The Trophy goes to BAGS again!!!!Once again we failed to beat the BAGS at Thorndon Park GC losing 3½ to 2½.
The results were:-
Neil M & Malc M won 1 up
David J & David S lost 4 & 3
David B & Graham H lost 4 & 2
Feargal McE & Nick A finished all square
Darrell L & Ken A won 3 & 2
Iain S & Mike F lost 3 & 2
It all came down to the last match, pretty close in the end but BAGS do have many more members than EPIC to choose from and they produced some outstanding performances, especially Gavin Tuck who is also an EPIC member.
The weather was blisteringly hot and the 92 golfers looked the part in their 40th anniversary shirts.
We were all there (29 members and their guests) to support our two great charities Ehlers-Danos and Essex and Herts Air Ambulance.
After some pre-match banter and a bacon roll our brave teams set out for some fireworks. Indeed the starter used a rocket to set off the shotgun start!!!
Whilst no-one got a hole in one the endeavour of attempting to win a car or other great prizes spurred on all the golfers and the scores were generally excellent.
Gary Kan as Cate Winslet and Simon Bird as Leonardo Decaprio
The course at Ashridge was beautifully presented with reasonable rough and very true if fast greens.
Everyone enjoyed a hearty meal afterwards with some competitive bidding for some of the auction lots interspersed with the food courses.
Dusk and the Ashridge Setting
The nearest the pin competitions were hotly contested with the Nearest the pin in two going to Andy Fewings on the 1st, Nearest the Pins were on 3rd, Ben Hurworth 6th, James York 8th & 11th Jim Fellows & James Canning with Michael Doherty closest on the 16th. Longest Drive was a massive 34o+ yards by Steve Hurworth
Andy Critoph won the Guest prize on 44 points ahead of Andy Winkett on 42. Travis Perkins triumphed in the Team competition best of three scores with 131 points from LOM Architecture and Design on 129.
Finally Malcolm Marshall (40 points- Cut 2) secured the coveted Finlinson Cup on countback from Andy Fewings (Cut 1). Well done to all but particularly Captain Fantastic!!!
Our provisional estimate of the moneys raised stands at ~£16,000. Amazing EPIC – Well Done.
Thanks to all who helped to organise the event, provided Lots for the Silent and Main Auction and sponsored holes, Shirts, Goody Bags and programmes and to all attendees for their generosity.
We had a memorable day at Gog Magog for Captains Day this year. The course was in magnificent condition and the weather was just perfect with a light breeze cooling the competitors enough on this warm spring day.
It was however colder and damper than expected but this didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of the 21 members and 12 guests who attended and enjoyed an excellently presented course with a magnificent meal in awesome surroundings afterwards.
The morning dawned misty, cold and frosty. It was touch and go if we’d be allowed to tread the precious greens of Letchworth.
36 “Michelin Men and Women” (dressed in as many as 6 layers to fight off the cold) took to the course starting at 09.30 with the mist rolling in from the west and the greens as hard as rock. The temperature rose as did the mist and we started to feel our toes and fingers again, but not for long as the wind rose a bit and its frosty bite forced us to don our hats coats and gloves once more!!! Continue reading “Frosty Letchworth -28th December 2016”
Sandy Lodge proved to be a great test although the greens were slower than on our previous visits.
The weather was fair and mainly sunny and warm, just a drop or two of r
ain but we didn’t get wet!!!
There was some good scoring with Charles Gjertsen and his guest Brian Christian winning the team prize with 47 points from Ken Adams supported by his guest Andy Ritchie on 45 points.
The Guest Winner was Andy Ritchie on 38 points playing off 9.
The Autumn Cup for EPIC Members was hotly contested with Paul Houghton (38 points) (cut 1) losing out on count-back to Neil Meixner (cut 2).
The weather was magnificent at Brickendon Grange for the Captain’s Cup. The course was ideal for EPIC with challenges galore but the real possibility of getting in with a reasonable score. Continue reading “Brickendon Grange – May 2016”
A great day was had by all!!
Wow!! What a great day was had by all.
