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Last here in Spring, we still have the warmth of the early Spanish Autumn warming our auld bones – we cannot complain in late October having temperatures of 28c. However – the wind – let’s have a little chat about that shall we? Behind you was fantastic hitting shots on the outbound, but in life for every action there is a reaction… so you had that in your face on the inbound! Nevertheless, the course was in great condition, both fairways and greens bearing in mind the business of the “super-high season”. On the subject of greens, if you know Saurines you will know how “rollercoasterish” (that’s a golfing term you know) were very tricky and caught a lot of us out. A start sheet of 46 set out, with a few returning friends which was lovely to see. Out of 46 we had four guests today who joined in for the sheer “craic” (the Lowe mob…) adding to the following recorded scores: Gold: John Osborne (36 points – yay he’s back on track)Silver: Tommy McGinn (41 points – best score of the day and first time winning his category!)Bronze: Keith Wickham (35 points just pipping Officer Dibble to the post) The Twos Pot was quartered between Dave Rowe (2nd), John Simmons (2nd), Richard Howard (6th) and Drew Niblock (6th). Nearest the Pins winning a sleeve of balls were John Simmons (2nd), Richard Howard (6th), Keith Wickham (10th) and Paul Lambert (14th). Well done all. Nick Goodwin was the proud receiver of the McBride Bottle – on countback I will add. And the coveted football card was won by Lee “President” Eastman with Birmingham – I feel a ban coming on letting him actually do this. Finally, the best guest was Paul Knight. An enjoyable, albeit windy day, was had and we look forward to heading to Altaona next week. Our current blob tin is for the RBL Poppy Appeal. Keep up to date with SMGS on our website www.smgs.org. **SPONSORSHIP AVAILABILITY** If you are interested in sponsoring one of our games – please contact smgs91info@gmail.com to discuss further. We are proud to be supported by Michaela Schmidt at www.golf-hotspots.com for all your golf travel requirements. Winners pictured (L to R) John Simmons (welcome and he did have a Two & NTP!), Mick Pryke (Captain), Tony “PBomber” Smale (we missed you!), Robin Eastman (why not!), John Osborne (Gold), Tommy McGinn (Silver) and Nick Goodwin with his lovely bottle of red.
