Okay troops I have the finalised details for the England v Scotland Forum Challenge match taking place next week at Berwick upon Tweed (Goswick) Golf Club...
The 1st tee off time on Friday is 11.52am so you can meet in the clubhouse any time before that,food will be available,bacon rolls and the like from 9am onwards for anyone needing breakfast after a long drive,I will be down from 9ish putting out the nearest the pin/straightest drive markers so I will keep my eyes open for you arriving.
The 1st day pairings are as follows:-
11.52: TonyN (18) & Dave Harris (13) v John Findlay (9) & Stuart Douglas (13).
12.00: Ivan Martin (2) & Craig Fairbrass (10) v David Boal (11) & Fraser Moore (10).
12.08: Rick Gajewski (9) & Graham Johnson (14) v Harvey Thomson (6) & Peter Sinclair (15).
12.16: Tim Robinson (11) & Mike Melville (9) v Andy Richmond (13) & John Boag (11).
12.24: Chris Kissane (12) & Steve Clifford (25) v Allan Rodger (2) & Andy Wardrop (11).
Our official starter is clearing his voice as I type....
Friday format will be:-
Better ball matchplay with 3/4 H'cp diff being taken from the lowest man in the 4.
2 points will be awarded for a win and 1 for a halved match.
Saturday 1st tee off time is 10.22am and we will be playing a slightly more complicated format but one I feel that will keep everyone involved up to the 18th regardless of if you are playing like a dog :-
Pairings Better ball Stableford with 3/4 of Handicap allowance, so if say me and David Boal where to get a better ball stableford total of 42 points against the Englands pairing of 41 points better ball then Scotland would take the 2 points for the win in that match.
Again 2 points for a win and 1 for a halved match so overall the magical number each country is looking for is 11!
Alongside this we propose to run an Individual Stableford with full handicap allowance on the Individual card as opposed to the 3/4 allowance in the Better Ball card.
This means that on Saturday everyone will be holing out so the beer touch from 18 inches will be tested!!
After play ends on Friday I have a 2 course meal arranged at the club and after that we will head back into Berwick get showered etc and meet up later for a few ales and discuss the days play.
We have various prizes lined up for over the weekend for nearest the pins each day(4 par 3's so 4 prizes to play for both days there),straightest drive(Greenkeeper will have drawn a white line up the 7th fairway,closest to the white line wins a prize there each day) and various prizes for the Individual Stableford competition on the Saturday....all we need now is the weather to smile upon us!!
Just to let you know again the costs are £30 for the golf and £10 for the food so a total of £40 for the event.
If you could let me have that on arrival I will settle up with the club.
We intend to play the full course both days as the Greenkeeper has agreed to putting out the Medal tees on the Summer tees so we can play off these instead of the Winter tees but I think that we should take stock after round 1 and see what tees everyone wishes to play off on the Saturday as the course could be playing fairley long at 6700yrds in the cold whereas the winters are more like 6000yrds but that is something we can discuss over a few ales.
Finally if anyone needs any help with anything at all in the run up you can contact me on 07872338227.....I will be without Forum access from tomorrow lunchtime until Monday morning as I am in Glasgow for the weekend so Mobile would be best way of contacting me.
Looking forward to it,make sure your games are finely tuned by the 20th Scotland players and I look forward to a heatwave come the 1st tee!!
Cheers.
Dodger. (Allan Rodger)
The 1st tee off time on Friday is 11.52am so you can meet in the clubhouse any time before that,food will be available,bacon rolls and the like from 9am onwards for anyone needing breakfast after a long drive,I will be down from 9ish putting out the nearest the pin/straightest drive markers so I will keep my eyes open for you arriving.
The 1st day pairings are as follows:-
11.52: TonyN (18) & Dave Harris (13) v John Findlay (9) & Stuart Douglas (13).
12.00: Ivan Martin (2) & Craig Fairbrass (10) v David Boal (11) & Fraser Moore (10).
12.08: Rick Gajewski (9) & Graham Johnson (14) v Harvey Thomson (6) & Peter Sinclair (15).
12.16: Tim Robinson (11) & Mike Melville (9) v Andy Richmond (13) & John Boag (11).
12.24: Chris Kissane (12) & Steve Clifford (25) v Allan Rodger (2) & Andy Wardrop (11).
Our official starter is clearing his voice as I type....
Friday format will be:-
Better ball matchplay with 3/4 H'cp diff being taken from the lowest man in the 4.
2 points will be awarded for a win and 1 for a halved match.
Saturday 1st tee off time is 10.22am and we will be playing a slightly more complicated format but one I feel that will keep everyone involved up to the 18th regardless of if you are playing like a dog :-
Pairings Better ball Stableford with 3/4 of Handicap allowance, so if say me and David Boal where to get a better ball stableford total of 42 points against the Englands pairing of 41 points better ball then Scotland would take the 2 points for the win in that match.
Again 2 points for a win and 1 for a halved match so overall the magical number each country is looking for is 11!
Alongside this we propose to run an Individual Stableford with full handicap allowance on the Individual card as opposed to the 3/4 allowance in the Better Ball card.
This means that on Saturday everyone will be holing out so the beer touch from 18 inches will be tested!!
After play ends on Friday I have a 2 course meal arranged at the club and after that we will head back into Berwick get showered etc and meet up later for a few ales and discuss the days play.
We have various prizes lined up for over the weekend for nearest the pins each day(4 par 3's so 4 prizes to play for both days there),straightest drive(Greenkeeper will have drawn a white line up the 7th fairway,closest to the white line wins a prize there each day) and various prizes for the Individual Stableford competition on the Saturday....all we need now is the weather to smile upon us!!
Just to let you know again the costs are £30 for the golf and £10 for the food so a total of £40 for the event.
If you could let me have that on arrival I will settle up with the club.
We intend to play the full course both days as the Greenkeeper has agreed to putting out the Medal tees on the Summer tees so we can play off these instead of the Winter tees but I think that we should take stock after round 1 and see what tees everyone wishes to play off on the Saturday as the course could be playing fairley long at 6700yrds in the cold whereas the winters are more like 6000yrds but that is something we can discuss over a few ales.
Finally if anyone needs any help with anything at all in the run up you can contact me on 07872338227.....I will be without Forum access from tomorrow lunchtime until Monday morning as I am in Glasgow for the weekend so Mobile would be best way of contacting me.
Looking forward to it,make sure your games are finely tuned by the 20th Scotland players and I look forward to a heatwave come the 1st tee!!
Cheers.
Dodger. (Allan Rodger)
