Archives for June 2013

Dorset Golf and Country Club. 27 June 2013 Match result   Devon GCs 3 - Dorset GCs 5 Like the Grand Old Duke of York, ‘Captain’ Sun-stan marched his artillery troop to the parade ground (Golf course) to the sound of cannon to the right and left from the neighbouring Bovington Camp. Pre match deception tactics were deployed as the stalwarts from Devon approached Bovington, Tom-Tom’s misdirected Marksman C Boyne to road blocks nr Wareham to delay his arrival at the pre match lunch and combat briefing with Major General Dunstan. The opposing Dorset yeomanry disguised as ‘Gentlemen Golf Captains’ wearing camouflage green and … [Read more...]

KINGTON GOLF CLUB 20th JUNE Match Result  Devon GCs   3  -  Shropshire & Hereford  5 The Premier Inn, our chosen hostelry, ensured a bright eyed start to day two having called "last orders" at 10.45. Several of our teamates were visibly shocked and had to be reassured that they had correctly heard this mistimed instruction, with a few mutterings and bewilderment in their eyes our victorious players ..... went quietly. Awaking with clear heads and bright eyes we were shocked to hear and then see ........ RAIN, was this a cruel trick of sobriety ? Gathering together in the restaurant the men of Devon looked to their leader how, … [Read more...]

BELMONT PARK GOLF CLUB 19th JUNE Match Result  Devon GCs  4.5  -  Shropshire & Hereford GCs 3.5 our day arrived with the expected clear blue skies, all of us leaving Devon on the next edition of "Sunstan" tours have by this time come to expect sun, sun and more sun. Journeying North most players were looking forward to playing two courses not previously played before on this tour. Indeed we were not to be disappointed, Belmont Park was a true delight in first class condition with superb greens, fast and true. The facilities were also an excellent addition to the venue, if you ever find yourself in this area do try and play the … [Read more...]

HONITON GOLF CLUB 13th JUNE Match Result  Devon GCs 4  -  Oxfordshire GCs 4 Arriving at Honiton a little early I discovered several Oxfordshire Captains were already there. There followed a tale of woe whereby they had played Dorset the previous day at Came Down GC, apparently it had done just that! Heavy rain, incompleted matches and everyone drenched none of these chaps seemed particularly keen to play golf. Several of their players were drying golf shoes with the hand driers in the locker room. The mood lifted however with the arrival of the excellent luncheon, very tasty soup together with a generous supply of assorted … [Read more...]

Yelverton Golf Club, 13th June Match Result   Devon GC’s 8     Wiltshire GC’s 0 A fabulous sunshine start to Captain Peter Dunstan’s year with an outstanding 8-0 result! Dave Smith the Yelverton Club Captain, who in the traditional manner welcomed both teams, elected to play the match off the white tees and partnered Peter as Match 1 against the Wiltshire Golf Captains President John Houghton and Richard Callow. The DGC’s team selected by Peter included 5 players with single figure handicaps and the result proved that he is very adept at selecting competitive pairings, including Dave Howard past Yelverton Captain with Paul Smale … [Read more...]

SIDMOUTH GOLF CLUB 6th JUNE Match Result  Devon GCs 5  -  Warwickshire GCs  3 he Jurassic coastline and another warm and sunny day awaited all at Sidmouth Golf Club. Prior to match day Captain Peter was informed that unfortunately Warwickshire were unable to field a full team of 16 and were down to 14 players. To his great credit the Captain set about finding Devon dependables to play as "mercenaries" for the opposition, Ben Lynch & David Beer stepped up at very short notice. Thanks to Peter and the two "Brummies for the day" they played well and fairly, as one would expect! The Devon team contained four Sidmouth Captains, … [Read more...]