From memory it was a cloudy morning but brightened up in the afternoon. I don’t know whether there were any rain showers at the park but there was certainly 30minutes of rain in Cheam at exactly the time I was walking my 4year old grandson home from school – without coats or an umbrella we got soaked.

Anyway, the scores were good for most of the field and it was particularly pleasing to see Teddy’s return to form with 41 points and solid rounds from Seymour and Andrew. Recent new member Rob Carlile pipped Teddy on countback and is certainly the man in form, as he also won yesterday’s RPGC medal competition on Dukes with an astounding net 58; the good news for us all is that his handicap index has now been reduced by 11.3 strokes (to 17.3).

Another hot sunny day for the Fred Hawtree Cup. Indeed as graph bottom results shows this was the hottest of last 3 days @ > 30C; but the fall in barometric pressure guaranteed the fine spell would end. And so it did with rain by evening.

Back in the 1920s Fred Hawtree worked with J H Taylor on the design of both courses.  In recognition of the Hawtree involvement the Wednesday format was bogey, a stern test of golf.

 But some still excelled – notably winner Toby 5 up on countback from Rob D with Richard O 4 up and Chris J 3 up.; best woman Alison 2 up [but Gina way down the scoreboard for a change].

Indeed, the 10:19 3-ball of Toby, Chris J and Richard N monopolised the 6 awarded sweep prizes.

Cheryl and Elisabeth mentioned in despatches in Best Scores Analysis report.

Warm and sunny summer conditions returned for the Autumn Plate – as bottom of results confirms with temp > 26C and barometer reading rising.

Gina won the plate with 39 points on countback from Richard B (last 3 holes) and Naveed (back 9). Gina’s back 9 21 points was only eclipsed by Pierpaolo’s 22.


Secretary Peter H had the misfortune of his electric trolley wandering into the drink at 18th. An MP4 video of the aftermath is attached (other videos are available). Apparently trolley still worked after ( with Glendale assistance) fished out but 6 iron left in water and mobile phone thoroughly soaked. Glendale sponsored a cup of tea.

Subsequently White Knight Kerry S came to the rescue retrieving Peter’s 6 iron (and pitching wedge ) back. He fished them out of pond .

In pleasant early autumn weather conditions with only light winds, all teams posted good scores. However, the team of Justin, Rannesh, James and Adrian posted an exceptional net score of 55 shots (gross 63) to be the clear winners. They played the front 9 with 8 pars and one birdie and then the back 9 with 4 pars, 4 birdies and one eagle – truly unbeatable.

The 2nd round of Midweek Club Championship were played in fairly benign conditions with a fairly constant breeze/wind ( I think – was in hospital for day) .

New member Justin W shot best net of the day 64 from Gina 67 and Ronnie 69; Jay was best 71 on countback (and lowest gross) from Jeremy R and Naveed.

The overall men’s scratch Senior Division was won by Jay pulling ahead of 1st round leader Stephen S with 151. The Junior Division was claimed by Justin R 174 from Stephen H 189 .

Overall women’s scratch winners was Gina 175 , 5 ahead of Ronnie 180 and Sheena 183.

The Midweek Handicap Trophy is ‘joint’ meaning that the men and the women challenge for the same cup.  The result was close and with his six under second round score Justin finished as the winner with a combined net 133, just ahead of Veronica Mitchell with her 134.  

In addition to the normal NRs for no card returned/ NRs at individual holes [medal comp] , Richard B was DQ for returning card with an incorrect score honestly reported as having played wrong ball.

Benign conditions prevailed for the B/H Plate- a (distinctly chilly) wind with northerly component fluctuated as temperature rose – see bottom of results report.

Late entrant Chris S proved the winner 41 points from Saturday entrant Marco V winning 2nd spot 40 on countback from new member Justin B. Yours truly held on to 4th with 39. Best lady Lia 37. Back-marker marking cards for hcap – peter H 17pts.

Chris S had a purple patch 5 through 7 – 3,3,3; mine lasted 1 hole -the 7th with a drive through to back of green and 1 putt for a birdie – swiftly forgotten at next hole – 9!

Next Sunday is the London Duathlon with Richmond Park roads closed to traffic- see details at https://londonduathlon.com/race-day/route-and-maps/full-duathlon .
Peter H will no doubt cover in his weekly missive but please allow extra time since roads open may be congested etc.

With dry but overcast late summer conditions the women again showed their liking to the Dukes course. Well done to Sheena with a winning score of 35 points, two ahead of Richard N. again posting a competitive score and with Ann G. coming in 3rd on 31 points, beating Jeremy on countback. It could have been so different for Naveed, who’s 34 points should have been 36 had he not penalised himself 2 shots for hitting his trolley on the 17th and then signing for an incorrect score.

Pleasant late summer conditions prevailed with much sunshine and little wind for round 1 of Midweek Club Championship; this is borne out by local weather report at end of net results -top 24C and light breezes.

The net (doubles as Handicap Trophy rnd 1 and also sweep rnd1) winner was Julian James from the last game om 64 just edging Richard N on countback. A glorious 65 (but no sweep) came from Ronnie best woman with Richard O completing the top 4 on 66.

Chris J recorded an eagle at 14 and is 3rd man to do so this year – only Louis D and Ross H from Sunday contingent have done this. Well done Chris and I’d love to share a pint hearing how it was achieved!

The men’s scratch shows new member Stephen S 75, 1 ahead of Jay followed by Richard S 78 and Richard O 80. Just 1 NR from the Senior Division.

The women’s scratch shows Ronnie 86 just 1 ahead of both Gina and Sheena with Cheryl 10 further behind.

[Of technical interest Stephen transferred a UHS handicap of 1.0 from another club (as a single number with no actual underlying scores). This round was his 3rd with us and WHS handicap index is now 4.7 due to the math. Per attached pdf]

The Junior Division is tied with Julian J and Justin W each 88 followed closely by 89s from Stephen H and Richard No. 11 DQs/NRs from this Division.

The best scores analysis report attached should speak for itself.

Richard B rode out the impressive winner with 43pts [23 in the final furlong] Paul Gre returned an impressive 40 whilst Duncan T, Katherine K, Louis D and Tony K had solid 39s. Armi had 6 birdies whilst Katherina K and Secretary Peter H shared the 5 par 3 honours – 23pts.
The comparative advantage and Mixed Tee Adjustment of 5.1 in Wednesday’s Duke’s comp for women did not apply as usual in this round on Prince’s.

President Tim M welcomed all to the clubhouse and was so pre-occupied he omitted to sign his own comp’s card!

NTP prizes as below. Congrats to Silvia who simultaneously completed 3rd hcap card – hcap index 10.9.


1: Nearest the pin in 2 – Nick R & Silvia B
2: Nearest the pin – Joseph M
4: Nearest the pin – Cuneyt S
11:Nearest the pin no NTP marker
13 or 16 : Nearest the pin – James P
16 or 13 : Nearest the pin – Armi I
18: Nearest the pin in 2 – Henry L Chloe L

The number of DQs for not returning or not signing card is creeping up. Please bear in mind for future. With NTP prizes, DQ from competition would have meant loss of NTP prize; happily this did not occur this time.

The round doubled as round 6 of 7 for men’s Top Dog [ matchplay results to come] – this shows Rhys still in lead 25 from Cuneyt 20 and Louis 16. The detail report attached (not available on Masterscoreboard) shows points awarded in each comp by individual.

Six teams of 3 played Princes in pleasant weather conditions but, at the end of the day, only the two teams with women members challenged for first place. The winning team of Jayne, Veronica and Richard O. finished on 75 points (3 better than the ‘par’ score of 72 points) and the runners up with 71 points were Cheryl, Justin and Naveed (the pre-comp. tip to be the winning team). Jayne’s birdie on the 16th and the pars by both Jayne and Ronnie on the 17th got us over the line, despite Justin’s birdie on the 17th.