Club Championships

The final round of the Ladies and Men's Club Championships were played today in quite demanding conditions with a strong westerly wind blowing ... but thankfully no rain!! With the rough up and the fairways more defined, there is certainly more of a premium on finding the "short stuff" off the tee and wayward shots are usually punished. In my opinion, this is exactly how it should be and the comments received from most players are very positive and complimentary about the changes.
As previously mentioned, the field for both men and ladies competitions were smaller this year, but this in no way detracts from the achievements of the winners of today's competitions who played some excellent golf to win their respective prizes. A big thank-you to all players who entered this year's events.

Ladies
In the ladies competition, Kim Richardson played another excellent round to retain her overnight lead and win the Ladies Club Championship with a total of 173. Sian Soanes (184) was the runner-up. In the ladies nett event, Allison Holmes just managed to edge out the unlucky Sian Soanes by a single stroke after improving 7 strokes on her first round score.
Ladies - Gross
Ladies - Nett

Men
With no previous champions entering this year's event, we were always going to have a new champion. Wayne Arnold carded two excellent rounds in the 70's to become this year's Club Champion with a total of 155. Senior Club Champion John Day also put in a solid performance on day two to finish runner-up on 160 followed by first round leader Jon Miller (165) who couldn't quite manage the excellence of yesterday.
In the nett categories, there were more excellent scores and the prize winners were John Day (144) Div 1, Dean Butler (144) Div 2 and John Cooper (149) Div  3.
Men Gross
Men - Nett Div1
Men - Nett Div2
Men - Nett Div3

Club Champions - Wayne Arnold and Kim Richardson

Club Captain Jeremy Twaits with today's winners -
Dean Butler, Wayne Arnold, Kim Richardson, John Day and John Cooper

Scratch KO
As in previous years, there will be a scratch KO competition for the eight players with the best gross totals over the two days (men and/or ladies). To see the draw for this competition - click here.

Order of Merit
Both men and ladies events earn individual order of merit points based on the gross results. Half way through the year it's still a very close competition with John Day just ahead of Christine Cooper, Dean Butler and Sian Soanes. Full listing - click here.