Day 302 - Jubilee Goblets Final Round

Earlier in the summer, we played a mixed competition called the Jubilee Goblets and the six winners of that day were given the opportunity to play Foursomes matches against the Captain and Lady Captain.  The advice that I had received from my predecessors was that these games were a lot of fun but had posed a challenge in terms of scheduling.

Conscious of this, as soon as the competition was over, we set about finding some dates with our opponents. Two of the pairs proved trickier than the others but we were delighted that we managed to get everything fixed up before the end of the year, and thereby were able to avoid the perils of January/February golf...  and as things turned out, we had yet another mild autumnal day for the final fixture of the series.

Our opponents today were Pauline and John, a talented pair with a combined handicap of 18, which meant that at least we were going to be receiving some hots this time: 12 in total... but would it be enough?

We opted for the New Course today as it looked quiet and enjoyed remarkably good conditions for our game.  To start with, everything was nip and tuck: a hole here, a hole there.  At the halfway stage, everything was still to play for as we headed on to the 10th tee all square.  After that, our opponents tightened up their game... and we didn't: not a good combination!  It all came to a peaceful end on the 15th green, by which time we had lost 4&3 - a fair result, all things considered.

I was also pleased that I had managed to complete my Jubilee matches without injuring the Lady Captain - though it was touch and go today when I wasn't paying attention to my electric trolley: when I looked up poor Diana was on the floor, knocked over by a wayward Stewart. I was mortified but fortunately no serious damage was done.  And John never even noticed what was going on behind him....

That means that the six matches are all over and I am afraid that we didn't manage to win one...  but we played with some really friendly people and I have enjoyed every match.  The winners of the series turned out to be Roland and Jennie - and we shall be delighted to present them with their bottles of champagne at the Annual General Meeting on Valentine's Day next year.