Archives for August 2014

  The Captain with Ted Rockey, Brian Harris and John Bailey   The match that never was! Gloucester withdrew from this fixture because one of their Captain's had recently passed away and his funeral was on this very day, unfortunately Gloucester chose not to rearrange the fixture. To his great credit the Captain elected to try and rescue the booking with Tavistock GC, he and David Beer set about approaching all who had applied for this match. Success provided a 14 per side match within ourselves, for some reason named the "Improbables and the Impossibles" ! I'm sure Tavistock GC appreciated his efforts in supporting the Club … [Read more...]

The Captain's with their teams posed for a photograph for submission to the Kingsbridge Gazette, fame at last! There were good reasons to celebrate with a glass or two and a splendid meal at Bigbury. En route to the golf club Judi Spiers reminded listeners that the terrible floods at Boscastle and Crackington were ten years ago this weekend. The terrible forecast for the day had encouraged players to phone in to make sure the match was still on. Play we did and other than a few spiteful showers we managed to miss the really bad weather, that occurred in other parts of the County. This was Roger's first opportunity to welcome and entertain … [Read more...]

Captains Roger and Gary with partners Adrian and Roger   After a visit across the Welsh border, where we received a real trouncing, our Devonshire marauders crossed the Tamar to do battle with "the old enemy". Instead of our one longstanding "mole" within the Dukedom of Kernow, Ted Rockey, we now have two! John Sweet, (Exeter 1977) has recently returned to full match fitness, after a five year lay off through injury, and has lived in Cornwall for many years. The advantages were to be of little benefit however both men fell to determined  Cornish play, despite both having very strong partners. The match swung Cornwall's way early on … [Read more...]