The 2006 Autumn meet at Woldingham in September was held on a beautiful late summers day and, coupled with the superb condition of the course and general ambience of the club, made for one of, if not the, best Badgers day to date.  Sponsors for the day were Ruddy Joinery - www.ruddy.co.uk - and our thanks go to them for their generosity.  23 Badgers were in attendance to enjoy the facilities; it should have been 24 but Mark Smith cried off lastminute.com saying he was feeling unwell with stomach problems......this of course being nothing to do with him having spent the whole of the previous week on a bender with Mike Stone to celebrate Stoney leaving Canary Wharf for pastures new...........

Smithy crying off over 'stomach pains'.  Supposedly.  The wimp

 

There was strong suspicion from The Committee that what he was suffering from was a dose of Lizitis, more commonly referred to as 'The Thumb from Above' or 'er indoors'.  Our loss was Liz's gain (poor cow).  For those who did attend, a very good standard of golf was achieved, with perhaps the exception of Phil 'Trick Shot' Tweddle on the first.  Another victim of Mike Stones extended leaving do, Phil hit a text book perfect shank on the first, sending his ball a magnificent 20 yards diagonally and an even more magnificent 3 yards forward of the yellow tees.  Declining the request to get ones todger out before he tried again to get past the ladies tees our 'Phyliss' then proceeded to put his next in the tree.

Twedds 2nd Shot on the 1st. Yes, that really is the mens tee-box to his immediate left and before the ladies. And no his todger is not in evidence

 

The golf iteself was very enjoyable as this really is a superb course. One of the most pleasing proximity of the bar to the 10th tee, allowing at least one of our teams to get some refreshments in halfway round.

Team 6 Get a 'Cheeky Rasper' in on the 10th

 

Another high scoring day, the team prize was won by Pat Judd, Richard Gent, Frank Kingham and Peter Jupp.

 The Winning Team

 

Twedds shank on the first was all a ruse, as the bugger went on to get a very close nearest the pin.  Richard Maggs was on the rostrum once again for Longest Drive making this his second time to win this, catching up quick with our other big hitter Mark Smith.  An extra special prize went to Dave Guildford for Badgering Beyond the Call of Duty, having flown down from Scotland that morning to play, despite the day being his wedding anniversary and him not having seen his wife that morning.  Top Badgering, and a bottle of champagne for his trouble.

Nearest the Pin - Phil Tweddle

   

Longest Drive - Richard Maggs

 

Badgering Beyond the Call Of Duty - Dave Guildford

 

The other prizes went to Pat Judd in Third Place, Mike Stone in Second Place (only one not affected by his leaving do's!) and in First Place, John Deely.

 3rd Place - Pat Judd

 

 

2nd Place - Mike Stone

 

 

1st Place - John Deely

 

Congratulations to all of the the winners and thanks again to our sponsors Ruddy Joinery and to all those Badgers who attended, a fantastic day was had by everybody and we shall certainly be returning next year (if they'll have us!).

 

Results and handicap adjustments from Woldingham;

1st John Deely, 44 points off 28, new handicap 24

2nd Mike Stone, 41 points off 26, new handicap 24

3rd Pat Judd, 40 points off 9, new handicap 7

4th Nigel Smith, 39 points off 27, new handicap 25

5th Richard Maggs, 39 points off 23, new handicap 22

6th Simon Tuson, 38 points off 20, new handicap 19

7th Dave Guildford, 37 points off 28, new handicap 27

8th Alec Vallintine, 35 points off 21, new handicap 20

9th Richard Gent, 34 points off 27, handicap stays on 27

10th Peter Jupp, 34 points off 23, handicap stays on 23

11th Steve Beasley, 34 points off 20, handicap stays on 20

12th Phil Tweddle, 33 points off 10, handicap stays on 10

13th Chris Knapp, 33 points off 24, handicap stays on 24

14th Harry Cutts, 32 points off 26, handicap stays on 26

15th Eugenio Caruso, 32 points off 26, handicap stays on 26

16th Mike Healy, 30 points off 28, handicap stays on 28

17th Tim Holt, 30 points off 28, handicap stays on 28

18th Frank Kingham, 30 points off 28, handicap stays on 28

19th Steve Sharp, 29 points off 7, new handicap 8

20th Alan Ruddy, 29 points off 10, new handicap 11

21st Peter Gallagher, 27 points off 17, new handicap 18

22nd Mike Smith, 26 points off of 28, handicap stays on 28

23rd Paul Gover, 24 points off 23, new handicap 25

Mark Smith - non attendance in breach of Rule 18, 2 shot penalty - new handicap 16

 

Attendees at Woldingham;

Team 1 - Mike Healy, Steve 'Beer Belly' Sharp, Mike 'Not Far Off Himself' Stone

 

 

Team 2 - Richard Maggs, Paul Gover, John Deely, Eugenio Caruso

 

 

Team 3 - Peter Gallagher, Phil Tweddle, Simon Tuson, Mike Smith

 

 

Team 4 - Tim Holt, Harry 'I've Been Tangoed' Cutts, Chris Knapp, Dave Guildford

 

 

Team 5 - Peter Jupp, Richard Gent, Pat Judd, Frank Kingham

 

 

Team 6 - Nigel Smith, Steve Beasley, Alan Ruddy, Alec Vallintine