Author: <span>Richard</span>

The 2025/26 season kicked off with a Novelty game and with six Ballbashers turning out, it was just right for a game of “choose 15 scores per nine holes”. The…

As we gathered at Temple on Wednesday to play the final Eclectic League game which also happened to be the final game of the 2024/25 season, a small sub-group of…

It was time for the FA Cup yesterday at Mill Ride. At dawn we were going to be 8 players but RobA then pulled out and we became 7. Rob…

I am sure that Churchill would have contrived a superb piece of phrasing to describe the courage shown by 10 Ballbashers today endeavouring to play a medal round in something…

Yesterday it was time for the final Summer League 2025 game. At the start of the day four players had the possibility of winning – Alan, MikeS, MikeW and myself.…

It was the penultimate game in the Eclectic Series today and 5 optimistic Ballbashers turned up intent (in some cases) on improving their chances of capturing Marilyn for the next…

Following on MikeW’s warnings of tight fairways and Alpine climbing, the Ballbashers approached their maiden trip to Hennerton with some trepidation but, although those warnings turned out to be accurate,…

It was Ashley’s Summer Tankard day at Temple today and because there were 18 temporary greens, the Ballbashers had the course to themselves in the best weather conditions we have…

From our correspondent on the Eclectic front line: “Rich Yesterday you told me you thought you had increased your total score by 6.  You were right having had an excellent…

Before I get onto today’s golf I feel a need to share with you some of my learning from having watched the world’s best golfers at The Open at Portrush…