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QUGS v LUGS 3 September 2021 – Match Report

QUGS v LUGS Friday 3 September 2021 Royal Portrush What better way to return to LUGS golf after an end to lockdown than with a fixture at Royal Portrush against the über hospitable QUGS. Warm up games were arranged at Royal County Down and Portrush itself; it is difficult to imagine better courses anywhere to acclimatise on.Continue reading “QUGS v LUGS 3 September 2021 – Match Report”

LUGS v DUGS 13 March 2021 – Zoom Match

Our match against the DUGS, scheduled for 13 March 2021, fell victim to Covid. In its place, the teams met on Zoom. After a highly competitive quiz, the golf was imagined through an article from the Irish Times: Portmarnock Hosts a Thriller ‘momentary loss of concentration’ proves costly Philip Reid, The Irish Times, 19 MarchContinue reading “LUGS v DUGS 13 March 2021 – Zoom Match”

LUGS SUGS virtual (online) match – 4 February 2021

The Calcutta Cup was played on 5 February when Scotland won at Twickenham for the first time since our fixture against the SUGS started back in 1988. Our LUGS SUGS game, scheduled for the day before, was cancelled because of Covid restrictions. Twenty or so of the players came together on a zoom call insteadContinue reading “LUGS SUGS virtual (online) match – 4 February 2021”

LUGS v Internationals 25 October 2020 – Match Report

Covid having intervened to prevent us playing the QUGS in April 2020, travel restrictions then prevented the QUGS from coming to Kent for the rescheduled game in October. Instead, we assembled an international side to play the LUGS at Sandwich on 25 October 2021. The national press would have written it up as follows: FROMContinue reading “LUGS v Internationals 25 October 2020 – Match Report”