Match Report

BT v Lloyds Bank

Date:       7th May 2004
Venue:     Stowmarket GC
Format:    4BBB Hambro scoring

This year's match against Lloyds Bank was held at Stowmarket GC on Friday 7th May in what started as glorious conditions but rapidly deteriorated as the day progressed meaning that those who were late out in the morning got wet before lunchtime and everyone got soaked in the afternoon!

My thanks go to Gareth from Lloyds who does most of the organising for this event and special thanks go to Jeff Smith (who doesn't work for BT but stepped in to allow us to field a full team against Lloyds).

The match was played in a good spirit and we managed to grind out a very good result - especially considering that I was playing for the first time since injuring my wrist and managed to hit my first drive all of 2 inches!

Results for the day were as follows:

Morning Scores - Fourball Better Ball

Group	Player	Handicap	Opponents	Handicap	Result
1	Baard Grindberg	10	Gareth Knowles	10	10 BT 6 up
	Erik Hansen	17	Brian Page	12
2	Stuart Wyse	13	Gordon Goodchild	23	LTSB 1 up
	Jeff Smith	11	Colin Firmin	11
3	John Carlaw	16	Terry Hewitt	10	All Square
	Rob Glassford	19	Glen Jackson	10
4	Graham Walker	17	Dick Clayton	16	BT 2 up
	Phil Flavin	21	Russell Morley	20
5	Shaun Wright	17	John Cross	22	LTSB 4 up
	Tony Boffey	25	John Barrick	13
6	Paul Burke	17	John Smith	9	BT 1 up
	Carl Stagg	25	Martin Hamilton	28

Morning Summary:

BT 3.5 Lloyds TSB 2.5
Hambro BT 4 up

Afternoon Scores - Singles

Group	Player	Handicap	Opponents	Handicap	Result
1	Baard Grindberg	10	Gareth Knowles	10	All Square
2	Stuart Wyse	13	Glen Jackson	10	BT 1 up
3	Erik Hansen	17	Terry Hewitt	10	BT 1 up
4	John Carlaw	16	Colin Firmin	11	LTSB 4 up
5	Graham Walker	17	Brian Page	12	All Square
6	Paul Burke	17	John Barrick	13	LTSB 4 up
7	Jeff Smith	11	John Smith	9	All Square
8	Shaun Wright	17	Dick Clayton	16	All Square
9	Rob Glassford	19	Russell Morley	20	BT 1 up
10	Phil Flavin	21	Gordon Goodchild	23	BT 2 up
11	Tony Boffey	25	John Cross	22	BT 3 up
12	Carl Stagg	25	Martin Hamilton	28	LTSB 2 up

Afternoon summary:

BT 7 Lloyds TSB 5
Hambro LTSB 2 up

Overall result

BT 10.5 Lloyds TSB 7.5

Hambro BT 2 up

Therefore BT regained the Stowmarket shield - lets hope next year it can be retained for the first time!

My thanks to all the team, here's hoping for better weather next year.

Stuart Wyse
Captain of the Day

Updated by I D Wright, February 4, 2008