It seems that the weekend away in Bendigo went off well and nobody disgraced themselves – well not that is being talked about. It seems that Eddie was able to tear himself away from the cages and put in a fine effort to take out the coveted Beige Jacket and Gold Cup yet another time. Second time in four years, I’m told. And he is recently back from injury.
The contest for runner-up was also fierce and the committee had to resort to a countback to separate Pepsi and the Prince of Persia. Pepsi took his brand new 1 handicap in his stride and played brilliantly but was pipped at the post by Mo who seems to have struck some good form as the year draws to a close. Pity the handicapper can’t have a say.
Mo was also deadly on the short holes and took home a bucket of balls and a pile of money from the NTP and ProPin events. Doesn’t sound as if anybody else got a look in.
It’s not surprising that Chris was not in contention as he had to play the whole weekend without a driver. A simple waggle of the club on the first tee caused the shaft to snap leaving Chris looking blue (if not purple). It seems that the problem arose from wear on the dividers in his bag and the rest of his set is showing similar signs of deterioration. A salutory lesson chaps. Perhaps it’s the effect of carrying the bag across the back that did it.
One other trophy of note from the weekend is the prestigious Cock’s Plate – no not the racing one. Not sure how many contenders there might have been but it seems that David took it out by a country mile by managing to collect both a cart and a tree and all with the one shot.
At any rate, a good time was had by all. Some took the opportunity to smell the flowers (or at least admire them) while others were interested in bottles of another kind.
There will undoubtedly be tales aplenty in the fullness of time so just think of this as a taster and as more come out of the woodwork they might just get featured further down the track.