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…

MEN

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…

MEN

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…

LADIES

Louise Williams’ score of 31 points won the Stableford competition, beating the Lady Captain on the back 9, and putting her in third place overall in the Princes’ Eclectic. Results… 

With one round to go, Lia Donath maintains her lead in the Princes Eclectic on net 72 with Julie Smith in second on net 74½. R3 Leader board…

This was a non-qualifying competition for handicap.

MEN

After two months the Winter Competition resumed and following Sunday’s round, Gurpal Sekhon is the new leader, four ahead of Julian Diamond. R5 Leader board…

But the undoubted star on Sunday was Osman Chaudry who scored an astonishing 45 points, 7 points ahead of 6 competitors on 38. Well done to Osman. Results…

Another non-qualifying round but the handicapping committee will take note and employ Clause 19 adjustment should such form continue.

In the associated Eclectic on Prince’s, Toby Hunt decided it was time to declare his hand, jumping straight to the top of the leader board with 61, just one ahead of Kerry Sergeant with Dave Williams and Ian Smith strategically poised a point further back. R3 Leader board…

Clubhouse curiosity was raised when at least three pairs posted 37 points on the makeshift ‘leader-board’. Processing of results confirmed via back 9/6s Ian & Julie Smith to be victors from Peter & Sheena Harrington, Jon Cooper & Richard Owen and John Ahad & David Keen. Results…

LADIES

Consecutive Sundays saw the ladies playing another team event. This time where one score counts on holes 1-6, two scores on holes 7-12 and three scores on holes 13-18.

The team consisting of Trish Mulhall, Jan Oliver, Maureen Slade & Julie Smith scored really well (according to Julie Smith) and won with a total of 77 points. In 2nd place, on 68 pts, were Doreen Dolby, Lia Donath, Jayne Maxwell & Cheryl Woodhouse. Results…

MEN

Playing in the same early game, Vic Wadley and Stan Potts spurred each other on to take the first two positions recording 43 and 40 points respectively. Stanley Hunt continued his new found 2007 form, piping Peter Harrington into 3rd place with a count back 23 point back 9 and 39 points. Results…

Students of the Rules of Golf will observe Phil Flanagan’s Rule 6-6d infraction and resulting disqualification via the hyperlink.

LADIES

The competition of the day was a “yellow ball” team event Stableford. Players play in teams of four and, within each team, player A’s scores count at holes 1, 5, 9, 13 & 17; player B’s scores at holes 2, 6, 10, 14 & 18; player C’s at 3, 7, 11 & 15 and player D’s at 4, 8, 12 & 16.

The winning team was Doreen Dolby, Jayne Maxwell, Di Jackett & Trish Mulhall with 31 points. In second place on 29 pts were Jan Oliver, Lia Donath, Rosalind Lake & Jayne Maxwell. Please note that Jayne did not tear herself in two to play in 2 teams – Jan & Lia were only a 2-ball so two players were chosen at random for their scores to count in that team. Results…

MEN

Consistent fine play saw Richard Owen the winner with 40 points, one better than Messrs. Bennett, Hunt, Wright and Smith. John Bennett finished strongly with birdie, birdie, and Stanley Hunt struck New Year form. Results…

A popular and intriguing format saw different competitors winning sweep monies – and most surprisingly most competitors retuning better than ‘all square’ in the bogey section. Special mention to Richard Kenwood for returning +5 with a two over gross for the six holes. Lady captain Cheryl Woodhouse found a late turn of form with a net 23 in the medal section. Results…

To the chagrin of some competitors, the ‘bar’ had (again) no supplies of draught or bottled beers or ciders – but the new year was toasted elegantly in the Portacabin with wine.

A small but quality field of competitors turned out in favourable conditions for this festive event, though worm casts made the course muddy in places. Scoring was expected to be good with this format and it was surprising to note a number of ‘blobs’ from competitors. In the event, 38 points was good enough to win and 3 pairs had to be separated on back 9s with Gurpal Sekhon & Stan Potts coming out victors from Maurice Bernard & Ros Lake and Richard Kenwood & Phil Flanagan. Results…

LADIES

With an excellent score of 38 points Lorna White will be celebrating her runaway victory in the Champagne Chase. Maureen Slade was second on 32 pts and Sheena Harrington a further two pts behind in third place. Results…

The CSS increased by three to 35 points. Ladies handicap list…

MEN

From the top drawer, Kerry Sergeant selected a level par round for 42 points to be returned the winner. Kerry’s round included 4 birdies and eight 3s. Second was Ian Smith with 40 points – and with ‘blobs’ at 1 and 5 he could have been the winner. Congratulations on these 2 fine rounds. Results…

CSS was unchanged from SSS 40. Men’s handicap list…