No not the rapper, or by the brilliant play of one of our several Dave’s (or David’s). This was Storm Dave that decided to add an extra challenge to our AC Hi-Lo competition last Saturday (4th April).
The aim of the day was to have a fun, but competitive, day of AC doubles where everyone has a different partner in each round. A high handicap player would be paired with a low handicap player, quite possibly someone they had never played with before. Everyone seemed to have a good time in the morning, despite a little early rain, but then Storm Dave arrived after lunch. Plastic chairs went flying and it was difficult to swing the mallet so that you hit the ball instead of your shins. I reckon I had more bevelled edges in one day (not a fault unless you have a hampered stroke) than in the rest of my 10-year playing career.
I had planned to play five rounds, but by 5pm, most players felt they had had enough, so we stopped the formal proceeding at that point. A few hardy souls (Joe, Brian, Carol and I) played one last game, just for the fun of it. And wouldn’t you know it, the sun came out!
The players with the best results over the day were Andrew Petit and Claire King, so each of them wins a bottle of wine.