Apologies are due once again for another non-raffle. The Raffle Captain had to make a Captain’s Call, not only on not playing golf, but also on denying all those trembling gamblers a chance to win meat trays or beer. I know it’s a weak excuse, but eye surgery had to come before other less important things, and last week I did warn the late afternoon players that I probably would have to cancel this week. Hopefully. all will return to normal next week.

Since our latest Golf Club Syllabus came out into fresh air, we’ve been trying to solve the mystery of the missing “i”. We find that James (sic) Rogers is still labelled with the incorrect title of Junior Liason. As a pedant on titles, grammar and spelling I must say that this word “Liason” would have to be pronounced “lya-son”. No, we will not enter into any argument here. For example I will direct you to “liar”, “Siam” and “viagra”. This is how the three letters should be pronounced. I am quite prepared to compromise on this subject. First of all, we would like to see the more friendly use of “Jimmy” in the said title (in the syllabus), but we insist that the title be changed to the correct version Junior “Liaison”. I will keep an eye (“i”) out for a more correct title in future editions of the Golf Club Syllabus.