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PSPA Golf Day at New Zealand Golf course
PSPA Golf Day at New Zealand Golf
Course October 2018
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PSP Association (started by Lt Col Michael Koe) holds its’ major fund raising event each year at New Zealand Golf Club near Woking in Surrey.
PSP is a most unpleasant disease, being a horrible variant on Motor-Neurone, Parkinson and Alzheimer. Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is an uncommon brain disorder that affects movement, control of walking (gait) and balance, speech, swallowing, vision, mood and behaviour, and thinking. The disease results from damage to nerve cells in the brain For more information, please look up PSP on The Internet.
In former years Hugh Dumas usually raised 5 teams consisting of 4 people per team but this year proved slightly more difficult with only 4 teams raised. The teams were: 1. Campbell Paget (a Rifleman) from Brenchley in Kent who raised a team from his parishioners, 2. Garry Mackay who also raised a team from his clients at St James ’ Place. 3. Robin Roe captained a team raised by Hugh called “Elf on safe tee” which included Michael Pugh a National Service Officer in the Shropshire Light Infantry. 4. Dumas’ team which had three Riflemen in it, General Anthony Palmer, Hugh Dumas and Simon Booth -Mason. The fourth person was Jeremy Glyn.
New Zealand Golf Course was in perfect condition with the greens being especially good and, in between the weather systems , a lovely day’s golf was had by one and all. I say “lovely” but this was only the case if one could stay out of the rough!
The day’s format was played off boggy which is relaxed and fun with the 2 best scores of the team counting on all holes except for the short par 3’s where 3 scores counted. New Zealand GS gave everyone a day to remember.
The Dumas team, after many years of trying unsuccessfully ,and with contributions from everyone, were the eventual winners with a score of 107 stableford points, beating the runners up by three points. Anthony Palmers skilful putting, Simon BoothMason’s straight driving and contributions from Hugh and Jeremy, when required, proved sufficient to carry the day. Well done Hugh in being in the winners and we hope he wears a better hat next year!!!
