IT was a hot almost-summer’s day on Tuesday 6 October for the Gloucester Veteran Golfers with Sally Higgins showing the way by turning in an outstanding score 10 points inside her handicap.
The occasion was a novelty Tee-Swap Stableford with the women playing off the men’s tees and the men playing off the women’s tees.
The event was sponsored by Mark Stone.
The innocent observer might think that the nature of the event might mean that the blokes would score better that the gals, but not so.
The women’s winner was Sally Higgins with a monster 46 points whereas the men’s winner playing off the shorter tees was Peter Buettel with a mere, but creditable, 39 points.
Balls were won by Karen Howarth 43, Anne Wand 40, Cheryl Goodrich 40, Dale Rabbett 40, Roy Crichton 38, Peter Sate 37 and Steve Kriss 36 on a count-back
The Nearest-to-the-Pin trophies at the 4th and 13th holes was won by Evan Moller; at the 6th and 15th holes it was Dale Rabbett sand Chris Steele.
This last Tuesday 13 October, The Gloucester Veteran Golfers played an Individual Stroke event sponsored by Debbie and Peter Sate. Next Tuesday, 20 October there will be an Irish Four Ball.
By Peter WILDBLOOD
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