Various excuses decimate the field and Fat-Boy recruits Mickey Bowen to make up a 4-ball. Nance and Mickey take on Mr. Grumpy and Fat-Boy in a match full of witty banter and sledging.

Nance and Mickey shade the front 9 one-up and on the 17th tee are two-up and looking good for the full £4 until Mickey misses a 3 footer. Fat-Boy takes the hole with a sand-save par and then his par down 18 is good enough to halve the back 9 saving a £1.

MONGU-wise Mr. Grumpy takes the 10 points with a 33, but there's no a lot in it.

Turkey Trot next week and the pairings may or may not be as selected at the Annual Dinner. Time will tell. Readers will also want to know that certain artefacts have been returned to Copt Heath GC in plain brown wrapping with an anonymous note and a donation to the Captain's Charity.