PRESENT: P.L,P.F, D.F, L.W, A.B-W, D.G-M, T.H, T.M, C.M, B.D, M.M, G.A, J.G, M.S.

The MOHGS were pleased to welcome their newest member by the name of Brian Douds, whose monicker will henceforth be Wellen. Brian’s email is doudsbrian@hotmail.com.

PLEASE NOTE: Tee times next week will begin at 8.48, 8.56, 9.04 and 9.12.
Due to the absence of the CHAIR, the Rabbi kindly agreed to Chair today’s meeting.

RESULTS: There were no 2’s therefore £2.80 is carried forward. DoD’s were J.G and L.W with 20 points apiece. DDoD was Crocs with 22 points. The runner up was 2Beers with 37 points. Today’s winner with a magnificent 40 points was good old Burt Kwok.

APOLOGIES: From all not present.

TOASTS: Lewis Hamilton who was 4th in the Mexico GP which was enough to enable him to become a 5 times world champ.

There was a certain degree of consternation regarding the whereabouts of the venerable Ming.

FINANCE: £4. In swears and £3.60 in Geezers cards. Unfortunately the final 2 groups in today’s contest did not receive their allocation of Geezers cards and therefore did not contribute to the coffers. To be fair, several of the group offered a token amount to help make up the shortfall. The Laird proposed that in future we abolish the swears and Geezers cards and instead, each pay a £1 cover charge/week. The proposal was put to the vote but was overwhelmingly defeated.The Laird is in receipt of all cash.

THE LAST RECORDED MINUTES WERE ACCEPTED IN THEIR ENTIRETY.

AOB: The Geezer asked if any members intended to attend the Seniors Presentation and would it be possible to sit together as a group. It was thought that it was a case of sitting wherever there was an available seat.
* It was decided that if temporary greens were in operation, then bunkers should be out.
* It was decided that balls could now be picked up and placed.
*The return match v Bedlington will be on Mon 12 Nov. Interested golfers should contact Shagpile ASAP. Meet in the clubhouse at 8.45 for a 9.28 k.o. Cost/punter is £12.50.
*Shagpile has arranged a match v Newbiggin at Newbiggin on Mon 17 Dec.
*The Comp. Sec. was commended for his conscientious and accurate dissemination of the updated rules of golf which are due to begin in the new year. The Laird recommended that we begin playing by the new rules starting next week and his proposal was unanimously accepted.
* It was reported that the Prof will no longer be available to book the tee times on Mondays.
*Winscales advised that he would be willing to organise an away day at Bamburgh in the new year. The cost is £15/person.

There being no other business, the meeting closed at 1.30pm.

Burt E. Kwok.

For the record, The Geezer, el Matador, and Johnnie fulfilled the Monday morning tradition at Morpeth.

On the basis that the Runner Up was also the Deputy Duffer, strict application of the rules seemed inappropriate, as would any handicap adjustments.  (Can three ever be a quorum?)

No 2s, though birdies were otherwise liberally scored, and incredible as it may seem, no swears.

The deserved winner, The Geezer, scooped the entire pot of £2.

There was no toast to the Falcons for their amazing result at Toulon, but there should have been.

Laurie

Apologies from all those not here.

Present:- PL, GW, TM, DGM, GA, ABW, DF, PB, CM, TH, LW

Competition Results;

No twos again this week so the pot now stands at £4.20. It will be played for at the next quorum MOHGS Monday. The Geezers Cards were not operational yet again, the Deputy Chair advised prior to the game that he is in the process of making new ones!

Duffer of the Day with 25 points was Winscale, from hero to zero in two weeks!

Deputy Duffer of the Day with 28 points was Crocs.

Runner up was Matador with 37 points and £4

This week’s winner was the ever popular Cardinal with 38 points and £7 prize.

Handicaps will be adjusted as appropriate. Pleasing to see that The Cardinal was not protecting his handicap for HH.

Swears made £4.40 this week!! A much better effort than last week when only £1.70 was collected, 50p of which was for lack of appropriate MOHGS attire.

Toasts:

Lewis Hamilton for winning the Japanese GP

Previous minutes were agreed.

Matters Arising

None

AOB

Crocs admitted on the course that his hard drive is in tatters and the eclectic may well also be in tatters!

Hunley Hall sorted, details e-mailed to attendees last week. First tee is 12.44 arrival expected at 11.30.

Sunday is definitely MOHGS dress code.

Monday may allow some slippage of the dress code.

MOGHS Rules to apply at HH if ball is lost or OOB, a ball is to be dropped within two club lengths of last known playing position for a penalty of two shots!

It is pleasing that MOGHS is blazing new territory with the early adoption of R&A rules early. Does this also mean that the flag does not need to be removed on the greens?

Please note other MOHGS, two tee times have been booked for next Monday at Morpeth. All those not at HH are welcome to play, same times I think!

The Geezer asked for clarification on the thorny issue of leaves on the course. The Laird advised that if a ball could not be found under leaves a replacement ball may be dropped for no penalty.

Please note again those who wish to play on Monday 22 October at Morpeth against Bedlington please notify Shaggers asap.

Shaggers please advise of times.

Christmas Party is happening on 10 December 2018, catering facilities are still somewhat confused, we may have but we may not have. The Geezer suggests we go with the flow and if Caterers are not in situ we could revert to the infamous ‘shared table’!

Meeting closed at 1.15 with the Treasurer forgetting the cash tin in the capable hands of The Laird.

Attendees

FB, NB, ABW, MC, DF, JG, DGM, TH, TM, GW.

Apologies 

Non attendees.

Results

No 2’s today (£2 cf)

DOD The Laird (+2)

DDOD Desmond (+1)

Runner up Bumpers (-1)

Winner Shotgun (-2).

£

Swears £2.20

2’s £2.00

MOHGSLESS Attire 50p

Toasts

European Ryder Cup Team

Scuttled hole-in-1 at Autumn leaves event

The Laird and Crocs who were in winning team at same event.

Minutes of Last Meeting

OK apart from something the Laird had said about a proposed ruling concerning action to be taken in the event of potential wayward balls at Hunley. He will ensure that those attending will be suitably briefed before each round at Hunley.

AOB

Hunley Trip

The Laird is working on the two days of competition and will brief attendees in due course.

The first tee time on the Sunday is 12:44 – please aim to arrive in plenty of time. You might want pre match refreshments, you will probably need to decide what you want from the evening dinner menu, there will no doubt be a debriefing prior to teeing off, there can potentially be a long walk to the 1st tee (depending on the course of the day), you may also need to go to the little boys room. It was therefore suggested that we might like to aim to arrive around 11:30.