The French press golfing fleet were sunk, without loss of life but extreme damage to Gallic egos, at Gullane by the missiles fired from the clubs of the PGS team.

Captain, surely soon to be Admiral, Quinn was handed, with great good grace, the Wryter Cup from the manicured hand of his French counterpart, Laurent Louet.

Reversing the thrashing handed out by the APG team in Bordeaux last year, the Brits ended day one three points ahead and then closed out the match on ‘Tornado Tuesday’ – well, it did blow a bit on the famous No. 1 links course – to win 18 points to 14!

Special mention for Jonny Bubbles Bramley, the only PGS player to win all his matches!

Capt. Quinn said, after gorging deeply from the bubbles-filled Wryter Cup: ‘I’ve never enjoyed myself so much with my clothes on – the whole team were simply magnificent, no one really believed we weren’t going to win, except maybe me.’

‘The French fielded a really strong team but so did we. Every game was played in a tremendous spirit and, pre and post matches, the teams mixed so well. Many new friendships were made and many more reignited and enriched.’

As usual, the final night’s dinner was a major highlight, this year’s topped by Nic ‘McBrooie’ Brook’s amazing and theatrical rendition of Burns’ ‘Address to a Haggis,’ a performance never to be forgotten.

THE RESULTS IN FULL

Monday, October 2nd

Foursomes:

PGS 5, APG 3
Steve Lewis (10)

Andy Glen (7)         

9 Francois   (6)

Guillaume Baraise (8)

7 PGS 2 W2&1
Andy Porter (8)

Dylan Dronfield (6)     

7 Didier Largillier (14)

Laurent Louet (17)

16 APG 9 W2up
Ollie McCormack (11) Mark Lomas (10) 11 Nicolas Doucet (6)

Damien Houles (11)

9 PGS 2 W4&2
Jonny Bramley (15) Ian Woods (20)           18 Jean Francois Dessaint (15)

Tristan Vey (15)

15 PGS 3 W3&2
Evan Samuel (11)

Nev Appleton (13)

12 Pierre Chaudesaygues (14)

Francois Lanaud (13)

14 APG 2 L3&2
Mike Allen (21)

Nic Brook (13)

17 Christophe Lassualt (6)

Guillaume Michel (4)

5 PGS 12 W3&1
Tim Allan (12)

John Quinn (18)

15 Arnold Cara (11)

Denis Colovic (8)

10 PGS 5 L7&6
Khalid Javed (12) Paolo Minoli (13) 13 Jean-Jack Brehier (8)

Edouard Combette (8)

8 PGS 5 L&2
Fourballs:
PGS 9.5, APG 6.5 (PGS 4.5, APG 3.5)
Steve Lewis (9) 4 shots

Andy Glen (6) 1 shot

Francois Scimeca (5)

Laurent Louet (15) 10 shots

L3&2
Andy Porter (7)

Ollie McCormack (10) 3 shots

Guillaume Baraise (7)

Jean Francois Dessaint (14) 7 shots

L4&3
Dylan Dronfield (5)

Ian Woods (18) 13 shots

Jean-Jack Brehier (7) 2 shots

Francois Lanaud (12) 7 shots

W1up
Jonny Bramley (14) 9 shots

Nev Appleton (12) 7 shots

Nicolas Doucet (5)

Christophe Lassault (5)

W6&4
Evan Samuel (10) 1 shot

Mark Lomas (9)

Damien Houles (10) 1 shot

Arnold Cara (10) 1 shot

W4&3
John Quinn (16) 12 shots

Khalid Javed (11) 7 shots

Guillaume Michel (4)

Tristan Vey (14) 10 shots

W2&1
Tim Allan (11) 4 shots

Nic Brook (12) 5 shots

Denis Colovic (7)

Pierre Chaudesaygues (13) 6 shots

Half
Paolo Minoli (12) 5 shots

Mike Allen (19) 12 shots

Edouard Combette (7)

Didier Largillier (13) 6 shots

L 2&1

Tuesday, October 3rd

Singles:

Jonny Bramley (15) Guillaume Baraise (8) SHOTS

PGS 7

W4&3
Nev Appleton (13) Francois Lanaud (13) 0 W2up
Mark Lomas (10) Edouard Combette (8) PGS 2 L2&1
Dylan Dronfield (6) Francois Scimeca (6) 0 L2&1
Andy Porter (8) Guillaume Michel (4) PGS 4 Half
Ollie McCormack (11) Nicolas Doucet (6) PGS 5 W1up
John Quinn (18) Christophe Lassaut (6) PGS 12 L2&1
Ian Woods (20) Jean Francois Dessaint (15) PGS 5 L1dn
Tim Allan (12) Tristan Vey (15) APG 3 W3&2
Andy Glen (7) Laurent Louet (17) APG 10 W2&1
Evan Samuel (11) Didier Largillier (14) APG 3 L2&1
Mike Allen (21) Arnold Cara (11) PGS 10 W2&1
Steve Lewis (10) Pierre Chaudesaygues (14) APG 4 W5&4
Paolo Minoli (13) Denis Colovic (8) PGS 5 L5&3
Nic Brook (13) Jean Jack Brehier (8) PGS 5 W6&4
Khalid Javed (12) Damien Houles (11) PGS 1 L2&1

Final score PGS 18, APG 14

And all the photos (double click, then click again to see any pic in full size):