Q2

From http://bsvgolf.blogspot.com/

The early birds had teed off almost a couple of hours before I arrived. It was a lovely afternoon - 20 C - and I didn't mind waiting for my playing partner, although I did feel a bit like Billy No Mates:

IRS waits at 1st tee

It's good to be back playing midweek golf again - and nice to see the return of our old friends:

Oyster catcher

Ian had to rush on to the course - he had a couple of trolley incidents. First of all, he tried to emulate Archie, Archie, the battery boy as he forgot to connect his battery and pushed his Powacaddy up the 1st hole. He also forgot to strap down his bag - we had played 6 holes before he realised it and came unstuck as he let his trolley meander down towards the 7th tee:

Sharpy has trolley trouble

Ian and I raced round the course - we got held up briefly at the 15th and 16th by a Seniors fourball, but we still managed round 18 holes in 2 hours 20 minutes - that's the way to play golf - none of this holiday 5 hours crap. In fact, we were in the clubhouse very shortly after the early birds, who had teed off at 3 pm.

Last week's winner presented the prize ball to this week's winner:

Archie presents to Dan

There was a bit of confusion about the kitty, but eventually we decided that the Quaich "entry fee" should be £5 per head, with £1 per head being kept back for the kitty and the prize ball, with the rest going to the winner to pay for the drinks and nibbles - but no doubt Rob may change this again next week!

A few facts and early season stats:

• It was Keith's first DoD for 5 years
• Only 11 rounds played in 2 weeks makes it the slowest start to a season since 1998
• Dan's 39 points is the highest so far
• My score of 77 is the best gross so far
• Keith's 24 points is the lowest so far
• Archie's 35 points is the lowest winning score so far
• Dick's 25 points last week is the highest DoD score so far

So there's a few targets to be aimed at.

I'm available next week and would like to play at 16:45 if possible. Hopefully we'll have a few more regulars showing up as the evenings get a bit longer and the tee times a bit later each week.