CHAMPIONSHIP MONDAY 7 JULY.

PRESENT: G.W, P.F, R.H, K.S, D.F, J.G, C.M, P.L.

APOLOGIES: F.B, P.B, E.E.

APOLOGIES FOR NEXT WEEK: P.L, P.B, K.S, D.F?

Mr. P.L agreed to chair the meeting in the absence of Mr. F.B.

The Championship Chalice was the prize in today’s competition played off the white tees.  There were no 2’s. D’s o D were Brains and Soapy on 21 points. DDoD was St. Rappe on 25 points. The runner up on 31 points was Burty Kwok. There was an unprecedented three way tie for first place by the Rabi, the Matador and the previous recipient of the trophy, the Comic, each with 32 points. The Competition Secretary, St. Rappe, was left in the horns of a dilemma. He pondered and cogitated until eventually with furrowed brow he announced that he intended to rerun the competition. There was a stunned silence until the lifelong Hon. President, Soapy, proposed that the competition should be decided on count back. This suggestion was put to the vote and was narrowly defeated. St. Rappe then decreed that the competition will be rerun in August and he will decide on the precise date after consulting with the rest of the fraternity. He insists that each MOHG should email him with dates when they are unavailable during August and he will use this information to decide upon the optimum date for the replay.

Kwok agreed to look after the Matador’s prize winnings of £2. There was 90p in swear money. Handicaps will be altered on the basis of today’s results.

Last week’s minutes were disputed by Soapy. He felt that he had been unjustly pilloried and lampooned and the impression was given that he was riding roughshod over the brotherhood due to his recent elevation to lifetime President. He stressed that the position was honorary and that humility was his middle name and the code which ruled his thinking. The Comp. Sec. endorsed the views of the Lifetime President and agreed that Soapy needed to use a buggy at the moment and the Soapmobile should not be regarded as elite transport designed to segregate him from his colleagues.

A suitably chastened Kwok sucked the end of his pencil and noted that Soapy was surely the best lifetime President we have ever had.

BUSINESS OF THE DAY: Brains opined that the 2 ball today should have been the buggy and partner.

The Comic questioned why he was not allowed to change his name, when the Hon. Comp. Sec. appeared to change his name on a weekly basis: Jock Strap, Jocky, Strap, Jock E. Strap, Jock St. Rappe. Soapy ventured that the Secretary should be allowed a little slack for poetic licence.

TOASTS: To Gmac for his victory in the French Open.

To Yorkshire for embracing the Tour De France.

To the Jockster for his victory in last week’s senior competition.

Next week’s tee times are the same as usual, 8.40, 8.48 and 8.56.

There being no other business, the meeting closed at 1.25.

BURT E. KWOKLES( Hon. Sec.)