Sunday, 28 July 2013

Porchfield, match drawn

The warm-up: crazy golf. G on the first tee.

Who put that there?

Dr Watson looks for the meaning of life at the windmill hole.

Mr Naughty, hole-in-one champion.
Not feeling so well.

The openers having a look and being beautifully balanced.

The Porchfield field.

Nothing like Lords, except 50% of the guys in the members' stand are asleep.

AD scoring, with banned substances #7 and #12: energy drink and mineral water.

Still not feeling so good.


Dave-O relaxes, the skipper contemplates, Mr Naughty prays. For rain.

Saturday, 27 July 2013

Lost to Cowes, left scorebook behind

Loosening up for the game, L to R: BBMV, Dave-O, G, Rich, Nobby. Outside BetFred.

The BBMV spots some late arrivals, Dave looks down at the Sporting Life.

Rich checks out the pitch for...er...pitchy-ness.

Dave and G check out Rich's pitchy-ness report.

Chest out, shoulders back, here comes the skipper.

"I'll be 'ittin' it over there later"

The car park committee meeting comes to order.

Wisden centrefold, 1974.

Dave-O before the application of bandages and banned substances.

AD ready for action.

The lonliness of being beautifully balanced.

The openers' 100 partnership being accumulated.

Rich and AD padded up and ready to go. Not sure that Dave's saying here?

"When I was skiing"

Nobby with banned substance #3: Lucozade original.

It's cold, raining cats and dogs, and Rich's get up and go has long departed.

The "Not in Use" sticker found a home on AD's bat.

A cheerful AD with bat, and sticker, and banned substance #9: Coke.

Saturday, 13 July 2013

Southbourne away, Southbourne won

St Cyprian's, facing east

To the left of the pavilion.

An old git I may be: space. Showers. Hot running water. Can we play you every week?

To the west and the downs.

A redundant building to the south-west corner.

One of the truest pitches we'll play on all season.

The pavilion and nets.

The hikers don't shout 'four', meaning 'howzat', confusing things with 'fore' at golf.

All action.

Ken tells G to get on with it. "Eh" says G, not understanding a word.