KENT INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT (KIT) 2010

Freebird wrote:

Mr X wrote:The pond incident - sadly missed by myself!

I was thinking of commissioning a plaque "Here marks the spot where the Chairman fell...". I am sure the membership would support this initiative

Indeed! Although I missed it, I saw the skidmarks!

I was on the bank at hole 2 and heard the 'sploosch'!

Freebird wrote:
There may be a slight change to the format. although this won't change the final, we will still battle this out over 2 rounds at the Kent Open weekend - keep the weekend of the 13th & 14th November free....

Can you give any more details of this weekend? I am not free on the 13th but I will be free on Sunday 14th November.

TK Max wrote:

Freebird wrote:
There may be a slight change to the format. although this won't change the final, we will still battle this out over 2 rounds at the Kent Open weekend - keep the weekend of the 13th & 14th November free....

Can you give any more details of this weekend? I am not free on the 13th but I will be free on Sunday 14th November.

13th will be the KIT final - 14th the Kent Open. Likely venue Sidcup - I am meeting the manager again tomorrow to discuss various things (the KIT & KO being one of them). All being well we will also get a date in the diary between now and the 13th for a proper KIT day at the venue.

Yes! I have managed to change my arrangements for 13th Nov so AK and I can now play in both the Kent Open and the KIT final that weekend.

Hope to see some of you at The Green this evening!

TK Max wrote:Yes! I have managed to change my arrangements for 13th Nov so AK and I can now play in both the Kent Open and the KIT final that weekend.

Hope to see some of you at The Green this evening!

Tony, that's great news regarding Nov. I may well pop over to the Green tonight - I have a couple of tweaks to the KIT format and be good to agree with all the KMGC there (I think most of the usual suspects are making their way over tonight). See you later!

Hi Sean
How did the conversation with Sidcup manager go?

A very good day at the green today. The scores were:

Michael 31 Adam 30 Tony 38
Michael 33 Adam 39 Tony 36
Michael 36 Adam 47 Tony 43
Michael 30 Adam 35 Tony 35
Michael 34 Adam 39 Tony 34
Michael 29 Adam 36 Tony 36
Michael 33 Adam 29 Tony 38

And before anyone asks anything cheeky, yes, all the scores are genuine, the 29s are not made up, and yes, we played the course on HARD mode.

Some of the rounds we played as a three, others we played with James and some of the juniors from the green. They expressed an interest in joining the KIT as guests. Obviously that is your decision Sean. Their scores whilst playing with us so would be eligible for the KIT were:


James 38, 43, 43,
Guisseppe 44, 46,
Julio 45, 45,
Seth 36

Thanks to Tony and Adam for a fantastic day. Very well played Adam on equalling the course record. All of us 'older' players could be in trouble very soon, the way his game is developing. Awesome performance.

Some serious scoring going on there now!

Awesome play from Michael and Adam, sorry I couldn't keep up with you but those 29s were just incredible.

Some of the juniors at The Green are coming along really well. Julio shot a 29 on the hard settings last week and James, who has been helping out at the course for the last two weeks, has already hit a 33 on the hard settings and a 32 including ten aces on the easy.

2 kit rounds played late yesterday. Adam's score coming down again.

Adam 42 Tony 42 Michael 34
Adam 32 Tony 36 Michael 34

After scraping in a couple of hurried KIT rounds at the weekend, ( 33&34 thanks playing partners )
I'm even more gutted about missing out at Splash Point. Matty may not be appearing next year!

Had a quick spin up to Sidders before work today, only got to play the Mateleys course. It's very similar to New Malden as you'd expect ie: long holes with not many rebound shots so a good test of putting rather than ball choice etc.
Tips: You don't need many balls, I used a golfball, clicker, Dodo & course ball.
DO NOT play into the water feature type thing on the right of hole 3 (those that played New Malden understand) I lost a clicker due to it being blocked up, had to give one of the workers there a couple of quid to get a long pipe to get it back!
Also, same on hole 17, use their course ball, minigolf balls get stuck in the pipes, strangely their balls always come out. Hole 18 I used their ball as dropping a putt sends the ball into a well. Sean said it'll be blocked for the comp but minigolf balls aren't really an advantage.
Interesting stuff, I predict a BMGA record of 33-34.

Mr X wrote:Had a quick spin up to Sidders before work today, only got to play the Mateleys course. It's very similar to New Malden as you'd expect ie: long holes with not many rebound shots so a good test of putting rather than ball choice etc.
Tips: You don't need many balls, I used a golfball, clicker, Dodo & course ball.
DO NOT play into the water feature type thing on the right of hole 3 (those that played New Malden understand) I lost a clicker due to it being blocked up, had to give one of the workers there a couple of quid to get a long pipe to get it back!
Also, same on hole 17, use their course ball, minigolf balls get stuck in the pipes, strangely their balls always come out. Hole 18 I used their ball as dropping a putt sends the ball into a well. Sean said it'll be blocked for the comp but minigolf balls aren't really an advantage.
Interesting stuff, I predict a BMGA record of 33-34.

I agree it's a real test of putting rather than ball choice. 3 or 4 balls should do it. Might pop over there on Thursday to give it a once over... then time for some serious practice on Sat before the KIT!!

Freebird wrote:

Mr X wrote:Had a quick spin up to Sidders before work today, only got to play the Mateleys course. It's very similar to New Malden as you'd expect ie: long holes with not many rebound shots so a good test of putting rather than ball choice etc.
Tips: You don't need many balls, I used a golfball, clicker, Dodo & course ball.
DO NOT play into the water feature type thing on the right of hole 3 (those that played New Malden understand) I lost a clicker due to it being blocked up, had to give one of the workers there a couple of quid to get a long pipe to get it back!
Also, same on hole 17, use their course ball, minigolf balls get stuck in the pipes, strangely their balls always come out. Hole 18 I used their ball as dropping a putt sends the ball into a well. Sean said it'll be blocked for the comp but minigolf balls aren't really an advantage.
Interesting stuff, I predict a BMGA record of 33-34.

I agree it's a real test of putting rather than ball choice. 3 or 4 balls should do it. Might pop over there on Thursday to give it a once over... then time for some serious practice on Sat before the KIT!!

How did you get on today FB?

He's at the Green - he's a putting machine!!

DT wrote:He's at the Green - he's a putting machine!!

...indoors too! I must admit I didn't fancy Sidcup before work today - lightweight!

And you may not know it, but you're a poet!

KIT 2010 Factoid #1: The KIT title has never been retained....

KIT 2010 Factoid #2: This is the Fifth ever KIT final and the first to be played outside of Margate...

KIT 2010 Factoid #3: Sean Homer has never won - coming 2nd on three occasions and 3rd once...

factoid 4- ak47 has never competed and failed to win

The Force wrote:KIT 2010 Factoid #3: Sean Homer has never won - coming 2nd on three occasions and 3rd once...

and so it begins

KIT 2010 Factoid #4: The KIT has only been won by a member of the KMGC 2 out of the previous 4 times - that's 50%!!

KIT 2010 Factoid #5: The KIT is the only tournament to have witnessed a WW2 bomb detonate during a round.

what??? i cant tell if this is a joke or not ........