Parker Hart Trophy

A good field of twenty-seven pairings tee'd it up today to compete for the prizes in the Parker Hart Fourball. The weather was ideal and thanks must again go to Richard Holmes and his team for preparing the course in superb condition.
The competition is played as a better-ball strokeplay event off 3/4 handicaps and the scoring was very close with six shots separating the top seventeen places.
Today's winners were John Day and David Warwick with nett 62. Runners-up, just one stroke back were Chris Adlem and Sarah Purvis. Third place was decided on count-back - Ian Folwell and Stuart Briginshaw just pipped Roger & Maria Tillet, Carl & John McCartney and Phil & John Bye after they all carded nett 64.
Full result - click here.

As this is a "board" competition, it counts towards the Order of Merit award. Andrew Buchanan still leads the way from Fay Unsworth, Carl McCartney and Cilla Osgood.
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Thursday Evening League - Week 10

What a difference a week makes! Last week we had to cancel the league because of torrential rain and the course flooding, this week beautiful sunshine and not a breath of wind.
Conditions were perfect this evening and many players took full advantage. Nine players scored 20 points or more this evening. John Christopher (Cheap & Cheerful) scored 21, Matt Baillie (Birdies & Bogeymen) scored 22, but this weeks individual winner was Aaron Stockley (Puurre) who just beat team-mate Paul Seymour (Puurre) on countback after both scored 23 points.
The team scores this week were even closer with the top three teams all scoring 61 points. Birdies & Bogeymen came out on top courtesy of their fourth score followed by Cheap & Cheerful then Puurre.
Easily Second still top the league 7 points ahead of Birdies & Bogeymen. These two teams have opened up a bit of a gap at the top, but the other teams have not admitted defeat yet!!
In the Best5 competition, Danny Glover still tops the table from Luke Bannister both on 100 points, but there are still a few weeks left for the chasing pack.
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July Junior Medal

Seven players competed for the July Junior Medal today. After another fine performance, the clear winner was Luke Bannister with a nett 67. Runner-up was Jack Unsworth (lowest gross) who just beat Dan Green on count-back after both scored nett 72.
Full result - click here.

The Junior Masters is still very close with everything still to play for. Luke Bannister has climbed to the top of the list following today's win, with Danny Glover and Max Nicholls both just 3 points behind in second place.
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NRGC vs Theale

The annual NRGC v Theale GC Silver Plate match took place today at Theale, NRGC held a 4 - 2 lead from the first leg meaning 2 1/2 points were needed to take the Silver Plate for the first time back to the Racecourse.

Jon Miller spent weeks trying to sort out his team pairings, hoping his new found management skills would come in handy in search of the 2 1/2 points he worried and talked about so much since the first leg.

The great news was the day finished 3 - 3 thus a 7 - 5 victory and a home-coming for the Silver Plate at last.

The weather was great and the company good all day, we all enjoyed it very much and I think that can be seen within the victory photo.

Thanks to all the players for supporting and playing in this match and I think we can all look forward to defending the Silver Plate next year.

Club Captain
John Graham

July Weekday Stableford

A small field of just 7 players for this month's Weekday Stableford, but some tremendous scoring! This month's clear winner with a fantastic 46 points was Matt Baillie. Runner-up was Wayne Arnold with an excellent 39 points followed by Jamie Prater on 37 points.
Full result - click here.

Thursday Evening League - Week 9

Due to torrential rain and the subsequent flooding on the course, week 9 of the Thursday Evening League matches had to be cancelled today. The final day still remains on Sat 20th August, so this means that the competition is now reduced to a 13 weeks instead of 14. Apologies.

Well Done Darren !!!

Step aside Chubby Chandler ...... Chubby Miller is now in charge !!!!