INTER CLUB MATCH v BRAINTREE - 10th SEPTEMBER
SbN 5½ BRAINTREE 2½
Match 1.
Quickly 2 down but capt.Graham kept us in the match.
Steaded the ship by wining 5,6,7 to go 1 up but lost 8 & 9 to go 1 down at the turn.
Lost 11,12,13 took us 4 down with 5 to play but with half on the 15th finished the game.
Opponents played and putted very well throughout. A very enjoyable match played in good spirits .
Match 2
Iain G and Dave Drew. Won 3and 2
Lots of halved holes. Sbn 3 up after 8 but then Barry and Ian woke up and won 9, 10& 11 to even game .Iain won 12 against shots , Dave won 13 to par. Iain won 15 to go dormy. A half at 16 saw us win 3&2 .
Good banter and company.
Match 3
Tony and Del won 6&5
Started well winning 1st two holes and 4 up after 5. Tony's birdie on 8th with nearest the pin put us 5 up at half way .
We lost 10th to a net par but recovered on the 11th. We wrapped up the win with a birdie on the 13th where our opponents got nearest the pin at the time.
Match 4
Peter J and Dick L. Won 5&4
Absolutely no funny stories here. A straight forward match with 2 up at the turn, kept our feet on the pedal and shook hands on the 14th green.
We enjoyed the win but don't think our opponents did .
Match 5
Eric and Lionel won by 2
Starting on 1st Constable with 2 halves , Eric pared 3rd with shot and went 1 up. Then all square after 4th and then back to 1 up after Eric's birdie on 5th. SbN went 2 up then followed with 7 halves. The golf started on 16th with Erics birdie then Paul birdied 17th . SbN parred hole and Arthur missed birdie part.
( i can't work out the maths on that but they won (BR)
Match 6
Crackers and Roloff
A lovely match played in excellent spirt . Brian and Andy had a birdie each, but Brian carried Andy most of the way. Then again he does have the physique for it. ( not with my back - BR)
Match 7 Bill and David
Match all square ( the half point)
Fantastic game against Tony and Jim ( current Braintree captain) Neither team ever more than 2 up, with plenty of birdies. A four foot put on the last hole earned SbN a half .
Match 8
Ray and Shikhar
A very close match and never more than one hole in it. Some very good long putts from Gary and Martin to half a number of holes. All Square with one to play and we lost it on the last hole (16th) . An enjoyable match with good company.
Many thanks to Brian Roloff who took on the reporting responsibilities for today’s match. Cheers Brian.
Team …….
1st Graham Cork (Captain) & Peter Garnett
2nd Dave Drew & Iain Gault
3rd Tony Carman & Del McWilliams
4th Dick Lumsden & Peter Jay
5th Eric Fisher & Shikhar Chatrath
6th Brian Roloff (Reporter) & Andy Cracknell
7th Bill Kemter & David Humphreys
8th Lionel Hatch & Ray Ludlam