Firstly, here's the photo of the escape committee enjoying a couple of post-match pints of Cast Iron in the garden at the Traveller's Rest on Sunday afternoon:
Monday morning was another bright one as we entered the final lap. There was a big Audi sponsored event on after our 8:30 am start, and the hoardings were up on the 1st tee as the second group out posed for what they assumed would be the shot of today's winners - they were right, as it happened!:
It was John Taylor's 69th birthday today and he didn't disappoint - he played like a pro and finished worthy winner of Monday's logo'd golf ball with 35 points. I got the first nearest the pin, and Keith got the second one. For the 3rd day in a row, John Davies won the longest drive - although this time it took a measure, some use of technology and an independent adjudicator before JD was deemed to be just past his fellow big hitting partner, JT.
So to the outcome of the overall event - the threatened final day shoot-out between Rob and I never really materialised. The real Rob of the previous two days never showed up, and, as it transpired, I did more than enough with my relatively modest score of 31 points to take the trophy by a clear 7 points with a total of 93 points from 3 rounds. Rob was second, and John T's superb final round took him to a total of 85 points and 3rd place overall. Last year's champ presented me with the trophy:
It was great to see JT back in the fold again, in this, the 13th year of the Summer Tour, which started in Ayr in 1999. John is the 21st player to have taken part over the years, and Slaley Hall is the only venue we've been to more than once - in fact, this was our 3rd visit there. The venue for next year has yet to be decided - we'll wait until the autumn deals come in before deciding where to go in 2012.
Jas is now the only person to have attended in all of 13 years. The winners of the first 2 events in Ayr and the Highlands, are lost in the mists of time, but this is the 4th time I've won the event since 2001. Peter and John D have both won it twice each, and Syd, Dave and Jas are the other winners.
The Summer Tour is now a well established and well attended event, with an average of 12 playing since the trophy was donated by Bob Cooper in 2004. We hope to have at least that many next year - all welcome.
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