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:
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 |
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):