Club Championships - Day Two

What a glorious day for the conclusion to this year's championships. Plenty of sunshine and a gentle breeze meant that some very good scores could be made and we were not disappointed.

Ladies
Again, the ladies were out first. With her commanding lead from day one, it was always going to be an uphill battle for anyone to catch Lizzie Swallow, and so it proved as she carded a 78 for a total of 150 to be the ladies champion for the third consecutive year. Runner-up was Fay Unsworth who just pipped Kim Richardson on countback after both scored 170. Sam Whiting was fourth just two shots further back.
Full result - click here.

In the Net category, Maria Tillett returned another solid round to just beat Lizzie Swallow on countback after both scored 142. Kim Richardson was 3rd on 144 followed by Sam Whiting (146).
Full result - click here.


Men
The men's event was one of the closest in many years with up to 15 players in contention and a play-off looked a likely scenario right up to the last hole. In the end, Joe Bell came from 3 behind on day one to shoot a best of the day gross 70 and take the title on 146. Just one shot further back were George Stockley and Max Nicholls, with George just taking the runner-up spot on countback. Another two shots behind were Aaron Stockley and Andy Steadman both on 149.
Full result - click here.


In the handicap divisions, there were some fantastic scores to capture the net prizes.
Div 1 was very close but the eventual winner was Max Nicholls with two solid rounds of 67 & 68 for a total of 135. Runner-up was Jim Green who just edged out Carl McCartney on countback after both scored 136. One shot further back, fourth place was again decided on countback with John Day just ahead of Aaron Stockley and Andy Steadman.
Div 1 full result - click here.


More great scores in Div 2 saw John McCartney the clear winner after returning scores of 62 and 63 for a total of 125. Runner-up was Matt Baillie who also scored 63 today for a total of 132. Third place went to Danny Glover (133) and fourth was Mark Richardson (138) who couldn't quite match his day one form of 64.
Div 2 full result - click here.


Finally in Div 3, we saw the best net score of the day (61) from Dan Green to elevate him to the top with a total of 130. Runner-up was Andrew Moore (132) after two consistent rounds of 67 and 65. Third place was grabbed by Tony Ilsley on 137.
Div 3 full result - click here.


As you can imagine, an event like this takes a tremendous amount of organisation and hard work from a lot of people to make it the success that it was this year, so I think some thank-you's are in order.
Firstly to Richard Holmes and all the green staff for presenting the course in excellent condition for both days of the championships. Next to Fiona and the staff in the clubhouse for providing food and drink for all of us throughout both days and also for the drinks buggy that was out on the course today. Also thank-you to the Wessex committee for generously presenting clubhouse vouchers to all of today's winners. A special thank-you to John Taylor who volunteered to do all the starting for both days and some course marshalling as well. Also thanks to Judy Willson, Dan Seymour and Andrew Buchanan for their help processing all the scorecards. Finally, thanks to all the competitors this year - our largest field ever for the championships and everyone turned up on time for both days - excellent.