LUNCHTIME JUNE 27TH SAW A SMALL GATHERING OF HODGITES AT THE THREE HORSEHOES PUBLIC HOUSE (WHERE ELSE !!), MINE-HOSTED BY STEVE WHEATMAN AS YOU MAY RECALL, WITH THE FOOD SO GENEROUSLY AND DELICIOUSLY SUPPLIED BY SANDRA WHEATMAN.
THE OCCASION WAS THE GOLF COMMITTEE MEETING TO PREPARE FOR THE B.H. GOLF DAY THE WEEK AFTER, JULY 4TH, BUT ALSO ANY OTHER HODGITES IN THE VICINITY WERE INVITED, AND DULY A REASONABLE NUMBER OF EIGHT TURNED UP FOR CHIT-CHAT AND REFRESHMENTS.
WE HAVE A FOTO BELOW OF THE ATTENDEES, WITH A COUPLE OF FRESH FACES TO THIS OCCASION.
TALKING OF THIS OCCASION, IT IS LIKELY THAT WE WILL MAKE THIS A QUARTERLY AFFAIR ON A REGULAR BASIS, WITH THE NEXT ONE BEING END OF SEPTEMBER, EARLY OCTOBER, AND ANOTHER JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS, SO WATCH THIS SPACE.
THE NEW FACES (NO, NOT THE 60`S POP GROUP !!) WERE KEN SNOWDIN AND ANDREW FOSTER, WHO HAD ACTUALLY MISTAKEN THE OCCASION FOR A PARTS CONFERENCE, BUT ENJOYED THEMSELVES NONE THE LESS !!
THE REST OF THE USUAL SUSPECTS ARE EASILY RECOGNISABLE.
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THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THE 5TH ANNUAL B.H. GOLF DAY TOOK PLACE, AGAIN AT OVERSTONE GOLF CLUB, AS USUAL ORGANISED VERY WELL BY TONY FRESHWATER, MARTIN EDE, AND ALAN MATCHETT.
DUE TO HOLIDAYS ETC, THE MEMBERS FACES CHANGED A LITTLE, AND IN LINE WITH THE POLICY ADOPTED BACK IN 2010, FIRST GENERATION OFFSPRING WERE INVITED, ALONG WITH WIVES, TO PLAY, SO ONE YEAR, WHEN WE CAN GET EVERYBODY THERE TOGETHER, ITS POSSIBLE WE WILL MAKE 20 PLAYERS, SO WE KEEP TRYING.
DUE TO THE LACK OF SPARE BODIES TO TAKE THE USUAL 1ST TEE FOTO, YOU WILL NOTE WE HAVE 2 EXAMPLES OF THAT SHOT, ONE WITH MARTIN EDE MISSING (BEHIND THE CAMERA) AND ONE WITH KARL BREALEY (SON OF KEITH) DOING THE SAME.
ALSO, VERA WHITE, WIFE OF BENNY, HAD NOT ARRIVED AT THIS POINT DUE TO AN EARLY DENTIST APPOINTMENT, BUT THAT`S COMMITTMENT FOR YOU, VERA DULY TURNED UP AND PLAYED AFTER HER VISIT. GAME GIRL IS VERA !!
THE FIRST SHOT IS WITHOUT MARTIN E, SHOWING…….
….KARL BREALEY, NORMAN WILLMOTT (KB`S SON-IN-LAW, THERE BY PROXY IN HIS ABSENCE), ALAN MATCHETT, SEAMUS McCABE, KEITH MATTHEWS, TONY FRESHWATER, LYNN FRESHWATER, BOB STARTIN, RICHARD STARTIN (SON OF BOB), AND MARTIN WRIGHT, MAKING 12 PLAYERS IN ALL.
THIS IMAGE SHOWS MARTIN EDE IN LINE……..
…..THEN ONTO THE PRESENTATIONS AFTERWARDS, AND FOR THE SECOND TIME (?), MARTIN WRIGHT TOOK THE B.H. CUP WITH A SCORE OF 35 POINTS………
……… SECOND WAS NORMAN WILLMOTT ON 32….. 
…… AND THIRD RICHARD STARTIN ON 30……….
……. AND WHOSE RESPECTIVE HANDICAPS WILL BE SCRUTINIZED CAREFULLY NEXT YEAR !!
EVIDENCE OF WHITE SKIN AROUND THEIR EYES WAS CHECKED FOR, (IE BANDIT MASKS USUALLY WORN) BUT NONE WAS FOUND !!
KEITH MATTHEWS TOOK THE LONGEST DRIVE AWARD…..
….AND WHERE IS THE NEAREST THE PIN PHOTO YOU MIGHT ASK !!
WELL, IT WASNT WON, BECAUSE NOBODY GOT ON THE GREEN, NEVER MIND NEAR THE PIN, SO NO AWARD WAS MADE….SHOCKING PERFORMANCE, MORE SHORT HOLE PRACTICE MUST BE TAKEN BEFORE NEXT YEAR !!
THE WINNING TEAM WAS MARTIN W, WITH BOB & RICHARD STARTIN..
SO ANOTHER B.H. GOLF DAY ENDED, THE WEATHER WAS EXCELLENT, THE COMPANY ALSO, SO LETS LOOK FORWARD TO 2015, AND EVEN MORE HODGITES OUT THERE WAVING A STICK AT THE WHITE OBJECT.
THE OVERSTONE THREE. 28-07-2014
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