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!