Clearly trying times this summer after everything went into lockdown following the arrival of the virus – Covid 19 in late winter, and we are hopefully now seeing a slow resumption to a changed world around us. I do not think we shall see life return to what we remember as normal times, adaptions and change will be with us for a long time ahead.
So, with a heavy heart we had to postpone our Spring outing to Abbey Hotel and Golf Club at Redditch in May – our Captain’s home course, until next year (2021). We could not cancel as we did not want to let Covid 19 know that it had beaten us!
As Spring turned to Summer we saw the green shoots of change and fortunately we golfers, especially Shankers were able to start playing – on the basis that we are outside in the fresh air and we could fulfil self-isolation conditions. Who ever heard of Shankers being any closer than 2 metres from one another on the golf course – in fact to make our golf seem ideal in these conditions we have invented a new ruling which came about as a result of a government advisor a few weeks back. This ruling is known as the Dominic Cummings rule – you can hit a ball as far as you like out of bounds and without a penalty.
Enough of the past we must move on and as per the heading to this article we shall be playing our Autumn meeting at Westerham G C in late September.
THURSDAY 24th SEPTEMBER 2020 – Westerham G.C. Valence Park, Brasted Rd. Westerham, Kent TN16 1QN. Meet at 12 noon for Bacon Roll and Coffee, Tee off from 1.00pm. The only query is after golf, hopefully some hospitality will be available for prize giving and essential 19th hole discussions on who wins the coveted Steve Beckett Trophy for the Shanker of the day. We shall also be playing for the Steele Bowl for the best stableford score for handicaps of 24 or higher – in September last year at Badgemore Park the winner was David Melville who I am sure will want to retain this magnificent trophy.
As always, we would like to see as many playing as possible, and guests are most welcome – just drop me a line by email or ring my mobile to book yourself in for a memorable game of golf.
Kit Kat Kerlogue