David Dyson – Bob Webber – Howard Brace – Gregor Crum
Bob Webber welcomed our visitors from Hampshire to Woodbury Golf Club in this his final match before retiring at Tavistock next week on President’s Day. Gregor Crum, the current Woodbury Captain, also welcomed our friends from Hampshire who conveniently were staying at the onsite hotel, on their way to play Cornwall Captains the following day at Truro. Gregor paved the way for all when he announced, on this occasion, winter rules would apply ‘through the green’. So it proved to be, much of the course still very wet and consequently buggies restricted to the cart paths. The greens however are well on the way to catching up with their normal quality at this time of year.
As usual a number of players renewed acquaintance and swapped tales of previous experience, especially from last year’s match at Rowlands Castle. Once again the additional pleasure of taking part in these matches is the wisecrack, leg pulls and humour which accompanies most games. Woodbury, always a popular venue for societies was indeed host to a very large society on the day however, pace of play at the front wasn’t too bad for most. Our visitors were, in the main, very impressed with the course but a number stating “they would like to return when the course was drier”, an opinion relevant to many courses this year. As all Captains would opine I’m sure, Bob has had his ups and downs over the last twelve months, mainly through weather, but has enjoyed his Captaincy and the fellowship experienced along the way. He was thanked for his leadership by all present and looks forward to getting some free time back in the rest of the season. Looking forward to seeing many of you next week at Tavy !
Malcolm Jordain
Devon v Hampshire Team & Result Sheet
