Well, whoever said that got it wrong as the contenders for the regional finals of the GC handicap championship discovered when they stepped onto the courts without their thermals on June 1st. The Blewbury qualifier was run slickly in the familiar Jamieson style: two blocks of five, all play all. And please get on with it. A sensible if largely superfluous instruction as lower handicappers worked their way through up to 11 hoops in biting wind.
Andy E was unbeaten in block one, with Nick Freund second; in block two, it was ladies day, with Jackie Bryant first and Maggie Freund second. The deciding line up pitched Andy against Maggie and Jackie against Nick. To the Freunds, the spoils: Aston Tirrold rocks.
Nick and Maggie en fete
Back in the clubhouse, the knives were out: Nick, a dashingly rapid improver, accepted a 4 stroke handicap cut from 9 to 5, Maggie went down from 8 to 6 and Jackie relinquished her long term 10 for a more realistic 7.