A big thank you to all the competitors for adjusting their alarm clocks for the earlier shotgun start of 9am. Thanks also to Jackie and her team - an earlier start for them. The usual excellent buffet breakfast awaited us and our lunch after golf, as usual never disappoints.

Gailes is now becoming ever more popular with visitors thanks to the fabulous in-house hospitality and terrific course management from Brian and his team. Today again the course was immaculate.

The Hooter sounded at 9am. With one eye in the direction of Arran we donned our waterproofs as a squally shower blew through. This was the first and thankfully last, most of the round was played in sunshine and indeed in ‘shirt sleeve order’.

We all enjoyed the fun element to a Texas Scramble which accommodates the eclectic mix of handicaps in a team. The scoring was excellent considering a tough and unusual cross-wind.

One shot covered TEN groups in the Return (seven groups finishing on netting 57).
Three groups emerged from the pack with scores of nett 56.

The computer on this occasion say ‘Yes’ - justifying the stroke allowance calculation.

THE RETURN

1st BIH: Stuart Hall; David McAspurn; Gary Nicol and Roano Pierotti
2nd BB6: David Ballingall; Graham McDonald; Alan Craig and Douglas Campbell
3rd: Malcolm Stenhouse; Calum Stenhouse; Raymond McGhee and Alex McGhee

Click here to view the winners.

All enjoyed their ‘Gailes experience’. A wee heads-up for Gailes events in September

• 21st: Autumn Meeting - The Captain’s and Vice-Captains Prizes
• 22nd: Finals Day (Gailes Knockout Competitions - Finals)
• 28th: Gailes Goblets


M&H