First of all, a complaint - why am I still doing a match report 2 years after I retired as El Supremo of the Quaich? Do I think Mr. Pollard is skimping on his duties with such short match reports and lack of photographs? - Yes, I do. Rob forgot his camera again last night and his match report was perfunctory to say the least. Interim report card reads "must try harder".
Anyway to business - here's the mandatory prizegiving photo - last week's winner, Archie wasn't around, so Dan did the honours and presented the ball (a little reluctantly it appears) to me:
It wasn't quite a record low winning score, but it was the lowest so far this season, just beating Archie's 35 points in Q1. Dan, himself, also won with 34 points 2 years ago, but you have to go back to 2003 for the all-time recorded low of 33 points (Rob).
It was also a very narrow spread of scores last night - just 5 points separated my winning score from Rob's DoD. In fact, my score last night was only 2 points more than my (record high) DoD score a few weeks ago.
So, I'm now the first person to have 3 wins this season (plus a DoD); I also have the (equal) highest points total (40) and the best gross (75) so far, not to mention the highest ever recorded DoD score. Are there any more records for me to break in the weeks to come?
The other notable stat this season is the attendance levels, which are 25% - 30% down on previous norms. We've had 19 people putting a score in so far, so, although we've lost a regular in Ian Dring, and Les Gray has been in Portugal a bit longer than usual, it's not lack of personnel, it's just that a number of people seem to be playing less now. Former regulars whose attendances are less than this time last year are Ken Black, Archie Cook, Gary Grant, John McWhinnie, John Meaden and Gordon Moir. All for differing reasons - mostly work related, although the Seniors matches on Wednesdays have also had an impact.
Anyway, that's about it from me this week - I hope to return to my role merely as keeper of the database next week. The full stats are already published at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BanchorySquashVeteransGolf/files/Summer%20Quaich/Summer%20Quaich%202011.xls, but here's the short version top 10, with appearances to date in brackets:
- Stewart, Ian 245 (7)
- Taylor, Dick 217 (7)
- Corbett, Daniel 211 (6)
- Sharp, Ian 204 (6)
- Pollard, Rob 168 (5)
- Riches, Hugh 157 (5)
- Gray, Keith 147 (5)
- McRae, Ian 147 (5)
- Simpson, Jack 146 (5)
- Cook, Archie 144 (4)
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