Competitions
Competitions
Autumn Stableford R2/2
A dry but cloudy day for the second round of the Autumn Stableford with 53 players.
In the senior division Sushant Lall and Richard Inglis led the way with excellent 41 points; Henry Lindesay-Bethune followed with 40 points with Umran Ali and John Perkins returning fine 38s.
The impact over the 2 rounds is that Henry consolidated his 1st round 37 to win on 77 from Richard Inglis.
In the junior division Alex Catlow had an excellent 41 points to win from Onursal Soyer, Tom Laybourn and Giovanni Caboni who had very creditable 39s.
Tom built on his first round 37 to win over 2 rounds on 76 from Alex Catlow 71.
Highlights from 2nd round:
Best front 9 Giovanni 24
Best back 9 Henry Lindesay-Bethune 23
Best woman was Sali Davies 38 points.
Autumn Stableford R1/2
The course had weathered heavy rain in the week (closed for a day) and there was an autumnal nip in the air with increasing wind.
A good turnout of 60 for the first round of the Autumn Stableford and the wind limited scoring performance.
In the senior division there were 4 37s with Iker Lanzargorta the winner on countback from Joe Goncalves, Brian McMahon and Henry Lindesay- Bethune. Henry and Richard took the front 9 honours with 21 points.
A super round from Avi Murphy clinched the junior division 38 points with plenty (2 blobs) in reserve; chasing her were Tom Laybourn and Duncan Taylor with 37s; special mention to the leading 36 scorer Abdullah Almasoud who scored 22 on the back 9.
All to play for in round 2 next week….
Friday Stableford Sweep
Overnight rain continued into the morning dscouraging most from playing. Well done to the 7 who stuck with the conditions esp. to the winner Tom Texido with 34 points and front & back 9 honours (16 & 18); just 2 behind with another fine round was Richard Norden 32 points
Silver Jubilee [25 yrs 1924-1949]
There was much rain overnight but fairways still reasonably firm and odd green soft; the weather forecast had deterred a number and in the event 34 competed with just 5 mins sprinkle for the Silver Jubilee.
Winner on the day was Gerard Ouattara with an excellent 64 off 20. A couple of super 67s chased with Gregory Jean-Baptiste the winner on countback from early leader Tony Kopczak. Paul Green, Toby Hunt and Richard Smith had very creditable 68s.
Paul Kamerling’s 71 proved enough for him to win the overall (best 4 from 5 Jubilees) Anniversary Cup on 281 – 3 from Peter N. Harrison and 1 from Charlie Whiteman and Toby Hunt. Well done Paul!
Kelso Hamilton 2024
Our Kelso Hamilton team of Russell Stewart and Brendan Sullivan are this year’s winners of the Surrey Kelson Hamilton competition!
Their path to the final began back in February at a very cold and wet Surrey National with subsequent victories at London & Scottish, Dulwich & Sydenham, Banstead and Cuddington.
Their east section final was against Walton Heath Artisans which was played at The Drift.
On Sunday 22 September they made their way to Clandon Regis to play The Drift who won the West section for the honour of Overall champions.
A magnificent result made all the more remarkable having played all their matches away from home.
Congratulations Brendan and Russell!
Burgess Cup
A chilly start for some but otherwise great conditions for golf – dry, not too hot and with sunny periods. Greens had sand-banded and fairways overseeded.
It was greensomes stableford for 25 pairs which can produce some high stableford scores and today was no exception. The winning pair stayed on the leader-board throughout – team Hayden and Perkins who just won 43 points on countback last holes from team Grand and Whiteman.
4 pairs followed with 42 points – Teams:
Peter N. Harrison & Hall
Richard Smith & Doyle
Harrington Almasoud
Owen & Katte
Well done for the 2 eagles on 15th to Dun & Mellish and Ali & Fulham.
And to Jagger and Jean-Baptiste for 24 points on back 9.
Midweek September Medal (MGMT R7/8)
It was a sunny, albeit windy and cool, autumn day and most players stayed dry during their round.
This medal round was played in two divisions, with Handicap adaptations for men playing off the white tees and for the women.
Gina, our habitual early starter, won the day in Div 1 handsomely with a score of 71 net.
Russell and Naveed (who had the best gross score!) follow with 3 and 4 shots behind.
Div 2 was taken by RichardN (with a net score of 69), again with a 3 stroke advantage over runner-up Charles, with Gerard and Teddy following 1 and 2 strokes behind him.
Golden Jubilee [50 yrs 1924-1974] & [Top Dog 6/7]
After some heavy overnight rain the course generally had less run and bounce = with the greens significantly slower. Dry with sunny intervals that developed.
Scoring generally was above average for the Golden Jubilee. The winner, Tom Simpkins had a fantastic 63 off 19 – 41 gross out and in – and is rewarded with an ESR of -1. 2 behind on glorious 65 was Chris Mellish dropping just 2 shots on the[whites] difficult back 9. Best woman Sali Davies took 3rd place with 66 on countback from Tom Laybourn. Mike Assender took front 9 honours on level par 35 [off yellow] whilst Kerry Sargeant and Umran Ali shared back 9 honours from yellows =37’.
This was 4th of 5 Jubilees paled so far – just Silver left. Mike Assender and Paul Kamerling are currently tied 293 for the lead whilst Peter N. Harrison and Katharina Katte are tied for 3rd 304 (and next Charli Whiteman and Kerry Sargeant also tie 5th -305. Best 4 from 5 counts.
For the men this was 6th out of 7 comps for the Top Dog (just Lissaman 3 clubs & Putter plus results of the 2 matchplay KOs left):
Senior division
Little change on leading positions with Will Balakrishnan leading 28 from Alan King 20 and Kerry Sargeant now 18
Junior division
No change with leader Gunnar Sundberg 18 from Richard Inglis16 but Tom Simpkins advances to 3rd with 12 points from today to 15 just 1 ahead of Peter N. Harrison.
‘Tricky Ricky’ – home leg
After having lost the away leg of our traditional match against Rickmansworth 1:4 😯earlier this summer, the Richmond Park team needed a 5:0 to win back the trophy for this year.
The format, as usual, was Four Ball Better Ball Matchplay and with every next pairing coming in with a win for the home team, the suspense grew … until the last pair’s win settled the sensation: the needed 5:0 victory!
Here’s the detailed result list, in order of play:
Uli Katte / Richard Owen 3&2
Henry Lindesay-Bethune / Justin Wildman 1up
Jose Goncalves / Gerard Ouattara 2&1
Angus Robertson / Sean O’Sullivan 3&1
Robert Carlile / Pete Malla 2&1
A big shout out to everyone’s dedication and resilience, against very strong opposition!
It has to be mentioned that the atmosphere during the matches was extremely friendly and stayed like that after the match, in spite of the clear result, as the below photos might confirm! 😊
Pizza and drinks galore!
Finally, a big thank you to Kim Chaffart, for organizing the whole event in communication with the ‘Ricky’s’ captain Ian, and to Richard Owen, for preparing the matchday specifics at the Park!
The Fred Hawtree Cup
t was a bone dry Prince’s course on a golf-friendly warm windless day.
Winner of the Fred Hawtree Cup was Peter Miller, finishing 5 up, two clear of the field, +3 on the front nine and +2 on the back nine. He may have rued his two pick ups but they didn’t matter. Last year the winner, Mitchell Cohen, finished 7 up, and perhaps the difference in scoring today was the greens, heavily worked on by the greenkeeping staff.
In second was Jose M Gomez. at 3 up by countback, from Teddy Holt and Richard Marriott. Mike Assender came in in 5th, leading those on 1 up by countback.
33 cards.