Mid-season conditions prevailed with the odd spot of light rain. Rough was punishing for those that found it in a Duke’s medal competition. CSS remained at SSS.

Straight hitting by Peter Osgood and another tidy round from Roger Rojas saw 68s with Roger the winner on count-back. Keith Cassidy 69, Captain Paul Brown 70 and Toby Hunt 71 equalled or bettered CSS with Peter, Roger and Keith earning handicap reductions. Best lady was Veronica 72. Results…

The associated Anniversary Trophy reflects placings in this, the first of the 4 Jubilees. R1 Leader board…

The earlier games coped with a strong breeze and a chill warranting a jumper but conditions improved to end with glorious sunshine.

It proved to be ladies’ day with 4 out of the 7 top positions. Shooting the lights out were winner Caroline Mylon 63 and Kathryn Zally 65 followed by best man Liam Bridger 71 and in his first competition, Paul Concannon also 71. Results…

In the related midweek Grand Medal, Richard Owen now leads Liam Bridger by 9. R3. R4 Leader board…

Ladies

The day started slowly with all three ladies’ games finding themselves on the second tee sunning themselves and waiting for the second green to clear! The games spread out thereafter and in balmy warm conditions scoring was generally good with most participants playing within their buffer zones and the CSS falling by one to 68. The winner with a net 67 and continuing a run of good form was Molly Hood. Lia Donath was second with a net 68. Results…

Men

Ideal golfing conditions prevailed with a light to moderate breeze, placing Prince’s vulnerable to good scoring. CSS remained at SSS 67 but for some competitors purple patches emerged.

Notably the deserved winner Stephen Legge scored 61 off 11 and lowest gross 72, Greg Saunders and Paul Grand 63s and recent Merrist Wood away-day winner Pete Harrison 65. Results…

Stephen, Pete and Paul earned handicap reductions with Paul being cut a further additional ESR shots for a run of exceptional scores – cut by 4 shots in 2 weeks. Fresh from the USA and Wentworth, Paul Patching secured eagle at 14^th.

In the associated Grand Medal Trophy, Paul Grand has a 12 shot advantage over Toby Hunt. R4 Leader board…

Report due soon. Report…

The wind which had been prevalent for the previous 2 days continued to abate and the temperature slowly rose in the sunshine. However, playing conditions proved difficult, not helped by thicker and longer rough.

Three 32s vied for victory with count-backs separating victor Patrick Murphy from Colin Pizzey and Tony Bryan. Results…

CSS was reduced from SSS 36 points as per attached. CSS Results…

Ladies

The promise of squally showers throughout the day reduced the number of competitors before play commenced and although there were certainly a fair number of them, it was a considerably better day than forecast.

The same could not be said for 7 of the 9 contestants in the second leg of the Committee Cup. It would seem that Tenesi Karakaneva and Deborah Potter were playing a different course from the rest of the group, both romping home with 40 and 36 points respectively. Results…

Tenesi and Deborah take not only 1st and 2nd spots on the day, they also take the 36 holes of the Committee Cup  competition. Results…

With the remainder of the field trailing some way behind and neither of these two counting for handicapping calculation purposes, the CSS was raised by 3 to 34 resulting in a one shot reduction for Deborah after many months of going in the reverse direction, but after several weeks of outstanding scoring, Tenesi has been awarded an exceptional handicap reduction and is cut by 5.5 today, and is down to a playing handicap of 28.

Men

The last day of Spring brought predominantly damp conditions warranting some waterproofs and umbrellas at times. CSS was one lower than SSS at one up 70 reflecting the relatively high number of players playing within their buffer zone.

The bogey format is psychologically testing but there were some very good scores – notably Jim Fogarty and Roger Rojas finishing 3up with Jim the winner on count-back for the last 6 holes. Stephen Legg played another consistent round to finish 3rd all square piping Julian James on back 9.
Jim and Roger had their playing handicaps reduced but nobody’s playing handicap increased. Results…

Dark horse Paul Grand tipped his sombrero to the field flying past through 9 at level par and three birdies for 28 points. Trainer reported apparent lameness on back 9 but rode out as winner on 44 points. In form filly Val Riziotis shot a sure-footed 42 two lengths back and Colin Pizzey 41. Thoroughbred Shaun Feldon led the also-rans on count back 36 points from Tamas Labacs. Results…