So to accompany Bob's list, here are the 13 fastest first rounds from the records of the BG Club:

1. Stuart Bland 14.56 14/8/82
2. Andrew Schofield 17.01 22/8/03
3. Steve Birkinshaw 17.09 21/5/05
4. Simon Bourne 17.20 17/6/06
5. Chris Near 17.23 02/5/10
6. Morgan Donnelly 17.26 21/5/05
7. Richard Mellon 17.38 22/5/10
8. Geoff Clucas 17.40 25/6/89
9. Mike Nicholson 17.45 13/8/77
10. Neil Wrigley 17.48 24/5/97
11= Mike Johnson 17.49 04/7/09
11= Ian Charlton 17.49 27/6/83
13. Steve Parr 17.58 05/7/81

And Brian has calculated that 66 members have achieved times of less than 20 hours on their first successful rounds as follows:

14.00-14.59 1
15.00-15.59 0
16.00-16.59 0
17.00-17.59 12
18.00-18.59 16
19.00-19.59 37

If Scoffer had got a shift on, he'd have been in a class of his own, so to speak.

All of which reinforces Tussockface's point above.

And also rather puts Stuart Bland's incredible performance into its true context.

Morgan