Friday 26th July 2019
Stableford Qualifier
Do you recall last weekend I invited you to join us at Chard Museum for an Open Day / Fund Raiser where Diana & myself would be working....
Well many thanks to Jeff, Ian, Pete, Mike , Clive etc for popping in to say hello and buy a raffle ticket or two...but one Member had an even bigger impact as he casually strode in ..
Clive Fisk, man of Mystery , not only won a Raffle Prize but startled everyone as we gazed up at the first every Powered Aircraft in the World - built right here in Chard by John Stringfellow in 1848 and flew in one of the Lace Mills, hanging from a guide wire as there was no pilot.
What we were looking at was a replica and Clive's Email to the Museum Curator tells you the story.
" Hi, I have been thinking about Chard museum’s plans on putting the Stringfellow story on a possible interactive system and the need for more computers.
Rolls Royce apprentices at the Bristol engine factory built the replica and the working engine and presented it to Chard for safe keeping in 1999, 20 years ago. It was originally displayed in the coffee shop in the development of the old lace factory in Holyrood street.
I originally wrote to the Chairman of Rolls Royce suggesting the idea of commemorating the birthplace of powered flight and to my surprise the idea was taken up as an apprenticeship project. All those that participated were recorded on the plaque which is fixed to the engine display.
It might be worth my writing to old contacts at RR to see if they would sponsor the development of whatever the museum had in mind.
I would imagine that some of the apprentices are still working at RR and would be interested in visiting the Museum after coming to Chard some 20 years ago.
At the time great interest was shown in the project, I was invited to RR in Bristol and went with them all to the Science Museum in London where they studied the original drawings and plans drawn up Stringfellow in 1840 ish. They all came down to Chard by coach to see the display and I’m sure they will be pleased to note that it is now displayed in Chard Museum.
If you can pass this on to your contacts at Chard Museum and sound them out I’d be happy to help.
Cheers
Clive "
What hidden talent we have amongst our Seniors Section ,
I never cease to be amazed.
Similarly I heard about Geoff Dean Trending on Twitter as news was spread a couple of years ago about an Abseiling Feat he was about to undertake at aged 80......somehow it was registered as St Mary's Shard that he would be leaping from, and at 1017 feet it drew more gasps than the 103 foot St Mary's Chard...
"Hi Blog,you scored again!! Thanks for the reference to my abseiling skills!! Janice and I had good laugh.
Regards Geoff "
Qualifier
Biggest turnout of the year for this months Stableford qualifier, seventy-two players competing in three divisions.
Slightly cooler weather conditions today but it was still close and muggy with a welcome breeze from time to time.
Twenty-nine players achieved scores below their handicaps which resulted in a
There were only four '2's;
Mark Cording and Paul England on the 16th
and Barrie Heath 13th,
well done each receiving £9.
Peter Spencer-Farr Seniors Capt.
Almost the last card as Paul strides in with 44 Points.
The middle 7 holes were played in 30 strokes, 8 under-par and amassing 22 Points - as much as 1 player gained over 18 holes !
Nice to see there were no scores above 8 recorded on Computer ( keeps pace of play going).
Our Stroke Indices are pretty accurate, with 1, 5, 6, 10,15 playing the hardest and 5th & 17th playing easiest. 26 Birdies in Total.
New to some of us, but not to the 'old timers' as Chris Andrews was a Windwhistle member back in the late 1970's when Hodder, Arnold, Denning and Basterfield were terrorising the neighbourhood.
Back 9 of just 40 strokes and 23 points
..and a very nice chap to boot.
Manager Richard Forster got Nick 'Honest' Hill to do the draw for the quarter finals of the Summer knockout as below.
