Day 223 - Cancer Research UK

After a less than trouble-free night, it was time again for an early start: I was due at Hankley Common Golf Club at 0745 to play as a guest of friend Richard in a Charity Day there. It was another glorious day, chilly to start with but the sun soon came out. Hankley is a wonderful course and it was looking particularly beautiful today.

There was a shotgun start and we had drawn the short straw, with a time slot from the 14th tee. This required a lengthy drive out there and we got off to a decent start: before long we had had a few birdies among us and were well on track for the 5-points-a-hole that we had estimated would be a winning score. Unfortunately, we lost concentration towards the start of the second nine and couldn't maintain this average, ending up on a middle of the table 82 points.

We ended up with 82 points - despite numerous attempts to recalculate our total - and as it turned out our forecast was correct: the winners scored 90 points exactly!  Ah well, maybe next year?

My partners in our team were all called Richard today - which made communication both easier and more difficult!  What they did have in common was that they were excellent company and a very pleasant day was had by all.  Richard C had earlier in the year shown considerable interest in my Tesla (he drives an i8) and part of the deal was that I would bring it along and give him a look-see.

After the lunch, there was an auction in aid of the Captains' charity, Cancer Research UK. The auctioneer was very animated and I almost ended up with two purchases - but came home with none! 

I did though win a couple of bottles of wine in the raffle...