The summer meet at Darenth Valley was attended by 22 Badgers and, as the seasons finale to decide the new Badger captain, enjoyed some high scores and a high level of competition.  However, the biggest battle on the day was fought by Sharpie's belt trying to keep that stomach in.  Apparantly you can now see him on Google Earth he's got so round.  So it's only right this edition of Badger News can be enjoyed in 'Sharpie Surround Sound' so turn them speaker's up and enjoy 'Sharpies Theme' as you peruse.....

 Sharpie models the latest in merchandising from the Badgers maternity range

 

 Our thanks go to the sponsor for the day, Mark Smith at Commercial Stone, who milked it for all it was worth and managed to get into all of the photos, even winning one of his own prizes.  No funnies to report as I wasn't there and despite repeated requested to the committee none have been forthcoming so it must have been a fairly dull day!  Moving onto the golf, there were prizes for Alan Ruddy for Nearest the Pin and Longest Drive for that man Mark Smith, now a recipient of this award for the third time.  Playing golf with Mark is a once in a lifetime experience - just why did it have to be ours?

Alan Ruddy receives Nearest the Pin

 

Mark 'I play rugby you know' Smith receives Longest Drive

On the winners rostrum, all of the scores were above 36 points which shows that the standard of golf is getting better across the society.  Richard Maggs was a worthy 3rd with 36 points, and pipping him on countback was Nigel Smith in 2nd with his first appearance on the rostrum.  Didn't stop him pissing off early though.  Hovever, winner and the first Badger to take home the coveted trophy twice was Peter Gallagher with a mighty 45 points.  Don't worry Badgers, his handicap has been well and truly savaged as a result!  Finally, the winning team prize was Richard Maggs, Eugenio Caruso and Richard Gent in Team 6 with 89 points, pipping Team 2 on countback.  Well done to all of our winners.

 Richard Maggs receives Third Place

 

Andy Bawn receives Second Place on behalf of Nigel Smith. Makes a change for Kingspan to finish off something for Accsys, it's usually the other way around....

 

Peter Gallagher receives First Place

 

Winning Team - Team 6, 89 points; Richard Maggs, Eugenio Caruso and Richard Gent

 

Other attendees at Darenth;

Team 1 - Steve Sharp, Nigel Smith and Simon Middleton 6th/Last/Hopeless Place - 73 points (most of them Nigels)

 

Team 2 - John Chapman, Peter Gallagher, Andy Bawn and Mark Smith 2nd Place - 89 points

 

Team 3 - John Pye, Paul Gover, Steve Beasley and Tim Holt 5th Place - 84 points

 

Team 4 - Dick Watts, Simon Tuson, Mike Stone and Pater Jupp 4th Place - 87 points

 

Team 5 - Mike Smith, Phil Tweddle, Frank Kingham and Alan Ruddy 3rd Place - 87 Points

 

Finally - to paraphrase Churchill - 'Never has so little supported so much'. By god they must put some timber into those tables.....

 

Results and handicap adjustments from Darenth;

1st Peter Gallagher, 45 points off 22, new handicap 17 (yes, that's a five shot reduction!)

2nd Nigel Smith, 36 points off 28, new handicap 27

3rd Richard Maggs, 36 points off 24, new handicap 23

4th Eugenio Caruso, 36 points off 27, new handicap 26

5th Alan Ruddy, 35 points off 11, new handicap 10

6th Richard Gent, 35 points off 28, new handicap 27

7th Phil Tweddle, 35 points off 11, new handicap 10

8th Mike Stone, 34 points off 26, new handicap 26

9th John Chapman, 33 points off 7, handicap stays on 7

10th John Pye, 33 points off 18, handicap stays on 18

11th Dick Watts, 33 points off 28, handicap stays on 28

12th Simon Tuson, 32 points off 20, handicap stays on 20

13th Mark Smith, 32 points off 18, handicap stays on 18

14th Steve Beasley, 31 points off 20, handicap stays on 20

15th Paul Gover, 31 points off 23, handicap stays on 23

16th Steve Sharp, 30 points off 6, new handicap 7

17th Frank Kingham, 27 points off 28, handicap stays on 28

18th Peter Jupp, 27 points off 22, new handicap 23

19th Andy Bawn, 26 points off 28, handicap stays on 8

20th Alan Ruddy, 25 points off 28, handicap stays on 28

21st Mike Smith, 24 points off 28, handicap stays on 28

22nd Simon Middleton, 23 points off of 28, handicap stays on 28