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A group
mingles on the first. - A very pleasant
affair!
Clean Phil
& Robyn: 2 - “Some prayed for
luck.”
Nurse
Min Watching MBW - ”Teeing off down Powerline
The
Trophy
Clean
Phil & Robin 1: Team Winners
Tequila Challenge 2004
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LICK, SIP, SUCK. LICK,
SIP, SUCK. LICK, SIP, SUCK. SUCK, LICK, SIP. SLURP, SLOP, SLIP, PIP, SPIT……eehhhhrrr. … Another
One? …… pLeSH YEeZ!
Saturday 24th January, Drummond, Victoria: And that’s how it went
as the Tequila Challenge kicked off for 2004.This is the traditional warm up
event, run the day before the main event, and it proved to be a messy affair.
The ‘Tequila
Challenge’ was a two-person team Ambrose event, preceded by consumption of
numerous tequilas (with lemon and salt of course). In theory all players were
required to consume a couple of tequilas to qualify before tee off. This
proved very difficult to monitor, as most players exceeded the qualifying
limit by a significant amount.
This highly
acceptable social behaviour was driven by the self-nobbling responsibility clause
written into the entry conditions whereby all players were allocated responsibility
for their own nobbling. With such a responsible group of players, the
organizers had absolutely no problem with compliance. The availability of the
highest quality tequila was also a point of difference (although I am sure
the best bottle would have worked well as furniture polish). “Like drinking white Marveer.”
said Nurse Min as he spilt some more on the table.
A Variety of Reactions: Now,
tequila is a funny thing. It is
amazing how many players felt really
great 10 minutes after the beginning of the event. The effects were
obvious, with players like Stavros, teeing off at right angles into the
trees, having to slash his way to the first tee. He became totally reliant on
his partner, Andi, who played like a champion with a couple of sherbets in
her. “If it wasn’t for Andi I don’t
know where we would have finished.” stammered Stavros, as they holed in
on the last.
Now the
effects were not all negative. Clean Phil for example, was seen praying just
before the event, obviously to great effect as he won. Stavros claimed that
tequila turned Andi into Annika Sorrensen (but we
think his judgement was somewhat
impaired at the time). King Billy just kept on smiling and smiling. This
seemed to be his approach all weekend, and a successful one at that. In fact,
this was a really smiley event all round. Everyone had a smile on their face,
even The Cardinal.
A testing course: Now this was
the first event to be run on the
new DrummondBase layout. No person had ever played
this golf course in this layout before. The experienced players were cocky.
Too cocky, and in the end, it was an outside team that got the upper hand.
While the boys sprayed their shots all over the
course, a couple of quiet players consistently progressed down the fairways
in quite reasonable form under the circumstances. Combined with their
considerable handicaps (but hell, that what it is all about), Clean Phil and
Robyn 1 slipped past the main herd and went for the jugular. “How could you put two capable players
with handicaps of 25 together? It’s a gift.” said The Cardinal as the
scores were finally calculated in front of a huge crowd.
Difficult to validate the results: Now there is no question that Robin 1 and Clean Phil won the
event fair and square. The scores were worked out on the board in front of a
huge public gallery. However, no one knows where the score cards ended up and
no one can remember the actual scores for the 10 or so teams that competed.
The scores were rubbed off in preparation for the Albaru
the next day and that is it. No history!
So, readers, I
am unable to provide the normal level of detail you have come to expect,
because we can’t find the blo__dy
score cards. Not that that matters in the least. The real story is that Robyn
1 and Clean Phil did win the event. Robyn 1 then went onto do the same the
next day, almost scooping the pool for the weekend. (See article on Ablaru Invitational). So here is to Robin 1 and Clean Phil
(because I don’t have any scores to talk about, or details about the runners
up or any other details at all).
Thanks to Cardinal & modern adhesive: Now there is one more story that has to be told. The Cardin
was responsible for organising the trophies, and what a good job he did.
Except, with the Tequila Challenge trophy, or at least up until the last
minute. Now the concept was always going to be that each winner kept the
trophy for a year; added something appropriate to it, and returned it in time
for the event the following year. It would be a growing thing over time, with
a common theme (to be consistent with the theme of the event, but up to the
imaginations of each winning team).
However, five
minutes before the presentations, the Tequila Challenge trophy was a flat
piece of board with a name plate and nnomads Golf
Club logo on it. Fortunately, someone brought a bottle of very good quality
tequila (surprising for this crowd). The bottle came with a Mexican sombrero,
but not just any sombrero. It was beautiful, made of red felt, with a gold
drawstring and an excellent red and white floral brim.
He Cardinal
saw the opportunity immediately. He grabbed the sombrero, some super glue,
and charged inside the house to do some fast gluing. Stavros rambled on for
an extra minute or two during the speeches, while The Cardinal finished off the
job. The trophy was presented on time to the totally unaware winners, without
a hitch or a hint of Cardinal panic (although it was dark at the time).
“You
have got to be kidding.” Said Robyn 1 as she posed for the media. “It’s a pretty hat and I am proud to win
it for the first time.” “It shows that
you don’t have to play golf to win an event like this.” Said Clean Phil,
as took another sip. “A quick prayer
and anything can happen!”
A great event. Most will be back: There is one thing for sure. Anyone who played in this event
this year wants to come back next year. It is a unique event, where all
players compete under duress, while really enjoying themselves. You can be
paired with anyone and anyone can win on the day. Not that just anyone won this year. And on that
note, the committee extends its heartiest congratulations to Robin 1 and Clean
Phil, for their convincing win (was it close or not? Can anyone remember?).
It goes without saying that Robin 1 and Clean Phil will return next year to
defend their inaugural team title at the 2005 event.
Readers if you
weren’t there, then you weren’t there! But if you weren’t, you have got to
get onto the invitation list. Why you might ask? Because you have got to be
there when the Tequila Challenge is
contested in 2005.
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Iron
Guts supervises the tee off
Andi
& J -” Some made their own luck.”
King
Billy - “..hmpff bbble he he wofle fluk.”
Robbie
D And Pat -” You just can’t help but
smile.”
Stavros
& Andi - “Look, up in the air. It’s
a UFO.”
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