Framlinghamian 2022 - Flipbook - Page 274
SOF | OF SPORT: GOLF
Golf
DAVID TURNBULL IS PLEASED TO REPORT THAT OFGS IS UP AND RUNNING AGAIN
TO A FULL SCHEDULE. LAST YEAR’S ACTIVITIES WERE SEVERELY CURTAILED
BY COVID-19 BUT WE WERE ABLE TO RUN THREE EVENTS ON A LIMITED BASIS
TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR. THESE WERE:
AUTUMN MEETING:
be no “stuff this, let’s walk off at the 12th
FRIDAY, 18 SEPTEMBER 2020
hole and go for a pint” lark. There would
James Brocks reports as follows:
be no room for any past OF Presidents
throwing a club and stomping off in a
With some trepidation, the annual Autumn
huff. Vital team points could be won and
Meeting at Aldeburgh Golf Club went
lost on every match. We had a cloudless
ahead. Those 18 members who chose to
sky, but the gusty winds reminded us
join in were treated to the course at its
that this course, despite its beauty, could
magnificent best. This was a year though
and would bite. And bite it did. It both
that would be a year like no other. The
chewed up and spat out the new Society
usual format would be abandoned in
Captain, James Brocks. Custom dictates
favour of (what we hope to be) a one-off
that the first shot of the day is majestically
event. This was the Brocks vs Newton
stroked off the tee by the new skipper. The
challenge.
vision of the perfect 250-yard draw had
been played out in the mind a thousand
Taking the “it’s the prestige and glory and
times. The shot was so badly executed
not the winning that counts” approach, no
that it struggled to pass the ladies’ tee.
expense was spared. The grand prize,
If it had been thrown underarm it would
was purchased for a princely outlay of
have travelled further. Even the ever-
£13.50 (including the engraving and VAT).
empathetic Peter Howard-Dobson
This piece of utter tat was from renowned
struggled to find the words of comfort for
silversmiths, Timpson.
such rubbish!
The morning would be a foursomes team
Mike Schneidau had been told by a “bloke
match, very similar to the Ryder Cup. This
in the pub” that bunkers would provide
one though would have to be played to its
extra immunity from COVID-19. To that
completion on the 18th hole. There would
end, he proceeded to visit virtually every
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