With Tate and DJ having apparently disappeared off the face of the earth it's a simple match of two 3-balls on a morning where the weather looks like turning nasty at any moment. Mr. Grumpy, Nance and Brett are in the vanguard and Mr. Grumpy's first hit is considerably better than that of the previous week in that it gets beyond the heather at the back of the yellow tee. Not much further though.

Nance is also showing signs of his exertions in the Club Championship the previous day whereby having signed for a leading nett 68 in the morning, the wheels come off at the 12th in the afternoon and he sacks his long-suffering caddy....again. Nonetheless Brett's steady play results in 35 team points at the sarnies, more than enough for a healthy lead as Fat-Boy, Cutie-Cutie and Turbo visit all parts of the course. The most visited spot seems to be sand as they rack up 14 camels at halfway.

But as ever, it's a game of two halves and a significant rally by Fat-Boy and Cutie-Cutie see them win the back 9 and limit the team's exposure to only £2. Fat-Boy picks up 19 camels against which Brett's paltry 6 seems insignificant. For the 4th week running Mr. Grumpy picks up an OOB on the 16th - it's just like the old days and the less said about Turbo's day the better.

Mr Steady Eddy Brett claims the individual 10 points with a useful 35 points.

Next week is likely to be a farce as owing to a holiday, Brett has excused himself from secretarial duties. Mr. Grumpy favours a 7:00am start so he can get to the Test Match and the virtual Tate and DJ's availability is unknown. Watch this space.

