Day 78 - Organised Chaos

Today was Bank Holiday Monday - the public holiday in the UK that was introduced in 1978 as, in my words, a mixture between our own Labor Day and a recognition that many parts of the country have their own festivities on the first of May. 

When I was up at Oxford, this was the day when you were supposed to get up early, or rather stay up all night, go listen to the singing from Magdalen Tower, throw yourself into the river off the bridge there and then go watch Morris dancers and the such like parading though the streets.

You will not be surprised that we eschewed all of that this year and instead repaired to Burhill for what I like to denote as Organised Chaos: the Centenary Foursomes competition, where teams of eight occupy each tee and play as 4 teams of 2, in foursomes format (that is hitting the ball alternately). 

If the players are not quite sure what is going on, this can turn into a very slow form of mayhem.  Fortunately today, everyone was on the ball and things moved very smoothly.  The 96 of us who played were all on time for the BBQ lunch which followed the competition and, for as long as the sun stayed out, it was all very springlike and pleasant.

As ever, there were some very respectable scores and it was a real treat to be able to hand a prize out to Mrs Lawrence and her partner for their stellar performance over the Back 9.  Unfortunately, my partner and I were just pipped at the post on count-back and I shall go to bed ruing that poor tee shot on 6....