Q6

From http://bsvgolf.blogspot.com/

Rob was invigilating so he passed the torch (and the ball) to me to do the admin this week.

'Twas a fine evening once more, although some said it got a bit parky later on. It was the first Quaich week this year that co-incided with the Wednesday medal - perhaps that's why - with one exception - scoring was so poor. For the 3rd week in a row, attendance was back in double figures (just), although Harry was a late casualty - work-inflicted apparently. Scores on the doors were:

• Stewart, Ian 40
• Sharp, Ian 34
• Meaden, John 34
• Grant, Gary 34
• Corbett, Daniel 31
• Gray, Keith 30
• McRae, Ian 29
• Riches, Hugh 29
• Simpson, Jack 28
• Taylor, Dick 24

The overall average score on the night was just 31.3, which is the second lowest so far this season, but, if my score was taken out, the average would have been a paltry 30.3 - well below par.

It was my second win of the season and my second 40-pointer. Dan also has two 40 pointers and John Meaden one, and the total of five to date is equal to the same time last year, despite lower attendance levels. 40 points remains the season's high score to date. As it was a medal last night, my handicap will also be cut - just in time for Boat of Garten - and I'll be back down to 10 again.

At the other send of this week's table, Dick notched up his second DoD of the season and, in so doing, equalled the season's low score, set by Keith in week 2.

After 6 weeks of the 2011 Quaich, 18 names have scores on the board, with a few well-kent "regulars" yet to come out to play - Steve, Les, Gordon and John McW, to name but a few. Rumour hath it that they will all shortly make their 2011 debuts. Some of them may get a bit of a shock with the condition of the course - not just the well-publicised problems caused by snow blight on the greens (which don't appear to be disappearing as fast as had been confidently predicted by our Greens Convenor just a few weeks ago), but also how hard and dry the rest of the course is. A classic scene was at the side of the 11th tee, where the ground is not just bare and hard, but is also now cracking up like a scene from some horrible African drought/famine.

Full details of all the stats have already been posted on the Yahoo site and can be viewed at 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BanchorySquashVeteransGolf/files/Summer%20Quaich/Summer%20Quaich%202011.xls. For those who can't easily access this, here's the short form leader board:

1. Stewart, Ian 180
2. Corbett, Daniel 177
3. Taylor, Dick 152
4. Sharp, Ian 139
5. Riches, Hugh 126
6. Gray, Keith 117
7. Cook, Archie 108
8. Pollard, Rob 105
9. Simpson, Jack 94
10. McRae, Ian 85  

The top three above have played in 5 out of the 6 available weeks so far, whilst the next three have played 4 times, and the last 4 three times each, so it's all a little bit misleading at this stage - it'll be a few weeks yet until there's a clearer pattern.

So, it was left to last week's winner to present the ball to this week's winner - although there weren't many left in the clubhouse by this time:

Next week's another Medal week and Rob's back in charge. From what I can see, the following entries have been made from our group:

• 16:52 - Corbett & Meaden
• 17:07 - Stewart, Simpson & Taylor
• 17:15 - Pollard & Salter (with Craig Lindsay) - in with the big boys, there, Rob!
• 17:30 - Sharp & McRae

There are still some spots available if anyone else wants to take part - including a space with the Ians at 17:30.

Incidentally, the computer system appears to be open for bookings for the first Sunday Medal on 22nd May, but, for some reason, no times are shown - only standby. Don't know why.