Saturday's Crookburn Cup was abandoned due to rain, but that did not stop the good-natured banter as golfers from both teams continued to poke at each other on social media.
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The downpour barely paused on Saturday, which made it clear very early on that play was unlikely to go ahead.
"We called it off at about 8.30, 9 o'clock," Crookwell Golf Club captain, Mark Smith, said. "We left it as long as we could, but we didn't want to leave the Goulburn guys short."
By the time the game was called off, both Crookwell and Goulburn had already received calls from players who did not want to get on the course in such awful conditions.
Left with no choice, this edition of the Crookburn Cup was abandoned, but that did not stop Smith and some of his fellow players from having a bit of fun with the Goulburn Golf Club on Facebook.
"One of our members 40th up at the golf club, and just for a bit of a gee-up and we lined up and took a photo," Smith said.
The post reads "Good to see the Cup back in Crookwell following a forfeit by Goulburn Golf Club !!!"
A series of cheeky hashtags followed, including #scaredoftherain, #crookwellwins, and #yayus.
Some good-natured trash talking took place in the comments, and Smith looks forward to revisiting the competition in a couple of months' time.
"We normally play two rounds a year, so we'll head into Goulburn in a couple of months and have another go at them," he said.
In the meantime, the CGC will prepare for the two events it has scheduled this weekend.
On Saturday, November 27, will be the Jervis Bay Caravan Park Two-Man Ambrose, which will be followed on Sunday by the Crookwell Open.
It is without question the biggest weekend of the year for the club, but with rain forecast to fall throughout the coming week, Smith and the rest of the members will play it by ear and work to prepare the course whenever they can.
"Whenever the course is dry, the volunteers get on there and do what they can," he said.
"It'll be in pretty good nick, our greens are as good as they've been. We just need to get rid of some of the waterlogged areas and we should be good to go."
This will be followed by a major fundraising effort from CGC members on December 18, who are taking part in The Longest Day in support of the Cancer Council.
This will require the roughly 20 participants in Crookwell to play 72 holes in one day.
"We're all fundraising, so far we've raised about $6,000 and we're looking for $10,000," Smith said.
"We're starting at 5am and we're looking to go all day for about 14 hours. It works out to about 30km of walking, with the 20 guys that we've got to get over the line."
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