Author: <span>Richard</span>

From our locum correspondent: “The weather forecast for play today was relatively benign. So having been used throughout January to a huge drop out rate amongst those who had ticked…

Report from our Locum columnist: “It is striking that as we approach the end of January only five Ballbashers have participated in the Frostbite League – Richard, Mike S, Michael…

This is not meant as a “where on earth were you” sort of message to the 5 players who pulled out between Monday and today but it truly was the…

“An excellent report from our self-named “temporary, junior correspondent””. Matchday 2 of The Frostbite League dawned just as cold as Matchday 1 but without the sunshine, underscoring the relevance of…

As MikeS, Alan and I stood on the 1st tee at Temple facing a biting north-easter we had serious cause to doubt our sanity – it was very cold indeed…

The 6 Ballbashers who made it to Sunningdale Heath to contest the Ice Bucket enjoyed another great visit there. When Mike arrived early he discovered that the course was at…

Impossible to imagine but a new medical condition entered the Ballbashers’ lexicon today – of that more anon. Following the withdrawal of PeterR due to Covid and of MikeS due…

Last week there were 9 Ballbashers signed up for golf today but by the time the weather forecasts had almost come to an agreement about it being about 7C with…

We had a great stroke of luck yesterday in that Mike had been unable to obtain an earlier tee-time than 11.36am. By this time the wintry sun had dissolved the…

There being the nice total of 8 players and it being a Novelty game, I decided that it was an ideal opportunity for Canadian Greensomes – a format we rarely…