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Inaugural Golf Match vs Oxford October 2009 Report by Chris Golis

The match was played at Manly.  Daryl Dixon and Peter Young played John Boyce and Bob Gilchirst in the inital four ball.  Daryl won his match and Peter played magnificently to halve his match.  Cambridge 1.5 Oxford 0.5
I then played Peter Abelson and Murray Tobias.  Graciously I permitted three of the Oxford team to use carts.  Of course carts are normally worth at least 2-3 holes but no compensation to the handicaps was offered by Oxford.  In addition my ball was 'found' by the Oxford captain which I hit and then discovered was not my ball for the immediate loss of hole to both players.  My golf was not up to overcoming these burdens and I lost both matches. Cambridge 1.5 Oxford 2.5
Russell Lyons then played former Oxford golf captain, Paul Barry, and former Oxford rugby blue, Charles Thorburn.  Russell beat Paul early on.  Cambridge 2.5 Oxford 2.
But on the final hole of the final match Russell was 1 down.  Both got on the green in two.  Russell struck a magnificent putt to within 20 cm.
Unfortunately Charles lagged his first putt short and missed the second.  Russell won the hole and halved the match. Cambridge 3 Oxford 3.
Manly put on an excellent seafood buffet and an excellent dinner was shared by all.


Winter Feast September 2008 at the Royal Yacht Squadron, Kirribilli
Guest Speaker Susannah Fullerton, President of the Jane Austen Society of Australia, talking about the Great Writers of Cambridge.  We had a full house of 90 people and a waiting list.  Described by one very senior executive of National Australia Bank as the "best evening he has had all year".




Boat Race Dinner April 2006