I am not sure if it is just that time of the year or as a result of the earthquake but our members seem to be fleeing the City. A big thank you to all those who made themselves available to travel to Timaru your support was greatly appreciated, we were actually 1 woman short but Grace Cowan from Timaru stepped up to fill the gap so we were a group of 31 traveling south.
We were greeted at Level's by a fine calm day, a course in challenging condition and what looked to be a highly competitive Timaru combination dedicated to regaining both trophies. The morning was designated as Mixed Foursomes played over 11 holes. In the top competition we went to lunch at four all well pleased with victories to Russell Fildes & Sue Townsend, Struan Cain & Olwyn Rae, Tony Park & Alison McMillan and Rod Hayes & Linda Sumner. We were not so lucky in the Salver being on the wrong side of a 6.5 to 1.5 scoreline - well done to Tony McKeogh & Rose O'Brien who secured our only win and a great putt on 18 from my partner Robyn Fletcher secured a half in a match that looked to have slipped away!!
It was all to play for in the afternoon. The bottom order of the Orbell Cup men's contingent peformed admirably to secure 4.5 points with wins to Tony Park, Charles Whitwham, Rod Hayes and Joe Tiller with a half to Chris Richmond. However the Timaru Women proved too strong on their home track and only Sandra Standage supported by Alison McMillan were able to post wins in the afternoon and the Orbell Cup moved residence on a 13.5 to 10.5 score.
Worse was in store for the Salver players as we received what can only be described as a whipping 17 to 7 with only 5.5 points from a possible 16. Well done to Grahame Buist, Russell Standage, Tony McKeogh, Janet Osborn and our import Grace Cowan the half was secured by yours truly when my opponent imploded on the final two holes.
After the match we were treated to some true South Canterbury hospitality with a sumptuous four course meal at the very reasonable price of $25. It was a weary group that headed north in the early evening. A big thank you to Alison McMillan who provided transport in a mini van for a number of the female participants. Revenge for next year is already on the drawing board.
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