Category: Golf

We held our end of 2024 season lunch at the Manchette golf club on Monday.  11 of our 18 members attended, some of whom played a round beforehand in bright sunshine.  The atmosphere, which was already convivial, was further enhanced by the aperos offered by Eric and the red wine during the meal offered by Steve, both in celebration of their forthcoming birthdays.   Talking of birthdays, well over half of our group are in their ninth decades but their performance on the course belies their ages.  However, we always welcome new, maybe younger, members who will carry on passing the baton (or rather the golf club).  Marie provided us with an excellent three course meal (the main was coq au vin) for a ridiculously low price and all left contented.  Two more Mondays for playing this year, then we restart mid-February, weather permitting.

Thanks to everyone for their participation this year.

The golfing season is drawing to a close and a lunch was planned at the Manchettes clubhouse in Bretigny to follow our regular Monday morning 9 holes on 29th November. Unfortunately, snow overnight meant that the course was closed, but we all met up at midday for apéros, kindly offered by Eric, and an excellent lunch prepared by the staff. A terrine followed by a superb boeuf bourguignon and apple tart washed down with a bottle or three of Côtes du Rhône went down very well. GIN golfers are probably unique in the club as 100% of the 13 members attended the end-of-year event as evidenced by the photo below.

We have played around 35 times this year, meaning that we have only had to cancel about half a dozen times due to bad weather. Several members have claimed birdies and many more have scored pars, but that elusive hole-in-one is still awaiting! We don’t keep a record of our scores and do not always strictly follow the established R&A rules but just enjoy being out in nature and starting off the week with some gentle exercise. Inevitably, the odd beer is enjoyed on the terrace after our efforts!