LADIES

Tracy Wright clinched the October medal with a net 69, three shots clear of Maureen Slade in 2nd. Results…

MEN

Martin Wright squeezed Julian Ratnage on the back 9 to claim victory. Both shot highly commendable 63s. New member Nick Heale finished third with 66. Results…

CSS was unchanged from SSS of 67.Men’s handicap list…

The handicap secretary’s office was impressed with a run of five 3’s from Bruce Cuff and an eagle for the handicap secretary at 15. Bruce’s one over par 70 was enough to take the Grand Medal Trophy, two ahead of Paul Appleton, Martin Wright and Geoff Foreman. Congratulations to Bruce on his achievement, and taking just the minimum 5 rounds to win. Final results…

In the first part of the Autumn Meeting, the individual medal round, Veronica Mitchell was triumphant with a net 70, six shots clear of Lorna White in second. Julie Smith took the best front 9 (net 37½) and Maureen Slade the best back 9 (net 34). Results…

The first part of the Autumn Meeting is also the second round of the Committee Cup. Though each round was well supported, only 3 ladies played in both rounds! Sheena Harrington held on to a slender lead to take 1st place with 63 stableford points aggregate from Julie Smith (60 pts). Results…

The play-off for the Barton Bowl was also played on 2nd October so Veronica Mitchell was again triumphant with 38 pts from Julie Smith in 2nd (30 pts). Results…

Competitors played the team and individual events simultaneously. The winner of the individual event by a margin of 4 points was Bruce Cuff with an exemplary 2 under par 39 points. Results… 

In the team event, Dave Williams, Nick Heale, Chris Wisely and Vic Wadley were victorious with 76 points. Back in the clubhouse, many teams confessed that their yellow ball ‘blobbed’. Results…

Almost a Qualifier for Reduction Only round (one % point due to Dave Williams’ 35), CSS was 3 lower than SSS 36.Men’s handicap list…

Captain David Marsh has issued his monthly Log for October. It’s available now online. More…

Report due soon. Details…

In the sweep played on Prince’s (3rd week in a row), Stuart Nash returned to form, nudging clear of George Martin on a countback with both on 42 points. Tracy Wright again secured ladies’ honours. Results…

Close scrutiny of scores in the JQ Robertson produced a clear winner for this well attended competition – Jon Cooper with 41 points. Three competitors on 40 disputed 2nd, 3rd and 4th places – Michael Rossiter, Tim Meyer and Stan Potts – separated only by countback.  Tracy Wright was best lady on 35 points. Results…

CSS was 39 points, one above SSS. Men’s handicap list…

The allocation of points arising in the Top Dog Trophy makes the competition exciting. With just one event left, the Lissamon Cup, Jon and Michael are tied first with 30 points and nobody can beat them. Top Dog Results…

The sharp-eyed amongst you would have noticed the Ladies Autumn Meeting was not held on 11 September. In fact it had been postponed to 2 October, along with the 2nd round of the Committee Cup. Details…

LADIES

The September monthly medal was a close fought contest with Julie Smith just managing to beat the Lady Captain on the Best Back 9, both with net 72’s. Results…

MEN

A 4 under par gross 65 with 5 birdies and just 1 dropped shot at the 16th earned Bruce Cuff the monthly medal with Geoff Foreman putting in an excellent net 65 for 2nd place. Results…

In a rare moment of reflection , the Handicap Committee exclaimed Eureka! in having solid evidence of what score a scratch player under ideal conditions should score (to prevent SSS possibly being increased from 67 to 68 by SCGU).

CSS was reduced by 1 to 66, with Bruce being cut back to playing off scratch and Jim Fogarty now playing off 21. Men’s handicap list…

Translating the scores into the Grand Medal Trophy to date, it can be seen that Julian Diamond now heads the field 5 ahead of Paul Appleton. Statisticians will observe however, that Bruce need score only a 75 in round 8 to overhaul Julian – and there are other possibilities as well, naturally. R7 Leader board…

Once the lightning appeared Captain David Marsh had no option other than abandon the event. The Autumn Mixed Foursomes is rescheduled for 1 October. More…