The SCC: January 2009

Tuesday 13 January 2009

Bumwell can't hide his delight

Blogspot.com can exclusively reveal that Pete Bumwell has been spotted on camera during a live sex show with what appears to be other members of his new family. This photograph provides clear evidence of Pete enjoying himself a little too much in the presence of his new cousin-in-law with the major surprise being that the cousin-in-law in question is not a Mr N Brooker! This incriminating photograph was taken 35 seconds into the family sex game and Bumwell appears to have already made his contribution - rumours of a biscuit in the middle of the room are as yet unsubstantiated.

Bumwell has a history of 'getting his clubs out too early' and being a little over zealous when 'cleaning his balls' but this story is no doubt going to cause friction with Bumwell's long suffering partner Ms N Guyton. Team Manchester are already rank outsiders for SCC 2009 and stories such as will certainly not help their cause.

Our top reporter managed to track down Team Liverpool's joker Chris Seddon to gain valuable insight into the psyche of Bumwell and his bizarre sex games but Seddon wouldn't / couldn't comment because at the time he appeared to be enjoying what looked like a wet biscuit of some sort.

Seddon's nickname is the musicman, which his down to his love of blowing his own trumpet, which is alledgedly is the same name another one of the games that Pete Bumwell likes to play.

Up until recently Team Liverpool's mercurial big hitter has been very quiet on the blogging front, but rumour has it that following his split with Birmingham's very own Casanova, Mike 'long shlong' Nowland, he has spent less time playing Pro evo and generally bumming around which should see him joining in the fun and entering his own blogs on to this extremely valuable and informative blogsight.

SCC History

The idea of an annual golfing challenge between Birmingham and Manchester was first proposed at some time over the Christmas of 2005. Since that time, two-ball teams have fought over a gruelling weekend for the honour of calling their city ‘Britain’s Second City’.

Royal Nefyn Golf Course in North Wales hosted the first competition over the Easter of 2006.

The representatives of Birmingham, Nicholas Brooker and Benjamin Williams fought to the last hole of an intense weekend of golf, over three rounds, only to succumb to a world-class put on the final hole from Peter Bramwell, representing Manchester. Neil Guyton, the other member of the Manchester pairing carded an estimated two under par for the final round to help the Mancunians to the title of Britain’s Second City, 2006.

The success of the competition in its fledgling year was enough to generate interest from other cities around the country believing they can stake a claim to the title of Britain’s Second City.

The competition moved to Royal St Davids in 2007 and witnessed a swelling in competitor numbers with the introduction of groups from Liverpool and Nottingham. Mathew Atkinson playing for Liverpool and Simon Porter and Dominic Williams playing for Nottingham were unable to mount any sort of a challenge in the new format competition. Manchester retained their crown after another tense final hole in which Nottingham could have won either the title or wooden spoon. They ended up with the latter. Birminghams challenge was dealt a cruel blow as Ben Williams was struck down by tonsilitus.

SCC2008 was hosted by Averdovey over a cold and windy April weekend. For the first time, competitor numbers were at capacity with the addition of Chris Seddon to the Liverpool team. As seems to be the tradition with the competition, the title went to the last hole where Birmingham held their nerve against a rejuvinated Nottingham pairing. Liverpool collected the wooden spoon.

SCC2009 tooks the competitors to South Wales and the Pennard Golf Club, near Swansea. With a surge of golf club membership over the summer, the event promised to dish up golf of an even higher quality than had been witnessed so far. However, the extreme challenge presented by Pennard reduced the competetors to wrecks of the former golfers they once were! Manchester secured their 3rd title at the 16th hole of the final round against a highly competitive Team Liverpool. Birmingham narrowly beat Liverpool to second place with a final round victory over the wooden spoon winners Nottingham.

2010 was a big year for the SCC. The 5th year anniversary competition saw the teams take on a the new challenge of Tenby Golf Course. In a break with tradition, this years captain was elected from outside of the original foursome and all agreed than Matkinson did an excellent job. Neil Guytons absence from the Team Manchester line up did little to change the recent trend. Pet Bumwell, partnered by Matt Miller, chalked up another victory on the excellent Tenby track. The only thing counting against the course was the huge journies faced by all.

2011 saw Nick take up the captaincy reigns. The SCC went back to it's roots and introduced Nottingham and Liverpool to the wonders of the old course at Neffyn.

2012 is a seminal year in the history of the competition. The format and name were both changed in order to expand the number of competitors to 9. The Second City Challenge from this point on became simply The SCC. The new competition now pitches 3 3-ball teams against each other, drawn according to handicap this year, but in future years based upon performance in the previous years competition. The first test of the new competition was held at Pyle and Kenfig. 'Getting blobby' was born amidst some high scoring as a result of the usual SCC weather.

2013 took The SCC to North Wales Golf Club, Llandudno in the hope of providing a slightly less harsh golfing test for the players. The rain and wind stayed away for the most part and scores were must improved. An early target for best individual score was set by B Williams of 46 points (off a handicap of 20).

Tuesday 13 January 2009

Bumwell can't hide his delight

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