Its Sunday and believe it or not nothing resolved - Cameron trying to form a Government with Clegg - obviously the 2 men are trying hard but have a mountain to climb. Brown still 'squatting in No 10' loathesome monster that he is - promising to hold a referendum on pR but of course he'll do nothing about it whatever the result, and he will lie just as he has over everything else.
How he can still cling on with those bitten finger nails is beyond belief!
Sunday, 9 May 2010
Highbullen Brid Excusion - 23/24 April
This post is out of order I'm afraid, but better late that never - it should come after the Fashion Show and before the Bagendon Day. Ten of us went to Devon on the most beautiful week-end - sun shone and the spring colours were at their most vibrant. We all, (Margaret, Lin, Sheila, Meg, Barbara and Barbara, Venetia and Ginny and Katie and I) arrived in time for lunch and sat having lunch in the sun on the terrace before our afternoon round. We quickly realised that a very large men's party playing in 4s were not going to be too quick so Meg and I valiantly went as a 2 behind one group while the other girls I put into 4s behind us. As it was such a lovely afternoon it didn't matter to much at first that it was so slow - by the 7th a gentleman from the group in front graciously offered to let us through - we smiled sweetly and said 'no it was perfectly alrtight we could see that there was nowhere to go.' However, by the time we got to the 15th nearly 3 and a half hours later we weren't quite so sweet and placid about the situation and when I saw the 4 ahead of the 4 ahead of us chatting away having lost a hole I thought I would just mention this to the kind gentleman who offered to let us through on the 7th who turned out to be not so gentlemanly and asked rather shortly who should he say was complaining - I leant forward and pointed to my sweater which said 'Lady Captain' and said also rather tersley that 'it was the Lady Captain of Cirencester Golf Club' to which he replied
'don't thrust your bosom at me Madame'!!!
Later in the bar, he and his friends studiously avoided eye contact - we could have been striped naked and they would never have seen us!
We had a lovely evening - brilliant food and good conversation particularly when we examined some cards on which were searching questions ie 'What is the most outrageous thing you have done when you 've been drunk' - gave this one to Margaret AND she told us (for those of you who don't know Margaret she's the Presiden't wife and the though of her EVER being drunk is inconceivable. On that note after dinner Katie brought her a large glass of port!
Katie and I were sharing a room which was very successful - I probably snored and Katie chatted in her sleep but it didn't really disturb eachother much. I got up quite early and had a wonderful swim - that pool is magic. Another lovely game of golf. Ginny was the overall winner of the 2 days so she won a rather pretty little salver I found in an antique shop in South Molton.
Margaret and Lin gave a little drinks party in the evening before dinner and we had the official prize giving then. Another lovely diner and a few more testing cards to ponder on!
A great 2 days - weather broke on Sunday so most of us headed back home.
'don't thrust your bosom at me Madame'!!!
Later in the bar, he and his friends studiously avoided eye contact - we could have been striped naked and they would never have seen us!
We had a lovely evening - brilliant food and good conversation particularly when we examined some cards on which were searching questions ie 'What is the most outrageous thing you have done when you 've been drunk' - gave this one to Margaret AND she told us (for those of you who don't know Margaret she's the Presiden't wife and the though of her EVER being drunk is inconceivable. On that note after dinner Katie brought her a large glass of port!
Katie and I were sharing a room which was very successful - I probably snored and Katie chatted in her sleep but it didn't really disturb eachother much. I got up quite early and had a wonderful swim - that pool is magic. Another lovely game of golf. Ginny was the overall winner of the 2 days so she won a rather pretty little salver I found in an antique shop in South Molton.
Margaret and Lin gave a little drinks party in the evening before dinner and we had the official prize giving then. Another lovely diner and a few more testing cards to ponder on!
A great 2 days - weather broke on Sunday so most of us headed back home.
Grannhy Cup and Ellett Cup
Well, the next day after the Bagendon Day we had the Granny cup which a whole bunch of people dropped out of, so after a lot of regrouping I went out at the end. I explained to our new member, a really nice girl embarking on her first game with the ladies that she was now no longer playing with so and so and she was playing with so and so and actually it was a perfect pairing - they got on like a house on fire. I told her that "I was now playing with .........."- and the words were out of my mouth before I could stop them with "...'a grumpy old lady' "- oh hell should not have said that to new member. Anyway went up to the changing room to find 'grumpy old lady' who before I could say 'good morning' gave magnificent illustration of grumpiness in full flood - while new girl stuffed hanky in mouth to stop laughing! Had another diabolical round but at least
'grumpy old lady' was fine all the way round and played better that I did.
Saturday morning, friends dropped in for coffee before I set off for Ciren for lst round of Ellett Cup and fortunately the heavey rain had stopped more or less. Was playing against Jan which was lovely but by the 4th hole she was 3 up and my golf looked set for the usual rubbish but suddenly on the 6th hole I realised my grip was wrong and in the end got the holes back and won with a huge long put on the 17th - there you go, you can never tell, can you? Playing Sue next which will be a laugh.
'grumpy old lady' was fine all the way round and played better that I did.
Saturday morning, friends dropped in for coffee before I set off for Ciren for lst round of Ellett Cup and fortunately the heavey rain had stopped more or less. Was playing against Jan which was lovely but by the 4th hole she was 3 up and my golf looked set for the usual rubbish but suddenly on the 6th hole I realised my grip was wrong and in the end got the holes back and won with a huge long put on the 17th - there you go, you can never tell, can you? Playing Sue next which will be a laugh.
5th May - The Bagendon Cup - Centenary Day
It was a bit of a grey day but at least it wasn't raining! I had all morning to get ready and of course ended up in a rush at the last minute. I was playing with someone off single figures and was totally intimidated so the golf which hasn't been wonderful recently was diabolical - I'm The Lady Captain I kept thinking - don't be bowed! but I was as I missed yet another put and the drive went out of bounds as my playing partner parred yet another hole. Such is life - such is golf. Johnny faired no better than me so at least we were able to comiserate. We didn't go home to change - it wasn't worth it - so hung around waitng for the evenings entertainment to begin.
Steve did his stuff with the meal which was great - deliscious and he fed 125 people in 55 minutes - must be a record! 'The Show' began after most people had been served. I was never more relived that I had declined to be part of it! Ofcourse everyone in it deserved a big pat on the back just for taking part - no one knows more acutely than I how scary it is to put oneself on the line. Rita Steve's wife was superb in her rendering of '10 cents a Dance' and the Snr. Vice Capt closing lyric/verse was really good. But there were embarassing moments given that the PA system was given to burbing everytime the MC came on or anybody else, noone had told the paianist how our very excellent keyboard worked so you cdouldn't hear a note at the back and one of the singers was interrupted before he had finished his song - at this juncture I had made eye contact with a certain lady in our party and we got uncontrolable giggles. Anyway the show ended and the big moment for the drawing of the raffle came. That was a real damp squib and it was drawn without anyone realising it had been drawn and although it was good that it was a member unfortunately it was a member that hardly anyone know since the person in question rarely turns up to social events. If only the ticket had been drawn last in a sort of dramatic build up then Gerry Bruton, who does so much for the club, would have won it and everyone would have been absolutely thrilled.
The one good thing on the whole day was that so many people came to support it and that was great and made everything worthwhile after all the work that the President and his wife put in and indeed the 2010 committee contributed. So cheers to all of them!
Steve did his stuff with the meal which was great - deliscious and he fed 125 people in 55 minutes - must be a record! 'The Show' began after most people had been served. I was never more relived that I had declined to be part of it! Ofcourse everyone in it deserved a big pat on the back just for taking part - no one knows more acutely than I how scary it is to put oneself on the line. Rita Steve's wife was superb in her rendering of '10 cents a Dance' and the Snr. Vice Capt closing lyric/verse was really good. But there were embarassing moments given that the PA system was given to burbing everytime the MC came on or anybody else, noone had told the paianist how our very excellent keyboard worked so you cdouldn't hear a note at the back and one of the singers was interrupted before he had finished his song - at this juncture I had made eye contact with a certain lady in our party and we got uncontrolable giggles. Anyway the show ended and the big moment for the drawing of the raffle came. That was a real damp squib and it was drawn without anyone realising it had been drawn and although it was good that it was a member unfortunately it was a member that hardly anyone know since the person in question rarely turns up to social events. If only the ticket had been drawn last in a sort of dramatic build up then Gerry Bruton, who does so much for the club, would have won it and everyone would have been absolutely thrilled.
The one good thing on the whole day was that so many people came to support it and that was great and made everything worthwhile after all the work that the President and his wife put in and indeed the 2010 committee contributed. So cheers to all of them!
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
FASHION SHOW
I have to be the worst blogger of all time - I manage to find any excuse not to sit down and record it all. How people twitter and face book all the time I can't imagine - however not blogging since the 27th Feb is definitely 'not on' especially since so much has happened and I shall now never be able to record it all. The big event has been the Fashion Show. I asked Toni (Antonia Coles) at the end of Feb if she would ever choreograph a fashion show made up of golfers in aid of Marie Curie - she said yes, so the imagination got going. Toni and I go back a long way - our first show was in 2004 - 50s Rock and Roll! Anyway I decided that frankly modeling golf gear would be pretty boring but to do a ' show ' with a sort of theme to each number would be fun. The idea was that we did 2 thirds golf and 1 third apres golf. I secured the apres stuff with 2 upmarket shops in Cheltenham and then cast the company. I cast them because I knew they could dance having seen them on the dance floors at various 'doos' all except Alison and Paddy who I could tell were good movers anyway! Mark, the club captain agreed to model and so did Gareth , one of the Pros and 2 others. I spent hours devising the musical schedule endeavouring to make a kind of link to the numbers so that Toni could interpret the music for the action.So that done we arranged the first meeting on 20th March and decided to swing them straight into the numbers. Their faces were a picture when they realised that they weren't just going to just mince down a catwalk. Toni got them into full dance routine mode and we could see from that brief first practice that they would be able to do it. The first number was 'Here Come The Girls'
where the 8 girls come swinging on to the cat walk and pushed aside the boys!
We divided the group into 2 to have rehearsals on Tuesdays and Fridays and some Saturdays.
It gave us only 8 rehearsals in all. 2 of the boys fell out and Gareth was unable to attend for ages but he recruited a friend, Dean, and the 2 of them proved to be fast learners and very good.
Paddy was clearly horrified that it might not work at all despite the fact that she knew Toni and I were very expeprienced. Anyway it did and they all worked so hard - real credit to them all in what they achieved - they'll certainly never forget it. My biggest worry at the end was the sale of tickets and were we going to get the audience they deserved. Well PHEW, we did - they just kept piling in. We're having a reunion on 7th May to pool the photos!
The 2010 Day the centenary of the course on 5th May looms large - I was asked to take part but after the Fashion Show and then a weekend away with the girls in Devon I said no. Trouble is I get so nervous now and unless I'm absolutely sure of the script and I've rehearsed it properley I'm too chicken.
But I'm certain they don't need me anyway and I'm also sure its going to be a good show tomorrow night - I will report in due course!.
where the 8 girls come swinging on to the cat walk and pushed aside the boys!
We divided the group into 2 to have rehearsals on Tuesdays and Fridays and some Saturdays.
It gave us only 8 rehearsals in all. 2 of the boys fell out and Gareth was unable to attend for ages but he recruited a friend, Dean, and the 2 of them proved to be fast learners and very good.
Paddy was clearly horrified that it might not work at all despite the fact that she knew Toni and I were very expeprienced. Anyway it did and they all worked so hard - real credit to them all in what they achieved - they'll certainly never forget it. My biggest worry at the end was the sale of tickets and were we going to get the audience they deserved. Well PHEW, we did - they just kept piling in. We're having a reunion on 7th May to pool the photos!
The 2010 Day the centenary of the course on 5th May looms large - I was asked to take part but after the Fashion Show and then a weekend away with the girls in Devon I said no. Trouble is I get so nervous now and unless I'm absolutely sure of the script and I've rehearsed it properley I'm too chicken.
But I'm certain they don't need me anyway and I'm also sure its going to be a good show tomorrow night - I will report in due course!.
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