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CROSSWORD - Compiled by Anax ANAGRAM Can you decipher these two film stars? One is an American Superstar, the other a Brit Actress. ACROSS I Surname of US gangster known as Scarface (6) COSTUMIER PHANTOM MEMOS 4 TV comedy series which featured computer called Holly (3,5) 10 Member of Sioux Indian tribe - name also applied to a type of motor-home (9) QUICK'NINE HOLE' QUIZ II "There you are!" (French) (5) 1. Who did Tiger Woods beat in a play-off to win the WGC American Express for the fourth time? 12 Site of fatal car accident involving Edward Kennedy in 1969 (14) 14 Pungent, bulbous plant used in many dishes (5) 2. Wales beat Northern Ireland 3-2 in Belfast, but who scored the winning goal? 15 Mass of land projecting into the sea (9) 3. Who is the new James Bond? 17 Make a situation more important (2,3,4) 4. Who tied with England's Andrew Flintoff for the International Cricket Council player of the 18 Lively dance in 2/4 time (5) year award? 19 Study of, e.g. ESF> or other phenomena not explained by science (14) 5. What is the name of Britney Spear's newly born son? 23 Preside over a meeting (5) 6. Name the male lead in The Legend of Zorro, who was recently awarded a star on Hollywood's 24 Term for any great European painter up to the 18th century (3,6) Walk of Fame. 25 Agenda, timetable (8) 7. Thierry Henry beat Ian Wright's Arsenal all-time goal scoring record in October, how many 26 Part of body between neck and diaphragm (6) goals did Wright's record stand at? DOWN 8. Tanja became the first ever Big Brother contestant to give birth on the show. Which country 1 Hooded robe usually worn by monk (4) was this in? 2 One who believes that God and the universe are identical (9) 9. defeated the in the , what was the 3 "Whatever the cost" (2,7,6) final score? 5 Mastery of language (9) 6 Term applied to an unequal struggle in which the underdog wins (5,3,7) 7 Legal defence designed to show that the accused cannot have been 6 4 5 3 1 the culprit (5) SUDOKU 8 Eccentric US multi-instrumentalist, died 1993 (5,5) 5 7 Fill in the grid so that every row, 9 Indonesian island south of Borneo (4) every column and every 3x3 box 2 8 5 13 Deceptive language (5-5) contains the numbers 1 to 9. 15 Welsh town north of Newport, important tin-mining centre (9) 8 6 9 16 Free-standing lamp which points towards the ceiling (9) 4 9 20 Stretch of river visible between bends (5) 21 Pilgrimage to Mecca (4) 5 2 7 22 Important point; most difficult section of a rock dimb (4) 3 8 6 3 9 Supplied by www.dailysudoku.com 9 3 1 7 8

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CHECK OUT THE EVENTS PAGE ON THE BIGGA WEBSITE FOR NORTHERN IRELAND AN UP TO DATE LIST OF ALL THE HAPPENINGS IN YOUR The Section's final golf competition of the season took SECTION AND REGION. place at Royal Co Down in early September. A stroke play competition was played to find our two National Championship Section Qualifiers. We also had a Stableford From Tournaments to Seminars, competition for the competitors who found the stroke play around RCD too tough. Course Manager, Alan Strachan, AGM's to Dinners it's all covered at and his team had the course in magnificent condition, the greens were truly superb. Noel Crawford and Michael King www.bigga.org.uk. won, so went to the National Championship. The Stableford results were: 1. Gareth Abernethey, If you have a BIGGA event that you Balmoral GC, 28pts; 2. Gary Crawford, Royal Co Down, 27pts; 3. Eamonn Crawford, RCD, 27pts. Closest to the Pin. wish to place on the Events Page Gary Crawford, RCD. Longest Drive. Michael King, RCD. contact Gareth at BIGGA HOUSE on Many thanks must go to the Royal County Down GC and our generous sponsors of the competition, Coburns of [email protected] or 01347 833800 Banbridge. The company representatives, William Cartmill and David Eager, joined us on the day and were able to present the prizes. They also sponsored the airfares of Noel Crawford and Michael King to the National Championship. Thanks also to Liam, at Amenity Technology, who gave sponsorship towards the prizes. Intheo- I've just heard the news that Noel Crawford won has return from the BIGGA National Championship, in Shed ANSWERS Nottingham, as the Overall Gross winner at Sherwood Forest GC and Worksop GC. This is another great CROSSWORD A QUICK NINE HOLES achievement by Noel, who has now won the gross prize 1. John Daly three times in the past five years. He returned a 75 and 75 2. Ryan Giggs to win by one shot. Noel receives our congratulations from 3. Daniel Craig the entire Section for his super performance. 4. Jacques Kallis I am unable to give a report on Jerry Crawford's Charity 5. Sean Preston Spears 6. Antonio Banderas Golf Day this month, but I will add the event in my notes 7. 185 next month. Our AGM will take place in November this 8. Netherlands year, so members will soon be notified of the venue, date 9. 6-15 and time. Ken Henderson ANAGRAM COSTUMIER-Tom Cruise PHANTOM MEMOS - Emma Thompson

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