Worcester YMCA Charity Golf Day

When I'm not playing golf and losing my balls I work for Worcester YMCA - a homeless hostel that houses and support up to 75 residents 24hrs 365 days of the year.

I'm organising a charity golf day to raise money for the YMCA (specifically to decorate and equip a tv room for the residents) and wondered if anyone wanted to put a Golfshake Team in?

Teams of 4 are required.

£150 per team which includes 18 holes of golf, coffee on arrival, 3 course meal at the end, plus trophy for winner, nearest the pin, and longest drive competition.

Wednesday 15th October 12noon first tee off at Ombersley Golf Course, Worcestershire.

Also, if anyone has a local business and would like to sponsor a hole, or would like to make a donation then feel free to PM me.

It would be great to meet some of you guys at last! 

I've not used my company charity budget this year Dave, if we can muster up 3 more players from Golfshake I could be persuaded to sponsor the team entry.  Obviously I'd have to see who was interested to make my team selection....

I would be delighted to join your team, Tim, if selected.

Likewise Tim, I would love to play if selected

Would it be a team stableford as well like other charity events I've played in?  Could also do with a Golfshake representative as well really.  Luke, you out there?  May also have to see about some team shirts....

Me to Tim sounds like the DREAM team already.

So is that a team of 4 then?  I may be able to stretch to a 'B' team...

I'd be up for it. 

Thats 2 teams then.  Amazing how quick that happened when there's a free round on offer....

Tim,

Count me in if there's room.

John.

I'd be more than willing to pay my way.  All in a good cause. 

Very generous Chris, but we'll see. I generally donate a lump every year to a good cause anyway, might as well have a bit of fun with it this year, as I've done the local hospice and the air ambulance previously.  As it's a business thing I'm obviously open to large backhanders for the honour of team representation!

Have been looking at some customised team golf polo shirts, anyone got any preferances for colours?  Nohing flashy, just the company logo a foot wide across the back....Only joking, but as I usually play in black it may be a bit somber for some - no names - and I'd rather not go for red. 

If Santorini has anything to do with it, it will be lime green and pink !!!!!!!

As far as team representation goes, a large backander ver the back of the head if I'm not picked Tim !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Something along these lines - http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/golfknicker-com_2016_3364794

No, far to conservative and not bright enough !!!!

Thats only seven sets then Tim,Santo has that in his wardrobe already!!!!

If we get two teams and Tim takes care of the entry fee, I think that every player should donate the green fees they would normally expect to pay for the course to the YMCA

Great idea, Chris.

I'll second that Chris.

OK, I will enter two teams - 3D Cubed 'A' and 3D Cubed '1' , diplomatic eh?  Just one problem, there appears to be 9 prospective players and I don't really want to just drop one.  Any suggestions or anyone not sure they can make it?

Have also had another idea for raising a bit of cash - how about having a sweep for other members of the site along the lines of Dave's original balls thread - say nearest to the total shots for both teams, amount of balls lost, total amount of expletives shouted....?  If anyone has any interesting suggestions I'll start a new thread. 

OK, down to 8 - Martin can't make it, thanks for letting me know mate - if anyone else has a problem let me know ASAP.

So.  Who's made 'Tim's Team' ??

Is there automatic spots and Captain's picks ? 

At the moment I'm assumingthe following have signed up - please let me know if if I'm wrong

Me - obviously

John Pettitt

David Ley

Paul Cook

Wayne Santorini

Chris Perry

Kevin Hewitt

John Flood

I'm definitely in, Tim. Looking forward to it.

Booked in the diary so count me in!

I'm good to go Tim.

Better late than never, but I'm in too.

OK, Dave, that's 2 teams from me, all confirmed.  Just down to me to sort out the team selections and see about some shirts - I'll see if I can blag some stuff from the local promotions shop around the corner. 

And another thought Dave, is it a formal dinner afterwards?  Any excuse to get the whistle out...

After looking at the discussions on the Ryder Cup thread the choice of teams is going to be interesting - the two Johns in the same team to carry on their discussion?

It is not a problem for me and I doubt very much if John F will find it a problem.

I just need to know whether or not to take my earplugs, John

A suit is fine by me, Wayne, after all I dressed for dinner at Belton Woods, but  was the odd man out.

Tim, being a member of your team means that I will conduct myself professionally, as I am sure John F will also. No need for ar plugs, send them back.

Tim,

I never have or never will carry grudges. I'm sure there will be future discussions where I disagree with people. When I'm out on the course the only thing I'm interested in is having a good time & enjoying whoever's company I may be in.

John.

Especially when your pimped Wayne!!

Can you give anything away for Ombersley??

John.

OK, based purely on distribution of handicaps I've come up with the following teams - please feel free to hurl insults at me publicly or privately.  I may change them on a whim anyway depending on a) whether there are team prizes and I want to be a glory hunter, b) I need an ad-hoc lesson or c) I fancy a chat with someone who is in the other team:

First team

David Ley 7.0

Kevin Hewitt 10.5 

Tim Hawkins 21.4

Chris Perry 26.6

'A' team

John Pettitt 13.5

Wayne Santorini 15.3

John Flood 15.3

Paul Cook 21.0 

Tim,

I am OK with those teams, in fact I'm looking forward to it already

Wayne, are you going to bring some of your hoes to caddy for us pimp man??

 & I also meant can you give us a preview of your upcoming attire??

John.

Paul,

I'd prefer to walk but if if that means me being a 'billy no mates' on the day then I don't mind sharing. If this weather continues we may not have a choice!!

John.

I will need a buggy, so I would be pleased to share with you , Paul.

if he does then i don't mind sharing with him, let's hope we both hit the ball in the same direction!!

OK wayne, I'm happy to walk too.

Have you got an outfit just in case we have an 'Indian summer? & if so does it include feathers

Any news on this guys?  Been quiet for a while.  The boss has cleared my holiday and I've blanked out my diary. 

Guys,

Getting quite close to this event, anybody heard any logistics?

John.

Just getting a few things organised for this - can I ask the team members to PM with their shirt sizes - managed to brow beat the local promotions guy to let me have some printed up at half price (as long as they're Navy Blue!) with my company logo and a bit of lettering.  Decent schmutter, no rubbish, honest.

Tim,

Chest size 42-44. Navy blue is a bit of a sombre colour for Santo!!

Thanks.

John.

Tim, Fat size please..................XL

Fat or XL?  His catalogue goes to XXXL!

XL for me please, Tim

I'm the same size as John F.  Think it's a large, but depends on the supplier.  Whatever they say is "overweight Yorkshireman" size

Wayne,

I'm sure you could accessorise it??

John.

Any preferences to other colours then,  I've got him this far, I'm sure I could persuade him to change, click on this and have a look at the colours :- http://www.workwearhouse.co.uk/acatalog/Fruit_of_the_Loom_Pique_Polo_Shirt_2.html

Why not different colours for the first team and 'A' team.

Wayne, I do not possess any black trousers.

John , I have a spare pair of black trousers you may borrow as we are the same measurements 34" x 29"

Tim, I've checked the size chart and ...........................2xl please.

Let's make one thng very clear.  Charity or not, there is no way on the face of God's green earth I will be wearing gold and black.  This is not up for debate, I will withdraw.  I will be wearing cream or stone trousers (that's what I own) and would prefer that gold was avoided.  I will wear pretty much any other colour though, even if it is straight from Santo's wardrobe....... 

I've consulted my fashion guru and it's not going to be gold.  However, I suspect I may have to get a special one off for Chris in gold - can't for the life of me wonder why a Baggies fan wouldn't want to wear that colour...

Chris, I think we will have to remember this and hold you to it

'even if it is straight from Santo's wardrobe'

David, very gracious of you to assume my measurements are the same as yours, only wish they were.

Tim,

after checking the size chart an XL is the size for me. any colour will do. i like john's suggestion of 2 different colours per team.

john.

See what I can do Johm.  So thats 4 burgundy for the 1st team and vomit yellow for the A team

All the best teams play in blue and white stripes!

All the best teams play in blue and white stripes!

I think you will find that Hull City play in black and amber, not black and gold Paul.  Only rubbish teams supported by inbred social rejects play in gold and black...........

I'm in the US now, coming back Saturday.  I'm back out here 20th October for a week and don't expect to back until 2009. 

At least we have family trees mate; Wolves fans have family squares.  They struggle to solve crimes in Wolves because you all have the same DNA, although the prints from the webs between your fingers are unique. 

Paul,

You were a bit slow on the uptake with the offer, I've already placed my order with Chris & should have my new Adidas Tour II 360 3.0shoes next week .

John.

Wayne,

I'm hoping people will be admiring my new shoes which will distract them from my swing

Paul,

I have the R7's & have found them to be an all round solid club.

They won't be looking at your shoes John, not when they see your shirt....

John, your shoes are now in the UK.  Must admit, they look very nice.  Shame they're not my size.

Paul - Doesn't matter a toss what you like the look of.  I liked the look of the TM Burner XD's when I was looking.  As soon as I struck a ball with them I had changed my mind - they felt 'clunky'.  I'd also never liked Mizuno's, but loved the MX25's wen I tried them. 

In an ideal situation, you would do a blind test - bet the one's you decided on would surprise you!  Keep an open mind, try as many as you can and try not to get sucked in by the logo or sales pitch.  That way you will end up with the club that you like the best and suits your game. 

Copy and paste job from word. always goes skew whiff

That kills me when I do it too.  Sort it out Darren! 

Dave,

Copy & paste it into notepad & then copy & paste from notepad into here. Should do the trick.

Wayne, how many balls are you donating to the lost ball sweep?? we know how generous you are to this cause most weekends..........................

Are we going to have a sideline in our 4 balls?? We could pair off & play matchplay??

Wayne,

I won't be getting there that early, I only live about 30mins away unless you want to go through tactics & course management

John.

Wayne,

I think I might join you for that, sounds like a good way to start the day.

John.

Hmmm, that sounds like a plan.  I'm only 45 mins away so was going to set off around 10:00.  Now, do I go for an extra couple of hours in bed or a brekkie.  Tough choice. 

You do know that the time to avoid going past Brum from up your way is 7:15 until 9:00 don't you Santo?  If you want to get to Ombersley for 8:30, you'll be in the worst of it.  Can I suggest hitting Brum for around 9:00, which will get you to Ombersley by 10 and miss the traffic too?

Hmmmm - breakfast. Do they do them there?  Please also remember the shirt sizes you gave me....

Looks like I'll be on a starvation diet to get into mine if I want to have a brekkie then Tim!  Any news on the team colours yet?

First team - burgundy

A team - sunflower

Always assuming the bloody things turn up 

Or the municipal version

'Hit the ball straight and towards the flag, stupid'

I usually get a strokesaver so that I know in advance where I will be losing my ball and which club I need to get me into the greenside bunker.

If there's water on the course, the strokesaver tells me how many balls I need to put into my bag.  It does this by telling me how many ponds I will fail to go over and how many my 'power fade' tee shots will end up in water on the right. 

Bring your waterproofs amd brollies guys

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=worcester

A couple of things

Dave - formal dinner or not?

Everyone else - shirts were promised faithfull for last Friday, still waiting for the return phone call to confirm they are ready...... 

I'll be bringing shirt and tie with me Tim.  I think we should be setting the standard for others to aspire to. 

Don't worry Dave, I look as if I'm homeless in my suit. 

Wonder if Santo is going to have time for his brekkie to go down with an early tee off

I'm undergoing intense hot water bottle treatment as I tweaked my back at the range last night.  Felt like I'd been kicked by a horse (I know how this feels because I have experienced it).  Sore as hell but better this morning.  Hopefully I'll be OK. 

Get the excuses in first, eh, Perry.  Well I impaled my left little finger on some barbed wire last week, I've got tetanus and my whole arm has swollen up because of the septascemia, but I'm not making excuses....

OK, and here is the first sweepstake.  The shirt company phoned this morning, they haven't finished them yet, but a nice sounding young lady has just promised to drop them off at the golf club tomorrow morning at 10.30. How many people think a) this will actually happen and b) what are they going to look like when (or if) they turn up.....  

I'll have a pound that they won't turn up, and I'll put my pound in for the "Number that wish they'd asked for a different size" sweep with three. 

Shall we have an agreement on team colours to bring just in case the don't show up?  I can do white, navy blue or a nice orangey colour. 

Chris,

After building yourself up yesterday your now trying to get that 'monkey' back on your back!!

I'd bet they don't turn up so I can do blue or black.

John.

Just trying to level off everyone's expectations John.  I think removing the monkey has altered my swing and that's how I've hurt myself. 

It'll be a weird one for me tomorrow.  As we're off ¾ handicaps, I'll be off 17.  For the first time, I won't get a shot on one of the holes.  I actually need to gross par it!  Hope it's not on a par 3 because I'm having a nightmare on those at the moment. 

Oooo, shirts and skins!!!  That brings back memories!!!

If they don't turn up I'll be wearing the usual black.

I've got to assess a supplier in Worcester on the way down, so I will be there between 10:30 and 11:00.  I'll have a bacon buttie when I get there. 

See you all there. 

Me too, aiming to get there by 10.30 at the latest.  If I can make it earlier so much the better, need a bit of a warm up.

Safe journeys guys, see y'all there 

Wayne , me and Kev will be joining you for brekkie ,so don't insult us with one egg!!

See ya tommorrow guys,

Any news on how you all did

The whole day was fantastic, the event was well supported, the course was very nice and it remained dry all day. The evening meal was excellent, nice piece of roast beef and the two Teams entered by Tim finished tied first but the sneaky second team won it on countback. An excellent result when one considers that Kevin H knocked it round in 76 and our own inimitable David L shot a very creditable 78.

Wayne won the longest drive and a good one it was too, John F won a years supply of chocolate in the raffle, so he will be favourable looked on when he gets home tonght.

Paul Cook had the round of his life and is now officially classed as a Bandit scoring 41 points off threequarters handicap.

I am sure that Dave Knatt feels it was a success and lets hope that they raised enough money to do what they planned at the Hostel.

John has summed it up pretty well.  It's a sneaky bugger of a course and I would play it differently next time (might explain my shocking score!).  Not sure what the total lost ball count was or who came last (Dave, any ideas?).  If the team will have me next year, I'll definitly be back to try to exact revenge on John F, John P, Santo and Bandit Boy for nicking it on countback. 

Having organised an event and knowing how painful it can be, a big well done goes out to Dave for organinsing a well run event.  Great event and I'm sure that if it runs again next year the support will be even better. 

Superb day. Company was good which made the golf secondary on the day. Listening to John P's nuggets of nostalgia was the highlight for me. John P also proves you don't have to knock it miles to play & score well in this game.

I look forward to defending our title in July.

Also thanks to Tim for sponsoring us & providing the team shirts.

ps Chris did you put any balls in the pond at the 18th!!

Anybody wanna buy some chocolate!!!

Great day and as usual great company, especially the rivalry between the two teams.  Good course for a competition, but reckon everybody could have scored better with a bit more course knowledge.  Had a pang of guilt (between 9.36 and 9.37 last night) that the Golfshake members frankly cleaned up on the day, rather embarisingly in the raffle as well.

So here's a challenge.  Hopefully I'll be able to enter the same two teams next year personnel and finances permitting - so how about Golfshake and Golfbreaks taking us on?  Or anyone else fancy a pop at the 3D Cubed superstars.  

Tim I don't have a conscience so felt no guilt, although I did donate my raffle prize to the YMCA.  I will gladly be part of the 3D Cubed superstars again.  As with Santo, I'm happy to pay my way.

John - 18th hole + pond = Lost ball

Tim, sounds like a challenge.  Watch this space !!

Is that a company 'jps course management' ?

or jp's 

sorry, couldn't resist

Hopefully Dave got some pics - hope you get them on ASAP - as long as the A teams bright yellow shirts didn't blow the camera.

Would heartilly recommend Uniformmybusiness.com for going out of their way to supply the shirts at short notice and delivering them to me in the golf club carpark.  Great service. 

You did a great job with the shirts, Tim, the logo was brilliant. Thanks again for letting me be on one of your teams.

Can I suggest a new thread, 'How big will John Flood's waistline get with a year's supply of chocolate.'

Well done to both teams.

Forgot to post it earlier lads but a certain Mr "Long Drive" had a 'fanny' on the day

Can someone please define the meaning of 'fanny' in golf terms?

Kept that quiet - still as Wayne wasn't there....

Lee, he didn't get passed the ladies tee......................John we're not the least bit suprised where Santo's concerned,as Tom Jones said "Its not unusual"

Surely that should've been mentioned in the clubhouse John.