It is around this time of year that the green comes out, so normally allocated times for events now need to be shuffled as players reorganise their times to make sure they get their games played on the grass rather than having to play on the carpet. An almost gospel rule that is within most clubs with two different playing surfaces – when you start a Championship on one surface, you must finish on that surface, unless of course there is extenuating circumstances.

So we now see our Games Director; David McCann copping an overload of phone calls from people rescheduling and him having to do his best to juggle the change and coincide with the Greenkeepers.

But as David shuffles days & times and informs the Greenkeepers to cancel the mowing & rolling on previously scheduled days, the benefits pour for the supporters! Instead of having to wait to see multiple disciplines staggered across different stages and played on varying weekends, we are lucky enough to see three of the disciplines in almost identical stages of competition come to their final stages all at once, and on the very same day!

It is sheer luck we get to see two Grand Finals and a Semi Final play out tomorrow on Saturday the 21st! There very well could have been a second Semi Final added to the mix if Peter Horne didn’t already find himself obligated to play in one of the Grand Finals.