2018 Cambridge meeting

The 2018 Cambridge meeting kicked off with a 6 a-side match against the college staff at Royal Worlington. The weather was hot and sunny and the players managed to avoid the rain that hit Cambridge during the afternoon. The Johnian players were John Parker, Peter Taylor, Guy McDonnell, Richard Moxon, David Lynas and Ian Roberts. The College players were Jim, Andy, Ian, Matthew, Kevin and Keith Pearson. A great time was had by all and the result is not really important, but for the record this was a 5-1 win for the Johnians.

After dinner on the Thursday we were entertained with an excellent talk by the victorious University Challenge captain, James Devine-Stoneman.

After dinner speech by James Devine-Stoneman.

The weather at Gog Magog on Friday was for the most part very hot and humid and the threatened thunder storms held off until most of the players had completed their Greensomes round in the afternoon. The winner of the Marshall Hall Cup was Nigel Snaith (Hcp 9) with 44 points closely followed by John Parker (Hcp 12) with 43 points. Bill Blyth won the Posnett Salver with a score of 113 followed by Don Cave with 110 points. Stephen Munday applied his local knowledge to good effect to win the nearest to the pin prize on the 17th hole and Peter Taylor had the longest drive on the 18th.

In the afternoon, Stuart Southall and Peter Baird won the 9 hole Greensomes closely followed by Don Cave and John Parker on 20 points. Will Mayes was awarded the tile for the feat of performing a "Dexter" (the feat of driving over the cross bunkers on the 16th hole) combined with the feat of making the first tee in good time following a transatlantic flight that landing at 6:10 at Heathrow the same morning.

From left to right: David Lynas, Julian Gould, Stuart Southall, Carl Olsson, Colin McKay, Dimitrios Hatzis, Peter Baird, David Cairns, Mike Gilchrist, John Parker, Robert Ross, John Loosley, Don Cave, Bill Blyth, Jonathan Lawley (with The Tile), Ian Roberts, Nigel Snaith, Alastair Norris, Mike Frisby, Jonathan Mayer, Richard Moxon, John Scott, Peter Taylor, Will Mayes, Stephen Munday, Stuart Mayes, Guy McDonnell