Weather perfect for running. Bright clear light breeze, and cool.
Lawns 1 to 5 10.4, 6 at 9.9 and 7 at 9.6. Lawns 6 and 7 were relaid over the winter and are coming along nicely but will be a little slow for a while.

Today saw the introduction of the trial - Sequence Umpire and it was decided that the players and others who are gc referees would act as SU's when able to do so.
Within 30 minutes of the start of the Surbiton Gc Championship John Spiers became the Worlds First Sequence Umpire . It made his day.
Since no-one is complaining (even quietly) it must have been resolved amicably

The first round saw the usual mix of predictable and surprise results.
Ed Dymock who arrived slightly late (penalty - he's missing from the photo) beat Jeff Dawson. And Helena beat James Goodbun. Two people who you might have thought would make the semi's. james gave full credit to Helena " She just hit everything.."