Avery Michael
From:	Abbott, James F [AbbottJF@az1.bp.com]
Sent:	Monday, 19 April 1999 10:27
To:	Avery Michael; 'Sam & Angela Mackie (E-mail)'; 'Simon'
Subject:	Jam update

Handicaps set after 
much consternation

Blairgowrie, Sunday, 19 April.

Jam '99 got the green light after all Jammers
agreed to the handicaps set by the PRAM (pre round annual meeting) committee.

The PRAM continued into the evening with tournament namesake James Abbott once again 
pleading his flimsy case of stroke handicapping in a matchplay environment. Abbott was roundly 
attacked. 

First year winner of the JAM, Sam " watch-my-dogs-run-round-and-round-the-house "Mackie, took a 
more mathematical approach to Abbott's suggestion only to discover that it was a complete waste 
of time.

" I tried to get a  general view of each players ability by taking into account how many pars, how 
many bogeys... hey this is funny watch when they run under the bed...hey it that door open.... they 
circle and circle, it can go on for....Monty....Monty"

"Bahh" said Angela.

"Sorry I digressed, yes, it was an attempt to get emotion out of Jamie's claim, but it was feeble." 
said Mackie.

"That's it, bad luck, fuck you, shut up" said Simon Gibbons

So Abbott's claim, once again, fell on deaf ears. Michael Avery sat comfortably on the fence, one 
wonders whether his arse is riddled with splinter marks. No one is game to get that close.

The handicaps have been submitted and accepted. Abbott is once again the scratch golfer, he gives 
six shots to Sam Mackie, twelve to Simon Gibbons and a whopping eighteen to Michael Avery. 
Form has been patchy for all Jammers however, Gibbons put in a scintillating 92 at the tough Dunes 
layout recently and must go into the JAM slight favourite. As for Abbott, well, new clubs and all it 
could be another tough year for the Carlton player who is more likely to crack under pressure than a 
balsa wood fence with Mic sitting on it.

Reuters.