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RUISLIP Saturday 10th July 2004
THE JULY MEDAL
MIKE LEAVES NO WORM UNTURNED FOR C.J.
"11.03 hours, they'll hardly be open, besides might look bad if I turn up mid-morning smelling of drink, make it a whiskey" says Mike
"I didn't get where I am today without beating Con by five strokes in the monthly medal! .... Goodbye Mikey!"

Although they were missing Geoff ( Escaped Puma at Chessington Zoo ) and Alan (Fed up with delays, came by bike, slow puncture at Hangar Lane ), the Baxter boys set out to remember the late, great C.J. ( "Absence is better than a cure. Prevention makes the heart grow fonder ") with a special monthly medal. As it turned out, it was "Success City Arizona" for Mike, who hit three pars and a couple of birdies to win by five clear strokes ( "soooper!" ) from Con.

Things looked good for Mike, as he parred the first and took an early lead in his match with Tom. However, with the words of C.J. ringing in his ears ( Don't count your chickens before they spoil the broth!") he stumbled to a hole-losing nine on the next. From then on, it was nip and tuck in their match until Mike hit birdie on eight and polished off his match with another on fifteen. From then on, he pushed for a good stableford score to pull him up the charts, but unfortunately the heavens opened and he blobbed on the last. However, as C.J. would have said "Good news is better than no broth." so he settled for a solid 34 leapfrogging Alan into third place.

The match between Con and Dave followed a similar pattern. Con took the first hole and then the lead changed few times before Con proved the old adage that "The early bird catches the quick brown fox" as he stormed to a four and two victory. In his speech to the Press, he explained "Normally, I avoid cliches like the plague, but on this occasion I do feel a bit like the ugly ducking who prevented the goose from laying the golden egg. However, I didn't get where I am today without knowing that there's a lot of fun getting where I am today!" At this point, Tony was heard to shout :"Grrreeat!" and Tom chipped in with "Sooooper!" Dave was seen wandering off to the car park muttering something about "Blob City Wyoming"
SCORES
Mike Con Dave Tony Tom Russ
1
4*
5
6
5
7
10
2
9
7
6
11
6
9
3
5
5
5
6
5
8
4
7
7
5
8
7
7
5
4
4
6
4
4
4
6
5
7
6
6
6
6
7
5
4
5
4
4
6
8
3**
4*
6
3**
6
4
9
5
4*
6
6
5
6
10
7
6
6
7
7
8
11
3*
4
4
4
4
5
12
7
7
6
6
8
7
13
5
6
7
5
5
10
14
6
4
5
5
6
6
15
4**
6
7
7
7
9
16
4
4
6
4
5
5
17
4*
5
4*
5
5
7
18
6
5
3*
5
5
3*
in
46
47
48
48
52
60
out
47
47
51
53
50
60
total
93
94
99
101
102
120
net
71
76
82
77
78
92
points
34
29
24
30
27
19
MEDAL
Mike Con Tony Tom Dave Russ
1
3
4
4
6
5
8
2
10
10
13
10
10
15
3
14
14
18
14
14
21
4
19
20
24
19
18
26
5
22
23
27
22
23
29
6
26
29
31
26
28
33
7
30
32
34
29
32
38
8
32
35
36
34
37
41
9
36
38
41
38
42
46
10
42
43
47
44
47
53
11
44
46
50
47
50
57
12
49
52
54
53
55
62
13
53
57
58
57
62
71
14
57
60
61
61
66
75
15
60
65
67
67
72
83
16
63
68
69
70
77
86
17
66
72
73
74
80
91
18
71
76
77
78
82
92
birdies
2
0
1
0
0
0
par
5
2
1
0
2
2
bogies
11
12
8
8
7
3
blobs
2
3
2
2
3
7
games
19
12
20
18
19
4

HANDICAPS

CON RATED THIRD
ALAN 16.1 16
DAVE 16.9 17
CON 17.7 18
MIKE 21.5 22
GEOFF 23.4
23
TOM 24.2 24
TONY 24.2 24
GAVIN 25.9 26
RUSSELL 28.0 28

STABLEFORD

IT'S TONY AND TOM
Tom 42 36 34 32 30
174
Tony 40 35 35 32 30
172
Mike 40 36 34 30 28
168
Alan 38 38 31 29 28
164
Geoff 34 32 31 28 28
153
Dave 39 28 27 25 25
144
Gavin 37 31 30 23
121
Con 32 32 29 26
119