Surrey Hills on Saturday and we needed a solid win to keep the pressure on Farleigh and catch... if not nudge ahead... of Woldingham who are in a strong position with a couple of matches to go.
Weather was pretty decent and Captain Mark had the troops all fired up with some words of wisdom as we trekked off to the first. "Hew, don't be nice, we ...
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Archives for August 2014
Moe Norman: Best striker of a ball ever?
Always interesting, often frustrating to his peers and that public (not that he'd care about either), Moe died in 2004 but is held by most serious players as the best ball striker of all time. I'm halfway through a book about life, 'The Moe Norman' story. Definitely worth a read.
Phil sent this link and pasted together a few comments.
He used ...
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Blue Medal Bank Holiday Weekend
Two out three days of decent weather was too bad for a Bank Holiday in the UK I suppose - I think the Metro said this morning that it was the coldest bank holiday weekend ever. So no surprise really, but at least Saturday and Sunday had some fair, warmish weather before it all went to pot on Monday.
Saturday Swindle
Saturday's Swindle was a ...
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Brian and Pam in South Africa
Posted on behalf of The Yeti
Legend Golf and Safari
The resort is about a 2 and a half hours drive North of Joburg, and we were extremely pleased to be upgraded to a fantastic house that we would be happy to live in (Lucky it’s still low season!) For non golfers – extremely relaxing and quiet, the staff friendly and helpful, and the food good. The ...
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Altonwood Trilogy: Surrey National pipped by 1point!
This year, Westerham hosted the Altonwood Trilogy Trophy event. Committee members and club captains all play in mixed club fourballs (2 men, 2 ladies) and within each team the stableford format leaves the winners taking 4 points, second 3 points, then 2 and 1 point.
Weather was very dicey. Strong winds bought in waves of driving rain and ...
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Surrey National take a close home win against Farleigh
Surrey Hills home match against the Farleigh campaigners.
Deputising for the Winkle, day started slowly with only 10 breakfasts being prepared (instead of 20) and tea/coffee not on hand. All swiftly remedied and the teams all lined up. Surrey National remained third behind Woldingham and Farleigh in the league but with home matches lined up we ...
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Big Swindle Weekend – quids in for some usual suspects
Decent Swindle fields over the weekend despite the Farleigh match and Altonwood Trilogy taking numbers. Feel free to add any snippets/info in comments below.... let's keep it social!
Saturday saw 14 Swashbucklers head out and Bazza took the honours with Martin second. Sunday saw a very decent field of 21 stick their hard-earned in the pot, with ...
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Swashbucklers Ryder Cup Captaincy for 2014-2015 Confirmed
Posting a couple of weeks ago about the Captaincy for next years inter-Swindle Ryder Cup, I haven't been swamped with questions or nominations!
Not a problem but at least the "process" if you can call it that, was open to all to express an interest.
That said I can formally announce that Mr Lee Feasey is the Swashbuckler's Ryder Cup Captain for ...
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YouTube: Harrington’s blindfolded
Suggested by John Vicars, his YouTube vid of Padraid Harrington pitching round a tree blindfolded is worth a watch. ...
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UK fizz supply takes a bashing: Our ladies at the gee gee’s
Posted on behalf of Janine
TTs at the races - a fantastic day at Goodwood, they may have run out of champagne once we were through! Still there after everyone left except for the litter pickers - nothing changes ...
Janine
Despite three versions of this photo sent to me, Janine is banging on about something in each one. (Bar prices?) Give it a rest ...
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