In Muffins vs. Shaw (18th November 2007) the ruling was that a late cry-off for no tangible reason was subject to a fine equal to the total of all extras picked up during the match.  The jury also had to take into account the fact that that the cry-off resulted in one of those awkward 5-balls.  And so with a heavy heart, the judgement of the court was that Mr. Grumpy's cry-off via text at 8:00am will be subject to the same sentence.  We have to demonstrate that we are tough on crime - back to basics and all that.

DJ and Cutie-Cutie were also missing, though their fines were the standard 4-owls each.  Much discussion surrounded DJ's reasons for non-appearance - resting as preparation for partnering Charlie at the pro-Am tomorrow was thought feeble, but apparently not feeble enough.

The awkward 5-ball tried to find an obscure part of the course to avoid embarrassment, and so kicked off from the 6th tee.  Chief tosser decided that we should play as a 5-ball, rather than a 2-ball vs. 3-ball, hence no-one could quite work out why he threw the balls up at all.

Gales force winds made scoring difficult.  The gales also brought down most of one of the big oak trees on 18, but luckily 10 minutes after the 5-amigos had passed through.

Tate was having a few problems with his swing.  Memories of Boat of Garten came flodding back as he hit two off the heel out-of-bounds on 11.  Maybe the problem was his footwork - on 16 he was keen to point out that he was putting his left foot in front of his right - just as well, swinging the club cross-legged may have caused even more problems.

It was Fat-Boy and Brett who conquered the windy conditions best.  Both came in with 34 points each, with Nance pushing them close with 32.  Tate and Turbo struggled.   Turbo, in particular, was getting uncharacteristically grumpy towards the end of his round, with much wittering and tossing of clubs.  Mr. Grumpy would have been proud of him.

We look forward to the welcome return on the chief-scribe and head of grumpiness next week, albeit much the poorer.

Muffins should be reminded of the following dates for their diaries :- 

Sat 28 June - Birkett-Barker - Nance, Fat-Boy and DJ at 10:00am and 2:30pm
Sat 5th July - Div 1 Medal - Nance, DJ and Brett 8:48am
Sun 6th July - Captains Day and Strawberry Tea (replaces Muffins match) - Nance, Brett, DJ, Tate, Mr. Grumpy, Turbo (Fat-Boy away and Cutie-Cutie assumed unavailable since it's not his week)

