Competition Reports
Competition Reports
Men’s Sweep & Ladies Medal Spring Meeting
Ladies
19 ladies took part in the first of this season’s major competitions. This was the largest turnout so far this year and scoring reflected the day’s sunny, warm conditions. Louise Williams won with a net 69, Julie Smyth came second with a net 72 and several more scored within their handicap buffer zones. Results…
Other prize winners were Doreen Dolby for the best back 9 (net 35) and Lia Donath for the best front 9 (net 36½).
The CSS went up one to 72.
Men
With improvised white tee markers to guide competitors, John Pieters led the way with an impressive 42 points – just 1 point from a fresh (to golf this year) Julian Diamond. Results…
Both must start as favourites for the novel 36 hole competition with round 2. Handicap secretary Paul Grand almost ‘aced’ at the 3rd, the ball bouncing in the cup but finishing 6†away. Julian birdied 10, as did Stanley Hunt at 13.
CSS was elevated by 2 over SSS to 69 (36pts). Men’s handicap list…
Summer Knockout Competitions – Enter now
A reminder the entries for the summer knockouts competitions are open until Sunday 5 April. Full notice…
Here are the entries so far.
JH Taylor… Two Courses… Men’s Pairs… Mixed Pairs…
For the Ladies, the Challenge Cup closes for entries on 29th March. Ladies Challenge Cup… Ladies Double C Cup…
The Captain’s Newsletter
Well it really feels as though Spring has arrived at last and the better weather has much improved the course conditions. The white tees are back out, so we will be playing from them from next Sunday onwards.
I have prepared the year’s first edition of the club’s newsletter – News From the Park. I hope you will find something of interest. View here… or View Captain’s pages…
Please let me know your comments for future issues.
Winter Comp Rd 8 / Dukes Eclectic Rd 4
Ladies
A beautiful day without a cloud in the sky. The first of many this year we hope. Sonia Inniss made light of her recent cut in handicap (see report for 1 March) with 36 points, closely followed by Julie Smith on 35 points and Doreen Dolby on 33 points. Results…
The CSS remained the same at 71 (37 stableford points) as the SSS with no change to playing handicaps.
Julie Smith maintained her lead in the cumulative Dukes Eclectic competition, winning that competition with a net 73, followed by Jayne Maxwell with a net 76 and Lia Donath with a net 77. Final result…
Men
The final round of the Winter Competition was played in glorious spring conditions with Paul Doran the winner on 40 points after an uneasy start. Two points behind were Hiro Ushido and Lee Eden. Results…
CSS was reduced to 67 (37pts) from SSS 68 (36pts).
The winner of the Winter Competition is Matt Roadnight on 120pts, three ahead of John Morris and Nigel Ward. Final result…
In the associated Duke’s Eclectic, a tie resulted with Sean Dalton and Paul Doran each finishing with 61. Final results…
Summer Knockout Competitions – Enter now
The details for the summer knockout competitions have been released. There is no qualification round this year and entries are open until Sunday 5 April. Full notice…
Winter Comp Rd 7 / Princes Eclectic Rd 4
Ladies
Increasingly difficult very windy conditions resulted in a low scoring competition. Lia Donath won with 32 points followed by Julie Smith with 30 points. Results…
No one played within two points of the SSS or better and so this was a reduction only round with the CSS going up 3 points to 74 (33 stableford points).
Lia also won the cumulative Princes Eclectic competition with a net 69, having won each of the three rounds that were played (round 2 was rained off). Final result…
Men
Pleasant conditions prevailed for the early games but later games were caught by a vicious storm with its inevitable impact on scoring. John Ahad emerged the victor with 39 points, one ahead of John Morris. Results…
CSS was elevated to 68 (37 points) from SSS 67 (38).
Three now share the Winter Competition lead – John Morris, Matt Roadnight and Nigel Ward. R7 Leader board…
The Prince’s Eclectic was won by John Morris on 61, one ahead of Dave Winter and Kerry Sargeant. Final results…
Epsom Away Day
The Club has arranged an away day to Epsom Golf Club for Friday 1st May. There are places for the first 40 applicants. Details…
Summer Fixture List
The Club has just released the summer fixture programme. Secretary’s notice…
The Fixtures link in the left-hand panel will be updated with the usual links soon. In the meantime a printable PDF version is available. Printable PDF fixture list…
Monthly Medal
Ladies
On an overcast day, Sonia Innis took full advantage of benign conditions with a stonking net 69, leaving the rest of the field trailing in her wake. Lia Donath was 2nd with a distant 75. Results…
But for us mere mortals there is a God! Sonia’s handicap, hitherto 30, meant that her score did not count towards calculation of the CSS, so this was a reduction only round with the CSS increasing by 3 from the SSS of 71. Furthermore, the increase in CSS means that Sonia is rewarded not just with the medal but also a massive handicap cut from 30 to 27.2!
Men
The first meteorological day of Spring produced favourable conditions with Nigel Ward (again) and John Pieters taking full advantage with both returning 61s. A count back placed Nigel first with a gross 37 net 26.5 back 9. Very creditable scores were also returned from Richard Kenwood 63, Gary Flounders 64 and Abdulaziz 65. Results…
A loose drive at 13 found Kerry Sargeant 2 inches OB. Undeterred, he resolved nevertheless that he could still get ‘cut’ as the resulting 8 would count as 6 for handicapping purposes. Showing true grit, he then proceeded to finish the remaining holes in par (inc. 2 birdies) – and regained Category 1 status.
The RoG resulted in a disqualification for Johannes (too high a handicap declared).
The competition sheet details a number of playing handicap changes with CSS equal to SSS 68.
This was the first round of the 2009 Grand Medal Trophy. R1 Leader board…
In the prestigious Duke’s and Prince’s Tour, Nigel leads the money list for the year to date on $58,000 with 5 winning events. Leader board…
Winter Comp Rd 6 / Princes Eclectic Rd 3
Ladies
In mild but really rather sticky conditions (the balls were just not running), Lia Donath’s 35 points were enough to win with Jayne Maxwell in hot pursuit with 34 points. Results…
The CSS was 71 (36 stableford points) with no changes to playing handicaps.
Lia looks like running away with the cumulative Princes Eclectic competition with a net score of 71 after 3 rounds followed by Di Jackett on 82 (net). R3 Leader board…
Men
Nigel Ward conquered Prince’s, inspired no doubt by a birdie at the first hole. His winning score of 45 points was two clear of Matt Roadnight with a count back separating Richard Owen and Mike Smeal with 41 points each. Results…
CSS reflected the balance of play being 66 (39pts), one less than SSS 67 (38 pts) – both Nigel and Matt were cut 2 shots for their efforts.
Indeed, Matt and Nigel now lead the Winter Competition with 117 points. John Morris and Julian Ratnage are three points behind, but Paul Robinson only needs a ‘reasonable’ round to catch up. R6 Leader board…
In the associated Prince’s Eclectic, Nigel, Dave Winter and John Morris lead with 64 each. R3 Leader board…