Saturday opened with something we havem't seen for a long time: rain... It all looked very grey and, as players busied themselves getting ready for the April Medal, there were plenty of umbrellas and
Galvin Greens in evidence (these are the best defence against wet weather ever!). My start time was the usual Captain's 08:42 slot and, when I arrived at the first tee was disappointed to discover that one of the players who had signed up to play was a No Show. This meant that we were a two-ball in a field of threes, so we knew right away it was going to be a slow round.
The rain proved to be short-lived however and before the turn, the sun was out and all thoughts of wets had disappeared as were were back to playing in short sleeved shirts - I should have worn shorts! The pace of play wasn't too bad and, although we had to wait on many shots, we were back in the Clubhouse after a little over 4 hours, not too bad for a Medal. Our scores were OK: somewhere in the top third, within buffer zone, but a long way off the leader who shot a net 66...
Thence, back home to assist in the preparation for a dinner party: we had invited the Lady Captain, the Vice Captain and the Lady Vice Captain, plus their respective other halves, to join us. I was given front of house duties as Mrs L was doing all the cooking, so busied myself polishing silver and setting the table etc. I managed however to keep a more than close eye on the
Test Match in Grenada, which turned out much better than anyone could have hoped.
The evening was a great success: the wine and conversation flowed and everybody seemed to be enjoying themselves. As the evening lengthened, a few of us started thinking about early tee times the next morning and it was just after midnight that we got to bed. I just hope the kitchen elves do all the tidying up whilst we sleep...!
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