Gotcha at Gullane, 2023

Back (l-r): Nev Appleton, Andrew Porter, Dylan Dronfield, Andy Glen, Tim Allan, Mark Lomas, Olly McCormack, Nic Brook, Ian Woods. Front (l-r): Paolo Minoli, Steve Lewis, Evan Samuel, John Quinn, Khalid Javed, Jonny Bramley, Mike Allen.

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 t

Monday, October 2nd