A warm cloudy day with the odd quick shower. A choice for the men of White or Yellow tees which only really made a difference on 3 or 4 holes.
Division 1 winner is Gina Jillett and a net 69 followed closely by Sheena Harrington with a net 71 on countback with Kim Chaffart and Richard Owen.
Division 2 winner is Peter Harrington with a net 67 with Adrian Wells in second with net 69.
Dave Cato was in line to win until recording a 10 on the 11th hole but maintained his form to take 4th Place.

Gina and Peter each win a glass tumbler for July’s medal day.

It started cool and there was drizzle before the sun eventually broke through for the new Centenary Trophy.

Well done to the winner Paul Kamerling with 64 – 6 ‘3s’ , 3 birdies out in level par, best gross and a likely reduction in HI to single figure. The long-standing leader in clubhouse with an excellent 67 was Joan Mulcahy. There followed outstanding 68s from Mel Dunn, Richard Inglis and Paul Green.

Special mention to Aidan Hurley for his eagle 3 off the whites at the 17th making 4th men’s Sunday eagles.

This was the 2nd competition in the Anniversary Cup which sees a tie after 2 events Gunnar Sundberg, Mike Assender and Paul Kamerling 147s.

The round was played in bright sunshine and little wind. The temp was around 29 degrees for those who weren’t among the early starters.
The top 8 scores were all 36+ points with two ladies leading the way. only 3 holes did not have a birdie scored and only hole 7 had no pars either! The easiest hole for scoring was 14th with 3 birdies and 16 pars.

Very well done to Avi who made it look easy for her 40 points with 21 on the front 9 and 19 on the back. She also had a blob on the 10th!!

Sunny periods to start and it warmed up until clouded over; good conditions and turnout – 62.

Scoring was extremely close with 4 37s and 5 36s atop the leaderboard. Overall winner being Toby Hunt [could have been better but for ‘blob’ on 8th] on a back 6 countback from Will Balakrishnan again 1 under par gross for back 9; James Burr’s 37 edged Richard Smith’s on the last 3 holes. Fine 36s from Paul Fulham [22 back 9], Justin Wildman, Niamh Grace (best woman), Ben Fisher and Dilip Mailvaganam.

Gunnar Sundberg shared front 9 honours with Dilip despite ‘blob’ at 2nd. Lady Captain Cheryl recovered her ‘lost’ wedge and well done for a birdie at the difficult 7th

This was 3rd in Top Dog [attached] for men with Will leading the senior division 20 from Kerry Sargeant; Gunnar Sundberg leads the junior 18 from Richard Inglis.

A glorious summer day, for the 5th round of the Midweek Founders Cup!
Below the final result sheet and some additional competition related reports.

It was the first midweek comp this year on Dukes with a choice for the men about whether to tee off the white or the yellow tees.
The field split roughly half, with a slight majority on the yellow side.

Oliver made best use of the rapidly increasing firmness of fairways and greens, closely followed by Reiko.
The top five results are all in a range between 38 and 36 Stableford points and interestingly we had no ‘outliers’ in the 40s this time.

A good turnout of 73 for Captains’ Day – the odd shower/ spots early but otherwise sunny intervals and a cool wind for mid-June.

Best score came from new member David Grace with 46 points (22 out 24 back) but depicted as DQ since must have 6 completed WHS scores before can win comp under RPGC rules.
So Will Balakrishnan the winner on 37 points on countback from the in-form Kerry Sargeant; Will returned a fantastic one under 35 par gross on the difficult back 9 off whites whist Kerry kept a six off his card for his 37 despite 2 ‘blowouts’ .A steady 36 points from Joe Gonclaves edged Captain Uli Katte [3 birdies] on countback whilst Paul Kamerling shot 35 points and indeed was 1 under par gross after 6.

Of interest 38 men played off white tees with 21 yellow.

For the women there were indeed some good scores -with Sheena Harrington winning on countback 34 points from Gina Jillett and next fresh from foreign lands was Avi Murphy 33 points.

Thanks to Cheryl for the ‘libations’ on 10th tee….

Novelty prizes were as below (I think correct but original flags in white cupboard).

Junior
Gunnar Sundberg 18
Richard Inglis 1

For the men this doubled as round 2 of the ‘Top Dog’ by division.
Leaders per report below:
Senior
Kerry Sargeant 16
Mel Dunn 12
Will Balakrishnan 12

The course and weather combined to make very pleasant playing conditions. The greens were more like true greens that we could putt on with confidence.
Scores generally were good but not exceptional. Both Fhorkan Uddin and Alex Braun scored 22 points on the back nine with Fhofkan edging out Alex on a countback of the last 6 holes. Alex must rue not scoring on the first hole.
A similar story for third place with Russell Stewart taking it from Chris Rudkin on a last six hole countback.

A very pleasant summer’s day for the Platinum Jubilee – first of 5 in the Anniversary Cup. Sunny with a breeze not cloudy with northerly wind of late.

Conditions on Duke’s proved very difficult with the thick rough meaning many lost balls and time searching etc. 12 hole scores of 10 or over were recorded and 22 ‘No Returns’. No doubt the WHS Playing Condition Calculation overnight will reflect this.

The winner was Chris Mellish off 12 with 72 – Chris went out in 35 but back in 49 inc. an 8 and 9; next were three 73s from Umran Ali (7 & best back 9), Mike Assender (12) and Robert Carlile (14). Next was early starter Bernie McDermott 74. Best woman Silvia Bortoli off 10 – 78.

Playing his 4th WHS round was Tom Laybourn with creditable 72 off 32. [6 needed for comp win eligibilty].

The course was in good condition and the weather held fine with a modest breeze.

Jose Manuel Gomez had a steady round 18 out and 19 back for 37 with a no score on 16th. Kevin Prendergast headed the group of 5 players on 36 despite hitting the tee board on the first tee and almost rebounding into the pond in front of the club house and not scoring on that hole along with a blob on hole 9. Raymond Esin had a steady round but recorded a blob on 16th.

This was the 4th round (of 6 ) in the Founders’ Cup which sees Gina Jillett the leader 127 from Peppe Monterosso 116 with Peter and Sheena Harrington now both 115.

Mainly dry with a stiff breeze and sunny intervals. Fairways had been cut wider but balls still difficult to find/hit just in the rough. Good turnout of 52 for the Spring Bank Holiday Plate.

Women

Alongside the plate, the women were playing the second leg of the Committee Cup which had to be re-scheduled after rain closed the course for the original first round.

Sheena and Jenny were a few shots ahead of Cheryl after the first 18 and they extended that difference in today’s round. Commentary below shows Sheena’s round was enough to keep her at the top for most of the day so no surprise that she ended up 9 points ahead of Jenny to win the cup.

Mixed

‘Birthday Boy’ Gunnar Sundberg celebrated with 41 points to win and secured best front and back 9s [back shared with Alison Chadwick] – 20 & 21 points respectively in spite of a ‘blob’ at 14th. He overhauled the long-time clubhouse leader Sheena Harrington who had the better back 9 [20] on countback for 36s from Serhat, Suhail and Paul Kamerling.. Birdies proved hard to come by so well done to Aidan and Louis for scoring 2.