We thought we had had enough wind last week but NO, it came and attacked from every angle today, and what was even worse was it was freezing also with it. So, we all huddled together like Santa’s little elves on the first tee trying to keep warm.
Not that that worked, but we tried. Thankfully, most were prepared with their layers of clothing, with rapid runs back to vehicles where necessary. A lovely day other than that. Lo Romero had an impressive range of festive lights and baubles which really did make one feel Christmassy.
The course was in excellent condition and all the work that has been done is really looking fabulous and making the course even better than it was (if that’s possible). The staff were friendly and attentive as usual for which we were thankful.
A full start sheet of 48 “elves” arrived nice and early for an 11:00 am start (which could have been an issue with the earlier sunset – but wasn’t thankfully ). Anchoring themselves against the wind they teed off down the 1st for our first Bogey Shield (Par plus 5) competition.
Some pretty good scores, taking into account the rather challenging wind, as follows
Gold: Barry “BTB” Roehrig (Net 74)
Silver: Richard McCann (Net 72)
Bronze: Colin Fawcett (Net 71 and also)
And a special mention to Darren Hancock, who scored a Gross 84 today (7 h/c), which was fantastic – well done.
The “Twos” pot was shared between Dave Rowe (x2 so he’s now a member of the TuTus Club), Peter Mannion, Mick Roscoe and Nigel Wilks. Nearest the Pins this week from Jim Imrie (5th), Guy Wade Palmer (7th), Colin Fawcett (12th) and Dave Rowe (15th). The football card was won by John Simmons with Arsenal.
A big well done to everybody this week, it was tough to play in today.
Next week we are having a fun Texas Scramble at Las Colinas in the run up to Christmas.
Winners photo this week (L-R): Mick Pryke (Captain), Gavin Parke (“McBride Bottle”), Barry “BTB” Roehrig (Gold), Colin Fawcett (Bronze) and Richard McCann (Silver).
