the winners…………
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This week we had 46 players in a team event, with all 4 scores to count at each hole (essentially 3 individual stableford scores added together!).
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1st Roy Winter, Tom Toner, Stephen Bell, Shaun Cairney…………140pts
2nd Jim Laird, Jim Alwell, David Thorburn, Peter Beatt…………137pts
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A good week for Shaun Cairney, who also had a hole in one at the 17th on Wednesday!
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well done Shaun!
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And this week’s runners-up……………………
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This week’s starter was Lyn Bell, but unfortunately she was subjected to unacceptable abuse from one of the players who had an issue which Lyn was unable to address. See below a statement from captain Phil Cooke, who speaks on behalf of all the committee and from the response to his statement at the presentation Friday night, all the members.
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Friday is our main competition day when we have a volunteer Starter.
Most often the Starter is a non golfing partner of a playing member and as such has little or no knowledge of golf.
The committee will not tolerate anyone being aggressive or abusive to our starter, in fact we will not tolerate that sort of behaviour towards anyone associated with the society.
Any member being aggressive or abusive, particularly towards our starter, will no longer be welcome in the Society and told to leave.
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Our sincere apologies to Lyn as she is just a willing volunteer, and by fulfilling this essential role she has given the hard working committee a welcome break. The people who have a lot to say are also usually the ones who do not contribute anything to the society but expect to have all the benefits put on a plate for them.
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Next week is another major, President’s Day. Officially Phil Cooke takes over as captain on Tuesday, so Ken Saunders becomes president and goes straight into his biggest day in the first week!
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3 of our best golfers were competing in the summer GKN 6 course event, this month at Saurines. Is that the first prize that they are surrounding?
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This week there was a raffle on the name of the royal baby – Louis was the choice of Bear Busby and he will collect 15€ from Alicia.
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There was a priest who was an avid golfer. Every chance he could get, he could be found on the golf course swinging away. It was an obsession. One Sunday was a picture perfect day for golfing. The sun was out, no clouds in the sky, and the temperature was just right. The priest was in a quandary as to what to do, and shortly, the urge to play golf overcame him. He called an assistant to tell him that he was sick and could not do church, packed the car up, and drove three hours to a golf course where no one would recognize him. Happily, he began to play the course.
An angel up above was watching the priest and was quite perturbed. He went to God and said, “Look at the priest. He should be punished for what he is doing.” God nodded in agreement.
The priest came to the first par 3 hole. He swung at the ball, and it sailed effortlessly through the air and landed in the cup two hundred yards away – a picture perfect hole-in-one. He was amazed and excited.
The angel was a little shocked. He turned to God and said, “Begging Your pardon, but I thought you were going to punish him.”
God smiled. “Think about it – who can he tell?”
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Barry
