John Ives Memorial Trophy

Twenty-eight players (23 men and 5 ladies) competed in the John Ives Memorial Trophy today. This is a four-ball strokeplay event played off 3/4 handicap from the white tees for men. Quite chilly conditions today compared with the past week but still some very good scores returned.
The winners were John Baron & Roger Carter who just pipped Rowland Barnfield & Steve Simm on count-back after both pairs returned nett 65. Third place went to John Butcher & Sian Soanes on 66 followed by three teams on nett 67 - Jason Allum & Mark France, Dave & Jill Warwick and Paul Hickey & John Cooper
Full result - click here.

This is another board competition that counts towards the individual Order of Merit. After today's result, Dean Butler still holds a narrow lead over Ofer Ben-David and Jack Unsworth. Christine Cooper is the highest placed lady in 4th place. Latest standings - click here.

Today's competition unfortunately highlighted yet again a common problem with checking scorecards.
At the end of the round before handing in your card, it is imperative that you check the GROSS scores against each hole and particularly in four-ball that the correct gross scores are recorded against the player who actually had that score. It only takes a couple of minutes after the round.
Don't just agree a total nett score or total Stableford points with your marker and assume everything else must be correct. The administrator processing the cards is really only interested in GROSS scores. You cannot be disqualified for adding up your scores or points incorrectly, but you will be penalised if the gross scores are not correct.