Quaich query

We welcomed the return of The Maestro to the Quaich on Wednesday, but the overhead conditions threatened the start - it was very gloomy and Syd must have wondered if he'd done the right thing. He was out in a threeball with Ians Dring and Sharp:

Dringo's tee shot drifted right towards the trees behind the second tee and despite searching everywhere, he couldn't find his ball  - until he glanced up at one of the tree branches high above:

This was the offending tree:

18 players have taken part so far this season with only one ever-present, which is reflected in the current leader board:

		Top 10	Apps.
1	Meaden, John	156	5
2	Dring, Ian	135	4
3	Riches, Hugh	127	4
4	Pollard, Rob	125	4
5	Bhagrath, Jas	104	3
6	Stewart, Ian	99	3
7	Sharp, Ian	93	3
8	Page, Ken	73	3
9	Taylor, Dick	73	2
10	Gray, Keith	67	2
11	Simpson, Jack	58	2
12	Grigor, Malcolm	44	2
13	Freeman, Syd	35	1
14	Corbett, Daniel	34	2
15	Grant, Gary	33	1
16	Gray, Les	29	1
17	Black, Ken	24	1
18	Cook, Archie	21	1

A few former regulars have yet to make an appearance this season - Chris Dickinson, Gordon Moir and Harry Salter to name but three, and now that John McWhinnie has re-joined the club, perhaps we might see him too.

Malcolm has now played twice this season and picked up a DoD each time. He thought he hadn't had one before this season, but I'm afraid to tell him that he had DoD's in both 2010 and 2011, and, to rub further salt in to the wound, Malcolm must now have the highest ratio of DoD's to appearances, having only really been a bit part player in years gone by.