Papa Smurf to the rescue
Posted on: 22 July
It’s an amazing day at the Portarlington Golf Club when somebody who was mistaken across the fairways as looking like “Papa Smurf” is the standout golfer.
But so it was on Saturday as a fierce winter northerly did its level best to blow the Neville Richards Premier League field to pieces.
And had it not been for some stellar individual performances, this week’s video might well have had to focus on stupid and insignificant things such as earthquakes, multiple swimmers in Carnage Creek (between the second and third holes), or the directionally challenged Bob Gibbs and his ongoing aversion to Premier League cameras.
But thankfully for all concerned, Rob “Papa Smurf” Moorcroft defied Cyclone Tracy’s remnants and scored a phenomenal +4 (more on the translation to stableford scores soon) to take us blessedly away from all that silliness.
By league rules, the par score translates to stableford by the addition of 36 to the submitted score, which is an absolute blessing for those who were fearful of the dreaded “Jamesy”.
NASA scientists have estimated that without the par translation, approximately 60% of the field might have drifted below the dreaded 25, meaning we might have lost “Flea” Pollock as video editor because of the time demands on creating them all.
So breathe easy, all those who got a charity 26 or 27. You’ve been spared a “Milne Missile”.
But for those of you who still managed to head south and pay a visit to Jamesytown, brace yourselves. Particularly you, Mr Winchelsea!
Predominantly for legal reasons, we’d love to note the superb scores of long hitters Shirley Bell, Toby Prime, Doreen Ivess and particularly the efforts of Norma Vogel (37) on fill-in duties.
And a special mention to Paul Mahoney (38) who has copped an (admittedly justified) enormously large dose of Big Foot venom this season, but on Saturday managed to singlehandedly save his Hookers from elimination in the Survivor competition.
Yep, would you believe that teams that are presently third, sixth and eighth on the ladder are the only teams still in the running for the secondary team competition? Extraordinary!
But no more here – wait and check it all out on another action-packed video wrap.
