The field of 10 teams were met with some tricky early conditions. But the course improved as the day went on. When two in form players join up that leaves no margin for error for the rest of the field. Toby & Sunny were run away winners by posting a very impressive score of 40pts. Distant 2nd were Caroline Dewar & Jeremy Prescot with 36pts. Julian Tatum & Rajinder Sehmi completed the Top3 with a score 35pts. Results…

Course closed.

Report due soon. Results…

The course seemed to be there for the taking today. Scoring proved to be excellent.

Top honours looked to be going to the Secretary himself, but having signed for a wrong score, was DQ’d, leaving the leaders in the clubhouse on 39 as the winners: Sunny Lall, who continues his good recent form, and a rejuvenated Dave Faure. A solid back 9 earns Anis Driaa 3rd place with 38pts. Henry L-B (with a stomping back 9 of 23pts) and Damian Hackett (both on 37pts) complete the Top5. Top lady was Lia Donath with 35pts. Results…

Needless to say, after this, the Captain’s team (of the top half alphabetically) had an easy win.

CSS ended at 38pts. Dave Faure and Sunny Lall and the dq’d secretary are the only ones earning handicap cuts.

Brett Colley, John Ahad were the early leaders in the clubhouse on 38pts (John will regret the 18th hole). Henry L-B posted an excellent score of 37pts. But they were all beaten by the late starters. Toby “rattle” Hunt’s form on the greens was outstanding, The result was a very impressive score of 39pts. His score was soon matched by Jeremy Prescot. Finally victory went Jeremy based on countback. Kim Chaffert completed the Top 6. Results…

CSS: 37pts (Men), 36pts (Ladies). John Ahad, Brett Colley and Jeremy Prescot all earn handicap reductions.

Glorious blue skies greeted those vying to win the hamper, but the rain of the previous day could be the reason for keeping the CSS to 36 points for both men and ladies.

A very excited Sunny Lall was on tenterhooks until the last card had been entered, but he did emerge the winner on 39 points beating Ray Esin by one. Both Sunny & Ray get their playing handicaps reduced by one shot to 22. In third place, one further point back, was Lee Marshall, beating Pete Harrison on countback. First place lady, who will also receive a hamper, was Val Riziotis in 16th place on 33 points. Results…

What a difference a week makes. The field were met with clement weather conditions. Mild temperatures, receptive greens and a wind that only became stronger towards the end of the day allowed for some excellent scoring.

Chris Jones posted an outstanding net score of 60 (gross score 80) to win today’s competition. Alexander was a very impressive 2nd with a net score of 61. The gap with the rest of the field is huge (to use Trump’s favourite word). Toby finished 3rd by posting a net 67. Henry LB, Mark Rosamond and Richard Smith complete the Top 6. Results…

CSS went down to 67. Three players earn handicap reductions: Chris Jones now plays of 18, Alexander’s new handicap now stands at 16, Henry LB will now only get 12 strokes.

Ladies

Report due soon. Results…

Men

Sometimes you can only take what the golf course gives you. And in the case of yesterday’s competition Prince’s gave very little. Frosty greens and winds near the end of play proved quite a challenge for the field.

Nigel Gaymond proved the most resilient by posting a net 68 and beat Paul Brown on countback (tough luck on the 18th Paul). Roger Rojas finished 3rd by posting a net 69. Shout-out goes to Caleb Mills: first competitive round and a nett 70 places him into 4th. Henry L-B and Sunny complete the Top 6. Results…

CSS increased to 69. Paul B. is the only player earning a handicap reduction and plays off 12 again.

The field was met with frozen fairways and greens. Some extra bounce on the fairways and serious difficulty holding the balls on the green were the result. Playing conditions must have been particularly challenging for the early morning starters. The conditions of the course improved for the 10am starters once the sun had broken through.

The ladies proved to be best figure skaters. Lesley Mason was on fire today. A stunning score of 42pts (!) earned her 1st place. Elaine posted an excellent score of 38pts to finish 2nd. Alexander Krasnenkov was the 1st man with 36pts and finished 3rd. Results…

In the Team competition the Green Team edged out the Blue Team. So Veronica, Mark, Chris, Richard, Mike and Tim your price is waiting for you (the other members of the Green team should have already received their share of the spoils).

CSS Men’s 36pts, Ladies 35pts. Lesley is the only player today to get a handicap cut (down to 19 – Wow!).

Ladies

A grey November day greeted the contenders for the champagne prize, with a chilly wind that seemed to get colder and stronger throughout the round. A small field of 10 were bunched together with just 3 points separating 6 players. No high scores for the ladies though, with ever consistent Jayne Maxwell taking 1st place on 33 points. In 2nd spot, as last week, was Joan Mulcahy on 32 with Tenesi Karakaneva taking 3rd spot on 31 with a better back 9. Results…

Men

No need to talk about the weather or the condition of the course today. Just one word can describe today’s results: EPIC! Pete Harrison posted an a stunning score of 45 pts. You have to feel sorry for Henry LB. Normally a score of 40 pts would be good enough to win a comp. But today he’ll have to settle for 2nd. Lee Marshall edges out Eric Lit (both on 39 pts) on countback to finish 3rd. Liam Bridger’s eagle on the 15th helped him to finish 5th. Finally Jim Fogarty beats Jon Cooper, Nigel Gaymond and Stephen Mason on countback to finish in the Top 6. Results…

CSS went up to 37pts. Pete H. also receives an ESR and his new handicap now stands at 8.1! Very well done. Henry LB & Lee Marshall also see their handicaps cut.