Competitions
Competitions
Rickmansworth – Home Leg
Result: 4-2 Win
With several members who had not played for the club before, a strong team was mustered for the home leg of this year’s match against Rickmansworth Golf Club. The pairings were :-
Richard Owen & Stan Potts
Gurpal Sekhon & Michael Rossiter
Graeme Syme & Nigel Ward
Ian Smith & Sandy Willison
Paul Grand & Toby Hunt
Jon Cooper & Tony Kopchez
The weather was similar to that we have endured for most of this summer: cool, windy and with some dampness in the air. Although many of the Rickmansworth players know our course very well, home advantage almost certainly played its part in us securing 3 wins and two draw, to their one win, giving us a 4-2 advantage to take to Rickmansworth in August. Several of the matches were very close and a good time was had by all.
After the match, both teams retired to the Dysart Arms , where we enjoyed a steak dinner and speeches (largely drowned out by the pianist).
Golden Jubilee
Simon Beard clinched the Golden Jubilee with a 3 over par gross 72 net 62. Preliminary results…
Handicap report due soon.
Association Cup
Report due soon. More…
Summer Cup / Monthly Medal
Ladies
A warm sunny day and more run on the ball resulted in some excellent scores in the ladies’ June Monthly Medal. In 1st place was Jini Beacham with a scorching net 68, closely followed by Janet Fox on net 69, and Jayne Maxwell in 3rd (71). Results…
There was no change to the SSS (71).
Men
John Morris produced a fine round of golf to claim the Summer Cup with 37 points – 1 ahead of Paul Robinson, Paul Doran and Graeme Syme. John’s card told a story – out in 23, back in 14; 4 ‘blobs’, no 1 pointers and two 4 pointers. Well done John and there’s bags of potential there. Results…
CSS was unchanged from SSS 35 points with John dropping to 23 and Paul Robinson to 25.
Paul Grand has provided a few photos of the progress of the works around the portacabin. Pic 1… Pic 2… Pic 3… Pic 4…
Mitcham Friendly
The Ladies are only just behind after the away leg of the annual friendly match. More…
Mitcham Ladies – Away Leg
Result: Loss 3-1
It was a perfect, sunny day to play golf as Doreen Dolby, Julie Smith, Ann Gardner, Lia Donath, Tracy Wright, Louise Williams, Molly Hood and Jayne Maxwell went to Mitcham to play the away leg of the annual friendly.
Well done to Julie and Doreen who won their match but unfortunately, after hard fought matches, the other three games lost. It was a most enjoyable day, however, and we still have the opportunity to retain the trophy by winning our return match in August.
Thank you to everyone who played.
News From the Park
Captain Richard Owen has issued the year’s first edition of the occasional newsletter – News From the Park. It’s available now online. More…
Monthly Medal / Ladies Committee Cup
Ladies
Showing a welcome return to form, Sonia Inniss’s 36 points gives her the lead in the first round of the Committee Cup. Jayne Maxwell is in 2nd place on 34 pts with Louise Williams 2 pts further back in 3rd. Results…
There was no change to the ladies’ SSS of 71 (36 pts equivalent) and no changes to any playing handicaps.
Men
Scoring was very good with nearly a third of the field (12 players) scoring better than or equal to the course SSS of 68. An in form Graeme Syme almost had back-to-back wins but had to settle for 2nd place, beaten on the back 9 by Alan Ingham playing in only his second club competition. Both scored excellent net 62’s. Nigel Ward took 3rd spot on net 63, Guy Saintfiet 4th (64) with Osman Chaudry & Paul Doran 5th & 6th respectively with net 65’s. Results…
The SSS decreased by 1 to 67.
After 4 rounds of the Grand Medal Trophy, Graeme Syme has a commanding lead (15 shots) over Richard Owen in 2nd:
Graeme Syme: 262 total (62/68/70/62)
Richard Owen: 277 total (63/73/75/66)
Nigel Ward: 280 total (69/72/76/63)
Peter Harrington: 283 total (71/72/73/67)
Paul Appleton: 286 total (66/70/72/78)
Julian Diamond: 289 total (68/72/76/73)
John Morris: 291 total (71/74/78/68)
John Sowter: 321 total (77/82/85/77)
These are the only players to have completed all four rounds. Full results due soon.
White Webbs
The Ladies A Team dropped out of the White Webbs competition at the 2nd round away at Hoebridge. More…
Whitewebbs – Team A Rd 2 at Hoebridge
Result: 1-4 Loss
The 5 strong Ladies team participated in a 2nd round match in the White Webbs on Sunday June 1st.
Hoebridge is a great home course and tricky for visiting teams. Sadly our ladies were beaten 4- 1. Ros Gray who is in great form won her match convincingly!
Thanks to all who participated.