36-Hole Stableford

The Men's and Ladies 36-Hole Stableford competitions were played today in very testing conditions with a strong wind blowing and squally showers for the afternoon round. With the course once again in excellent condition, twenty-five men and five ladies set out early this morning to compete for the prizes in this prestigious event and it is a pleasure to report that all competitors completed both rounds. Despite the difficult playing conditions, there were some very good individual performances.

In the men's competition, there were four players tied on 37 points after the morning round - John Baron, Andrew Moore, Peter Turner and Mitchell Willmoth. There were another four players one shot further back on 36 points and it was these players who played solid afternoon rounds to take the spoils. Sam Boyce was the eventual winner with a total of 76 points closely followed by Max Nicholls on 75 points. Andrew Moore sealed third place on 72 points and Andrew Buchanan one point further back in 4th place.
Full result - click here.

For the ladies, Lorraine Storey held the lead after round 1 with a solid 36 points just ahead of Sarah Purvis on 34 points. However, Lorraine could not repeat her morning performance which left the door open for Maria Tillett to win with a total of 64 points. Sarah Purvis claimed second place from Lorraine Storey on count back after both finished with totals of 62 points.
Full result - click here.

Pace of play
We only measured the timings for the morning round, as the afternoon times were a bit staggered due to the lunch breaks. The average round time for the morning was 3hr 54min which is slightly over our target time of 3hr 45min. However, this average would have been better but for the final group who somehow managed to take 4hr 18min to complete their round!!! No need to mention any names - they know who they are!!! Please try to keep up with the group in front of you ... 4hr+ is not really acceptable for any round of golf. Thank-you.

Order of Merit
This competition counted towards the annual Order of Merit trophy. Andrew Buchanan still leads the way, five points ahead of Ian Folwell. Both Max Nicholls and last year's winner Maria Tillett are not far behind either after picking up valuable points today. There are still four counting competitions to go for this ... Captains Cup (Drive-in), October Four-ball, Bogey Competition and November Greensomes. Still all to play for!!!
Latest standings - click here.