Despite the fact that heavy rains and wind were forecast, 3 gritty, determined (Some would say mad) players arrived to an empty Pallane car park and battled out the final round to look for improvements.   The fairways were sodden, worm casts littered the once green fairways and a very cool breeze ensured that the course would play it's longest today.   However the rains did not come and at times the sun encouraged us to remove our wooly hats and waterproofs - so a pleasurable mornings golf was gifted to us.

So what about the results? Why are the not posted?

Well, 3 factors have to be considered;
1) The final round scores reflect any recent handicap changes - and their have been many!!
2) The last 2 rounds have been kept a secret, so 'ALL' of the improvements have not been shown - and there are several!
3) The results are never announced until our Gala Dinner

...Existing members will already know that we keep the last 2 results Eclectic secret, individuals should already know their own scores and the only man in the 'know' is the one collecting the cards and maintaining the spreadsheets (Juste moi)..

We shall very much look forward to announcing the winner on the 7th December during our Gala Dinner lunch..

Watch this space.....

The last week of November, an early morning mist followed by a welcoming warm sunny day...  Clearly the sun shines on our Phil Faiers who celebrated his 70th Birthday Bash by organising a Mulliford (Mulligan / Stableford)   A pretty impressive turnout of 16 players arrived ready to compete for what we knew would be a fun day with great prizes (We all love our wine!)

Whilst the Stableford format is one we are all used to, Phil introduced a twist - Players were allocated Mulligans based upon their handicap and left to themselves to decide the strategy of when or where to use them...  Nearest the Pin prizes were in place for the 2nd, 4th, 10th & 16th, a Longest Drive on the 1st and a random Shortest Drive was introduced as well.

The highlight for this writer was watching Rob Jones strategically knock a 3 wood, ,220 yards onto the front of the green on the 13th!!  Smart play as he knew if he didn't carry the ditch, he still had his Mulliford to take...    Mind you, he also won the Shortest Drive with a lowly 5m (On the Hypotenuse) tee shot!! 

Lunch followed at O Rabastens in Tillac, where our lovely partners joined us for yet again another delicious meal.  Below you can see some of the ladies trying to decide from the tempting menu, whilst others enjoyed yet another social gathering of the Musketeers.

Happy Birthday & Congratulations to Phil..   A great day, great prizes and of course - yet another great speech

​Chris Barton               41
Peter Giles                   36
Steve Paterson            35 - Nearest Pin
Jeppe Bech
David Coombes           Nearest the Pin
Lucy Hole                     Nearest the Pin
Clive Robinson
Rob Jones                    Shortest Drive (5m on the Hypotenuse)
Reg Hole                      Longest Drive
Alain Jardell
Don Dawson
Ian Edwards
Phil Faiers
John Wilkinson
Pam Edwards
Gerard Bouchet              Nearest Pin

Artwork c/o Noud Janssen