A fresher day than the heat and humidity of recent days and a breeze.

The Shaw Cup was won with an excellent 42 point from Charles Haines – 21 on each 9; chasing him with 41 were Gerard Ouattara and Lee Frost both with 41 points and countback proclaimed Gerard 2nd. Fine 39s followed from Tony Kopczak and Tom O’Hare.

Best woman Doreen Dolby 37on countback from Jenny Lawrence. Best front 9 from Bernie McDermott 22 and back 23 from Olav Bridie.
This was 3rd comp in the men’s Top Dog with Joe Goncalves leading First Division [Senior]14 points from Michael Hayden, Tom O’Hare and Alan Treacy 12 each. Second Division[Junior] leader is Charles Haines 13 from Michael Pham and Charlie Whiteman 12 each.

Lovely day for golf most of the field scored 30+ points. However, a couple of players were out to win with 40+ points.
Ged Quinn made hay while the sun shone with 21 out and 22 back for 43 points whilst in 2nd place was Elizabeth Piner with 21 out and 20 back for 41. Colin Price just pipped Stephen Haworth into 3rd on countback both with 39 points. Gina Jillett coasted into 5th with her 38 points.

Interestingly there were NO 2’s today . I don’t know when that last happened.

A fresher day than of late with a good turnout for Captains’ Day (66)

The headline leader of the day was new member Alex Fraser-Cannon stil l going trough handicapping cards. Overall winner in the competition was Michael Hayden on countback [last 6 holes – scores were identical front and back 9) winning men’s captain’s prizefrom Michael Pham both 41 points.

Two women came next with 38 = again separated on countback with Lia Donath winning due to superior back 9 of 23 points to Niamh’s 20; well done ladies! Naturally Lia wins he women’s captain’s prize

NTP prizes for the men:

NTP par 3s:

7^th           Joe Goncalves

10^th        Peter Jagger

16^th        Maher Sharma

NTP in 2s

2^nd          Paul Green

9^th           Sunny Lall

15^th        Jonno McLean

18^th            Kerry Sargeant

NTP prizes for the women:

NTP par 3

10^th        Lia Donath

NTP in 2s

7^th           Cheryl Woodhouse

16^th        Sheena Harrington

18^th        Sheena Harrington

A bar tab was provided for members afterwards and most seemed to take advantage. Time was taken to provide manual calculation of the men’s Top Dog and as per attached after 2 events Michael Hayden shares lead of senior division with Alan Treacy both 12 points; likewise Michael Pharm share junior division with 12 each.

Although the sun eventually broke through for a glorious end to our rounds, much of the day was spent under grey skies. However, it was a good golfing day with very little wind.

We were playing for the Midweek June Medal which was also the fourth round of the Midweek Grand Medal competition. As many of you already know, it has been decided to adjust the dividing point between the two midweek divisions to HI 18.6 and below for Division 1 (senior) with Division 2 (junior) being HI 18.7 and above. This has been done in order to try to even out the number of midweek players in each division and therefore the sweep prizes. Today’s medal result reflects that change and the overall Grand Medal standings have also been adjusted accordingly. Sunday competitions remain unaltered.

Winner of Division 1 (senior) today was Toby Hunt playing off 14 with a net score of 66. Toby went out in a respectable 42 and came back in 38. He scored a 4 on 7 holes of his back 9. Peppe Monterosso (16) made second spot with 67 while Lee Frost (15) just pipped Mike Assender (9) to 3rd spot on countback. Both scored 68. Mike had the lowest gross score of the day.

In Division 2 (junior) our men’s secretary Peter Harrington (27) carded a net 62 (lowest net of the day). Peter shot 46 out and came back in 43. In second place with 68 came Kim Jabbour (27) closely followed by Steve Tyrrell and Peter Fisher both with 69.

A special mention for SimonMcKnight who eagled the par 5 9th today.

Of those who have completed 4 rounds in the Midweek Grand Medal, the standings are:
Division 1
Julian James 288
Peppe Monterosso 289
Division 2
Peter Fisher 284
Richard Marriott 308
Richard Norden 313

Women

Men

Bright day with a breeze but it remained dry for the June Medal on Prince’s. Recent rains (much needed) brought some thicker rough but greens were reported fast.

Some very good scoring resulted with division 1 (senior) headed by a fantastic (best ever?) 63 from Bill Norman [gross 41 out, 35 (inc. straight pars for final 6) in]; Paul Kamerling in last game chased with a glorious 65 – standing on the 7th tee Paul was 2 under par gross! An outstanding 66 was next from Joe Goncalves – Joe’s was best gross for the day (73) and had best back 9 just 1 over par. Further remarkable scoring in the 60s came from Raymond Esin 67 and Tom Simpkins 69.

Division 2 (junior) also had good scoring headed by Callum Chapple off 18 -67; Callum’s excellent round showed some future promise with 8s at 5 & 8 being offset by a rare birdie at SI 1 7th (!). Tom Laybourne’s 68 had a very commendable gross 40 on back 9. Tony Kopczak edged on countback Gerard Outtara both returning good 69s.
In the Grand Medal through round 4 (of possible 8) those with 4 rounds to date are headed by:

First division: Julian James 293 from Oz Doyle 294 and Iker Lanzagorta295.
Second division: Gerard Ouattara 285 from Alex Catlow 297, Nigel Ward 300 and Rannesh Jansari 302.

Light winds, warm with barely a spot of rain and good speed greens. It was a a good day for scoring as 31 players made 30+ points.
The clear winner was Henry with a gross score of 74 only 3 over par playing off 9. Second is Mike Assender playing off 12 with 39 points. 22 out and 17 back. 3 players had 38 and on countback Brian Ransom edged out Alex Braun and Mehmet Akdeniz who both had 39 out and back.
It was interesting that of the Five 2’s only 1 was on hole 10 and 4 were on hole 16.

Fresher and less humid than of late with a breeze for the Centenary Trophy.

The early leader was Aidan Hurley net 66 including 3 birdies and his score remained best gross [74] of the day; Bill Norman challenged with 66 which included a fantastic back 9 of 2 over par and a flourish at the eighteenth – a birdie.
But the winner of the day was Alex Catlow in the last game with a glorious 65, adding to his recent good form; playing off 23 he just misses out on an ESR but his handicap will surely reduce. Tony Kopczak and Val Panatoni returned highly commendable 66s. Women were headed by Sali Davies 73.
This was the first of the 5 ‘Jubilees’ counting towards the Anniversary Cup.

A blustery day but pleasantly warm in the sunshine.
Richard Norden Had a very steady round of 5 pars 1 birdie on hole 18 and 1 double bogey on 16 and the rest bogies to amass 42 points. I’m sure that WHS will enjoy his score accordingly!! Lia Donarth was second on 40 points with her 6 pars and 18 out and 22 back. Peppe Monterosso was 3rd on countback 17 out and 21 back from Cheryl Woodhouise 18 out 20 back both having 38 Points. Giles Rawlinson raced around the front 9 with 23 points but found the back 9 less to his liking with 14 back 37 points total.
Overall the scoring was good with 29 players scoring 30+ points.

A day which started with a light shower, brightened up then ended with very heavy rain and hail as the final group were approaching the 17th Green!! It stopped as we got near the 18th Green. The rest of the field got in OK.
Scoring was overall very good and Henry Lindesay-Bethune just beat Adrian Wells on countaback, both scoring 41 points. Henry had the best gross score 75 against a par of71, Adrian would have pipped Henry but for blob on hole 14 index 1 hole. Dave Cato continued his recent good form with 39 points on countback from Richard Owen and Mike Assender who also scored 39 points.
Well done to the three players who scored 2’s.

Women

Some good scoring out there today and interesting to note how many had better back 9s, the supposedly more difficult half or certainly the longer 9. But then again there was a lot of run on the ball, sometimes in crazy directions of course and the new depth of sand presented its own challenges in the bunkers.

Sadly for those at the top it means nothing until next week is done & dusted and whilst the groupings in the lower 30s might feel dispirited we all know how quickly things can change & good to see that almost everyone is playing next week.

No one entered the UKPCC qualifier.

Men

A slightly chilly start to the Summer Cup & UKPCC qualifier. A number found the course difficult to score on especially being off the white tees.
But Adrian Wells recorded a superlative round of 41 points 21 out, 20 back; Mel Dunn recorded 22 points going out in his excellent 40, Naveed Manazir and Peter Needham shared 39 points and in form Hawtree pairs high scorer Paul Green claimed front 9 of 23 points.