Report due soon. Results…

Going out early didn’t prove to be a very big success. Ronnie, Gina and Habe went out as early starters and struggled to play their handicaps. The best round of the day belonged to the returning Kate Emmanuel (80 gross). Unfortunately she didn’t qualify for the Midweek Club Championship. Liz Britton matched Habe’s score of 84 (gross) setting up an interesting duel at the 2nd round next week. Ladies Results… | Men Results…

CSS ended at 68. No handicap changes. Looks like the Ladies playing Saturday’s Bontor complied very diligently with team orders.

Ladies

A small select group of ladies contested the August medal, a combination of holidays and other matches keeping many away. With the summer making a welcome return the winning score was a net 68 from recent joiner, Liz Britton with Jane Fraser one behind on 69. As half of the entrants were within their buffer zones, the CSS dropped one to 68. Results…

Men

Golfing conditions proved to be excellent today. A big field were met with a welcome rise in the temperatures and virtually no wind. The rain of the start of the week had made the greens fairly receptive. The par 3’s suffered a real onslaught. No less than 8 birdies were recorded. Liam Bridger played excellent golf (39 out & 41 in). His score of 64 (80 gross) earns him 1st place today. On top of that Liam’s handicap gets cut to 15. Well done! Julian James may have let victory slip through his hands on the 18th. His score of 65 (79 gross) is good enough to hold off Kim Chaffart based on the countback rule. Julian also gets rewarded with a new handicap (13). Kim did record the lowest gross score 76 (65 net). Phil Flanagan 66 (85 gross), Mike Shabani 66 (81 gross) and Keith Cassidy 67 (77 gross) complete the Top6. Normally victory should’ve gone to Keith. But a breach of Rule 4-4 cost him 4 Penalty Strokes! Results…

CSS: 67

Only five players braved the rain today. The rain became really heavy around 10.00 therefore preventing the majority of the field from going out. Gina went out in the 1st game. Her timing proved to be excellent. She enjoyed the “best” of the weather conditions on her route to a net score of 72. Richard Owen, Jon Rampuhl and David Vines finished some way behind Gina. Peter Osgood’s lost all chances of winning when he lost his ball on the 3rd. Ironically he recovered his ball when he walked up the fairway of the 18th hole! Results…

CSS: 72 (Men) – 74 (Ladies).No handicap changes.

Gina is one the only players to have completed in all MW Accumulator rounds. Despite posting her weakest score so far she remains in charge. Below you will find a table after today’s round. Still all to play for in the September round!

1 Gina Jillett 3 69 72 211
2 Veronica Mitchell 2 69 71 140
3 Henry Lindesay-Bethune 2 70 72 142
4 Keith Cassidy 2 71 72 143
5 Darren Enthoven 2 70 74 144
6 Jeremy Ryan 2 69 76 145
7 James Barker 2 71 75 146
8 Eelco Snijders 2 70 76 146
9 Ted Holt 2 68 79 147
10 Ann Gardner 2 64 83 147

A big field enjoyed good golfing conditions. Perhaps the size of the field affected the speed of play today. Too often there seemed to be two-hole gaps between games.

Tamas Ladacs kept up his excellent form. Consistent golf on the front nine (40) and inward nine (42) give him a score of 66 (82 gross). Last year’s winner, Henry L-B , looked to be on course of successfully defending his title. But he did a “Jordan Spieth” on the last hole. This left him no room to make up for his error. His score of 67 (77 gross) is still good enough for 2nd. Allan Cinnamond came in with the lowest gross score despite a “softer” front nine. Thanks to his 68 (75 gross) he finishes on the podium. 1st Lady today is Tenesi Karakaneva with an excellent 68 (88 gross). Jon Cooper 69 (79 gross) and Peter Osgood 70 (81 gross) complete the Top6. Shout-out to Peter Jagger for birdieing the 7th today. Results…

CSS: 71 (Men) – 73 (Ladies)

Today’s winner Tamas keeps cutting his handicap: his new handicap now stands at 14. (also setting him up nicely for an ESR … ) Well done. A long list of other players get new (playing) handicaps. Take note of your new handicap.

Today’s contenders for the medal would probably have welcomed last week’s weather. Unfortunately the forecast was pretty much correct resulting in a third of the field walking off mid-round as the heavens opened. It didn’t get to everyone with Paul House recording a net 64, four shots ahead of the next two and the only one to play below the SSS. Lia Donath piped John Curry to 2nd place on countback with Mike Jones one behind in 4th place. Results…

The weather affected results meant that CSS went up two to 69 for the men and 71 for the ladies rewarding both Paul and Lia with cuts to their playing handicaps.

35 stalwarts didn’t let either the closure of half the roads around the park for Ride London, or a day and night of rain stop them from playing. Although summer seemed to have come to an end a couple of weeks ago, the softening of the ground is having its effect with CSS remaining at 37 points today and only the top 4 beating it.

In 1st place is recent joiner Simon Malin on 42 points who sees his handicap cut to 6.8 as a result. Three behind on 39 is Keith Cassidy with Martin Heinrich and Matt Campbell following on 38, all of whom receive cuts to their handicaps. Results…

Cooler temperatures, rain showers and swirling winds – aka the British Summer – made life tricky for the field today. Looks like the late afternoon starters might have enjoyed the better of the weather. 10 am starters endured the worst conditions.

Gina Jillett was one of the early birds and became leader in the clubhouse with an excellent score of 41pts (20pts out + 21pts in). Tamas Ladacs started very well (22pts out) but had to “settle” for 19pts on the way in. Both Gina and Tamas were matched by the freshly crowned Men’s Club Champion, Jay Barker. The countback rule (over the last 6 holes) awards victory to Jay. Jay, Gina and Tamas all receive substantial handicap cuts. Jay drops to 4.6, Gina’s new handicap stands at 14 and Tamas now plays off a more “realistic” handicap of 16. Joseph Shin played an excellent round of golf (37pts) to finish 5th. Kim Chaffart (38pts – with a missed tap-in of less than a foot (!) on the 10th & no-scores on the 11th and 17th) and Mike Shabani (35pts) complete the Top6. Results…

CSS: 36pts (Men & Ladies)

Ladies

With the weather having decided that summer is over, the second round was played in considerably different conditions from the first and it resulted is some big changes in both the handicap trophies of the  Club Championship.

Despite not on her usual consistent form, Habe extended her first round cushion of seven shots by one, to take the Club Championship with a gross 166 from Jayne Maxwell on 174. R2 Results… | Overall Results…

It was however all change in both handicap divisions with the winners producing their best golf and obviously favouring slightly soggy conditions. In the Handicap Cup group, Veronica Mitchell came from nine shots back to beat the rest by 11 shots and take the trophy with a net 141. Runner-up, as in the gross, was Jayne Maxwell, five shots behind. Results…

Scoring in the first round of the Pembroke Cup was closer, but Tenesi overtook a three shot deficit to record a net 70 and take the cup with a total score of 142. In second place, seven shots back was Joan Mulcahy on 149. Results…

Men

Cooler temperatures, thick clouds and an occasional spot of rain for today’s round of golf. British summer was definitely back with a vengeance at RPGC  as the setting for the Club Championship.

In the Senior Division the chase for Jay was open. Simon probably had the best shot at putting some pressure on the defending champion. Jay was able to pull away slightly on the front 9. A “Spieth’ moment on the 14th hole might have briefly opened the door for the competition. But a birdie on the 17th sealed the deal. A score of 74 (gross) added to a score of 74 (gross) in round 1 puts Jay’s winning score on 148. Simon Malin finishes 2nd with a score of 155. Shout out to Mike Assender for an excellent 2nd round (77 gross, 65 net) and Oliver Maskell for his eagle on the 3rd. Results…

In the final round of the Junior Division Mark Andrews went out to defend a slim lead of one shot. It turned into a day-long tussle. Looks like all was decided on the 12th hole. Barry Page managed to better Mark Andrews’ score by just a couple of shots on that particular hole. 89 (gross) today for Barry combined with an 87 (gross) from last week puts Barry two shots clear to win the Junior Division. Liam Bridger posted the best 2nd round (86 gross). Results…

In the Handicap Trophy for the best net score Lee Marshall won with 135 on countback from Toby Hunt. Results…

The net (sweep) for the day was won by <tba>. Results…