During her round today in the Senior Club Championships, Judy Willson lost a gold earring. It's a bit of a long shot but, if anyone found it or subsequently finds it could you please contact her. Many thanks.
The first round of the 36-hole Senior Club Championships were played today. Although the temperature was warm, there were some strong breezes and squally showers which added to the difficulty. In previous years, this has been a mixed gender competition, but from this year there are separate Senior Men and Ladies competitions.
Men's Gross In this category, 2009 winner Jim Green leads the way with a gross 77. He is followed by 3-time winner Ray Tillen and John Day who both carded 82. Full details - click here.
Men's Net Jim Green also leads the way in the net category on count-back from Ray Tillen both on net 69. Andrew Buchanan, John Day and Bob Evans are three shots back all on net 72. Full details - click here.
Ladies Gross Sam Whiting leads the way in the ladies gross after scoring 87 followed by Judy Willson on 91 and Linda Vale on 98. Full Details - click here.
Ladies Nett The same three ladies are top of the net leader board, but this time it's Judy Willson leading the way with net 73 from Sam Whiting on 74 closely followed by Linda Vale on 76. Full Details - click here.
Still all to play for in all categories. Round 2 will be played next Wed 15th June.
Much cooler conditions for today's medal with a bit of a breeze blowing, but there were still some very good scores from all divisions. Thirty men and six ladies competed for the June medals.
Division 1 The top division was dominated by an in-form Lloyd Childs with a net 68. His gross 72 was also the lowest of the day. The next three players all carded net 71. Jim Purvis just nabbed the runners-up spot from Andy Steadman and Gordon Souter on count-back. Full result - click here.
Division 2 More excellent scoring in division 2 and another fine round from the improving Chris Richardson saw him grab the honours with a net 66 and the lowest gross in this division of 79. Chris is now promoted to division 1. Two shots back was runner-up Tim McAuley who is also promoted to the top flight. Third was Ian Turner on net 69 who just beat Geoff Denner on count-back. Full result - click here.
Division 3 It was a long wait but worth it for Bob Stevenson whose last medal victory was in March 2000. Bob carded a net 65 (lowest gross of 85 in this division) and now moves up to division 2. Nick Turner's net 68 was good enough to claim the runners-up spot from John Swallow who scored net 70. Full result - click here.
Ladies Yet more good scores for the ladies as well. Sarah Purvis claimed her second medal of the year with an excellent net 65. Runner-up was Fay Unsworth who equalled her best stroke-play round score of gross 79 (net 67) the best ladies gross of the day. Third place went to Sam Whiting on net 71. Full result - click here. Two's Plenty of two's today ... all from the men!! The sharp-shooters were Andy Stockley (11th), Andy Steadman (14th), Paul Seymour (2nd), John Butcher (2nd), Russell Bowers (2nd & 14th) and Nick Turner (14th).
Pace of play Again thanks to the players who put their finish times on the scorecards, please get into the habit of doing this as it helps us to identify the round times and where we can perhaps do our bit as a committee to try and improve things. But the bottom line is that it is the players responsibility to get round the course without delay and within our guidelines. The average round time for this month's medal was 3hr 50m - slightly outside our target of 3h 45m. But for one of the early groups taking just over 4 hours, I think we would have easily met our target. It is obviously particularly important for the early groups to make good progress on the course, otherwise this has a knock-on effect. Please be aware of this especially when you are out in the first few groups. Thanks for your continued co-operation and support.
Totally different conditions this week ... 24 degrees and a light breeze left the course nearly defenceless which reflected in the scoring. Twenty four players scored 18 points or more and there were fourteen scores of twenty or more points. Consequently the team scores were much higher this week accompanied by many handicap cuts!!!
This weeks winners were Easily Second followed by Birdies & Bogeymen with One For The Road in third spot. Three people scored 22 points (George Baker, Shey Walder and Shaun Irlam), but the individual winner was Ian Folwell with an impressive 25 points. In the league, Easily Second now lead the way by six points from Captain's Eleven followed by Birdies & Bogeymen a further eight points behind. Full details - click here.
Please note - there is no league next week due to racing, so next league night is 16th June.
The posponed May Junior medal was played today in ideal conditions and the juniors took full advantage carding some great scores. The winner was Luke Bannister with net 63 followed by Danny Glover on net 65. The two in-form scratch team players Lloyd Childs and Max Nicholls both recorded the lowest gross of the day of 72. Full result - click here.
This result keeps Max at the top of the Masters Trophy table by 3 points from Luke Bannister and Danny Glover a further 2 points back. Latest Junior Masters table - click here.
My thanks to Judy for helping process the cards today.
Thirty-four men and six ladies competed for the Seniors medals today on a nice sunny day at the racecourse.
In the men's division, Brian Faithfull was the clear winner with a fine net 65. Two shots back was runner-up Monty Norman whilst third place was decided on count-back with Steve Thompson just edging out Rob Seaton after both carded net 69. Full details - click here.
For the ladies, Liz Evans made it a double after her win last month with net 74. Runner-up was Linda Vale just one shot behind on net 75. Full Details - click here.
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