Rainbow support for NHS

Well, the Captains get together at Wallasey went really rather well. The first part of the day saw the final of the individual knock-out trophy which was won in a tight match by Ian Glover from Ashton-in-Makerfield with Ben Johnson from Gathurst being runner-up. at least I can say I was beaten by the winner!!

The rest of the day was formed of a Stableford competition at the home of Stableford, and one group ran away with the prizes for that. All of pour concerns were centred on the weather, but in true Wirral tradition, the worst of it circumnavigated the course to allow almost every member to finish the round as dry as they started. You would not guess from this photo though!

The Covid restrictions were very well observed, and policed by the staff, so it was a fitting penultimate event in a  funny old season .

The week went a bit down hill for me though as I lost two match play competitions on Thursday and Friday, the Friday event being in the preliminary round of the Senior Winter Knock-out, an event I have still to win.

The 2020 Captains will now move on to Childwall for another group event, and I am looking to play at West Lancs and Hillside before hosting the three or four people who could not make the initial date  back at Wallasey in November. whether the clubhouse will be open will all be down to Boris and his plans for lockdown here in the North West.

In an interesting aside to the President of the United States (PORTUS) contracting the disease, we were amused that the First Lady also has an accrynm, FLOTUS, almost like flotsum. With that at the back of my mind I am now considering whether SWMBO should be renamed as FLOW, First Lady of Wallasey Golf Club. The only problem is that they might start calling me Andy Capp!!

Whose bed have yer boots been under.......

A friend rang the other day, 'Hello' he said.
'If my missus rings I was out with you at the weekend, we were in the Ambassador Club playing blackjack until 4am'
It got worse.....
' Your name is Steve and you work for ABN Ambro and you're trying to head hunt me.'
'OK' I said.
'Oh yes, and you're a Geordie'
All I could think to say was 'How much did I win?!!!'

Luckily I never got a call but it made me wonder about mates and favours, and just being there really. What is acceptable to ask of a mate, and what is thought to be crossing the line? The example above probably gives a clue. If you would do something for a friend, you would hope, or even expect, that friend to do the same for you, otherwise we would all end up living in a one way street.

Fear not for my safety though, my philandering days are well behind me.......

Great favours or support always stay with me. I had tremendous support when my first marriage fell apart, particularly from Stu, of cardiac climb fame. I have not needed to provide that sort of support to him or any other mates, in return, but having a house with a few spare rooms has allowed me to take in a few waifs and strays when the situation called for it. Indeed if there was a Blue Plaque on my wall for everyone who had been in residence, the house would look like a game of Connect 4!

Two in particular were nightmare tenants as they seemed to have a fear of the dark and needed company, any company, to get them through the night. They were not usually there at the same time though, that would have just been carnage!

Going back to the phone call though, it was a bit unfortunate it was on speaker phone with my missus sitting in the passenger seat, she now thinks men are far bigger rats than she always imagined.

To quote Reg Smythe; ' No man is a hero to his missus, not because the hero is no hero, but because the missus is a missus.'