Then back home for some serious iPad time - I have been sent reams of pre-reading for my two Board meetings coming up and hadn't been able to access them whilst in the US. I managed to get through the first pass of all the papers, but will need a second go before Thursday. A quick lunch and then off to Burhill.
We met our opponents, Peter and David, who are based at Fulwell Golf Club. Things didn't start well and Bryan and I duly lost the first hole, then we got ahead by one, but by the time we left the 9th green we were down by two holes. I had not been playing well, nor had I done a good job in remembering which of opponents was David and which Peter: in the end, I decided that the one with the blue shirt was clearly Blue Peter... only even that was wrong...
After that, I got both their first names right and also started to play some golf: I birdied the 11th to get us back to down one, and then holed my putt on the 12th to tie (again in birdies); we then all tried hard to lose the 13th but failed to do so. Eventually we got to the 18th tee all square. And then proceeded to tie the 18th itself, and the 19th, 20th and 21st holes. By this time, I was getting very antsy as I was supposed to be in a Burhill Men's Committee Meeting at 7 p.m. and was clearly not going to make it.. Fortunately a good par by Bryan on the 22nd hole closed thing off and we had won.
I then had to sprint back to the Clubhouse (from just about the furthest point on the New Course) and arrived at the meeting decidedly warmer than I had intended. There was no time for a shower, but everybody was very kind and we had a good meeting with some excellent discussion, if few actual decisions. For my sins, as the later arriver, I agreed to do the minutes...
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