Our winner had a great day too: not only did he get his name on the Cup for the first time in 13 years, but he also heard the news that his son had secured a place at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Drinks all around!
All the pre-show publicity was about how she would utter the famous "handbag" line, but it is a different quotation from that play which comes to mind today: "To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness".
For I received a call this morning from the Burhill Group to inform me that the General Manager at Burhill, with whom I had been working closely for the past year, had decided to leave his position, citing personal reasons as being the cause of his departure. This comes on top of the recent dismissal of the Director of Golf and leaves the organisation in a precarious state. This can only mean more work for the captains and Committees as we seek to support the interim appointee in his efforts to get a handle on things.
Any change of this nature is unsettling and the timing is particularly unfortunate: the season is about to get into gear and the previous GM had devoted a lot of time getting things into the shape he wanted them. One had sensed that a corner had been turned.
We had a Club Committee meeting tonight and were introduced to Mike O'Connell who is taking the helm as an interim with immediate effect. he has a long history with the Burhill Group and before that with American Golf so he certainly knows the business. My role will be to help ensure that he knows Burhill too as fast as possible.
Ah well, at least it will be interesting and stop me getting bored!
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