Welcome to the first issue of Golfington Quarterly, the sport’s most popular online magazine! We have loads of golfington-related news, views and reviews coming up. In this issue we cover the Superstars Open and other events that have taken place over the past few months, as well as bringing you product reviews and look ahead to upcoming activities.
Superstars Open 2015
The annual Superstars Open is the highlight of the Golfington calendar and this year’s competition was held at Golfington de la Porcelaine at Busseroles near Limoges. It was a fiercely contested event, with the strong wind playing a significant role in the proceedings and testing the accuracy and nerve of even the most skilled competitors. It is also remembered for the weather’s effect on the competitors’ clothing: long trousers and jumpers were the order of the day unlike in previous years but despite these challenges, competitors still managed to bring a bit of golfington style into the mix, which was great to see.
Golfington de la Porcelaine is a new venue for the Superstars Open and you can read all about it on its course page and get a feel for it in the course walkthrough video:
With its multiple kitchen areas (and therefore multiple fridges) in the different buildings along the course, there was plenty of opportunity to stock up on beer or fizz between (or even during) holes. And plenty of opportunity to put your bottle or glass down and end up forgetting where you had put it.
For those interested in matters as trivial as the final placings, the top five were as follows:
- Stephen 32
- Jan 35
- Kingsley 36
- Lars 37
- Kate 38
A highlights and lowlights video gives some insight into the competition, particularly the effect of the wind blowing many players’ shots into the out of bounds area on the first hole.
Exhibition Game at Parliament Hill
Before the North London vs South London pétanque derby in early October at Parliament Hill playing fields, we took the opportunity to play a quick exhibition game to give new players a taste for the game:
The Kit Room
The kit room will keep you up to date with essential golfington equipment and clothing. It is perhaps debatable whether this will improve your game but it will definitely serve to increase your enjoyment of the game which is probably more important.
First up is the Carlton golfington bag, which will give you a compact and sleek way to carry all of your golfington essentials to and from the game. With two large compartments, it easily has enough space for multiple racquets and a tube of cocks in one side, with the other ready to fill with essentials such as fizz and snacks:
It all zips up very smartly and In addition to a carry handle, it has shoulder straps so you can carry it backpack style and you won’t need to worry about it getting too heavy when loaded up with bottles:
With the festive season approaching faster than a double bogey on a windy day, the golfington fashionista turns his or her thoughts to appropriate clothing for games during this time of revelry. Some opt for reindeer, some snowmen and others just something sparkly. Here are Golfington Quarterly this season we are going with balls. Lots of balls. Baubles if you will:
Given that such specialist clothing should obviously only be worn in December, we are eagerly awaiting its arrival and dusting off the mulled wine mugs in anticipation.
Dream Venues
Often a golfington enthusiast will be sitting or walking somewhere, lost in their thoughts when suddenly they will look around and think “wow, this place would make a brilliant golfington hole!”.
We will be running a series on such places and look forward to featuring reader contributions, so please do send in any suggestions that you have and we will choose our favourite for publication in the next issue.
This issue’s dream venue is chosen not for its location or playable characteristics but for its name: Tickle Cock Bridge. Yes it is a real place. If anyone is ever in Castleford near Leeds, and looking for somewhere to play golfington then do it here, take some pictures, and report back!
Signing off
That is it for this issue, but stay tuned for the next installment in a few months time. Until then, don’t fall into the water!