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IBM Silver Jubilee Cup 2020 results

The IBM Silver Jubilee cup (first played for in 1973) result was the closest  in living memory, possibly ever (ending very nearly in a 3 way tie).

Surrey and Sussex won by just one point, making it an unprecedented four wins in a row – gauntlet thrown down for next year!

I want to thank the three players who stepped in to make it an 8 a side match, Dugie McNellis, Gordon Whickman and John Devlin.  They all played very well averaging just over 68 between them. → More...

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Nick Buse Passed Away

Dear BGS Members,

I am sad to have to tell you that Nick Buse has died. Nick was a stalwart of the society for many years from the early Nineties and a very effective player off a respectable handicap. He is still the only member to have won the Champions Cup three years in succession (1997-1999) and most of you will remember he was our Captain in 2003. He won all three of our Division A seasonal trophies, and the Matchplay singles twice and the doubles three times, the last two (2002 & 2004) with John Moss as his partner. → More...

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Battle @ Alton

Well, the first Matchplay event took place on the 4 August 2020. TR & SA vs PS & DM

Suitably distancing the match was close and exiting the lead swapping 4 times at the halfway point the match was level. A sandy net par out of the back bunker by TR on 10 was matched by DM. PS made the extra shot count on 11 despite missing a 4 footer… 🙂 The short par 3 that followed led to incident number 1 … PS picking up despite having a put for a half oops. → More...

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And another scam

I almost fell for it.  An email purporting to come from a BGS member asked for technical help.  When I replied they wanted me to buy an Amazon gift card for a niece, and told me not to phone.  Alarm bells!

Stupid me, I hadn’t noticed the first email didn’t use my name.  I should never have replied, but at least didn’t get conned.  Someone’s phishing.  Don’t get caught.

  • Shelley