BENKERR CUP ROUND 2

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We had a couple of absentees last week. They were clearly having much more fun than we were, sampling the Parisian bienvenue!

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Meanwhile the second round of the BenKerr Cup.

Gary indicates his credentials as a ROW player

Apparently there's a plaque in downtown Kilmarnok

An illegal alien, from planet Burgessia

Remember Round #1, when the ROW thrashed the Aussies, who put up the weakest of challenges?

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Would the tables be turned today?

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Would the Aussies come good, and respond with a game-changing total?

Who's that in the background?

Or would the ROW continue their dominance, and trounce the lacklustre green and gold?

Shake hands, and may the best team win

Wait and see.

Peter warms up with the Swing-o-matic

Good to see Birgit back after a long lay off.

ROW, in case you were wondering

The weather? Unremarkable, pleasant, not hot, and a little breezy at times.

Picture postcard perfect over here

The rough is getting rougher, and the fairways could do with a bit of mowing here and there.

Peter prepares to take his second shot, once Lynley has teed off

The grass in the trees is dying off, so fewer lost balls today.

Watchful tree on the 8th

The greens seemed slowish - given the number of putts that never made the distance, or perched on the edge.

Scores were surprisingly good - only four golfers failed to get into the thirties, but we’re getting ahead of ourselves.

Birgit would like to point out that
she outdrove Gerry on the first

Tomorrow, Glen Pope has a birthday.

Boris celebrates his birthday on Tuesday

To celebrate, Glen has very kindly agreed to make Lot 60 available for our end of year dinner function, which will be on November 25^th. Details will, of course, follow in due course.

Reinstating an old favourite - whose feet are these? 
Answer at the end

Lynne, Lynley and Shelley returned from Queenstown, where they met with Shelley Skinner, who used to play with the group. She sends best wishes to all her friends at SOS, and hopes to maybe join us again at some time in the future.

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We decamped to Perry Lakes for a sausage sizzle after the game.

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Always a popular event.

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Many thanks to Carol for organising - did a great job, and came up with an excellent bean dish to go with the sausages.

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Thanks also to Frances, Earle, and Goochy for their contributions to the general bonhomie.

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Carol and Keith had to hurry to get to their reptile party.

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A quick change into their costumes, and they were off.

Introducing Isobel to the delights of SOS

And the golf?

Novelties as follows:

NTP on the 2^nd, Keith, who went on to birdie, edged out by Popey, who also birdied this par 3.

Men’s longest drive on the 7^th, Earle, then Andrea sailed past but for obvious reasons fails to qualify, Paul Cooper, then Mark Hill.

Paul shows Boris exactly what he's doing wrong

Ladies longest drive, Frances got her name on the marker, but Lynley bettered her, and that’s how it stayed.

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NTP in three on the 12^th, only one name, Keith, and it was pretty damned close, too.

And nearest to the bunker on the 14^th, goes to Boris, who admitted that it was with his second shot, but no-one says it has to be off the tee - and fair enough too.

Birdies abounded today,

Keith 2

Popey 2

Lynley 4, 7

Gary 15

Brett 13, 15

Lynne 8

Goochy 10

Mark Smith 8

Nuria wins the raffle. Again.

The individual scores looked like this:

 

Gerry and Birgit on the same score - should ensure domestic harmony. Perhaps other partners could take the hint.

Our leaders today. Congratulations

Which, adding up the teams scores and calculating an average means that the Aussies came home with an exceptional score of 34.09, beating the ROW, who only managed 32.46

Calculators at the ready

HOWEVER - it is a two week competition, which means the final scores are as follows:

Australia              62.275

ROW                      63.531

A result that couldn’t be closer, ROW take home the BenKerr Cup by a whisker!

Inspired captaincy!

 

 

Whose feet? Did you get it?

Next week - according to the fixtures list it's a stroke competition on the Tuart for the Masters trophy and Stableford for those who don't qualify. Tee off at 7:24 again.