Summer Times, November 2004 - Old Scarborians

our existence for the foreseeable futureis assured. Of the amount in hand £420relates to prepaid dinner tickets and thebalance is uncommitted funds.All our events this year have been run ata profit and our overheads have beenkept to a minimum. Obviously our maincost is that of Summer Times and the netcost per edition this year after deductingadvertising revenue of £672 is £602.I wish to thank all members who haveresponded so magnificently to our appeal.Chris Found (1951-59)TreasurerMEMBERSHIP SECRETARIALSince taking over fromPeter Robson as MembershipSecretary, wehave had another 20new members of theAssociation. This comparesfavourably withprevious reports that I have made. Welcometo the following who have becomemembers since the last issueGordon Cherry (1949‐55)Frederick Thomas Eade (1955‐60)Allan Spavin (1941‐46)Jim Megson (1952‐60)Keith Broadbent (1952‐58)Barry Beanland organised a players reunionof all old rugby players whichproved very popular and it is hopedthat it will be a regular occasion in future.Colin Hurd (1952-58)Membership Secretary8SPORTING EVENTSThe golf days for 2004were as follows:Dr Meadley ‐ Thursday3rd June 2004TA Smith ‐ Thursday22nd July 2004The first tournament ofthe year was for the Dr Meadley Cupand was held at Scarboroughʹs NorthCliff Golf Club on Thursday 3rd June2004. Fortunately after a rainy start tothe day most of the competitors whostarted at around 3 oʹclock in the afternoonhad reasonable conditions apartfrom a small amount of light rain overthe first few holes. As an experiment itwas arranged that most of the playersshould start at the same time so that wewould all be in the bar at the same timeafterwards and this proved very popular.I certainly think that we shouldadopt this format in future but still allowplayers to play at some other timeof day if they prefer it.Because of the difficult conditions thelevel of scoring was high with honourableexceptions.The results and net scores were as follows:WinnerRichard Hutton (Ganton) 71Runner upGeoff Winn (South Cliff) 72ThirdEric Rushforth (North Cliff) 75The total number of entries at 18 wassimilar to last year.On Thursday 22nd July we held theT A Smith Golf Competition and wewere fortunate in having excellent dry