Winter Cup Round 1, and Christmas in July

After dire warnings of heavy rain, tempest, deluge and tsunami, we had a very pleasant day's golf, punctuated only by fresh applications of sun cream and pauses for cold drinks. Strange, but there you go. 



However, we are still searching for an explanation for the exceptionally poor scores recorded by most, except for Richard Yeo who will, if pressed, explain in some detail the lead up to his remarkable hole-in-one on the second hole.







 It's a first for Richard, after some considerable years of playing, so hearty congratulations from one and all. 





A big week for birthdays, Derek, Stan and Richard Osborne all celebrating this week. 



The Golden Hole remains unclaimed for another week, so it jackpots to around $75 for the next time we play on the old course.










Quiz question for those of you who didn't play this week - who is this?




Scroll to the bottom to find out. 

Now here's something you probably didn't know...


Ciarán (Irish pronunciation: [ˈciəɾˠaːn̪ˠ]/[ciəˈɾˠaːn̪ˠ]) or Ciaran (Scottish),^[2][3] pronounced /ˈkɪərən/ KEER-ən or /ˈkɪərɔːn/ KEER-awn, is a Gaelic male given name. It means "little dark one"^[4] or "little dark-haired one", produced by appending a diminutive suffix to ciar ("black", "dark").^[5] The female form is Ciara.

And the Novelties:

	11	LD (15-36)	Thomas, Ron	Ciarán
	17	NTP in 3	Paul	Ciarán
	9	LD (0-14)		Paul
	2	NTP		Richard

Good to see the "little dark one" picking up a couple of balls there.





So, how are the standings after the first week of competition in the Winter Cup?

	Malcolm	88
	Lynne	85
	Peter	85
	Vickie	85
	Thomas	84
	Frances	83
	Gary	83
	Stephanie	83
	Ciarán	81
	Jan	81
	Earle	81
	Greg	80
	Derek	80
	Ross	79
	Shelley	78
	Paul	78
	Gordon	77
	Ron	77
	Brenda	76
	Richard	75
	Stan	73
	Phil	72

We're not awarding Phil the trophy just yet. There's not much separating the field, plenty still in with a chance for the next round. 



Many thanks to Jan for her generous sponsorship this week. 




Now of course the big event this weekend was the SOS Christmas in July celebration. 



And what a celebration it was too. 




And of course the iron chook proved a popular gift again.



A big shout out to Thomas and Thuy, who put on a fantastic show - a great event. And to Kerry, who, as always, went to great lengths to make it nice for everyone. We're very lucky to have you guys. 

And thanks to everyone else who helped make it happen. When everyone does a little, no-one has to do a lot. Of course, some people did do a lot, but you know what we mean. 



So, a great evening.  One to remember. 




Oh, and the trousers. Well, you'd guessed anyway, hadn't you?

  
 

 See you all again next week.