| Date: | 2nd September 2007 |
| Venue: | R.Ashdown Forest G.C. |
Once again we enjoyed a splendid match against the Old Carthusians at Ashdown. It was curious that both sides had some difficulty in raising their teams but perhaps it was just a funny year. In the event we played seven men per side with a singles match and three foursomes matches being played in both the morning and the afternoon.
We had a disappointing morning and for the second year running we came in to lunch trailing by 3 matches to 1. Happily (with the lunchtime wines at stake) our post-prandial golf was splendid and we turned the deficit around (as in the last encounter) emerging victorious by 3 1/2 to 1/2 in the afternoon and winning the overall match (and the wine) by 4 1/2 to 3 1/2. There was the merest suggestion of a gloat but we had been subjected to some flak from the Carthusians at lunch so it seemed only fair!
So far as I can see from the report written by Roddy Gamble, the Carthusian Captain, his remarks concentrated on the fact that he had beaten the Hon. Sec in the morning singles and this seemed to be of greater importance than the overall result. The words "clutching at straws" and "very flattering that it mattered so much to him" spring to mind!
Scores :
Richard Dresner and Roger Stanley beat Peter Goodliffe and Edward Hyde by 2/1
Adrian Cooper and John Crates lost to Nick Moore and Ben Schaafsma by 4/3
Richard Russell and David Golding-Wood lost to Chris S-Phillips and William Goodliffe 2/1
Tony Monteuuis lost to Roddy Gamble by 3/2
Charterhouse 3 ½ Tonbridge 1 ½
Afternoon
Richard Dresner and David Golding-Wood beat Roddy Gamble and Ben Schaafsma 4/3
Roger Stanley and Richard Russell beat Peter Goodliffe and William Goodliffe 7/6
Tony Monteuuis and Adrian Cooper halved with Nick Moore and Edward Hyde
Julian Spurling beat Andrew Murdoch 3/2
Charterhouse ½ Tonbridge 3 ½
Match Result : Tonbridge 4 ½ beat Charterhouse 3 ½