MatchPlay SF & 4BBB stableford

Sponsored by I think SOS again, but not entirely sure.

Firstly our thoughts go out to Gary The Coach Burgess who is struggling away at Fiona Stanley with a bad case of sepsis!
Our thoughts are with ya bruvver.


And so it was a Battle Against The Elements as we soggily stomped our way around Wembley for the Semi-Finals of the MatchPlay whilst the rest of us struggled with 4BBB stableford.

The was mucho rain, and even the WeatherMan predicted we were unlikely to finish the round....


Now just so i get the warning out there, this will be quite a short blog, with limited stories, for two main reasons:-

1) My note book got washed away in the rain

2) My hands were too cold and i really couldn't be ars#d to write much of it down

I did ask for a few contributions to be emailed, but i'm guessing nobody else could be ars#d either, as i didn't get anythink heheheheh

Apart from something from Stan The Man Tan, and it didn't really apply,,,, but thanks mate!

Now before we start, i must welcome our newest member, 

Ben Something (sorry i did tell ya i wasn't paying any attention!) to the SOS fold on such a glorious day.

It's great to meet ya mate, and let's hope the weather brightens up for us all soon.








So what was on the cards for such a dreamy day?

Game 1- Earl v Lynne


As you can see the battle and the War of Words started early.

Game 2- Ciaran v Colin


No pic of the other two battlers, and even Colin got a bit shy












The Results
Earl defeated Lynne*        
Ciaran defeated Colin

* please see the quotes below

And so the Final of the 2016 MatchPlay is between 
Earl The Elder Statesman against Ciaran The Young Pretender.

Good luck gentleman.

Where's your money SOS????? Let me know and i'll open a book!

The Rest 4BBB Stabelford

Due to the rather inclement weather, many people retired to the bar after 9 holes, however much to the surprise of many, Tom English Rielley & Gardi The Broken carried on throughout the rain!

It must be stated that it was after a medicinal beer or two at half time.

As such, and due to to my previous excuses i have nothing else really to say.


Actually, i've just remembered who won the 4BBB stableford and it was:-

Woo hoo peeps,,,,,


Novelties
Now again I didn't take too much notice but what I can say is i, Gardi The Busted won, not one, but two of the Nearest the Pins.
Narrowly defeating Brett 4D Fordham on both occasions.

Phil New Swing McKeague, won one of the most controversial of the novelties, The Longest Putt.
Controversial because nobody could understand what it was all about??????

Guys and gals, the clue is in the name! Longest Putt!!!!
Whoever sinks the longest putt wins,,,,, is it really that hard?????

And both Kerry The Patient and I haven't got a clue about the fourth novelty,,,, but well done on whoever won it!


Golden Hole
Never really had a chance of going off, and anyway with less than $20 in the kitty it's not worth winning anyway!


Fines of the Week
Ok onto the funtimes, and a few goodies here i reckon,,, so sit back and enjoy:-

Ciaran- The self proclaimed rough as a Bager's Arse before he started with eyes that i would have been proud of!

Lynne- Bring on the rain, as i know that Earl is shoite in the rain!

Earl- After singing a fantastic rendition of "Join Me Dancing Naked in the Rain", he announced there is one thing better than winning, it's beating Lynne whilst playing in the rain.

Colin- Commenting on The WeatherMan's ability to predict the climate
I reckon that man's a bloody dud!

Gim- acting like the Trampoline Tumbler, jumping all over the place trying to stay warm.
Bouncey, bouncey hehehehe

Tom- Getting a per after having a slut! Great golf dude!

Tom- for appearing again at golf with a bacon sarnie tightly in his grip, stating the Bacon Fairy Missus cooks me one every saturday before golf.
Can we all please have a bacon fairy???? Pretty please????

Random Pics

Ahhh look at the love.

Discussing tactics and head gear

Cheers for the hat Davo!

Blimey it's a bit chilly around the willy!

Well i actually thought it was lovely out there.

Strength of a bear

Just practising the 'sad face' cos it's raining

Hailstones on the putting green

Jumping buddies

C'mon ENGLAND!

Pretty in Pink

The gathering on the first

Where's my coffee Ian?????

Loving your tactics Earl, get your first strike in early hehehehehee

I knew i should've played,,, argghhhh

Happy Earl

Phil trying to explain AGAIN the Longest Putt novelty,,,

The girls starting to thaw out

Amazing what happens after SEVERAL medicinal whiskies

Hubble Bubble Toil and Trouble

MatchPlay QF and 4BBB Par

Beautifully sponsored by SOS, i think??? 


And so it's the Return of the Blog!
Wahhhhaaaay i hear you all cry,,,,, but before i continue i must put a big thankyou out to BlogMeister Derek for a simply stirling effort in my absence!

Thanks mucker!


Yes the Broken Man and his beloved Wifey are back amongst the throng.
And a great relief is was too helping avoid the Chaos that appears to be the World at the moment,,,

Trump
Brexit
Iceland
Libs or Labs

Arrgghhhhhh 


As you can already see by my potential mistake above, my powers of concentration are once again at the

height of my spider senses,,,,, so it might take a week or so for me to get fully back into the swing (yes, that pun was intended!)


so what was on the cards for this Saturday i hear you all cry?

Well The WeatherMan assured us of a fine day throughout, 

though it was going to be finer for some than others as we entered the

QuarterFinals of the MatchPlay.

Match 1 - Gary 'SickNote' Burgess v Earl 'The Law' Scarff


--- the pic doesn't do the amount of sweat pouring of this poor man!
Go home you fool!!!!!

Match 2 - Colin 'Santa' Kerr v Brett '4D' Fordham,,,, 

with Glen 'Hired Muscle' Pope as the caddy, due to a previous lost bet!

Match 3 - Phil 'The Trainer' McLeod v Lynne 'Terminator' Malone


--- sorry it was the only pic i had of either Lynne or Phil on the day??????

Match 4 - Ciaran 'Oirish' McGlue v Gordon 'Goliath' Neilsen


--- Self proclaimed match of the decade








Meanwhile the rest of us mere mortals faced battle in a game of 4BBB Par, which confused the hell out of most of us,,, 

Actually a very simple game, and a great way back into trying to remember what to do after not swinging a club for ~8 weeks,,,,, 
so it was the same as always

See Ball, Hit Ball,,,,,,,, and hope! 
hehehehehe

On so onwards to the scores on the doors:-

Matchplay QF:

Earle Scarff d Gary Burgess

Colin Kerr d Brett Fordham and dejected caddy Glen

Lynne Malone d Phil McLeod

Ciaran McGlue d Gordon Neilsen

WELL DONE TO ALL THE WINNERS!!!

Next week's draw is as follows

Matchplay Semi-final:

Lynne Malone v Earle Scarff

Ciaran McGlue v Colin Kerr

and for the rest of us:-

4BBB Par:

Derek Longhurst and Shelley Yeo +11

What a GREAT SCORE!!!! Top result!!!!

Malcolm Yeo and Kerry Gardner +8

Phil McKeague and Paul Gardner +7

Graeme Powell and Ian Holmes +7

Ross Campbell and Rob Gray +6

Stephanie Jeffares and Greg Bennett +4

Peter Baird and Gim Ong +3.

Novelties

NTP 3--  Gary

NTP 9--  Kerry

LD  10--  Gordon

NTP14--  Gordon

Golden Hole

A bit of a unique one here as we had 2 people inside the distance, to claim the massive earnings.

Firstly Phil 'I've got a new swing' McKeague stroked it to within 3 feet,,,,,, only to turn around from the next tee to see Peter 'The Cat Whisperer' Baird knock it to 2 feet!!!!!

Spend that $23 unwisely Peter!

And now, the bit you've all been waiting for:-

Fines of the Weeeeeeeeeeeek

Just a few to work with today, but there are a couple of absolute doozies 

Glen-- on losing a previously mentioned bet he became Fordy's caddy for the day, and boy did he come prepared as he was caught on the first tee lubing up a towel in order to clean Fordy's balls and clubs!

i can honestly say i have never seen such a thing on a golf course before hehehehehe

Then we had Shelley on the second, clearly thing ideas above her station as she tried to tee off from the men's tee. Gender bias???? 

Though as you can see by her and Derek's score they obviously thought that Phil and I were no match!

Ciaran & Gordon-- it would appear that the self proclaimed 'battle' of the decade nearly came to blows as Gordo tried to push Ciaran out of the moving cart.

Yes Ciaran you did indeed have a mountain to climb

Derek-- then there was poor old Derek who on the 17th was most distressed as where he wanted to tee off from was a large mound of duck poo,,,,, 

"i really don't want to step in that!" 

So what happened, after stroking an absolute beauty down the middle of the fairway, he stood back to admire the shot,,,,,, only to step in the poo!!!!

Random Pics

The patented boomerang drive, which way you gonna go Ciaran???

Let battle commence

These selfies are tough when you're looking into the sun

The ladies in deep discussion

Not bad for a winters day eh?

Angry Phil after Peter just beat him on the Golden Hole,,,, damn you golfing gods!

Apparently the better man won????

Discussions about the new swing and the 4 birdies

Beauty and the beast,,,,, you decide!

Just for Fordy,,,,, it must've been the special towel action, but once again your ball got found in the bush

Heheheheheee