Predictions for Woodhall Spa Pensioners v Athletes meet

What a great week-end, despite the weather. A big "thank you" to everybody for turning up and making it the event it was, a great laugh.
Got home just after 7.30 last night, absolutely knackered. Had a quick bite to eat and promptly fell asleep on the sofa.
Big thanks to Pokerjoke and MadAdey for the game on Saturday, and to Mike my partner. Lost the first hole to a very shakey bogey but then the game got going a bit with all holes halved until Mike made a fantastic birdie on 9 to square it all up at the turn. We then went 2 up courtesy of some solid golf by Mike and managed to eventually win 3&2. The course was waterlogged in places, and playing tough in the wind, but we had a good laugh.
Nice meal in the hotel that evening, but I had to hit the sack at 10.00pm I was tired out.
Woke up yesterday morning to the sound of heavy rain and gusts of wind that were rattling the flag poles and didn't really didn't fancy going out in that lot. Had a great breakfast (probably the best full English I've ever had!) and made our way to the course. Still raining and blowing a gale, I was all for wimping out and not playing at all but a few of my mates made me feel guilty so I decided to give it a bash after all. Found myself 4 down after 4 and I hadn't even got my putter out. Just couldn't hit the ball at all, topping it and picking up way before the green came into sight on each of them. Got to the short 5th and my opponent (Captain Nash) hit a wind assisted wedge to about 4 feet and that had my mind made up. A half hearted attempt to hit an iron to the green resulted in me fatting my shot, I didn't even bother to look to see where the ball ended up. It wasn't enjoyable, my hands were freezing cold, I couldn't see a bloody thing through rain soaked glasses so I decided to shake hands there and then and walk in to the comfort of the clubhouse. Sorry lads. I don't mind a bit of rain, I don't mind a bit of wind, but when they are both together like that it makes it impossible for me at least.
As I say, a great week-end and in principle it's a format that I would love to do again. The whole matchplay thing created a bit of a buzz that you just don't get with stableford.
I'll be looking to do the same again next year, but maybe in June/July to hopefully get some decent weather. Won't be doing Woodhall again. The Hotchkin course, as others have said, is a fantastic one, but the Bracken is only "so so"....
RickG suggested Brocket Hall as a venue, and I'm certainly open to other suggestions.
Thanks once again to everybody for making the event the success it was.
Sodding weather
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The winning Whippersnappers team......

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The old fogies (can't work out who's missing!)

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cheers all for a smashing weekend. Just up this morning and my body aches, must be from battling all that wind & rain.

It was a pleasure meeting some new faces and those I have met before also. I think on these meets the golf is secondary to the banter etc.

It was tough on day one, I was in the 1st group out and hit a lovely lofted drive to about 150 taking a nice divot out of the 1st tee :whistle:

thanks to those I played with and my partner in crime on day 1 Mr S&T James aka JustOne, was a pleasure and he really helped me steady my game, apols for leaving all the pressure on you early doors, I was just relieved to contribute eventually :)

Yesterdays singles was bloody hard, 1st 3 holes were a killer as it was into the wind with rain pelting into our faces, if it hadn't eased slightly for a few holes I reckon we may have thought twice about carrying on!!!

I was 3 up after 9, playing ok but fatting far too many shots, luckily my chipping was good and I holed a few shortish putts. back 9 went to pot and I was 1 down with 3 to play, par, par, bogey was enough for me to close it out by 1 :)

Thanks everyone and massive thanks to Rob for organising. Weather aside it was a brill weekend and an absolute pleasure meeting everyone, roll on the next meet :thup:

oh yeah, I won my pairs and singles = undefeated :)
 
Sounds like a titanic tussle gents :) would be great I someone could post a full list of results and any memories of challenging / enjoyable holes. Also if anyone dared take their camera out amid the wind and lashing rain some pics of the second day brutality would be much appreciated. Thanks one and all :)
 
rickg said:
it was classy snooker.......... I think the highest break was about 3 balls potted on the trot.......Murph will probably try and tell you he had a 13 break, but it was just the pink and black.........oh yes .......the hazy atmosphere left a lot to be desired!!!!!:ooo:
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The Hazy atmosphere was created by the chemical attack you and Pieman generated around the table.
 
Leftie said:
To be fair though, one gust of wind broke my trolley brolly holder off my Motocaddy and I had to chase the brolly down the fairway and into the trees. I'm glad no-one had a camera to catch a very old, wet, cold, fart trying to catch his brolly that had gone farther than his approach shot.
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I could not get my camera phone out for laughing so hard :D I did feel a (small/brief) twinge of guilt that two of us whippersnappers stood and watched you chase your brolley into the trees but then I believe you were 1 up with 3 to play at the time and Matt (hooper) could have really done with a slip and broken hip to get back into the match :)

No suck luck though there was an air of inevitability in both of your wins and a great example to me of steady, effective, winning golf. Driver down the middle, hybrid to the front, chip/putt...Job done.
 
Just recovering now but what a great weekend - I shall be magnanimous in defeat and wish the whippersnappers (very loose description for some) congratulations, especially my opponent on Sunday Greg who is deadly with a wedge in his hand, who never gave up and only took the lead on the last. Thanks to Lefty and Matt who played with us for making a round what were atrocious conditions bearable.

I just have to highlight the Whippersnappers pairings where their Captain must have accidentally drawn himself to play with the legend that is Region3 on Saturday, unfortunately for me the OF captain must have seen me and my partner Norman as the sacrificial lambs. The company was great though on a saturated course despite my partner not finding has game until the 16th (once our opponents had secure a deserved 5&3 win), we all have those days occasionally don't we?


Finally, thanks to Smiffy a great weekend and something I hope to take part in next year - once I've dried out.
 
Having read that I was not the only person to have his brolly take an unexpected flight, it reminded me of a comment Tony (PokerJoke) made....... This is the type of day that golf gear testers should be out in!

There were a couple of examples of good products that I saw:

Macwet gloves, my 3 playing partners used them, I dont think any of the "strange" shots could be attributed to club slippage!

Galvin Green brolly - despite Gary's (Region3) trolly being blown over several times with the brolly firmly anchored to the brolly holder, there was not a sign of any damage to it. I think most other makes would have bent or broken at least one of the spars.

My 5 year old Galvin Green waterproofs, apart from a damp collar on my shirt, my jumper and trousers were bone dry when I removed the waterproofs at the end of the round - more than I can say about my socks - time to take the FJ Contours back to the pro shop as they are only about 6 months old!

Anyone else have any stories of gear that "does what it says on the tin"?
 
I was wearing the FJ Rain glove and the wetter it got the better the grip. My back got wet but that was more to do with not having a belt on my Proquip waterproof trousers and them sliding down than any failure of them. The bucket hat was superb and didn't make me look like a lost trawlerman like Madadey.
 
I too had wet feet from relatively new shoes, but I think in that weather, a lot of it comes in around the tongue, and wicks in from wet ankles.

I had footjoy wet gloves, which grip fine, but made my hands very cold. So cold I had to take them off to warm up.

I hand Sunderland Goretex trousers which were fine til about 3 holes to go when I got wet knees. I think you need to be quite warm for Goretex to work, and I was frozen. Not too bad though all things considering. I carried my bag, and didn't get a wet bum from bag rub.

I have a Nike short sleeved rain top. Made from one layer of stretchy material I have never seen before or since. It has rubberised shoulders, which stops your bag straps from rubbing water through the jacket. This was very effective. I was bone dry (fore arms excepted) but the jacket absorbed about a pint of water, so when I took it off at the end it was pretty heavy, and I wrang it out over the sink. Weird, but effective.

I bought a Woodhall Spa bucket hat, which kept my head warm and dry. A good buy.

I had my Sun Mountain H2No stand bag. This kept getting blown over. I got a small amount of water in one pocket, but most of my stuff in the bag stayed dry. More than can be said for my clubs. Cold wet hands, very wet gloves, and dry clubs, only one loser. Once a club was taken out of the bag dry, it went back in wet. Kind of pointless.
I guess on a warmer day, when I can keep my hands warm, so they dry better, the bag would be ok. Once you are forced to swap to wet weather gloves, the bag is irrelevant.
May be more use on a day when it is showery I guess, so it's possible to change back to normal gloves when the rain stops. In 4 hours plus of horrid weather, having wet clubs was the least of my problems.
 
Big thumbs up to Galvin Green for htat fantastic hat, it certainly does what it says on hte tin. Yes I may have looked a tit in it, I suppose it did not help the fact that it was white. But it kept the rain from running down the back of neck and kept the wind off my ears and my head warm and dry. Yes you will look a tit in it, but I would highly recommend that people get one for those cold rainy days.http://www.galvingreen.se/collection/productinfo/388601m
 
Cheers Smiffy for organizing another great meet, shame about the weather on Sunday all my gear is still soaking wet this morning, had a great time playing with leftie mulligan and Matt on Saturday and Calvin, Achilles, Crow on Sunday that lad Calvin just knocks the balls miles 300yds+ in driving rain!!!!!!!
 
MadAdey said:
Big thumbs up to Galvin Green for htat fantastic hat, it certainly does what it says on hte tin. Yes I may have looked a tit in it, I suppose it did not help the fact that it was white. But it kept the rain from running down the back of neck and kept the wind off my ears and my head warm and dry. Yes you will look a tit in it, but I would highly recommend that people get one for those cold rainy days.http://www.galvingreen.se/collection/productinfo/388601m
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Ah the old buyers remorse post.
£50 quid,nice hat but maybe worn twice a year.
Now your trying to make others waste there money.
Think i will stick with my nice warm woolley hat,ah toasty.
 
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