Morning All
There was some similarity between the Closing Ceremony in Paris last night and the "Closing Ceremony" in Saunderton Lee on Saturday night!!!
They were both musical - but that's where the similarity probably ended!
Anyway, more importantly, I need to put on record my thanks to ALL those that made Saturday such a success.
Sarah, Nat, and Mia and front of house, Bruce for giving up his time and money on "Beat the Pro", All the Greenkeepers for producing a great course, Barry & Al for sorting out all the scoring ably assisted by Steve Williams, Viv and Christine in the drinks buggy, and our very own Crooner, Adam, with his Son Joe & partner Becky, and of course All of you players and supporters.
Also, to All the donors of raffle prizes, which meant a superb amount was raised for my "On Course Foundation" charity.
Overall Mens Winner and Captains Trophy - Al Jackson with 42 points.
Runner up (on count back) Dan Viney with 41 points.
Third (on count back) Glenn Shelton with 41 points.
The Team Winners were:- Alastair Wardrop, Phil Sloan, Neil Martin & Glenn Shelton with 126 points - Gold Medals
Runners Up (on count back):- Pete Smith, Mike Stevens, Dave Mackenzie & Al Jackson with 120 points - Silver Medals
Third (on count back):- Luke Viney, Dan Viney, Tom Graziano & Steve Williams with 120 points - Bronze Medals.
The Best Dressed Team (adjudicated by independent judges) was "The Italian Job" aka "The Self Preservation Society", ie. Barry Woledge, Steve Sargeant, Andy Hall & Adam Budd. {Olympic theme - Well done to all those teams that dressed up}
The winning Ladies Team was:- Caroline Johnston, Carolyn Dowle, Fiona Coogan & Sue Pomeroy.
Nearest the Pin on the 3rd was Alastair Wardrop.
Nearest the Tree on the 11th was Bob Broadley (on the one prize only rule)
Financially, a big "Thank You" to all who bought raffle tickets and this raised £320.00
Beat the Pro - raised £230.00 and only three players were on the green and beating Bruce.
Thus, I believe a great day was had by all.
Once the music began with Adam in charge of proceedings, there were any number of popular renditions of well known hits; some performed with more gusto than others!!!???????????????????????????????????? with a bit of dancing????????
The evening carried on for some merry hours and I believe some younger members even went on to a local hostelry.
Once again my thanks to everyone who made it such a memorable day.
Best regards
Dick
