On a beautiful final day of April, four of us joined battle in the opening heat of the
All-England Handicap championships: Joe, Andy Evason, Deirdre, and Andrew Petit.
The joy of handicap play is that anyone might win! And so in the first round Andy E beat Joe 14-1 and in the 2nd round Andrew beat Joe 14-0 ! Meanwhile Andy went on to beat Deirdre and Andrew in the 2nd and 3rd rounds, and so now progresses to the next stage (an area final in August). Who knows where this might lead !
Meanwhile, Joe executed a just revenge (or reward?) on Andy and Andrew. Having judged that they had both become bandits over the winter, he had been threatening to reduce their handicaps for the last couple of months. Their decisive victories over him in this contest were the final straw! Andy’s AC handicap has been reduced from 7 to 4.5 and Andrew’s from 9 to 7. Neither know whether to be shocked, delighted, or just resigned !
Andrew Petit