Golfing News Recap

Hi there:

Just thought a few of you may have wondered what I've been up to this summer on the golf tour. Even though I've had a busy summer with visitors and vacations, and a poorer than normal summer, I still did manage to get a few rounds under my belt. In the end I did have a fairly successful season. In our club events, I finished second in match play losing on the final hole. I fell behind early and manage to claw back into a tie on the 17th hole only to have a poor tee shot on 18 and couldn't recover. I guess second is not too bad.

Our annual Men's club championship was held on Sat and Sun, Sept. 20 and 21 which was the two days after our return from our Eurpean Vacation. I didn't get home until 11:15pm Friday night so I was quite tired on Saturday but did manage to stay close, falling behind by only one strok after Day 1. After nine holes on Sunday I had taken a 3 stroke lead and cruised over the last nine holes to win my second title in a row this time by a margin on four strokes. I've attached a couple of photos below of me and some of the guys as well as one of me and Gerard Cooke, the guy who defeated me in Match Play.

This past weekend I attended the Terra Nova Invitational and had a fairly good weekend. I finished in the top 10 in a field of about 115 golfers which was pretty good for me. I was only 6 strokes out of top spot. There were some pretty good golfers there and I played in a foursome with the winner on Saturday. He beat me by only 3 strokes each day. On Sunday I did have a good day and had my first ever eagle three on a par 5. It resulted in me winning a skin of $300. I should do that more often. Had a great time and love playing that course.

Later.
Barry

Irish Jaunt

Hi there:

Sorry I haven't posted earlier but have been quite busy since I have returned from our trip to Ireland and London.

We had a great trip and spend a very fast paced two weeks. On our Ireland part of the trip, we had 6:15am wakeup calls, breakfast at 7:00am and on the bus at 8:00am. Then off we went to visit some of the tourist sites which we all enjoyed. We explored Dublin for the first couple of days and then we went from Dublin on the west of Ireland south and west to Limerick. We stayed in Killarney for a couple of nights too.

I've posted a few photos below from the trip. Most show us in various places, at dinner and there is one of us kissing the Blarney Stone. Actually the photos of us lying down on our backs is taken just as we had finished kissing the Stone. You have to ly on your back, lean back as far as you can to kiss it while some guy holds your shirt so you don't fall down the hole. It's about 100 feet up. We bought the photos taken by the site there. They are a little better than our photos. There is one photo of us having a beer at Ireland's oldest tavern, the Brazen Head, operating since 1198. Gladys is trying her first Guinness. I passed as I am not fond of it but I did drink a couple earlier in the week.

I do hope you enjoy the photos. I will post a few about our London excursion in the next day or so. I am off to Toronto to visit Cheryl on Friday. I will be going for two weeks and Gladys will join us the second week as she only has one week of vacation time left. I have been working a bit since I returned and I will be back full time once I return from Toronto.

Hope all is well with everyone out there.

Cheers.
Barry