Porter carries it off!

 

Andy Porter stormed round the magnificent Royal Cinque Ports links on Captain’s Deal to claim the Billennium Bowl.

Andy, reinvigorated by a job change, scored a magnificent 37 points to win the overall honours and the Division One prize.

He said: “It was tough out there but I played nicely and it was good to record a decent score. It’s a really great course!”

Captain Jamie Weir organised a splendid day for the society, negotiating a great rate and also arranging golf at Prince’s the day before. He also awarded spot prizes for nearest the pin on the fourth, won by new boy Will Rider; nearest the pin in two on the 17^th, won by Steve Lewis; and the longest drive on the 12^th, won by Tom Howard.

He also stood on the part-three eighth tee throughout, and offered a sleeve of balls to anyone who could better his tee shot – only eight of the 32 players were able to!

In a heartfelt speech afterwards, Jamie paid tribute to the PGS for the special place it has in his heart.

Hugo Chambre was second in Division One, with 36 points, pipping Andy Glen on countback. In Division Two, vice captain Nev Appleton was first on 36 points, with Nic Brook second on 35 and Mike Waker third on 32.

Jeff Randall took the Harold Lewis Weight for Age trophy.

This was also the last qualifying event for the Wryter Cup at Royal Dornoch and Jamie was delighted to announce his team for the annual match against the French press.

It is: Jamie Weir, Tim Allan, Nev Appleton, Jonny Bramley, Hugo Chambre, Dylan Dronfield, Andy Glen, Colin Hancock,  Khalid Javed, Philip Edgar-Jones, Steve Lewis, Ollie McCormack, Andy Porter, Tony Smith, Ben Todd and Mike ‘Harry’ Waker.

Oh, and John Quinn was presented with a lovely pink 70th birthday cake – his birthday falling on Captain’s Day!

Pics by Bubbles, Nic Brook, Nev Appleton, Evan Samuel, David Reading and a selfie from our skipper!