. . at least until the novelty wears off!

 

15th October 1999 Back Page

Dodd Enjoys Success at Society Outing

David Dodd put personal problems behind him to win the stableford competition at the last outing of the year for the Tunaville Golf Society (TUGS).

On a cold and breezy day at Bigtown Golf and Country Club, Dodd scored a very respectable thirty-eight points to win by two from pub landlord Paul Mullin and off-license owner Tim Lucas. Only three other players broke the thirty-point mark from a field of twenty-two.

Apart from the financial problems Dodd is reported to have, the win was even more remarkable considering he was using borrowed clubs. Despite this however, Dodd's short game was it's usual accurate self and more than made up for his lack of length off the tee. Twenty-two putts were all he needed the entire round and had he not blown up on the tenth, would have won by a larger margin.

David Slaughter, who was aiming to win his third TUGS event of the year could only muster twenty-six points. After starting steadily, his round fell apart after an incident at the seventh. Tim Horsley, who was driving the golf buggy in which Slaughter was a passenger, inexplicably veered off the cart track and down a ditch. Although both passengers were unhurt, they both had to walk the remainder of the round and Slaughter was left with only three undamaged clubs - a five-iron, wedge and putter.

Horsley explained later that to keep the chill off, he was taking a drink from his hip flask whilst writing down the scores from the previous hole.

The TUGS now have their winter break, the next meeting being in Spring 2000.

Leading Scores - Dodd 38 pts, Mullin, Lucas 36, Rev. Mullins 34, Tinker, Mckinney 32

 

Tigers Get Tough

Tunaville Tigers 28 - Wexley Wild Poppies 27
Sunday's netball match saw Tunaville Tigers fight it out against last year's Champions, Wexley Wild Poppies. The crucial game saw the Wild Poppies open the scoring but not for long as the Tiger's Captain, the tough Ms Kilburn-toppin dodged past the Wild Poppies Wing Defence making a splendid catch just inside the circle. She then pivoted on her left foot to shoot a magnificent goal. Cheers roared round the Bigtown arena lead by Rev. Mullins.

The first quarter did not see further action but tempers were lost when Ms Kilburn-Toppin was judged to have held the ball for more than 3 seconds. A dogfight ensued between Ms Kilburn-Toppin and Ms Elaine Smith, the visiting Captain of the Wild Poppies. A spectator reported that Ms Smith pulled off Ms Kilburn-Toppin's pearls and swung them round her head. Ms Natalie Madden, the Center player for the Tigers, did try and stop the fight but ended up with no skirt, luckily, Rev. Mullins being the faithful supporter went to her aid.

Second and third quarter was a pretty even keel and only saw signs of few scratches and pulling of hair. However, after orange squash and much spiritual talk by Rev. Mullins seemed to have turned it round for the Tigers in the final quarter. In the 14th minute the record crowd saw Ms. Madden take a flying pass over the Wild Poppie's Goal Defence and put a superb bounce through to Ms Kilburn-Toppin for the Tigers to net the winning goal in the dying seconds of the final quarter. Nail biting stuff.