for being dressed/looking like a bank manager
- Frazer and Phil for poor putting - Phil for putting off the green, Frazer for 3 putting from 6 foot

Mr Wentworth (aka Tony) voluntarily took a handicap reduction because his club handicap was a lot lower than his society handicap. After his best ever round of 6 over a few weeks ago, Tony was obviously confident he didn't need the shots! Well 2nd place with 36 points he obviously didn't, but as you'll see in the results, nobody could hold a peso to the beardless mexican bandit!

Congratulations to all the prize winners, with Vice-Captain Fine Meister Paul Beard receiving the winners trophy from Captain Shorter.


Next time out is the Order Of Merit final, and after this performance today there isn't much change at the top, so all to play for between Ian and Phil, with a mathematical chance of a last gasp dash by Chris! Knowing our weather at the moment, we'll be playing that in Snow!

See you all soon!

Editor: Frazer Webb

You can see the full set of results on the results page

The current Order Of Merit can be seen here


On the supermarket shelves there is a cooking oil called Crisp&Dry. Any advert for that could have easily been applied to the Old Course on a hot and steamy day. With some fairways looking like the surface of Mars and as slick as ice, it was good that the greens at least were well watered and receptive. Arriving early, as usual, SteveW had done a rece, before JohnT arrived to grab tables and seats for pre match eating. Amazingly JohnT was fined later for answering the call of nature and missing his tee time.

With the heat rising, a sensible choice of attire was vital. This message didn’t quite filter down quickly enough to Dave, James and Sean who were too modest to expose their knees and IanT had a very dodgy hat. SteveW exposed his knees (most people wished he hadn’t) and wore the same antique shirt (washed?) that we have seen many times before. It would take too long to itemise all of the fines accrued by SteveW (our resident rascal), but further information can be found, with the assistance of the FBI, at Mar el Largo in Florida. PaulB and DaveF were fined for being Goody Two Shoes!, but Paul did manage to dribble down his shorts (too much information?). Luke should have provided sunglasses to see his shirt in it’s true magnificence, especially as he tried unsuccessfully to hit the Captain. Two players, Frazer on the 2nd and Rick on the 15th, tried to play the course backwards. The heat must have attacked DaveS as he gave IanT the halfway score on the 8th. IanT, as stand-in card filler, gave Martin a 36 handicap instead of 22. Nick had some fun in the rough on the 11th but recovered to win the NP3 hole after putting his drive into the trees. Quite an achievement that was duly rewarded. And finally, last but not least, high praise must go to Michelle for her efforts to redesign one of the bunkers on the 15th. Actually not quite last…..Burhill once again served up for dinner the best chicken dish this side of The Ivy. Well done to the chef.

Congratulations to all the prize winners, with first time winner Phil Richards receiving the trophy from Captain Shorter.


Roving Reporter: John Thorp

You can see the full set of results on the results page

The current Order Of Merit can be seen here


With remarkable foresight the Bunkers committee scheduled our longest playing day before the hottest weather of this year arrived. With a good turnout, and a few old friends returning, the day proved a resounding success. Many will have remembered the course and food from previous visits, so a few changes didn’t go unnoticed. Some found the many dog-legs on the back nine somewhat tedious. The extra water on the 18th proving a particular hazard for JohnT.!. The club restaurant did a fine job this time, although a few more chips (Frazer managed to blag extra portions and was duly fined and ColinT had sneaked an extra bacon roll) at lunchtime would have been welcomed, but the evening dinner was second to none.

Old hands will recall the mayhem that usually surrounded AlanB in the distant past. This time was no exception………..here’s just a short summary: spending more time (always?) than was wise on the wrong fairways, wearing ‘That Shirt’ , forgetting to put his name on the nearest pin, getting NP on the 4th when playing the 3rd and, finally not allowing PaulH to keep him under control. Quite a rap sheet!. Obviously PaulH was too busy to notice trying to win despite a visit to the hedge by the practice green, without his shirt being tucked in and practicing in the bunkers.

Others were obviously affected by the occasion including a hungry IanT who demolished many calories and answered the phone on the 1st. Many members, well two at least, were ready to decapitate SteveW for repeated mention of a Callaway ball, mashing a bunker in anger, and for his inability to accurately measure an NP. PaulS and Phil were fined for being the same distance from the hole.

LukeP was cheeky about everything, particularly Frazer’s pink shirt. By the way, Alan is definitely not Richard. MikeJ and IanD were strangely dressed for the climate. Did this contribute to the 25 shots Mike took to emerge from a bunker. For Mike and DaveF a buggy over a tee was not a good idea. These two also parked the buggy next to a ‘lost’ ball and went off to look for it, but DaveF only had one blob on his card (Hurrahs all round)

MarkT was fined for being a goody goody .

Our skipper Dave had an eventful day. Ran over a golf trolley and played Frazer’s ball.

Noticing a bell or not ringing it was a heavy fine for SteveW’s group but this wasn’t as bad as falling asleep stretched out on the 14th tee. JohnT obviously had lost his voice and failed to shout fore on more than one occasion, but artfully missed Phil in his bright red shirt but not his trolley.

A flurry of confusion during the prize giving underlined the importance of card markers cross checking scores with the player BEFORE handing over to Frazer.

Congratulations to all prize winners from both competitions on the day.

Congratulations to singles winner Paul receiving the trophy from Captain Shorter.


Roving Reporter: John Thorp

You can see the full set of results on the results page

The current Order Of Merit can be seen here


The sun was out, the temperature was high, the ground hard, and the rough, well you'll see and read more about that later! A rather disappointing turn out arrived at Sherfield Oaks for the Summer Shoot-Out - maybe they had remembered the rough from last year!

Steve was his typical early self, but as he was commuting from Wales (after leaving his wife and best friend there on holiday), I guess he can be forgiven for only arriving at 8.45am (just 4 hours early this time!). The early eaters were left feeling a little disappointed by the lack of unhealthy fried offerings and instead had to cope with deli sandwiches from Sherfields new venture.

Having arrived early, Steve disappeared for a few hours, and we all thought he'd fallen asleep in his car. But no, after witnessing various members moaning to the green keepers meeting that morning, he had somehow conned a member into taking him out on the course for a few holes just to "test the length of the rough". As he arrived back in the clubhouse he promptly bought a dozen more balls! He subsequently got fined for practice beforehand and for loosing his balls before he'd even started! As you'll see from the results, the practice didn't help him, especially as he'd gone out on the other course which we weren't playing :-)

Even though we were reduced on numbers the fines were still abundant, with Dave and Tony being fined for not wearing shorts, Dave being too lippy, and for trying to double DOB Ian.

Colin got fined for trying to teach Mark accountancy tips on the back of his DOB card. In turn Mark racked up some noteable fines - Club abuse, saying he had back spin which is why he wasn't nearer the hole, and walking whilst letting Beardy's buggy carry his clubs. I think he must have had it in for Beardy as Mark was heard telling Beardy that the "ditch was about 240 yards away but that won't bother you".

And on the subject of Beardy's buggy; we've already mentioned the rough was a bit too long, well long rough and buggies don't mix well, especially when driven by serial buggy crashers!


Thankfully he came out unharmed except for a couple of bruises, but Tony subsequently got fined for telling Beardy he had a built in air-bag.

The main event ended up being tight for the positions, with the top 3 all on 40 points, and only being sorted out on countback. Congratulations to all who played to or bettered handicap - anything running off the fairway was lost!

Congratulations to winner Frazer, receiving the trophy from Captain Shorter.


Editor: Frazer Webb

You can see the full set of results on the results page

The current Order Of Merit can be seen here


Being welcomed to Calcot by heavy rain didn’t detract from the expectations of our members for a great day out on an excellent course.

The early starters in the draw had a wet experience for the first 10 or 11 holes, but then the sun came out and all was forgiven. The greens, always a challenge even when dry, proved more difficult in the damp. The halfway hut was a welcome sight.

It was a very busy day for the fines master, with players doing odd things left, right and centre.

Steve was particularly keen to repeat his successful results last time out…a 7.44am arrival at the course ensured that he wouldn’t be late and eating Jaffa cakes kept up the calories (as did extra helpings sausages at breakfast and of pudding later in the day). It obviously worked, as two skill prizes and the sweep for the 2nd time in a row duly followed. He still managed to slow everybody down by taking four out of a bunker and insisting on putting.

Unusually balls seemed to be a strong topic of conversation (as we shall see later) during the day with two players having a Callaway 1, with 3 purple spots and 3 lines. What are the odds!?.

JohnF was either causing havoc, a shot from the 4th tee landed next to the 3rd tee, playing off the whites, or was invisible as James had difficulty seeing him in the group ahead. A discussion in the showers about back ache re-cemented the bond.

JohnT (who did serious damage to a tee box and failed to use the driver sold to him years ago by the fines master) and Rick had fun bouncing out of bunkers, chipping into and out of them and putting into them. Unfortunately Martin had four blobs on the back 9. On the 15th, JohnT was just off the green in two, putted into a bunker and never came out. A pathetic blob. PaulS and Michelle were discovered playing with each other’s balls. Wow, gender fluidity on the golf course!. Michelle on the par 3 4th played her 2nd and 4th shot from the same place.

Steve was fined for not working out the stableford scores on his card and Tony for not having one and finding every bunker on the course. Nick meanwhile had no excuses for anything. Frazer had a great day: putted off the green on the 1st and then broke a rake. Had his name on the nearest pin 17th and then four putted.

DaveF scored on the first three holes…a feat never achieved before by him!. DaveS had a buggy, but parked it miles from the tee or the ball and ColinT used his mobile on the 1st. IanT was, believe it or not, fined for acting above his station!

Congratulations to all winners after a great days golf.

Congratulations to winner Ian, receiving the trophy from Captain Shorter.


Roving Reported: John Thorp

You can see the full set of results on the results page

The current Order Of Merit can be seen here


Driving in to the course, it was good to see that a gratifying number of people on the pavements in Ascot town had taken the effort to wear waistcoats and top hats as a welcoming gesture to the Society. What was slightly confusing was that during the afternoon they cheered even when we made bad shots.

A great turnout for the day with a number of new, and very keen, members.

Some hardy souls chose to test the weather forecast by wearing shorts. What’s the old phrase, “cast ne’re a clout ‘til May be out” (this phrase, which appeared in the Yorkshire vernacular around 1754 was brought back to England, at great personal sacrifice, by Capt. Cook following his visit to Tahiti in 1749 to observe the transit of Venus. Quite why the natives of those tropical islands would have a need for such an admonition has been lost to science but it is thought that, due to bad translation, a clout could refer to either a coconut or a pineapple, rather than clothes that golfers would wear). JohnT had a major wardrobe malfunction and became increasingly cold as the round wore on. This lead to a somewhat uncharacteristic explosion of expletives that led to a hefty fine.

On the subject of fines, those who received one know who they are, but this write up has been put together without the DOB cards being available. It’s guaranteed that won’t happen again. (Hopefully)

The frostbite must have reached JohnF’s swing as playing the 3rd, but ending on the 18th green, was not how the course designers had intended their creation.

JamesM was roundly excoriated for not polishing the returning trophy, but he had had it engraved for free!.

Paul, the ‘only’ guest was successful in not only finding most areas of rough on the corse, but also winning the leading guest prize. What an accomplished performance.

An interesting culinary production for the meal afterwards. It’s definitely the first time that this writer has experienced bangers & mash with mushy peas. Not disastrous, but somewhat odd. Having said that, the breakfast bacon sandwich was easily the best in Ascot!.

Congratulations to all prize winners, especially to Steve who did a fine job of mopping up most of them.

Congratulations to winner Rick, receiving the trophy from Captain Shorter.


Roving Reported: John 'Iceman' Thorp

You can see the full set of results on the results page

The current Order Of Merit can be seen here


Unfortunately our Roving Reporter was not able to attend today as he was testing positive for you know what! Although a bit drained I can say that John is on the way to being his normal self! See you soon John!

In his absence it falls to me to precis the cock-ups, moans, shouts of joy (not many of those), and the swearing (lots of that)!

Since they removed a lot of trees and took the course back closer to the original design Cuddington seems to have got easier, with the winning score usually well under handicap, and this year was no exception. Despite them remodelling the 8th, and therefore having to split the 17th into 2 holes to give us a full 18, it was still a challenge to some. It also made for some rather intricate and interesting card filling in as hole 17B had to be scored in the 8th hole position! Confused! Yep, so were many, but I'm happy to say that only one person cocked the score card up didn't they Steve!

Aside from this little issue, all was going well until one of the staff came up to us at 12:30 asking when we were going out to start playing. It transpired after a few short minutes that what he was trying to tell us was that they had our tee-times booked for 12:30 where as we were all getting geared up to start out at 1pm. Thankfully most of the players had already turned up so after a quick dash to the cars for the bats, we were able to get out not long after 12:30. This rush did see the Captain leave his groups cards behind in the clubhouse, so those on the 1st tee had to dodge his buggy as he swiftly came back from the 1st green to get the cards he'd left behind. A big thank you to all the players for getting there at the meet time, and for coping with the rush as best as could be.

Aside from the Captain, all seemed to fair ok with the rush and the 1st tee saw some stonking shots, with no warmup and no practice. It is Bunkers after all, who needs practice! Well for one, me, as I hooked my first tee-shot, lost it, dropped (as per Bunkers rules), shanked it, lost, it, gave up and walked to the 2nd tee!

I'm pleased to say that I wasn't the only one making a fool of themselves on the course as we found out later with the Fines Master doling out a large number of awards - edited highlights being:
- Luke for his repeated sarcastic comments that Captain was playing like a prat
- Dave Flynn for having his trousers tucked into his socks
- Phil 3 holes in a row, shanking fairway irons, and still paring the holes!
- John F for wearing a bobble hat with his shorts
- Steve for trying to bribe the fines master by offering him his posh pencil
- And on the subject of pencils, Darren for having no lead in his
- Luke, again, for using the hairdryer
- Luke for reminding Colin to miss the bunkers
- Tony P for hitting his approach shot on 17B to 8ft from the 10th pin!
- Tony, again, for his phone going off whilst on the 17B tee (maybe that's why he went for the wrong green!)

Many others got stuffed up, but couldn't read the writing on the dobs cards, so the rest will have to stay unknown for now!

Congratulations to all the winners and despite the rushed start, the weather held off and all had a great day. As per normal at Cuddington, the food after was very good.

Congratulaions to first time winner Luke, receiving the trophy from Captain Shorter.


Editor: Frazer Webb

You can see the full set of results on the results page

The current Order Of Merit can be seen here


For many years there have been occasional reports in the Golf Press (the better titles of course) that golfers didn’t go to Test Valley primarily for the golf. This writer for one put these rumours down to the mere tittle tattle of grumpy overweight old men. However, the Bunkers visit last week confirmed the truth!. The meals produced by the club house kitchen were a gastronomic triumph!, easily winning over the jaded palates of our members. Even Ray S, our resident gastronomic vacuum cleaner, happily polished off Tony P's unwanted sausage at breakfast.

The golf that accompanied these delights was also very enjoyable, given that previous visits to the course had been stymied or brought close to disaster by wet weather.

With this being the first event of 2022, members seemed to have gained a mean streak over the winter. The DOB-SHEETs were heavy with minor ,and major, infringements. One of the funniest of course would be Dave F. Gladly offering John F a comb when asked 👀. Dave F made up for it by playing some of his best golf this year, even if it was off a handicap of 36.

Conversations after the game were enlightened by John F telling and re-telling Ad nauseam the tale of how he was persuaded to marked a 3, not a 2 on the closest pin 16th and 4 putted the 8th. (Memory like a goldfish maybe). John T got a fine for the subterfuge and for littering the course with an unused Puttenham score card.

Luke was like a man possessed in his quest to be fined. First he lost his DOB sheet, then got lost on the way to the driving range and then took a swing at a late arriving Michelle with his bag!. Michelle, inevitably, was also fined for being late and a victim.

The golfing gods were looking after some, but not all, players. John T hit at least 2 drives straight in to fairway bunkers, but they squirted out of the other side on each occasion. Ian T, not to be outdone, played crazy golf on the 6th. (Sadly, no further description available). Chris T managed to chip in for a birdie after thinning a drive and managed to prove that trees are at least 10% timber. Mark T hit a 320 yd drive, didn’t wait for the bell, and took another four shots to get down. Tony hit a second provisional into the pond on the 15th.

Martin C was one of those playing Army golf and on the 4th hit three to back of the green, fourth into a bunker and fifth through the back. What joy!. Paul B was fined for being a nice bloke and swearing all the time. Somebody had to remind the Captain that he’d left his top in the bar (what had happened to the other part of his bikini is still a mystery).

Lastly, and how could we forget, John F won three nearest pin prizes while generally playing some of the worst golf of his golfing year. What was that about Gods?.

Congratulations to all deserving winners and a great day was had by all.

Congratulaions to first time winner Mike P, receiving the trophy from Captain Shorter.


Roving reporter: John Thorp

You can see the full set of results on the results page

The current Order Of Merit can be seen here