Ladies

Prince’s gave a lot of love to Habe Crocker on Valentine’s day, giving her a winning margin of seven points from Jayne Maxwell in second place. With an increase of the CSS by two, Habe’s 39 points earned her a 1.6 reduction in her handicap to 20.5. Results…

In the accompanying Eclectic, Sheena Harrington and Jane Fraser are on a net 71. with Habe leaping up the order to 3rd, just 2.5 behind the leaders with one round to go. R3 Leader board…

Men

A chill wind on muddy ground combined to create challenging conditions. For a long time, Pete Davis seemed to have it in the bag but Paul Concannon breezed in with a very good late score of 41 to win from Pete 39, Paul Green 38 and Pete Harrison 37. Results…

Paul C and Paul G had handicap cuts with CSS 36 points. Alexander Krasnenkov now joins the Eagle Tree following a two at 17.

In the Prince’s Eclectic Stephen Legg has a half shot advantage on 63 from Mike Shabani, Pete Harrison, Ed Henery and Pete Davis. R3 Leader board…

In the Winter Competition report due soon. R6 Leader board…

A chilly wind greeted the 25 competitors but it abated to give some bright sunshine at the end of round. Early starter Brett Colley set a challenging 42 points on the leaderboard. He was followed by two very good 39s from Stephen Mason and Mike Shabani. The competition was again non-qualifying for handicaps with two temporary greens and a significantly advanced temporary tee on the 13th because of contractors working on the small pond between the 12th and 13th fairways. Results…

Winners of the team competition were unsurprising Brett Colley, Mike Shabani and John Ahad, with an excellent combined score of 95 points. Runners up were Stephen Mason, Richard Owen and Igor Stark with a very respectable 90 points. Equal 3rd on 83 points were the teams of Toby & John Maxwell & Paul Concannon and Tamas & Peter Osgood & Alex Krasnenkov.

Ladies

Report due soon. Results…

Men

The round followed the club’s annual dinner and despite some overnight rain, conditions were not as muddy as in previous weeks. This was the first week with the new-look 3rd with silt trap and mounds left of fairway. Last year’s most improved golfer, Tamas Ladacs, had a consistent round to win the medal on 74. Jim Fogarty was second 75 and in third place was Roger Rojas 76 who also recorded lowest gross 86. Results…

Roger leads the 2016 men’s birdies and twos trees.

A very chilly but drying wind greeted competitors, abating during the round. Tamas Ladacs seemed to have the round sewn up through nine holes with 22 points but was beaten overall on countback 36 points by Colin Pizzey. Manny Hernandez and Chris Jones scored well with 35 points. Best lady was Ann Gardner 28 points sipping some Brazilian mineral water. Results…

Tamas leads the overall midweek Winter Competition on 108, just a point from Paul Grand. R5 Leader board…

Igor Stark leads the Prince’s Eclectic on 65, one ahead of Manuel Hernandez. R3 Leader board…

Ladies

Drizzle overhead and squelchy conditions underfoot did not bode well. But that didn’t seem to bother Sheena Harrington who took the honours with 36 points, which with an increase of two in the CSS, earned her a 0.3 reduction to lower her playing handicap to 14. Jane Fraser was second on 32 points. Results…

The associated Eclectic shows a similar picture with Sheena three shots ahead of Jane after two rounds. R2 Leader board…

Men

Early light rain petered out leaving some muddy areas on Prince’s. Inspired golf with three birdies on the back nine saw Roger Rojas through to victory on 41 points and a handicap cut to 10, with Stephen Mason 2nd, 38, on countback from Paul Brown and Habib Amir. Mike Shabani joined the Eagle Tree with the shortened 14th. Results…

In the Winter Competition Roger is eight ahead of Stephen Legg and Mason. R5 Leader board…

In the Prince’s Eclectic Stephen Legg on 65 leads by half a shot from Ed Henery. R2 Leader board…

Our secretary Peter Harrington clarifies the situation around preferred lies and plugged ball, and this may well differ from the rules displayed by the course managers. Clarification…

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…