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SOF | OF SPORT: GOLF
OFGS V ALDEBURGH GOLF CLUB:
The OFs had endured a torrid time at the
SATURDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2020
hands of the Aldeburgh team in recent
James Brocks reports as follows:
years. That annoying combination of
course knowledge and team management
After a stunning, but gusty Autumn
ensured that form would favour the home
Meeting on the Friday, the troops were
side. With attack minded pairings in our
readied for part two of the weekend’s
quest for victory, the OFs would have
golfing extravaganza.
to be “on their game in a big way”. The
toppling of the Aldeburgh team would
The 36 holes the previous day had taken
need a blend of strength, verve, guts
their toll on some of the team members
and determination so the plotting team
and those who weeks ago had signed
(comprising Messrs Brocks and Schneidau)
up for the match with such exuberance
would have to get to work.
had clearly forgotten the effect it might
have on a plus 70 year old body. When
It started off with a few pints of Adnams
the rallying call was made, it sadly was
(as you do in Aldeburgh), French whites
a case of cue the excuses! Those who fell
from Burgundy and the Languedoc, then
by the wayside were given a reluctant
onto the reds from Lebanon and Portugal.
pardon, but only if the reasons were either
As the evening wore on, the formula for
believable and/or colourful. Whichever
success had finally been signed off.
way you looked at it, it was a clear
It was suddenly the morning of the main
dereliction of duty.
event. The OF equivalent of Generals
Patton and Montgomery rose to shocking
Thankfully, the cavalry arrived in the
hangovers with dry mouths and thumping
form of a man with a little black book. It
heads. Had the hard hours last night been
contained the names of the victims of the
worth it? Only time would tell; this was
greatest mis-selling since PPI. We shall
indeed our D-Day.
simply call this extortion, golf lessons. With
nowhere to turn for extra manpower, this
As with the previous day, the weather
was not a time to question the morals of
was fabulous with bright sunshine and
this man - we simply needed more troops.
a testing wind. After the misery of the
lockdown in preceding months, it simply
Professional golfer and doting father
didn’t matter. This was our first and, sadly,
of future star, George, Neil ‘Jumbo’
penultimate OF match of the year. It got
Jackson found our saviours. Two local
off to the best possible start with Suffolk’s
stand-in mercenaries came in the form
very own Obi-Wan Kenobi (AKA Clive
of College Governor, Bill Rimmer, and
Cooksey) partnering skipper James Brocks
Georgie Bingham (She of Talk and Sky
to a very satisfying 2 and 1 victory over
Sports fame).
Aldeburgh Captain, Tim Slingo, and Alan
Biddlecombe.
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