Archives for April 2015

The Main Combatants The venue Dainton Park the occasion, the Hadron Collider meets the Tippex Trojan ! The Captain and his ADC became entrapped in traffic en route to Dainton, fortunately a start sheet had been sent to the club previously. With the first tee time imminent an "executive" decision was taken and "Penners" read out the start sheet . Unfortunately the first match could not start on time so Hamish Marshall, Tony Edge and yours truly were joined by the "Best Thatcher in Devon "  Richard Pascoe, who joined us from the following match to make a four, we were but three prior to. We enjoyed some good golf and excellent banter, what's … [Read more...]

Stourbridge Captain with Brian Coleman and Roger Monson   The long trip to Stourbridge Golf Club had to start early, especially for those of us from South Devon. The match was formerly to be played at Hadley Hall Golf Club but for whatever reason it was changed to Stourbridge, only a stones throw away. Pretty well all the Devon players had not previously played the course therefore, for most of us, we relied upon guidance from our opponents. The course built on a small acreage had a good many holes which crossed one another and care had to be taken to avoid standing on another matches' line. I imagine on competition days the call of … [Read more...]

As is the custom our match season commences with a golf lesson, from our talented junior opponents. The Junior county team, all under 18 and a credit to their manager Graham Moore, who incidentally is having a second spell as Captain at Great Torrington. The Juniors are also a great credit to their golf Clubs and their junior organisers and coaches, they play their golf in a spirited but appropriate style and manner, unfortunately not always present in some other sports. Junior sports boys and girls are more in need of models rather than critics, in my opinion, and we should all encourage them so in our much loved golf ! The venue, Torquay … [Read more...]