Day 3 - Saturday June 12th - BRANCASTER/ROYAL WEST NORFOLK

Schedule for the day as follows.

Tee times have been booked at Royal West Norfolk Golf Club from 13:00 for 8 two-balls.
Please find your way there in time to have lunch/check in by 12:00 latest

A lunch has been reserved comprising "sandwiches with sides of whitebait and/or chips".

It's only a 15 minute drive from the hotel (https://goo.gl/maps/aUTvGQ31Lenurh8y8).

Please remember it's either long socks or long trousers...

Dinner is scheduled for 20:00 back at the Lodge Hotel followed by the Auction.

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Tee times - YELLOW TEES - Slope 121

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Handicaps for the day

Please Let me have your scores at the end of play.

Remember that if you wish to enter your score as an AWAY card, you will need to do so using the England Golf App (and will need to find a fellow Linker to attest your score).  

One buggy has been reserved for Bob Gamble

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Dinner Arrangements

Dinner will be at our own hotel and will be served at 20:00.

After dinner, we shall have the Player Auction.

A quick reminder of how this works (and advanced thanks to Steve for presiding over the whole affair!)

* The Auctioneer will run through the 15 players and each shall be auctioned (typically players price at around the £50-£100 mark though some will be higher... and others lower!
* As an innovation this year, the Auctioneer will announce special handicap allowances for selected players - just for the purposes of the Auction, not impacting the overall competition: Steve will explain all!
* Once a player has been bought, his winnings (see below) shall belong 100% to the purchaser.
* The player himself has the opportunity, if the purchaser so wishes, to buy 50% of himself back from the purchaser at the original price.
* Subsequently, either the purchaser (or the player if he has taken up the option of buying 50% of himself back) is free to on-sell or trade smaller percentages, at whatever price achievable, with any other participants.
* At the end of the process, the total sum raised from the auction of the 15 individuals is put into a Pot.
* The following day, the Pot shall be shared out amongst those people who own shares in the three golfers who record the highest Stableford scores in the final round only (for clarity, the scores of days 1/2/3 do NOT count for the purpose of the division of the Pot).
* The winner receives 65%, second place 25% and third place 10% of the Pot.
* Settlement of all Auction debts and credits will take place at the same time as the final bill for Tour is submitted.

NOTE: This year, in the spirit of compliance with the world of Covid, all bids and trades will be virtual - no actual money will change hands.  Please double check before you go to bed on the Saturday night that Martin has correctly recorded the shares of players that you have purchased and at what prices : no corrections possible the following day!