Day 31 - Busy Day at the (non) Office

Lots going on today.  Every year at Burhill, there are a couple of matches between "the Staff and the Committee". In this case Staff means anyone working for the Golf Club - Greenkeepers, Maintenance, Professionals and Administrative staff are all eligible. And the Committee is normally represented by an equal blend of members of the Ladies and Men's Committees.  As such it's a great mix of people who normally do not get the chance to play together.

I was paired with Diana, the Lady Captain, and our opponents were Roy and Kevin.  The weather was kind, thought the wind was biting at times, and we had a very convivial game.  Diana and I got ahead early and managed to hang on until the 17th when the match was level. We just squeezed a win on the last to end one up.

Overall, the match was very close, with a number of matches being decided on the final green, and on this occasion the Committee managed to eke out a 4-3 win and thereby retained the trophy. Next match is on 22nd October.

After this, a meeting with Steve and Jan to discuss Club Matches and how to take them forwards kept me busy up to the start of the Social Committee Meeting.  Not a great deal on the agenda, though a lot of preparatory work had been carried out to look at two events scheduled for later in the year: the Cross Country and our first Night Golf event.

We closed the meeting and then headed out to the first tee to try out playing golf in the dark: torches at the ready, glow-in-the-dark balls provided and markers laid out to define the edges of the fairway and indicate hazards.  A fun time was had by all: we all agreed that it was harder than it looked and that we should probably go for the option of hiring a specialist company to support us rather than the DIY option... If the weather is kind, we should have a lot of fun: mark your calendars for the end of October!