Another blistering hot day with temperatures topping 30 degrees C but fortunately no-one was overcome by the heat.

It was another good round by Charlie Haines, who tops the leaderboard with 40 points (including one blob), 2 ahead of Graham with a commendable 38 points. Every steady Colin takes 3rd place with 37 points, just one in front of dog-walker Rannesh (who reportly let Yangu off the lead to collect opponents balls!!).

Best front 9 was 21 points by both Graham and Jose and best back 9 by Tamas (22 points). Uli didn’t win any sweep money this week (for a change) but did record 4 birdies in his round for the first time.

Sweep monies to the top 3 (£11, £7 , £4)

A scorching day in September for the difficult format bogey Fred Hawtree competition.

The winner Mtch Cohen was the very early clubhouse leader being 7up; but he was actually 9up on back 9 and 2 over for front 9. Seymour was runner-up 6up whilst Club Champ Richard B was third 5 up – all on front 9 with 2 under par 33

Glorious sunshine with increasing heat for the September Monthly Medal. Conditions were excellent for scoring.

Women (Autumn Meeting Medal round)

What a lovely sunny day for a round of golf & it looks to have suited Silvia to a tee or more appropriately to par. Her gross score of 73 looks more like a nett to many of us & despite already having a low handicap is getting a 0.6 cut tomorrow down to 6.4…. the rest of us can only dream of such a score. So well played Silvia who finished with a nett 66.

Just 2 behind was Jenny with a 68 but with an identical score dropping off the back of WHS there is no change to her handicap.

Men

Exceptional golf from Jim ‘Mr 59’ Matthews with 1 over par front 9 gave Jim a 59 – well done! Jim had an ESR of -1.0 applied after his early 8th WHS score to reduce his handicap from 14.8 to 9.0. he was followed by in-form Jim D 61 – again normally exceptional Oz re turned 62, Charlie W 63 , Paul K 64 Paul G 64 and indeed there were 18 scores in the 60s.
Jay returned 2 over par 66 for best gross and his HI reduced to 3.6.

This was 7th of 8 rounds for the Grand Medal Trophy and order is little chaged from rond 6 –
Will B leads senior 328 from Tamas 329 whilst Duncan leads junior 345 from Dilp 349.

A fair day for final round of Midweek Club championship; dry and bright.

Fine 65s from Naveed and Peter G won the nett for the day with Naveed 158 winner with a birdie at last hole. Russell followed with a lighting 66.

In the Men’s scratch senior division Jay shot an exemplary 73 gross with 3 birdies and 2 under par back 9; this built on his lead from first round to win with 145 from nearest rival Richard B 151. There were notable performances from Peter G 152, and Naveed 158..

Full credit to Patrick M winning with 2nd round 93 to give overall 180 from Adrian 182 and Julian 184.
The Handicap Trophy ( next 2 rounds) shows a 3-way tie on 135 – Peer G, Jay and Uli. Congrats to all.

And it’s congratulations to Gina for again winning the women’s gross 163 from Sheena 176.

A sunny start but it clouded over; a breeze for the late summer ban holiday plate.

An excellent front 9 of 22 points helped Sean O to victory in his 41 points.; Tony K pressed with 39 [21 back but a couple of 7s on front 9]; Raymond, Uli and Will B followed with 38s; a hghly commendable 37 points gave Seema best placed women’s position.

[Mel Dunn was play ing his 4th WHS qualifying round but player must have 6 WHS WHS round per RPGC rules].

Very nice conditions out there today, not too hot and just a touch of breeze, which made a very pleasant change from the wind that seems to have become a regular feature. It all resulted in some good scoring today. Jose’s front 9 was nothing out of the ordinary (17) but an amazing 27 points on the back 9 let him amass 44 points to win by 2 from 3 on 42.
Richard N did it the wrong way round with 23 on the front 9 to put him in 4th behind PaulMc and Sheena – both 22 out & 20 back but Paul had the better back 6 to take 2nd spot.

With 30 taking part today the sweep paid out to the top 4 – which seems only fair since 3 had the same score!

Temperature ose as he sunrose; much humidity but a breeze.

Division 1
 Jay shot  34+38 today (the 2 DB’s on the back 9 are the only blemish on his card today). Otherwise he played a steady round of gold. 1 shot back is Richard … Back (36+37). A DB on 17 killed his momentum. But hero of the day in Div1 has to be Uli. He recorded scores of 37+38 . Just like Jay/RB he too recorded a DB on the back 9 (the 14th in his case). Angus on 76 may be considered the last one with an outside chance next week. Peter G had the best back 9 of the whole field. But he may have left himself a bit too much to do next week.

Division 2
Adrian’s round couldn’t not have started in a worse way (9 on the 1st). But he steadied himself to 44 (front 9) and 41 (with a 7 on the 10th). Patrick M is 2 shots back and is the closest competitor on Div2. Susan recovered remarkably well from 2 snowmen on her scorecard. Seymour is clearly enjoying these golfing conditions: 49+42 and 4th place in Div2. Chris J and Kay M are a bir further back but could be dark horses next week.

Bright but dry for the President’s Putter.

Kerry pulled a round out of the top drawer to win with 43 points; he also won NTP and birdie on long par 3 13th –also back 9 honours. Nigel W followed with excellent 41 and front 9 22. Justin W 3rd with 40 . then 4 39s from Oz, Roland, Sheena and Jay.

Kerry earned another 12 pints in the men’s Top Dog and as attached now leads the senior division 24 points from Raymond 19 and Brian M 16; in the junior, Paul McGrath still leads 28 from Dilip 26 and Onursal 18.

Novelty prizes :
Nearest The Pin
2nd Cheryl Woodhouse
4th Craig Johnstone
11th Richard Owen
13th Kerry Sargeant
16th Aidan Hurley
18th (in 2) Aiden Hurley