Day 236 - Next Year

Another beautiful day and, shock horror, another day with no golf...  Instead, it was an opportunity to catch up on some errands and to purchase a couple of pairs of trousers for the winter (Weir Rhodes in Guildford - the best Gents outfitters around!).

Then time to make some supper before heading back to the Club as it might be a long night...

I was right!  We met up at 4 pm, together with Mike, Tom and Matthew from the Club as well as the Vice Captain, the Lady Captain and the Ladies Vice Captain.  The task for the day was to review the golfing calendar for 2016.  Up to now, this had been put together independently by the Men, the Ladies, the Vets, the Juniors and the Mixed/Social sections - and this was the first time that the diary had been examined holistically.

What we were very keen to do was to identify potential course congestion dangers: when matches or competitions might overlap thus restricting access to the course(s) for members who opt for casual golf.  We talked through every day of next year, checking every time what was or wasn't in the Club diary.

This might seem like overkill but I do hope that, by taking the time required, we have done our best to ensure a smooth transition to 2016. And take our tine we did: it wasn't until 9:15 pm that I left Burhill.  At least I had a delicious meal of veal meatballs in tomato sauce over pasta to come home to...