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Garden County Trophy
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Unglika Norse wrote: »OK I had written that before you came back but I won't reply to your observation in this thread. OK. Back to the Garden Trophy
I too will abstain from replying but may reply in a more relevant thread as i have a contrasting view. Do u have anything to add on the garden trophy Unglika? Which comment was it that made u think BL is not a members course as I am actually confused on this one? 0 -
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Unglika Norse wrote: »It was actually when your captain said that if the course was not fit to play the owner would have closed it, which indicated to me that it was not a members decision as to whether it was open or closed for play simple as that. he's not my captain as I am not a member in BL, i haven't even played the course before!! I can safely say that i have never heard of a course where the members decide if its open or not as u can be guaranteed that it would be open 365 days a year if the grumpy old men got a say in the decision. In my experience its down to the greenkeeper who informs the general manager who while employed by the members operates separately from the members committee in an objective manner. I'm sure El Capitano referred to the owner having final sign off once the greens keeper lets him know of the state of the place. To say its not a members course based on this is a bit OTT in my opinion.
By the way what club are u a member of Unglika? Are u playing in the garden trophy this year?0 -
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downthemiddle wrote: »With the level of banter and witty repartee on this forum I'm sure the performers on the stage of The Laughter Lounge must feel threatened. It also seems, according to our spiritual guardian, that banter is a prerequisite to posting on the forum. There must have been a change to the charter I didn't notice.
This debate came about when Whinging (see banter) Sheet, who we have established is not a member of either club, yet again tried to create tension between the two clubs on the week of a match. It is not the first time he has used the forum for such a purpose, nor is it the first time he has had a pop at our club, although I can only assume now it is banter.
Our club, and in particular our captain (even though he is the one most acquainted with the facts), has been called petty and unsporting based on the ramblings of an anonymous keyboard warrior. This is closer to slander than banter.
I have known our club captain since he first joined the club at twelve years of age. He is an excellent representative of our club and always upholds the traditions and values of the game. He is a person of integrity and sincerity. We are very proud of the role he plays in promoting our club. As one of the youngest club captains in GUI history he reflects the changing nature of Irish golf. I have no doubt he will play a major role in Irish golf in years to come. Jaysus you guys really aren't helping to promote you're place with the way you are approaching this. Banter is not a prerequisite but one must be able to separate comments that the majority would determine to be banter from comments which are stated in a serious manner. An example would be the end of my comment which wished BL best of luck in the 'grudge' match. This is clearly banter based on what had been said in this thread beforehand yet El Capitano (banter 
) took this comment 100% seriously and felt compelled to respond like a robot when it was not really necessary and my guess is that 99% of the thread readers would have seen my comment as banter and not serious.
My understanding is that Mr. Sheet was there on that fateful day as a member of South County and surely that is all that matters. We are talking about an event at a point in time and at the point in time Mr. Sheet was not only a member of one of the clubs involved but he was also there on that day when this disgraceful act of bad sportsmanship occurred (;) banter). I have no doubt that El Capitano is a great representative of your club but based on what has been spoken of and looking at this objectively, he may not have covered the club in glory on this day.
If he is one the youngest GUI captains ever then great and fair play to him, and this may explain a potential judgemnet error made on the day in question due to inexperience. I'm not sure how the BL captain can play a major role in irish golf in years to come but if he does then fair play to him again. All these points u are making about him are irrelevant as we are talking about one incident in the Garden Trophy which is the topic of this thread. Based on this incident, it has been established that he was the captain of the BL team that was sent out to play in the 'lakes' literally and so he may have made an incorrect decision based on what a few posters have said. If he did then sh*t happens and you live and you learn but to defend it so strongly is only making the matter worse0 -
Jesus Redzah put away that big spoon and quit stirrin will ya!
South County and Blessington Lakes seem to have moved on and are playing a match this weekend - let's let them get on with it shall we and hopefully the next few posts on this thread will be reserverd for results from the weekend matches.0 -
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Based on airguitars post, Wooden bridge and kilcoole look strong in Group 1 with B Lakes looking good in group 2.
Any1 care to offer an opinion on the standard of golf played in the matches so far?
Hard to tell really - looking at group 1 - Woodenbridge have played 3 so naturally have accumulated a lot of points but took a bit of a pasting from Kilcoole. Wicklow have only played 1 and have Kilcoole up next, but on paper, you'd expect Kilcoole to come out on top there (Woodenbridge edged Wicklow by 1pt, Kilcoole beat Woodenbridge 4.5/1.5) - but then personnel and matchups change from match to match, so...
Hard to tell really
I heard someone hit the ball 300 yards into a breeze in one of the games Redzah - must have been yourself was it? </banter>0 -
Jabberwocky wrote: »Hard to tell really - looking at group 1 - Woodenbridge have played 3 so naturally have accumulated a lot of points but took a bit of a pasting from Kilcoole. Wicklow have only played 1 and have Kilcoole up next, but on paper, you'd expect Kilcoole to come out on top there (Woodenbridge edged Wicklow by 1pt, Kilcoole beat Woodenbridge 4.5/1.5) - but then personnel and matchups change from match to match, so...
Hard to tell really
I heard someone hit the ball 300 yards into a breeze in one of the games Redzah - must have been yourself was it? </banter>
Sorry didn't realise woodenbridge have played 3. Kilcoole look like favourites so. It certainly wasn't me, i'm only a 270 merchant so i'm way below the boards average . Although I did have an arguement about where i could drop the ball behind the 2nd green in DH in my match against Arklow, in the end I just let it go as it is a mildly competitive pre season tournament as Hacker has rightly pointed out. 0 -
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