A great day of fun, laughs, golf and prizes. Twenty-four players, new members and past associates took part in CCC inaugural Cricket World Cup Golf Day. The format was based on the stableford scoring system with points relating to runs and wickets. Players (some with decidedly dodgy handicaps) scoring 4 stableford points get 6 runs. 3 stableford points 4 runs and so on. When teams score less than 5 stableford points per hole, a wicket falls!

A cricket quiz question (on each tee) stimulated the grey matter and the more cerebral CCC players (do we have any?) Watching Paul Bedford (on the 13th hole) cover drive the ball on to the 3rd fairway brought back memories!

Preecy was on the buggy offering refreshments and making sure Crumpy wasn’t knocking out the Cranleigh GC ladies with his massive drives off the tee!! Jim Cronk did us proud with one his famous Katsu Curries back at CCC. Thanks to all, who made this a great day. Scriv for organizing participants, Paul Gibbs for helping with scoring and Preecy for organising the golf and booze buggy!

Thank you also to Cranleigh Golf and Country Club for your hospitality.

The results are as follows:

Winner: New Zealand 176 for 2 (Will Rollings 46)
Runner Up: South Africa 173 for 1 (Paul Clephane 44)
3rd Place: Australia 157 for none (Paul Gibbs 46)
4th Place: England 153 for 3 (Mark Ealham 39)
5th Place: Sri Lanka 141 for 4 (Chris Preece 38)
6th Place: West Indies 131 for 5 (Jack Scriven 31)

Nearest pin on 17th: Matt Crump
Nearest pin on 11th: Derek Coward
Nearest the pond on 4th: Paul Gibbs
Longest drive on 7th: Will (Gorilla) Rollings

CCC World Cup Golf/ Cricket Quiz winners: Australia 12 out of 18 correct

1st: Who won the 1st cricket world cup in 1975?
2nd: How many world cup finals have England lost?
3rd: Which test ground hosted the first ever Ashes Test to be held in England in 1884?
4th: Which two nations contested the first ever international cricket match?
5th: How many ways can a batsman be dismissed?
6th: Who holds the record for England’s highest test score of 364?
7th: Name the player who was captain of Kent in 1978 when they last won the county championship?
8th: Who was the 1st cricketer to score 1000 runs, take 100 wickets and take 50 catches in ODI’s
9th: Who was the first player to get a World Cup hat-trick?
10th: Name the only captains to win the World Cup twice.
11th: Who is the highest run getter in World Cup history?
12th: Which player has taken the most number of wickets in world cup history? 72 in total
13th:Who became the first player to play for two countries in ODI history?
14th: Which captain came out of retirement to win a world cup?
15th: Which SA player famously dropped Steve Waugh and was accused of ‘dropping’ the 1999 World Cup?
16th: Who was asked by umpires (1999 world cup) to remove his earpiece as he was communicating with his coach? Even though it was not against the laws!
17th: Which team made their debut in the 2015 world cup?
18th: Who was the last cricketer to win BBC Sports Personality (2005)