A wrongly named course, but a great day’s golf

You turn up to play in the 2nd Annual DCA/DCS Data Centre Industry Golf Day at a course called Helidon Lakes, and you think you know what to expect – plenty of water.

Monday, 5th October 2015 Posted 9 years ago in by Phil Alsop

Happily to report, there wasn’t too much water in evidence on the two nines played by the 67 competitors, but hills there were in abundance, leading some to suggest that the course should actually be called ‘Helidon Hills’, or, simply, Hel. Ok, so those with buggies weren’t that inconvenienced in the fitness stakes, but there were plenty of uphill, downhill, and sidehill lies. Add in the (optional) alcohol intake offered by the kind ladies in charge of the hospitality cart, oh, and a few strategically placed boulders which caused DCS director Bill Dunlop not a little trouble, and conditions could best be described as ‘tricky’.

Happy to report, the weather was perfect, the course in very good condition. The scoring was less perfect and plenty ended the 18 holes in far from ‘good’ condition. However, if enjoyment was the name of the game – the taking part, not the winning (apparently the new motto of the England rugby team) – then the day can only be described as an overwhelming success. After all, any day spent on a golf course and not in an office has to be seen as one of life’s bonuses, and the organisation of the event, the cheerful demeanour of the participants (more noticeable after a drinks stop or two), and the excellent post-golf drinks (again!) and dinner all added to the sense of enjoyment.

Of course, at any golf day there have to be winners and losers, so for those who need to know these things, the roll of honour was as follows:

Team prize

1^st place – 2BM 125 points (three out of four scores to count per hole)

2^nd place – DCA team (including your correspondent!) 114 points

3^rd place – Closer Still 108 points

Individual prize

1^st place – Richard Judd 42 points

2^nd place – Tom Maskell 39 points

3^rd place – Mark King 39 points

And in last place was DCS’s very own publisher, Jason Holloway, with 7 points (to be fair, his mind may have been on the weekend to come’s Tough Mudder event (apparently involving drowning, electrocution and other sadomasochistic activities, all in the name of charity!).

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