Weekend away 2025 | Tuesday 14/01/25

As promised, here's some more details for the weekend away.

The dates are the 22nd - 24th August @ Ullesthorpe.

Cost for a shared room is £279 (per person obvs) with a single room being £374 (of which there are 4 reserved). For every 12th person attending we get a free place which will bring the cost down per person by about £23. 

Deal is 2 nights bed and breakfasts and 3 rounds of golf

Currently, we don't have prices for any other options (1 night, etc.) but I'm sure that these'll follow dependant on demand.

Anybody who wishes to come needs to have paid £35 deposit by the end of January. Shaun is still in the process of moving account SO DON'T PAY UNTIL THE NEW ACCOUNT DETAILS ARE KNOWN!

Love and peace guys,
C

New year same story | Tuesday 07/01/25

And a happy new year to you and your families :)

The Christmas fixture has come and gone, with Jimmy Harrison winning on the day with 38 points which, once again, proves the age old addage that anyone can win when the pressures off.

Big thanks to outgoing captain Pete Sears who brought some order back to proceedings after the debacle of James Field reign.

Big welcome to incoming captain Paul Read and he'll be ably assisted by Jimmy Harrison (so next season will be a joke).

Main talking points from the AGM:

Should a players society's handicap be aligned to their club handicap (should they be in one), after discussion we decided that a players society handicap will remain separate and will not be adjusted.

Weekend Away : Several options were on the table, but the decision is that Ullesthorpe will be this year’s destination. More details will follow as and when they become available.

Jimmy also suggested that we add £5 to the cost of each fixture that would divvied up by the top 3 players on the day. This idea was rejected as it came from Jimmy.

We agreed that if a member had paid to come to a round and then couldn't attend at the last minute they wouldn't get their money back if we've prepaid or we're contracted. If we pay on the day we will try and get your money back for you.

We didn't discuss it at the AGM but as it's Captain's choice...
This years charity will be It's OK To Be Not OK (It's OK not to be OK || The global mental health awareness campaign)

And finally a reminder not to pay any monies to the Society account as Shaun is going the process of moving the account, once details are known they'll be advertised. 

New members joining up are Clarke and Ross, big welcome to both.

That's it I think so, stay safe and I'll see thee in March.

C

Fixtures and other ramblings | Monday 02/12/24

It's that time of the year again, you know the time where I upload the fixtures for the following year....so they're all ready for your perusal on the fixtures page. Paul O'Mahony is currently deciding which one's he's going to win so we can all base our attendance on whether or not it's gonna be worth it.

Couple of things, a few members are downgrading to guests (actually ot sure that's much of a downgrade tbh). Those being Tim, Dan and Steve Lowe. Also, and on a personal level, I can't tell you how happy I was when Paul Read informed me that Tom Butlin wasn't rejoining. In my professional capacity writing code is, for the most part, boring but these lines gave me great pleasure:

if (userName == "Tom Butlin") 
    {
        guestStatus = true;
    }

Anyway my joy was shortlived by Dave Wrafter then informing me it was all a lie and Tom is still a member. 

Also, I've uploaded the fourballs onto the auction page so you can all get bidding on them, which loosely translates to 20 odd blokes all pinging me the same questions 1) "What's my username?" 2) "What's my password?". I'm ready. (@Wayne your username is waynerogersisa, password twat)

Anyways, have a blinding Christmas (or winter break if that's your thang) and I'll see at Ombersley.

Ps. 

if (userName == "Jim Harrison") 
    {
        gimpStatus = true;
    }

And another one bites the dust | Saturday 05/10/24

Feel good Ombersley saw this years final day and although it was all set up for a showdown with half a dozen or so players in with a chance of winning something, it transpired that James Field slammed the door shut on us all winning the Order of Merit at a canter and Jimmy Harrison found yet another way of clutching Premier league defeat from the jaws of victory. #nimrod

I also forgot to mention last time around that Jimmy said he would have won at Perton but he took his jumper off too late. No, I don't get that either, what I do know is that he needs to start taking some responsibility for his failings and that if he was born 100 years ago the finest surgeons in the land would have taken turns examining him in the hope of understanding mental illness better.

The winner on the day, again, was another of the super bros (TM) with Paul O pipping James by a shot (again). Well played again! On the upside his handicap actually went down this week......

Another season ends the way it started with Captain Sears playing a truly awful tee shot on the 1st, although, in all honestly, he did that on 11 of the 12 fixtures played. You always know where you stand with Pedro. In fairness to him, being captain can wear you down and he has done it for the last 2 years.

Seriously though El Captaino has done a great job this year herding and keeping us cats in order, ably assisted by his sexy sidekick Paul Read. Well done both.

Dave Wrafter has also done a sterling job both in the sorting and booking of the courses that we play. And I bet you didn't know that he's gotta sign contracts with some of them? He's like the Donald Trump of the society but with less hair, and Trumps prolly better at golf if we're being honest.

Last but definately not least is Shaun Hooper keeping our books in order. This is made harder considering most of the time he's having to decipher the numbers coming out of Dave Wrafter's mouth. Tree, tree, tree and tree.

Echoing what Dave and Pete said earlier if we could all pay next years subs (£30) at our earliest to allow for Dave to book up the final 4 fixtures and for Shaun to understand what Dave's telling him.

And a quick thank you from me, the society is nothing without it's members and you're a top bunch of blokes. Long may this continue.

Take it easy chaps and I'll see you in the cold weather :)

C
 

To me, to you, to me. | Saturday 28/09/24

Considering the weeks weather Perton was in great condition, so nice one Dave for sorting that out.

And in a mirror result of the last fixture I pipped my big bro by a single point completely an O'Mahony hatrick which, judging from the post match comments, has gone down a storm. Wayne and Lee have been trying it for years but I've made those comments before so I'll resist the urge to insult those pair of gimps again. Oh, hang on...

So, we move to the finals day with a few questions yet to be answered. Mainly, can Jim hold off James for the Prem title? Can James hold off his persuers to clinch the Captains bowl? Is James a bit of a nimrod? Actually that last one isn't a question.

In other news, it turns out that Jimbo is part Pakistani and part Turk but we know that regardless of heritage, he's all twat.

I believe that Pete/Dave are gonna let us know what the price is gonna for Ombersley so, keep a look out for that notification.

Love and peace folks and cya Saturday.

C.