This is the last match for 2024 and with a later than usual start arranged with Wimbledon only seven vets made themselves available to play which was embarrassing to say the least. Our hosts were very accommodating and together we arranged 3 ball play, each team having two Wimbledon players and one VET! What could possibly go wrong? With rain forecast for early afternoon we approached the first tee at 9.30 hoping to enjoy at…
With 16 gents on each team the only way we could get this match going was to have an early Tee so we all met at 7 am for rolls and coffee and introduction in readiness for a 7.40 first tee! This is only the second time we have played Shirley Park and what a great day it was. A very friendly team with lots of banter throughout the match and the lunch. Rain was…
It’s been a lovely summer and today was no different. The troops gathered for a 9am tee on a course that some of us find extremely challenging. Looking back at our first match this year with Addington we lost 4 & 2. so we needed to win this one by the same margin for an overall draw! Play was a bit slow but the pace soon picked up. Unfortunately our first team lost, but then…
With lots of speculation our friends from Lingfield Park arrived to play the first of two matches with us. Lingfield are the only mixed team we play so everyone was on their best behaviour! Unfortunately they could only field 10 men. As we had 14 players, our best two were sacrificed to play as Lingfield members. Another great day for golfing. Starting cloudy but getting hotter as the day went by and so did Coulsdon…
Wow! The hottest day of the year so far and we are all set to do battle with our friends from Mitcham. With the first match being a draw we had our work cut out if we wanted to gain the glory this year and with a trophy, which was supplied by Mitcham, there was even more at stake. The first team on the tee and the battle commenced. Surprisingly our second team were back in…
The gates to Chipstead Golf Club opened to invite us to a great day of golf. This is the last of the matches with them this year. After a welcome coffee and introductions, our hosts lead us to their immaculate course. The temperature was already in the twenties and it was set to get hotter! One by one the teams returned to the club house for well deserved drinks and a chance to cool down. …
With rain throughout the weekend it did not look that we would be playing our return match at North Downs, but 24 men arrived one by one and the match was on! There was some local floods on the course and bunkers but nothing that would stop us, not even the occasional shower throughout the morning! It was to be a great day of golf with our hosts keeping us informed of the hazards and…
A slightly later start to today’s match with our friends at Mitcham and again we had a full team. The course was in good condition and the weather was good for most of the day. The two gents Roger and I played against could not have been more helpful and passionate about golf and their club. Great company which was echoed by our whole team. Returning to the club house after 18 holes, we gathered…
What a fantastic day to prove we are not a team to be messed with. The sun was up before us and stayed out for most of the morning. Our friends from North Down gathered with us for coffee and it was off to the first tee, this being the first of two matches this year. We knew we had work to do from our results last year and so we gave it our all.…
I arrived a little early to find the course clothed in fog. I asked if it was still open and they said “why would we shut it?” Slowly 31 golfers, I use the term loosely, began to arrive. Ron phoned to say his car had broken down so new cards were quickly written. With Coffee and bacon rolls dispatched we were ready for the 1st of 18. Then the rain started. It was slow and…
