Conditions deteriorated from midday with persistent rain and many walked in with incomplete rounds.
For those that finished there were some good scores in this hastily arranged sweep on Prince’s; the winner was Iker Lanzargote 36 points from Gerrard Quinn 35, Giovanni Caboni 34 and Sajid Khan 33. Iker had best back 9 with 17 points whilst front 9 shared between Gerrard and Adrian Wells (just 10 holes completed) with 21.

It was a cold, overcast and damp sort of day with clingy mud everywhere.
However many players found it to their liking for scoring.
Julian James played a consistent front 9 of 18 points with a zero points on the ninth hole. Then very steady on the back nine with 21 points to win the competition. His back nine had 2 birdies on hole 11 and 17.
In 2nd place was Peter Fisher who amassed 17 points on the front nine and 20 on the back nine with 3 no score holes!!
Next came James Deissler on countback who was leading the field after nine holes with 20 points with a birdy on hole 1. A steady back nine of 17 points and 37 total. Tamas Ladacs scored 15 on the front and 21 on the back for respectable 36 Total. Beating Richard Norden on countback who also had 36 points.

Women

Another scramble for the women with both teams receiving 14 shots, and scoring the same on the front 9. The back 9 was a different matter with the team of Deb, Reiko and Sheena falling short on pars, giving the team of Ali, Doreen and Caroline to win by 2 points with 37.

Men

Another cold and grey day but dry for the January Medal.

In the senior division Greg Wright teed off right on the first three tees – 3 birdies and was out in level par to win! His form continued to finish on a glorious 65 (and leads the Sunday birdie tree this year) .Michael Hayden and John Perkins chased with 69s – Michael sharing back 9 honours of 36 with Paul Green.
In the junior division Sajid Khan was the clear winner with an excellent 66, 4 ahead of Sean O’Sullivan, Jethro Pearton and Nigel Ward 70s.

Well done indeed to Mel Dunn and Iker Lanzargorta for recording first eagle 3s at the 9th this year.

The Princes course was rather muddy but not too bad given the conditions from previous days. The greens were slow and putting long distances was a real lottery. Only three players equalled or bettered par of net 68 so there maybe a WHS adjustment to be made overnight – but there wasn’t!

Women

After ‘playing’ in the mud before Christmas the women decided to book slots on Prince’s and I think we can safely say that we enjoyed our day a lot more than the men did on Duke’s – brutal was one word heard, but of course they had to do it all on their own whereas we could share the good & the bad outcomes. The ball of course hopped and skipped in any direction with the frozen conditions.
The team of Jenny, Joan & Sali didn’t need their 4th player, who had cancelled, to beat the other 2 teams easily by 6 shots with all 3 teams playing in 3-balls.
Between us we had 28 pars and most intriguing was that the winners were the only ones to have birdies and double-bogeys – 2 of each.
In a scramble everyone plays their part, but Jenny said she was putting like a demon.

Men

A cold frosty day for the January Plate. Variable bounce and stuck pins due to icy conditions.

Well done to the winner of the day – Tom Laybourn. Tom scored 30 points with 18 on the more difficult back 9. Lee Frost came 2nd on countback from Giovanni Caboni, both 29.