LADIES

In cold, wet and windy conditions, and with much mud underfoot, the ladies struggled in the first medal round of the year. The only two ladies with net scores in the 70’s were Maureen Slade & Julie Smith, playing together and tied on net 76. Three shots under her handicap on the front 9, unfortunately Maureen could not keep up the blistering pace and, with 5 pars on the last 6 holes, Julie took the monthly medal on the back 9. Results…

With 3 temporary greens, this was a non-qualifier for handicap.

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No fewer than 5 competitors shrugged off increasingly inclement conditions to card 67s – the hardiest proving to be Kerry Sargeant with a back 9 one over par to take the medal from Jon Cooper, Ian Smith, Rob Urquhart, Dave Williams and best of three 70s Paul Robinson. The conditions eventually led to a Composite Course being scrambled the next day. Results…

With 3 temporary greens, the competition was a non-qualifier for handicapping purposes.

It’s been some time since RPGC played a Texas Scramble but Richard Owen and Rob Urquhart found the format to their liking and breezed through the round carding a gross 63 net 56 to win – picking up 7 birdies en route. Kerry Sargeant and Toby Hunt were 2nd with a solid 61, one shot ahead of Jim Fogarty & Stuart Nash. Results…

Vice Captain Richard Owen has issued the first edition of his occasional newsletter – News From the Park. It’s available now online. More…

LADIES

The final winter stableford on the Duke’s course was won by Di Jackett with 33 pts. Three ladies then had 29 pts each with Jini Beacham taking second place on the best back nine. Results…

The SSS increased by three and this was a Reduction Only round for handicap so there were no handicap changes.

This was the final round of the Dukes’ Eclectic for 2006 / 07. Though she had a meagre number of points on the day, Julie Smith managed to improve her eclectic score by two shots to take first place on net 72½. Maureen Slade’s and Tracy Wright’s absence left Di Jackett to steal second place on net 74. Duke’s Eclectic Results…

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A blistering back nine of 23 points saw Graeme Syme the round 7 winner of the winter competition with count backs settling position from two others with 40 points – Gurpal Sekhon and Jim Fogarty. In despatches, ’07 improver Stanley Hunt stood on the 10th tee with 24 points in the bag. Results…

CSS remained at SSS 38 points. Men’s handicap list…

Gurpal’s 40 points maintained his lead in the Winter Competition, now three clear of Kerry sergeant with 118 points. R7 Leader board…

Focussed golf from Kerry Sargeant saw improved scores on holes 6, 10 and 13, enough to win the Duke’s Eclectic on 61, just one ahead of Jon Cooper, Gurpal Sekhon and Dave Williams who also improved their scores. Results…

Peter Harrington has written a note about Gill, a long-standing member who passed away today. Peter’s note…

LADIES

Competition of the day was a Four Ball Better Ball with 7 pairs taking part. In a very close contest, Lia Donath & Julie Smyth took the honours with 41 points from Jini Beacham & Maureen Slade one point behind. Results…

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Consistent straight hitting paid dividends for Vic Wadley, winning the medal with a net 61, three ahead of another fine one over gross 70 from Kerry Sargeant. An unforced error on 4 gave Vic a nine so he could well have returned in the 50s. The quality of the field was supported with 65s from Messrs. Fogarty, Ahad and Sekhon. Results…

With three temporary greens the round was declared a non-qualifier for handicapping purposes.

LADIES

In a relatively big field for the time of year, Maureen Slade was a clear winner of the Stableford competition with 34 points, with Di Jackett 3 points behind in second. Because there were more than 2 temporary greens, this was a non-qualifier for handicap. Results…

Though she only improved her score by one shot, Julie Smith hangs on to the lead in the Dukes’ Eclectic by a whisker (net 74½) with Maureen Slade in 2nd (75½) and Tracy Wright & Di Jackett in joint 3rd place (76). R3 Leader board…

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Kerry Sargeant and Gurpal Sekhon returned excellebt 39s with Kerry edging ahead on the back nine. Kerry had a gross 71 and Gurpal included a ‘blob’. in form Osman chaudry was a point away. Results…

In the Winter Competition to date, Gurpal now has a three point lead over Kerry. R6 Leader board…

Kerry shares the lead in the associated Duke’s Eclectic with Dave Williams. R3 Leader board…