Odd Spots........

We now know that winter has officially arrived as Patrice McLeod-Holman departed these shores for Canada on Sunday. While she did not play golf on Saturday she did pop down for a wine and to say farewell. We wish her all the best for her trip and look forward to seeing her and Marty either later this year or early in 2010.

With Patrice now resident back in Canada our overseas readership list continues to grow currently in receipt of this missive are Steve Ellis (somewhere in Italy) David Page (in parts of the UK unknown) and Michael Ronan in Brisbane. Please let me know if you are travelling overseas and feel free to make a contribution from afar especially if like Richard Peate you will be playing a number of golf courses (in Scotland). Another to head for warmer climes is Sue Townsend who leaves for the UK on Wednesday to visit her mother and will be away for a couple of months. We wish her all the best and look forward to her return.

Questions are being asked!! Due to the Doctors Dentists Golf Day on Wednesday the Men's Committee meeting was moved upstairs to the White Parsons Room where a fire was burning merrily. Clearly discernibly on the conflagration were two exceptionally large pine cones that burned with special brightness. Amanda is now seeking Alan Scott to ascertain why her ornamental cones carefully put to one side have now disappeared into a pile of ash. I suspect we will not be allowed back into the room for some time!!

Thanks to Dermot Martin who returned to me one of my lost golf balls from down 9 during the Easter Masters unfortunately having survived Saturday it went missing down the left of 12 towards 4 on Sunday. Anyone at anytime finding a ball marked with a smiley face please return to me as it hasn't been abandoned just temporarily misplaced (I can confirm there are a few out there)!!