PRESENT: P.F, J.G, T.M, C.M, D.F, P.L, F.B, K.S, N.McQ.

APOLOGIES: B.H, P.B, E.E, H.C, Biggles.

RESULTS: There were no 2’s posted, therefore £1.80 will be carried forward to next week. DoD’s were the Geezer and Crocs with 34 points. The DDoD with 35 points was N.McQ. The Rabbi was runner up with 42 points. The winner with a magnificent 43 points was the ever popular Straggler.

GEEZER’S CARDS: J.G(20 p), P.F(40p), T.M(20p), D.F(60p), C.M(20p), K.S(80p)—-£2.40.

There was £1.40 collected in swears.

TOASTS: The Chair welcomed Noel and invited him to play again whenever he was in the area.

To Mr. B.H who has hopefully had his operation and now recovering his strength and fitness.

To B.H and K.S who won through to the semi finals of the Senior’s Calcutta Cup.

To Soapy who won Saturday’s Competition with a massive 14 under par total.

To Lewis Hamilton who won the first GP of the season.

LAST WEEK’S MINUTES WERE ACCEPTED AS A TRUE RECORD.

MATTER’S ARISING: The Hon. Soc. Sec. Is booking 8 places at Dalmahoy and will release more information shortly.

Crocs is booking two tee times at the Bridle Path on Friday 27th March. There are 5 people interested at the present time.

Beamish will be sorted when Mr. B.H returns from his convalescence.

BUSINESS OF THE DAY: It was decided that henceforth, the nickname for Noel McQueen will be Barney Rubble, due to his association with rocks and minerals.

The Chair revealed that Kwok has breached copyright by naming his old folks bingo group, St. Bedes Open House. He was further enraged to discover that Kwok has offered the name Open House as a franchise for a multitude of Bingo groups which will be unveiled over the next few weeks. The Chair warned Kwok that he has put the matter in the hands of his legal team, Lord Snooty, and that he could expect to receive a letter shortly, demanding 25 guineas per infringement.

A pub crawl in Newcastle has been arranged for Friday 3rd. April to celebrate the birthday of St. Rappe. At present there are 4 MOHGS who are definitely interested but everyone is invited.

The President announced that he will be absent for the next 4 weeks whilst he is on holiday in Oz. He gave his hip flask to the Chair for safekeeping during his absence and in a show of unmitigated generosity he also presented the Chair with a full bottle of Famous Grouse top up the flask when needed. The Chair accepted the gift with alacrity and announced that he would offer a tot to everyone on the first tee next week, to toast the President and wish him Bon Voyage. The President swallowed hard and gently wiped away a tear of gratitude.

The Chair informed the group that he had recently ordered a takeaway from the Manzil and that he was underwhelmed by quality of the grub. The Geezer had also recently ordered a takeaway from the same emporium and had been extremely satisfied with the comestibles. The Geezer revealed that his curry was rated with 3 chillies but the Chair refused to divulge the potency of his vegetarian concoction.

There was a question about whether or not a putt from just off the green should be counted in regard to the Geezer’s card for three putting. It was deemed that a putt from just off the green should not be counted because the shot could also be chipped onto the green. However as usual, the matter cannot be resolved without input from Mr. B.H, and he may wish to give this some thought from his sick bed.

Tee times for next week are as per.

There being no other business, the meeting closed at 1.15pm.

Burty(Hon. Sec.)

Ps. The results for those not already mentioned are as follows—–P.F(36), J.G(41), D.F(37), K.S(38)