Report by John Auld
The first match of the new year featured the latest instalment of the game hunt the venue whereby 24 players struggle through fog roadworks and diversions to eventually find a hidden entrance to a Loughborough tennis club. Once there we joined battle wth some strong Leicestershire players.
The teams with Butler imps scores were -
Dawes: Irene & John Auld +42
Gordon Fullerton & Frank Ball +1
Keith Rodgers & Lloyd Eagling +5
William & Daniel Crook -6
Porter: Pravin Tailor & Bill Whalley +15
Gerry Franklin & John Rolph +6
Ian Dovey & Shirley Ashtari -40
Graham Lee & Dick Milne +16
Markham: Tim Anderson & Bernard Scanlon -18
Frank Turton & David Landon -12
Fay Staton & Diane Abbot -39
Nick Clarke & Wendy Walker -18
It was the turn of Irene and me to get a good butler score. As everyone knows this is mainly about accepting opponents errors such as on board 11:
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