Sunday 4th November sees Justin Rose win the Volvo Masters and the Vardon Trophy, but the eyes of the golfing world are actually on Olton Golf Club as the Muffins contest the first match of the Winter 2007/8 Season. It's a competition that only Nance understands, it involves weekly society handicap adjustments and thus will attract much controversy. In the absence of the Chief Tosser who, according to Nance is pursuing horizontal refreshment in the Emerald Isle, Bones is drafted in to make a full complement of 8 and Brett is proposed and seconded as Deputy Tosser. The motion is carried unamimously. He determines that he, Nance, the erstwhile Mr. Grumpy and Tate will take on DJ, Cutie Cutie, Turbo and Bones. 

DJ and Bones play the first 9 like Nick Dougherty but, with Cutie Cutie playing like Pete Doherty, Team B only manage a slender 1 point lead at the sandwiches, by 56 points to 55. They wouldn't have this if Brett hadn't played Mr. Grumpys ball from deep rough on the 5th, occasioning Mr. Grumpy to commit the reverse offence. In fact it's a vintage day for "Brettisms". He declares his 3rd shot on the 2nd hole to be his "shot of the day" and on the 12th, standing on the back fringe in 3, confidently and gloomily predicts a zero score and then chips-in. In Team B, Cutie Cutie, flushed with his recent success on the marine mammal front, attempts congress with a tree. 

The match goes to Team A with a back 9 of 59 to Team B's 53 and Nance takes individual honours with a useful 38. Camel drama is maintained right up to the 18th. After a good drive and a good 'girlie bunt', Brett duffs a 3/4 sand wedge into the right front bunker to relieve Mr. Grumpy. In Team B, DJ brings relief to Turbo by bunkering immediately after 'ducking' to collect 9. In a mark of respect to Tate and Turbo who, uniquely, are a camel free zone, the club flag is lowered to half mast. 