Competitions
Competitions
Christmas Hamper
Early frost meant that the first five greens were temporaries and presented challenges to competitors in varying degrees. Graeme Syme mastered them and was one under gross through four holes and finished strongly (back nine 22 points) to win the hamper with 41 points – he’ll not starve on his return from Oz in the New Year. Results…
Richard Kenwood and Stan Potts shot 40 and 38 points to take 2nd and 3rd prizes. Best lady also with a highly commendable 38 points was Ros Lake.
Round times were a very agreeable 4¼ to 4½ hrs.
Monthly Medal
LADIES
The Lady Captain’s net 76 clinched the December monthly medal with Sheena Harrington in second on net 78. Since there were 2+ temporary greens, this was a non-qualifier for handicap. Results…
MEN
Overnight rain and wind gave way to ameliorating conditions for the reduced field of competitors in the December monthly medal played in a bogey format. Five players ended one up and the usual count back algorithm was employed to give Osman Chaudry victory being four up on the back nine from Kerry Sargeant, Peter Harrington, Graeme Syme and Nigel Ward. Results…
With four temporary greens, the competition was not accorded qualifying status and so no change in playing handicaps arose.
Four Ball Better Ball
Undaunted by the vagaries of the weather, Kerry Sargeant and Paul Grand gave an exhibition of complementary team play racking up 45 points to win by 3. Having the advantage of a better back 9, John Bennett and Tony Pickard just pipped Geoff Foreman and Toby Hunt to second place. Results…
Winter Competition Rd 4
LADIES
Playing exactly to her handicap was enough for Lia Donath to win the R2 Princes Winter Stableford with 37 pts. In 2nd place was Veronica Mithchell on 36 pts. Results…
The CSS remained unchanged at 37 pts and there were no changes to playing handicaps.
After two rounds of the Princes Eclectic, Lia Donath leads the way on net 75 with Julie Smith not far behind in 2nd on net 76½.
MEN
After clearance of early frost, a pleasant early winter’s day made for good scoring off mats. John Bennett took advantage of the conditions, romping home to win with 43 points, one clear of Ian Smith. A further point away was Gurpal Sekhon. Results…
Kerry’s round included an eagle at 15 and he joins the RPGC golfing Gods at this hole (over 13 years):
| Eagles at 15 Princes Course | ||
| Player | Date | Competition |
| B Aldhhahi | 26 Feb 96 | Winter Competition Rd 8 |
| P Grand | 9 Oct 05 | Monthly Medal Rd 8 |
| K Sargeant | 19 Nov 06 | Winter Competition Rd 4 |
With 39% of Category 1-3 players shooting within two of SSS 40, CSS was elevated to 41. Men’s handicap list…
John’s round now makes him joint leader in the Winter Competition with Jon Cooper, 2 ahead of Kerry Sargeant.
Ian’s round now leaves him one clear from Kerry in the associated Prince’s Eclectic.
Winter Competition Rd 3
LADIES
Di Jackett won the Stableford competition with 35 points, closely followed by Veronica Mitchell (34 pts – BB9) and Rosalind Lake (34 pts). Results…
The CSS increased by two to 35 pts.
After two rounds of the Dukes Eclectic, Julie Smith remains in the lead (net 75½) but only by a whisker from Tracy Wright (net 76).
MEN
Duke’s played long off the back tees, despite pleasant autumnal conditions – and this affected scoring. A back nine count back separated Julian Diamond from Paul Appleton, both with 35 points. Canny scoring saw new Duke’s Eclectic leader Dave Williams take 3rd position from Lee Eden, again on a count back with each 34 points. Results…
CSS remained at SSS 35. Men’s handicap list…
A new leader has emerged in the Winter Competition – Kerry Sargeant who lies 2 clear from Tim Meyer and Graeme Syme.
In the Duke’s Eclectic Dave Williams takes a two shots second round lead.
Monthly Medal
LADIES
With cold conditions and a very slow round, scoring was relatively high plus there were several “no returns”. However, despite a 7 at the par 3 first hole, Maureen Slade got her game back on track to win the monthly medal with a net 71. Di Jackett & Veronica Mitchell were one shot behind, with Di beating Veronica for 2nd place on the back nine. Results…
The CSS remained at 71.
The November medal was the last round counting towards the Dowling Cup. The winner for 2006 was Sheena Harrington with a winning total of 420 (aggregate of 6 best net scores in stroke play rounds). In second place was Tracy Wright on 426. Final result…
MEN
A slow and at times chilly round saw some excellent scoring – and in many cases even better scoring could have been made.
The winner on 66 was Graeme Syme with 66 and this included a nine at the 7th. Toby Hunt had a storming back nine 37 to finish 2nd on count back from Richard Kenwood, both recording 68s. Rob Urquhart played another fine round with 69, unfortunately dropping 4 shots in the last 5 holes. Results…
With play reverting (pleasantly and surprisingly) to the back tees, CSS was unchanged from SSS 68 giving rise to a 1.2 reduction in handicap for Graeme from 17.2 to 16, with a -2 clause 19.8 adjustment featuring in the calculation. Men’s handicap list…
Captain’s Twig
Captain Jon Cooper has issued the 3rd edition of his occasional newsletter – the Captain’s Twig. It’s available now online. More…
Four Ball Better Ball Medal
LADIES
Dove-tailing well together, Sheena Harrington & Julie Smith won the ladies’ 4 ball better ball with an excellent 40 points, 4 pts clear of Tracy Wright & Veronica Mitchell in 2nd. Third place was taken by Di Jackett & Maureen Slade on 35 pts. Results…
MEN
The winners on a back 3 count-back were Ian Smith and Kerry Sargeant from John Bennett and Jason Loubser, both pairings on 60. Conditions for early November were very favourable, reflected in the general scoring. Results…
Early rumours in the clubhouse were that a 59 had been returned for Graeme Syme and Ole Leon-Martin but scrutiny in the Handicap Secretary’s office revealed a casting error on the card and an incorrect net at SI 17 2nd hole resulting in a 61.
One pairing suffered a technical rule 31-4 disqualification with no gross score recorded on 9th hole. View card…
Winter Competition Rd 2
LADIES
Another new lady member, Sile-Brid Murphy, claimed the first round of the Princes Eclectic with 32 pts, a very good score in the nasty weather conditions. Again, this was on the back 9 from Kate Marsh. Results…
Since scoring was relatively low, this was a Reduction Only round for handicap.
Only 7 out of the 20 ladies who played managed to complete all the holes for an Eclectic score. Sheena Harrington is the current leader on net 86½ (off ½ handicap), closely followed by Jayne Maxwell & Cheryl Woodhouse, both on 87½.
Five ladies competed in the final of the Barton Bowl on 22nd October, one of these being Anne Koychev (nee Barton) who donated this trophy to the club in 1989 at the end of her 2½ years of captaincy. Unfortunately, Anne had to retire with a bad back on the day, but the other four battled it out in appallingly wet conditions with Maureen Slade being the eventual winner with 28 pts from Ros Gray in 2nd place (27 pts). Results…
MEN
In round 2 of the Winter Competition, Julian Diamond just pipped Jon Cooper (both with 38 points), being followed by Kerry Sargeant and John Sowter with 37 points in weather conditions progressively deteriorating. Results…
CSS remained at SSS 37. Men’s handicap list…
Jon takes the lead in the accumulated Winter Competition, two ahead of Rob Urquhart.
In the associated Prince’s Eclectic Julian Diamond heads Peter Harrington by two.
Winter Competition Rd 1
LADIES
New member Jayne Maxwell just pipped Julie Smith on the back 9 to claim victory in the first round of the Dukes Eclectic with 35 pts. Two points further behind were Maureen Slade and Tracy Wright. Results…
The CSS increased by 1 over the SSS to 36 pts.
Julie Smith takes an early lead in the Dukes Eclectic on net 79½ (off ½ handicap) with Tracy Wright in 2nd (81).
MEN
A count back on the last 6 earned Rob Urquhart 1st place over Graeme Syme. Rob’s round was skilfully crafted with ‘bad luck’ causing a couple of blobs. Gurpal Sekhon also had 36 points finishing 3rd. Results…
CSS remained at SSS 35. Men’s handicap list…
It is believed the Winter Competition has started. Paul Appleton and Graeme Syme share the early lead in the associated Duke’s Eclectic.