ANYONE who arrived at Ballyvannon around noon last Saturday and saw people walking the course without jackets or even sitting around sunbathing wouldn’t have believed how cold it was for those who arrived early at the Co Antrim venue.

However, they might have gleaned a notion of what the temperature was like following a glance inside the Lightsource secretarial unit where two huge, wooly throws, kindly provided by the day’s hosts, the Glendinning family, had been finally cast aside by Dora Beacom and Jean Mitchell. Grace had even found a hot water bottle to keep Jean extra warm!