BBers Bowl 1998


The BIG Golf Event of the year, overshadowing even the Matchplay Championship, took place at Clandon Regis Golf Club, Surrey on Thursday 15th October.  The competition was organised by Billy Whizz and controlled by his son Richard (Baz) who did a great job of tracking progress and keeping scores.

The weather improved to order and it was a great day for competitive golf. Over twenty entrants took part, the first group teeing off  at eleven o'clock.

The event was sponsored by ESI who supplied trophies and prizes and kept a constant supply of refreshments available.

Non-golfers PW and Greystone spent the day discussing strategy and DanNotDan made it just in time for dinner.
 
BBers Bowl 1998 - Prizewinners
Competition  Name Score Prize
Highest Points Score JC 46 points Winners Trophy & Sweater
Runner-up  George 38 points Runner-Up Trophy & Sweater 
Third Place BrianR 37 points Sweater
Longest Drive  Andrew (Jabba - The ESI Joker) Over 300 Yards Shield 
Nearest The Pin Rocco Shield
Wooden Spoon Pinsticker Wooden Spoon & Whisky
PLAT (Played Like A Tart) Brains (For trying to play off ladies tee) Tart Trophy
Most Gross Birdies BrianR (3) Champagne
Putting Competition Winner Tim 32 Shield
Putting Competition Runner-up mg 34 Mounted Coin
Putting Competition Third Place Toon Army 36 A Round Of Applause
 
While the golf was under way, a parallel competition was held to predict the closing FTSE100 position for the day. Estimates varied from 4958 to 5176.  The final figure was actually 5056, so the optimists and pessimists lost out and common sense won.
 
BBers Bowl Golf Day - FTSE Predictions
Placing Name Prediction Prize
Winner TonyC 5061 Microsoft Money
Runners-up Tami (ESI) 5065 Wedgwood Dish
Brains 5065 Guide To Charting
Last Simba 5176 Calluna 1999 Report

The ESI Chief Executive, Julian Costley, presented the prizes and in his introduction thanked all BBers for making the event a big success. He hoped that it would become an annual event and thanked the BB for the opportunity to become involved.

Billy Whizz passed on the thanks of the BB for the great effort put in by ESI and particular thanks went to Tami Bourke who worked very hard all day keeping the players supplied with refreshments and photographing their best efforts for later publication.

The dinner which followed was an animated affair with plenty of discussion and everyone went home with some new friends and some new ideas to research.

Many thanks to all of those involved in the organisation, particularly Billy Whizz who devoted most of his investment research time to it for weeks. Thanks to the the Clandon Regis Golf Club for providing a perfect setting and to their staff for their efficient and friendly service throughout the day.