August 2024
August 2024
NAPGC Ballantyne Trophy 2024
Richmond Park won their Area Final match 2.5points : 0.5 points against Addington Court at The Oaks Golf Centre (neutral course) on a warm, cloudy then turning sunny day. The team will now play a National Semi-Final against Wycombe Heights B at another neutral course, with the winner going to the National Finals at Thornbury, near Bristol, towards the end of September. The wins at The Oaks in this pairs matchplay competition came from Paul Green & Tamas Ladacs (2&1) and Mark Bean & Richard Owen (4&3), with Richard Back & Adrian Wells claiming a half, after fighting back from 4 down.
In the previous round, on June 23rd, the team played at Portsmouth Golf Club and secured a 2:1 win, with Paul Green & Tamas Ladacs winning 6&5 and Mark Bean & Richard Owen winning 3&2. Richard Back & Uli Katte were our 3rd pair, going down 3&2.
In our first round, on May 26th, the team played at Tilgate Forest and secured a 2:1 win. Richard Back & Uli Katte won their match 4&3 and Paul Green & Adrian Wells finished 1up. Pete Goodall & Tamas Ladacs were our 3rd pair, going down 3&2.
August Monthly Medals
Women
A sunnier day than forecast and so much quicker than last Sunday’s round. All we needed was some good rounds of golf. to complete it. As is normal, the cards tend to show one or two holes being the undoing of several potentially good scores
Bridget won by 4 shots on a net 67 from Doreen on 71 (on countback). All of us, bar Reiko, were there when she decried her abilities, ignoring her 3 pars and 3 bogeys which based on her handicap gave her 8 shots to use up elsewhere. WHS agrees she played very well and is awarding a 1.1 cut tomorrow to her handicap.
Holes 7 & 8 as may be expected came out as the hardest holes today.
Men
A glorious 65 earned Kerry Sargeant the winning score for the senior division; Kerry started as he finished with birdies and kept a six off his card. A remarkable and consistent 66 earned Richard Smith second place – including an eagle at 14th (the 4th by men on Sundays this year per attached). George Taylor and Michael Hayden followed wit excellent 66s. The in-form Richard Inglis NRd but alaso eagled the 14th – well done!
A fine 64 in late game by Charlie Whiteman won the junior division. A skilful back 9 37 placed Peter Harrison 2nd on 66; a super back 9 from Ian Burgess earned a countback 67 win from Alan King who also had super back 9.
This was 6th round od the Grand Medal (5th in July abandoned) and we see in the senior division Kerry leading 277 just 1 ahead of Richard both 4 rounds played; in the junior division Nigel Ward has a 21 shot lead on 354 from Ian Burgess 375; Nigel built solid foundation with early 3 rounds in the 60s.
2024 Bontor women vs men ‘battle of the sexes’
On an initially rainy, but then rapidly improving Saturday, 10 women and 10 men met to fight for the Bontor women vs. men trophy, which was last year won by the women.
The format is always singles matchplay and, after starting with the ladies’ and the gentlemen’s respective captains against each other in the first group, the other 9 pairs followed in handicap order.
Here are the results in the order the pairs came in:
- Cheryl Woodhouse (20 shots) vs. Uli Katte : Cheryl won on the last hole
- Sheena Harrington (7 shots) vs. Mike Assender: Mike won 2&1
- Katharina Katte (7 shots) vs. Robert Carlyle: Rob won 6&5
- Jayne Maxwell (7 shots) vs. Richard Inglis: Jayne won 2&1
- Susan Smith (4 shots) vs. Rannesh Jansari: draw
- Lia Donath (6 shots) vs. Gerard Ouattara: Lia won
- Joan Mulcahy (6 shots) vs. Sean O’Sullivan: Sean won
- Alison Chadwick vs. Alex Braun: Alex won
- Sali Davies vs. Tom Laybourn: Sali won 4&2
- Deborah Potter (6 shots) vs. Cliff Morgan: Deborah won 3&1
This gives the women an 5.5 / 4.5 win over the men!
Congratulations to Cheryl and her team!!
After the match there was pizza and chips and drinks and chat and gossip and banter … 🙂
Thanks everyone for this very enjoyable, yet competitive, golf day around the ‘battle of the sexes’!
Cheers,
Uli & Cheryl