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The Melbourne Cup Cup 2014

Winner on Callaway: Date: Course: Competitors: On course coverage: Prize winners:

Cinders 4^th November 2014 Yarra Bend Player groups MCC 2014 On course at the MCC 2014 MCC presentations 2014

Event Report:

‘Cinders Burns Bend in MCC’

Tuesday 4^th November 2014: Gone are the days when ‘De Bros’ shared the Melbourne Cup Cup trophies between themselves year after year. But consistent with every year since the events’ inception in the early 1990s, the hospitality was sensational and the 2014 trophy something all competitors aspired to win. Consistent with every year since the events’ inception The Hanging Judge was a no show, famously saying “There is no such thing as 7.00am on the morning of a public holiday”. And consistent with every year since the events’ inception Cinders was there for his annual game of golf which was extremely fortunate but we will get to that bit later in the article.

Coffee and croissants before the game: The quality of the hospitality was perfectly exampled by Café de-Steph which as usual was in full operation with coffee and croissants as players arrived at Yarra Bend for the 7.15am tee off. “Makes it all extremely civilised doesn’t it” suggested Nurse Min as he piled more homemade jam onto his second croissant. “Particularly after a two hour drive to get here” agreed Billy Bob Thornton who was the perfect example of nnomads dedication after leaving his country estate at 4.00am to compete in this most prestigious competition.

Excellent turn out: Consistent with every year since the events’ inception, there was an excellent turnout with three groups of players champing at the bit at the first tee. “Minus Slugger who was a no show? He must have had a very big night because he is normally pretty reliable” emphasised a somewhat surprised joint event sponsor Rubber Man. But Slugger’s absence was soon forgotten as the first group stepped onto the tee with joint event sponsor Pup leading the field away, followed by Stavros the Greek, Cinders and Freddie Five Iron. Next up was Billy Bob Thornton, The Bloke and Nurse Min who all got away brilliantly. Then joint event sponsor Rubber Man followed by Curtis, Markus Octavious and The Cardinal finalised the field. With a line up like that it was clearly going to be a competition to remember (see MCC player groups 2014).

Sublime on course: This year the weather was perfect albeit predicted to deteriorate later in the day for the big race. And the Yarra Bend course was in excellent condition albeit not as good as the original layout, now a distant memory from the past. “They decimated this course when they changed the layout didn’t they” agreed Curtis pleased to have another opportunity to criticise the course management. But it didn’t matter because players were focusing on the fabulous MCC trophy, applying every golfing skill they had learned in an effort to win the event. The result was some truly memorable on course performances exampled by Freddie Five Iron’s two sensational NTPs on the 4^th and 14^th, The Cardinal’s fabulous longest drive on the 6^th and his incredible NTP on the 8^th. “That shot of Freddie’s on the 14^th was one of the best golfing shots I have ever seen and he was using a five iron of all things” explained joint event sponsor Pup later in the day. “Yes it was the rounded bottomed five iron for that hole so as to make the distance” explained Freddie after the well-deserved compliment. But they were not the only stand out performances on course that day. For example, Rubber Man and Curtis both broke 90 strokes coming in equal Best-off-the-Stick on gross 89 strokes (see 2014 on course video coverage). “Well it wasn’t that good because no one in the field got on the fairway for the second longest drive hole” suggested Curtis later at the presentations (see oncourse in 2014).

Nail bitting play-off: As has been the case on a number of past occasions, the competition was so close that the Callaway handicapping system produced another tied first place, which as always, results in a chip-off between the best two players on the day. And what a nail-bitting event it was as Cinders and The Bloke lined up at the 9^th hole to fight it out. “Well it was exciting until The Bloke had his first shot after which Cinders clearly had the upper hand” observed Markus Octavious. “Well the excitement went on a little longer than that but yes in the end Cinders was convincing” confirmed Billy Bob Thornton (see video of the 2014 MCC Playoff).

Cinders Burns Bend: And of course Billy Bob was right because Cinders popped it in for three strokes leaving The Bloke floundering in his wake. “Thanks to my sponsor National Bank” reinforced Cinders to the jostling media pack as he walked back to the pavilion in readiness for the soon to resume presentations. And what a celebration it was as last year’s MCC champion Curtis was called on to present the 2014 trophy to a most worthy winner Cinders. “Well done, well deserved after all these years …” stated out Curtis as he passed on the trophy. “I want to again thank my sponsors and ‘de Bros’ for putting together such a lovely event once again” declared a humble Cinders as the gallery erupted in applause (see video of 2014 MCC presentation).

“Bad luck Bloke. It was a great playoff” announced Pup as he presented The Bloke with a couple of balls for second place. Then Pup took a ball for himself and gave another to Curtis for coming in equal third place on the day. And on it went as each prize winner was acknowledged one by one to ongoing rapturous applause accompanying each presentation (see 2014 MCC presentations).

The Club committee congratulates Cinders for burning up Yarra Band after all these years and indeed all winners on the day. The committee also thanks event sponsors ‘De Bros Inc.’ for putting on yet another sensational day, again reinforcing that as the longest running competition on the nnomads Golf Club calendar, the Melbourne Cup Cup remains one of greatest events on earth, or something to that effect!

Detailed Results

The Melbourne Cup Cup 2014
(On Callaway Handicap)

Player	Gross	Callaway HCP	Net	Stableford points	Prizes
Cinders	110	36	74	33	1^st place on Callaway handicap after playoff
The Bloke	95	21	74	31	2nd place on Callaway handicap after playoff
Curtis	89	14	75	33	Equal 3rd place on Callaway handicap
Pup	103	28	75	25	Equal 3rd place on Callaway handicap
Rubber Man	89	13	76	39
Nurse Min	102	26	76	36
Stavros The Greek	101	24	77	30
Markus Octavious	102	24	78	38
Billy Bob Thornton	102	24	78	32
The Cardinal	99	21	78	33	Longest Drive and NTP
Freddie Five Iron	107	28	79	36	2 x NTPs

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Player groups MCC 2014

On course at the MCC 2014

MCC presentations 2014

MCC 2014 – Oncourse video

MCC 2014 playoff video

MCC 2014 Presentation video

This month’s competition: What object did The Bloke hit during the playoff?