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Our new extended Summer Meeting was this year extended to
Effingham GC in Surrey, who greeted the Society with a course in excellent
condition and a day free from rain.
As tradition has it, this is the competition during the year
where we invite guests. We had 11 in total, from The Swedish Chamber of
Commerce and member guests. In all we were 39 people for dinner. Great crowd!
The players were also in excellent condition. More than 50%
of all players scored 30p or more!!! When did that last happen? I can remember
competitions where 100% of all players scored less than 30p! The former was due
to a course in fantastic condition and the enthusiasm of the players to come to
this well known course for a game. All classes were won by a narrow margin and
there were several count backs when calculating the results. With perfect
timing, the sun broke out just as the first flight came back to the club house
for well deserved drinks on the terrace in the sunshine.
What about the results then? Well, for the full list, please
go to Summer Meeting on the front page yellow Result table. Worth mentioning
here are the people who came 2nd. We normally don’t care about them,
but here and today, let’s pay them a tribute.
In the Ladies competition, Dampokalen, Cecilia Block played
an excellent round of 36 points and was beaten by a single stroke. The men’s
competition, Midsummer Trophy, saw Cecilia’s partner Douglas Nurse win the
family prestige price, scoring 38 points, but that was still not enough to win.
There was somebody who scored 1 better… Last years winner, Ian Butcher scored
31 points and was also he beaten by a shot. So for all the winners, please go
the Summer Meeting results.
With these results, it was no surprise to see all happy
faces coming for a drink before the dinner. This must be the best dining room of
the year! It just oozed of tradition from a more than 100 year old golf club. The
food couldn’t go wrong: Traditional Matjesill and Snaps and Beef Wellington
with plenty of South African wine. This year we had Philips Bandspelare, playing
the music and most kept on swinging on the dance floor for many hours.
Listening to the many members summarising the day, this could very well be the
beginning of a new tradition. We seem to have liked everything about Effingham…
The committee would finally like to take this opportunity
and thank Anne and Bengt-Arne Magnuson for the lovely Blue and Yellow flower
decorations, the midsummer pole and PSF, (Proud Swedish Flag), and most
important of all: for donating all the Matjesill! Much appreciated.
And of course, let’s congratulate Christina Andersson – 37p,
Ulf Brasen – 39p and Folmer Amtoft -32p for their superior victories among a
very competitive field. Well played.
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