The SCC: Bumwell in Unsurprising Disqualification!

Tuesday 6 July 2010

Bumwell in Unsurprising Disqualification!

This weekend, Hale Municipal Golf Club was the scene of a disgraceful piece of behaviour from one its ugliest members. Pet Bumwell (pictured left celebrating his partners victory at last years SCC in a way only he can) was unceremoniously disqualified from the 9 hole pitch and putt medal that was played at HGC.

HGC released the following stateent to SCC.Blogspot.com:

"It is with a heavy heart that we, the committee at one of the best 9 hole golf courses within a 1 mile area of Hale have to confirm that Pet Bumwell has been expelled from membership for the foreseeable future from our undistinguished Golf Club. On Saturday, Bumwell was disqualified for breaking three seperate rules as set out by Roger and Alan (hereby known as R&A.) He claims that the real reason was something to do with an unplayable lie that... blah... blah... blah (who cares, and who can be bothered to listen to the claptrap that comes out of his mouth), however the actual reason is that is just a dirty great cheat who always manages to score much better than he plays especially when he has the scorecard in his hand, he is an alround arse on (and off) the golf course and lets be honest a total bottlejob when it comes to playing under pressure. We are tired of his flagrant disregard of the age old traditions of out wonderful game."

Quite surprisingly there were two members of HGC's staff that have be fighting hard for Bumwell's reinstatement. The head of catering Paul Pukka, told blogspot.com that he has seen an 80% drop in the sales of his meat pies since Bumwell's ban. The Professional also opposed to the decision as his shop had seen a dramatic decline in sales of golf balls.

Bumwell certianly needs to change his ways at Tenby this week if he is to avoid a massive beating (both in the physical and golfing sense.) As the tension rises in anticipation of this years SCC, no doubt competitors will decide to watch Team Manchester very carefully especially in the absence of his honorable gentleman Neil Gayton.

Not much more needs to be said other than a few good old fashioned cliches that team Manchester should take heed off - cheats never prosper, ou are only cheating yourself, it's not over until the fat lady (man!) sings and lastly the poignant of all... if you play golf in green shirts in Tenby on a Friday and Saturday in July you will no doubt become SCC champions.

Big love to all of the milliions of SCC fans that unfortunately will not be able to join us at Tenby this year... keep watching for updated results

Thanking you

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massiveC said...: absolutely brilliant!!! worth the wait; 6 July 2010 at 13:29

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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).

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