St Andrews - Eden outing 2016

Another grand day out - the weather was lovely and the course was good. We lined up at the start for the usual team photo:

l-r: Ian Stewart, John Meaden, Jack Simpson, Archie Cook, Syd Freeman, Chris Dickinson, Les Gray, Dick Taylor, Rob Pollard, guest Terry Scanlon (friend of Les'), Keith Gray and Peter Street

As you can see, it was still a little misty at the start, but easily warm enough for all bar Archie and Keith to don shorts. Les had got his friend Terry Scanlon, a 6 handicap local St Andrews member, to join us to make up the numbers.

Whilst the rest of us watched as one of the trees beside the tee was professionally felled, Rob went boat spotting whilst waiting to tee off:

Scores on the day were pretty good generally, with only one in the 20's, but John Meaden came out on top, courtesy largely of some superb long-range putting. Here's the individual scores:

John	39
Dick	38
Chris	36
Rob	36
Ian	34
Terry	33
Les	33
Jack	33
Syd	32
Peter	32
Archie	31
Keith	29

The first NP was won by Dick and the second, plus the LD, by Terry. The team prize went to the first team out of Les, Dick, Terry and Keith, despite them having the lowest aggregate points score. Their best 2 at each hole totalled 92 points - one ahead of Rob, Peter, Chris and Jack, with Archie, Syd, John and I trailing behind with just 85.

Les awarded a BSV ball to Terry for being good enough to fill in at short notice:

Food, drinks and the presentation were all made afterwards in St. Andrews Brewery, and most of us wandered down to Janetta's Gelateria for ice creams.