It rained on and off but conditions were playable with four temporary greens. Manny Hernandez commanded the winning position with 36 points, two clear from Peter Osgood and Tamas Ladacs. Results…

Tamas leads the overall midweek Winter Competition on 101, just a point from Paul Grand. R5 Leader board…

And Tamas also leads the Duke’s Eclectic on 65.5, two ahead of Richard Owen. R3 Leader board…

Ladies

With the continuing four temporary greens on Duke’s, the competition was a non-qualifier in terms of handicaps. Having achieved her handicap in similar conditions, new recruit Habe Crocker showed the others how it should be done, winning on 35 points from Susan Smith on 32. Results…

In the associated Eclectic, Val Riziotis maintained her lead after three rounds, but Jayne Maxwell, in second place, closed the gap by one. R3 Leader board…

Men

Conditions were mild but muddy with four temporary greens and a handicap non-qualifier. Tidy golf from Roger Rojas earned victory on 38 points, one ahead of Tamas Ladacs with Alexander Krasnenkov 3rd on 35. Results…

Roger leads the Winter Competition on 107, two ahead of Charlie Whiteman. R4 Leader board…

Roger also leads the Duke’s Eclectic on 65.5, 1.5 shots ahead of James Barker and Stephen Legg. R3 Leader board…

A hard frost made early conditions hard underfoot with ice on the pond in front of greenhouse. But it did not all melt to mud and there were no temporary greens. Scoring was not bad with Loui Suárez the winner on 37 points and Caroline Dewar 2nd with 35 on countback from Paul Grand and Paul Concannon. Cheryl Woodhouse came 5th with 34. Results…

In the midweek Winter Competition Igor Stark leads on 98 with a one point advantage from Paul Grand. R4 Leader board…

And Igor leads the Prince’s Eclectic on 67, 3½ clear of Loui. R2 Leader board…

Ladies

The ladies’ competition of the day, a team game, was called off due to the snowy conditions. Results…

Men

Report due soon. Results…

Conditions were chillier than of late and there was mud and four temporary greens (so non-qualifier for handicapping) to contend with. There were some very good scores – Tamas Ladacs winning with 39 points from Richard Owen 37. Tamas completed the harder back 6 without dropping a shot. Results…

Tamas and Richard share the lead to date in the Duke’s Eclectic on 69.5 – 6.5 ahead of nearest rival Stephen Mason. R2 Leader board…

Stephen and Colin Pizzey lead the overall Winter Competition on 96 – 2 ahead of Tamas and Richard. R3 Leader board…

Ladies

The rain of the previous day gave way to sunny skies that warmed considerably as the morning wore on, but underfoot was the usual winter challenge. Or was to most of the ladies. There was a significant distance between the first three, Val Riziotis (37), Jane Fraser(34) and Jayne Maxwell(33), and the other eight. With four temporary greens, the competition was a non-qualifier for handicapping purposes. Results…

In the associated Eclectic Val and Jayne have a commanding lead after two rounds, with Val 3.5 shots ahead of Jayne. However, only eight ladies currently have a full eclectic score. R2 Leader board…

Men

The sun made a welcome appearance and in spite of some heavy rain overnight, Duke’s was not as muddy as some anticipated. However, mud hampered many competitors and there were four temporary greens making putting a lottery at times – a non qualifier for handicapping purposes. At the top of the leader board is Russell Bryan with a commendable 37 points. Four 36s followed with Pete Davis 2nd on countback from Paul Rockett, Lee Marshall and Stephen Mason. Nick Rogers followed up a magnificent drive on 17 with a rifled high iron shot to the green and a putt to claim the first perch on the 2016 Eagle Tree. Results…

In the associated Winter Competition James Barker currently leads by one point on 103 from Stephen Legg. R3 Leader board…

Both James and Stephen share the lead in the Duke’s Eclectic. R2 Leader board…

A still slightly chilly and foggy day greeted competitors. A number of holes on Prince’s were indeed muddy. After a shaky start, Colin Pizzey got into his stride returning 39 gross on the back  to win the medal with net 67. Richard Owen pipped Manny Hernandez on countback (both 70) to take second place, Richard returning the best gross of the day. CSS was elevated to SSS+1. Results…

Despite the rain, 16 competitors turned out for the first competition of the year. The tough conditions raised CSS to SSS plus two but there were good scores especially. from winner Ed Henery on 37pts from Tony Kopczak 36 and James Barker 35. Well done to Ed who is now solidly in single figure @ 9.1. Results…

Conditions were such that three temporary greens were in play so it was not a qualifier for handicap purposes. But they were clearly suited to Richard Owen with 37 points and a ‘Two’. Manuel Hernandez 36 and Jon Cooper 33 took 2nd and 3rd places. Results…

Whilst dry, conditions proved very muddy for competitors burning Xmas calories. The leader board became crowded with 35 points with Pete Harrison leading on count-back from Habe Crocker, Toby Hunt and Roger Rojas. CSS remained at SSS 36 points. It was still warm enough to enjoy a festive drink al fresco. Results…