IRISH STABLEFORD

SOS excelled themselves with a great Irish turnout for our annual event.





Never have we looked so green.

I thought the girls would be lining up, but the only offer I've had is from Paul..

We cut quite a dash through the other drab teams at Wembley

A bit of glamour never goes amiss

Irish Stableford is a team game, with individual results becoming more and more important as the game progresses. Your fortunes can change rapidly over the last couple of holes, which makes for a fun game.

I'm green, and he's green with envy

And we're very lucky to have our very own Irish colleen to judge the costumes (and provide the prizes - thanks so much, Bernie).

So, how did we go?

Glen and Don, aka BeePop, handed in a card with a score of 65, but I think they dudded themselves on the alternative formula for a two player team. Never mind, they enjoyed themselves, and managed to even play through the last but one group, we were so slow.


Next came the GREEN BERETS

Modelling themselves in this elite outfit, they managed the princely score of 76.

The other Green Berets

Next were the Aussie Leprechauns

We'll be relying on Daddy here to get us home

Struggling to put together a score of 79.

Then came Eratico (and not Erotico, as read out by the Captain). With a rather more respectable 81.

Well OK, we don't have a problem with Erotico..

The Leprechauns nudged ahead, with 84.

To be sure, to be sure..

Then, a shade ahead of them, came the Four Butts. Yes, I know. 85 to the butts.

Who was that who said "Four BIG Butts"?

But the winners, by a fair margin, were the GREEN MACHINE




An impressive 89 points. Which only goes to prove that if you want to win this competition you have to have Max in your team (he was part of winning team last year, when the winning team came in with 92 points)

Finalists for the best dressed were Lynne and Richard O - and the group's consensus was they both deserved first prize - so, well done both of you, and an honourable mention for Max, too.

As green as it gets

A great effort (and much better from Richard, who took out the "tie of shame" on Australia Day

I'm pleased to say I got "Most Improved" on my report

So who was awarded the tie of shame today? Here he is:

Oh dear. I did try.

The caption competition went to the wire this week, with Dave taking out the prize for this purler

Ian; Place the ball on this towel to get it over the path...its Ok under the new rules, trust me!

Kerry; Pull the other leg ..it plays Jingle Bells!

And a close second for Paul with this:

“See Ian, I can’t touch my toes either! 

That naked yoga clearly isn’t working.”

With a great moustache comes great responsibility. 

It wasn't an individual game today, but your Stableford scores count for handicap purposes, so you can check here how your friend (or foe) went.

	PLAYER	SCORE	BIRDIES
	Lynne	40	1, 8
	Gary	37	11
	Brett	37	17
	Earle	37
	Derek	37	2
	Ian	36	2
	Rob	35
	Richard Y	35
	Max	35
	John	35
	Paul	34
	Bernie	34
	Don	31
	Glen	31
	Greg	31
	Dave	31
	Gim	30
	Richard O	29
	Peter	29
	Jan	29	5
	Shelley	27
	Kerry	26
	Jeanie	25
	Frances	25
	Vickie	24
	Malcolm	23

Next week, it's the AGM at Perry Lakes immediately after the game. Refreshments and drinks all round.

 

Here's a cartoon that I felt had a rather deeper significance than appeared at first sight. Keep it in mind on the course.

 

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