Day 230 - Snobs

Apparently, in years gone by, there used to be an annual match at Burhill between the "Giants" and the "Dwarfs" but this fell into abeyance. Two of the members who remember these matches (Geoff and Hugh) decided to seek to recreate the conviviality of these games by setting up a new fixture: the "Snobs" versus the "Yobs".  This was to be played between two teams, the former made up members who were educated at public schools, the latter who went through the state system.

The first fixture was played today and I was invited to play for the Snobs.  The two teams met up at the Club at 1:00 pm, to tee off at 1:30.  I was in the first group off, partnered with Mike against Ronnie and Graham (otherwise known as Big G).  We set off in splendid sunshine and were briefly optimistic about staying dry for the round... until we got to the second hole that is....  After that, it was a question of "umbrellas up, wets on" and then "umbrellas down and wets off" - all of which made for a very disjointed game.

The match itself was a tight one: Ronnie plays of 8 and is a very canny player and he and I squared off for much of the game, with our partners coming to the party at crucial times.  By the time we got to the 18th tee, the match was all square and by the time we reached the green, all four of us had longish putts for (nett) pars and we all agreed that decided that we would take the half: a great way to finish off what had been a very convial game.

As we got back to the Clubhouse, we all realised quite how wet we were, but we could not really complain as we have had weeks of great golfing weather of late.  After the match, we all met upstairs for tea and sandwiches as well as to hear the result - on this occasion, the Yobs had beaten the Snobs by 4 to 1.  Maybe we shall do better next year...?