The Charity One-Ball Competition

On May 13th, a surprisingly warm day, 14 stalwarts turned out to play in the CqE One-Ball Charity competition,  We had a lovely mix of die-hard GC and AC players, and a smattering of crossover artists, some of whom had not played one-ball before.  The handicap system for one-ball is fun: take the lowest of your AC handicap, your GC handicap x 2.5, and 20, then subtract your birthday and shoe size.  Your handicap is then 1/3 of the result.  Some questioned the effectiveness of the handicapping system, while some revelled in the number of extra turns it afforded them.   

CqE had asked everyone to wear something blue, the colour of the Alzheimer's Society logo.  Adherence to the suggestion ranged from Ron Carter who had a blue logo somewhere on his shorts to Nigel Clogg who dyed his beard blue.  He claimed that the dye would wash out.  I haven't seen him since then to verify his claim.

We were delighted to welcome Robin Morrison's wife, Charlotte, who having neither played one-ball nor played on a full sized lawn, discharged herself with considerable honour!

Thank you so much to Geoff Johnson and Paul Gunn (not pictured) and, from left to right in the photo: Alan Clark, Robin Morrison, Ian Shore, Ron Carter, Charlotte Morrison, Mark Wilce, Matt Miles Griffiths, Nigel ('Bluebeard') Clogg, Mary Whimster, Richard Coward, James Gamon and Nigel Moore.

Congratulations to the overall winner, Mark Wilce and the runners-up, Richard Coward and Matt Miles Griffiths.  In the end, because of a combination of our late heats and a small admin errror (mea culpa!) we were not able to send anyone to the regional final in Surbiton. 

In total, we raised £160 for the Alzheimer's Society, the CqE's nominated charity. 

The day was light, informal and great fun and we would love to see more of you getting involved in next year's charity event.

​David Cotton

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