B.o.G. LX - The Diamond Anniversary - 30/60

What a tremendous weekend we had - the weather was terrific, even if some of our golf wasn't - although Ian D ably demonstrated what could be done.

There were several "firsts":

• The long-awaited debuts of Messrs Dring, Meaden and Riches
• The first time we had played "in reverse" - B.o.G. on Sunday and Grantown on Monday
• A new name on the trophy - Ian D is the 20th
• Probably a record two round score (79). I have details of virtually all of the scores over the last 24 outings, going back to May, 2004 and this is the highest points total I'm aware of
• Likewise, Ian's winning margin of 14 points is also believed to be a record

17 of us gathered in the clubhouse for bacon butties on Sunday morning, including Dan, who would only be playing on Sunday, and Harry, who came directly from his holiday home in Aviemore.

Here's some photos from the course:

Steam train on its way to Aviewmore

Team with shrubbery

Team without shrubbery

Scores on the day were:

Dring	40
Orr	36
Salter	32
Freeman	32
Gray, Keith	30
Bhagrath	30
Riches	29
Grigor	28
Page	27
Stewart	25
Corbett	24
Pollard	23
Meaden	23
Simpson	22
Street	20
Cook	16
Taylor	14

We hot-footed it back to Grantown and checked in to the Grant Arms then dashed across the road to the Garth Hotel for refreshments. A quick shower then, joined by Chris, we gathered in our hotel's conference room for a Powerpoint presentation on the history of our Boat of Garten outing - an updated version of the one shown 5 years ago on the occasion of our Golden Anniversary. There were some inevitable technical snags with the hotel's laptop - not my fault, Guv! - but we managed to get through it in time for dinner at 8.

There were a few who sloped off to bed early, but most of us stayed up and drank too much, as usual - but at least we didn't have to face the rigours of the Boat in the morning - it would be the gentler Grantown for once.

We managed to tee off slightly earlier than the scheduled 10 am. It was a still, misty morning and the midges were biting, but, thankfully, after the first couple of holes, the sun came out and the midges disappeared. Here's some of the photos of Monday's action:

Naturally, scores at Grantown were a bit better than at Boat of Garten:

Dring	39
Simpson	38
Page	38
Street	37
Gray, Keith	35
Bhagrath	32
Stewart	32
Salter	31
Pollard	31
Riches	29
Meaden	29
Freeman	27
Dickinson	25
Orr	25
Grigor	25
Taylor	25
Cook	21

There was no doubting who the winner was, but, for the record, this was how it finished for those that completed both rounds:

Dring	79
Page	65
Gray, Keith	65
Salter	63
Bhagrath	62
Orr	61
Simpson	60
Freeman	59
Riches	58
Street	57
Stewart	57
Pollard	54
Grigor	53
Meaden	52
Taylor	39
Cook	37

After our soup and sannies, Ken presented the trophy to Ian:

Here's the complete roll call of prizewinners:

Overall winner	Ian D
2nd overall	Ken
3rd overall	Keith
Scratch	Ian D
Sunday winner (not overall)	Ray
Monday winner (not overall or Sun)	Jack
NP's - Sunday	Syd/Hugh
NP's - Monday	Ian S/Ray
LD - Sunday	Harry
LD - Monday	Ian D
Sunday team	Ken/Ray/Rob
Monday team	Jack/Rob/Chris

Just time for one more team photo:

Over to Ian D now to organise the May trip - our 61st.