Q18

From http://bsvgolf.blogspot.com/

For those of us that left Aberdeen and the thunderous showers there, it looked like it might be the 3rd Wet Wednesday in a row, but the Banchory Bubble kept us all dry - bar a couple of very light showers.

The 2nd group were engaged in deep conversation on the 1st tee:

I was in the first group with Jack, Harry and Steve and, by the time we got to the 4th hole, there were portents of doom in the sky to the west:
The light showers around produced rainbows, enhancing the views:

Coincidentally, the first two groups turned out to be Jocks v Anglos and the home team triumphed in each fourball. The 3rd group could have worked out the same way, but didn't.

Other stats from the evening:

1. Hugh equalled Les' record and became the 2nd triple DoD-er this season.
2. I equalled John McW and became the 2nd triple winner this season.
3. Coincidentally, the last time I won (7th July), Hugh was also DoD then.
4. My first 40-pointer of the season - and only our group's 8th in all.
5. 6 Jocks scored a total of 210 points - comfortably ahead of the Anglos' total of 201.
6. My gross score of 73 last night equalled Gary's record for this season - pity about my 3 putt at the last!
7. Just 5 weeks to go now.

So to the presentation of the prize ball:

There was some movement at the top of the leader board after this week's results. I improved my top 10 score by 7 to 365, but Ian's modest 34 points also improved his score by 2, so he kept his nose ahead at the top with a revised total of 366. Dick also improved by one point to 360 and lies in 3rd place, but Keith is making a late run - his 34 points improved his top 10 score by 6, and he still has a relatively low 31 points to drop off.

As usual, all the details are on the file on the Yahoo site at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BanchorySquashVeteransGolf/files/Summer%20Quaich/Summer%20Quaich%202010.xls

This is the current top 10, with scores required to level the current leading total of 366 in brackets:

1. Ian Sharp 366
2. Ian Stewart 365 (35)
3. Dick Taylor 360 (40)
4. Keith Gray 354 (43)
5. John Meaden 353 (45)
6. Ian Dring 347 (50)
7. Rob Pollard 341 (55)
8. Jack Simpson 339 (54)
9. Archie Cook 326 (60)
10. Ian McRae 321 (71)