The Ledger – RCD 2018

Time	DUGS	QUGS	UCDGS	DUGS vs QUGS	DUGS vs UCDGS	QUGS vs UCDGS
8.00	Kenny Johnson 9 David Bunworth 18	Mark Lindsay 6 Rab Brady 10	Michael Keane 9 Eamonn Kelly 12	QUGS 3/2	DUGS 1 up	QUGS 2 up
8.12	Jim Carrigy 8 Gavin Caldwell 13	Peter Greene 3 Richard Nicholas 13	Diarmuid Finan 9 Frank O’Riordan 12	QUGS 6/5	UCDGS 6/5	QUGS 2/1
8.24	Brian Dunnion 8 Paddy Spain 19	Gregg Sterritt 6 John McCarter 15	Dermot Fullam 9 Brian Cole 15	QUGS 1 up	1/2:1/2	QUGS 2 up
8.36	Johnny O’Driscoll 2 Fergus Duddy 13	Michael Curran 5 Gordon Knight 15	Eugene Dunne 8 John Casey 16	QUGS 4/3	DUGS 3/2	QUGS 5/4
8.48	Fran Quilty 5 Matt Minch 16	Fergus Patton 6 Chris Connolly 17	Des Fullam 9 Jackie Reynolds 13	QUGS 6/5	DUGS 2/1	QUGS 5/4
9.00	Jamie Myerscough 6 David McNamara 13	Russell Houston 7 Stuart Gough 24	Hugh Millar 8 Martin O’Flynn 13	1/2:1/2	DUGS 5/3	QUGS 4/3
Points	5	11.5	1.5	win = 1	half = ½	loss = 0
14.00	Kenny Johnson 9 Gavin Caldwell 13	Mark Lindsay 6 Richard Nicholas 13	Diarmuid Finan 9 Brian Cole 15	DUGS 4/2	DUGS 4/3	1/2:1/2
14.12	Jim Carrigy 8 David Bunworth 18	Peter Greene 3 Rab Brady 10	Eugene Dunne 8 Eamonn Kelly 12	QUGS 5/4	DUGS 3/2	QUGS 5/4
14.24	Brian Dunnion 8 Fergus Duddy 13	Michael Curran 5 John McCarter 15	Michael Keane 9 Jackie Reynolds 13	DUGS 3/2	DUGS 3/2	QUGS 3/2
14.36	Johnny O’Driscoll 2 Paddy Spain 19	Gregg Sterritt 6 Gordon Knight 15	Hugh Millar 8 John Casey 16	QUGS 5/4	UCDGS 1 up	UCDGS 4/3
14.48	Fran Quilty 5 David McNamara 13	Russell Houston 7 Chris Connolly 17	Des Fullam 9 Frank O’Riordan 12	DUGS 7/6	DUGS 4/3	UCDGS 4/3
15.00	Jamie Myerscough 6 Matt Minch 16	Fergus Patton 6 Stuart Gough 24	Dermot Fullam 9 Martin O’Flynn 13	DUGS 3/1	UCDGS 3/1	UCDGS 4/2
Points	8	4.5	5.5	win = 1	half = ½	loss = 0
Totals	DUGS = 13	QUGS = 16	UCDGS = 7

 

Match report:

DUGS assembled on Thursday evening at the Slieve Donard to find a Dermatologists Conference in progress but, notwithstanding 90% of conference attendees being female, DUGS maintained focus on Ledger preparation which, as usual, meant a long dinner followed by more than a few drinks.

Friday morning dawned with DUGS, QUGS, and UCDGS teams arriving at RCD. In a departure from past practice the UCDGS team had the correct number of players with the correct composition of handicaps. (Whether this follows the introduction of penalties for not so doing is a moot point.)

A lovely morning and a beautifully presented RCD links greeted the participants of the 33^rd Ledger. There could be no excuses for the sixsomes setting off from 8am. However by lunchtime excuses were needed as QUGS, dropping just 1/2 point in the morning matches, went into an overwhelming lead. DUGS took some little comfort, over a two-hour lunch, in having achieved more than three times the points of UCDGS.

Much fortified the afternoon sixsomes set forth, in more lovely weather, from 2pm. The long lunch clearly agreed with DUGS who staged a thrilling comeback. However QUGS morning lead proved too much to overcome and they emerged worthy winners, with DUGS a close second, and UCDGS a distant last.

There followed a long, very enjoyable, dinner which featured some fine speeches and, of course, the usual jokes. Later the RCD bar witnessed a budding ‘bromance’ as, arm in arm, Messrs (messers) Johnston and McNamara sang together – and this, allied to their earlier good performances, led to some speculation that (assuming future selection) the duo might constitute a ‘dream team’.

Some time later excited DUGS, QUGS, and UCDGS headed for the Slieve Donard in search of dermatologists. But alas, their conference having concluded, no dermatologists were to be found.