Match Report

BT v Legal & General, King's Hill Golf Club, 1/8/2005

This year the holiday season took its toll and BTRGS were only able to take 8 players down to Kent for the match where we were "away" to Legal and General. We accepted the kind loan of a pair from L&G to even up the numbers and set off for a great game of golf.
After driving through a few patches of rain on the way down we were relieved to see the weather clear while we were still in the clubhouse and were able to start in more promising conditions. The course itself is fairly new but was in good condition and made use of the contours and woodland to give a mature feel to the course. The rough was very punishing and best avoided - some hope! The greens were in excellent condition, especially considering the rain that had fallen beforehand and the shower torrential downpour which arrived mid way through the round. The course also sported a couple of odd targets in the shape of windsocks, harking back the West Malling airfield which used to be there.
Sadly for BTRGS, we met some opposition who were on-song and were well and truly turned over. Our loan players acquitted themselves well by struggling back from 3 down to halve their match. Trevor and the captain of the day managed to come in for the only BTRGS win, while the other three pairs were up against some very strong opponents and didn't do quite so well, despite some fine play. The commonest phrase in the bar afterwards seemed to be "I birdied the hole and it was only for a half!". Stuart and Steve seemed to suffer particularly with their opponents getting 9 birdies. Congratulations go to Graham Walker for salvaging some pride by winning the Nearest the Pin prize.
The meal afterwards was well received with the strawberry, pineapple and rhubarb crumble receiving a lot of comment!
I would like to thank everyone that supported this event and made it such a good day. I look forward to next year's event where, as the home team, we will have to raise our game to win the trophy back. There were suggestions from L&G that we might extend the match to 36 holes to increase the ratio of golf to travelling. Please feed your views on this back to the committee.


BTRGS Captain
Jon Hopkins

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