Not quite as hot as recently with a breeze. For the ‘JQR’

New member Alan Boyd heads the results with 44points off 17; his final card for qualifying for RPGC competitions.

The winner on a back 9 countback was Alison Chadwick on 41 points from Richard Hanna in the last game. Well done to both esp. Alison for a great back 9 of 23 points. Very well played to Richard Smith 40 and Aidan Hurley 39. AIdan kept a 6 off his gross 74 card – and picked up an eagle on 3rd hole. Michael Pham and Doreen Dolby also had excellent 39s.

This was 4th event in the men’s Top Dog and in the First Division Richard Smith 15 leads Joe Goncalves 14; in Second Division it’s Michael Pham 20 from Charles Haines 13.

Today we were playing the Midweek July Medal which is the 5th round of the Midweek Grand Medal Trophy. We were treated to another glorious day for golf with sunny skies and hardly any breeze.
In the ideal conditions, scoring was predictably good and, in a couple of instances, downright stellar!

Division 1 winner was Pralab Barua with a net 62. Pralab’s gross of 76 was the lowest of the day (40 out, 36 in) and included 2 birdies at the 11th and 16th holes. Tom Laybourn finished second with a net 65. Tom had a very steady round grossing 37 on both 9’s.

In Division 2, Pat Dalton had a day to remember. Playing off 26, Pat shot 85 for a net score of 59 and not surprisingly, won the division by a country mile. Pat grossed 43 out and 42 back. His card included 5 pars and a birdie on the 15th hole. I suspect WHS will make sure Pat’s not playing off 26 next time out!
In second place was Richard Marriott (28) with a net 66. Despite 2 snowmen on his card, Richard scored 50 out and 44 in for a gross of 94 which included 4 pars. Chris Jones(20) was third with a net 68 followed by Kim Jabbour with a net 69 and Andy Johnson with a net 70.

In the Midweek Grand Medal Trophy, Julian James still leads Peppe Monterosso in Division 1 with Toby Hunt, Angus Robertson and Dave Cato in hot pursuit. In Division 2, Peter Fisher is establishing a commanding lead over Richard Marriott, David Grace, Graham Cull and Lia Donnath. A report showing the full standings is attached.

Women

An interesting end to today’s round for those in the last game who were klaxoned off as they walked to the 18th tee. As no one was interested in going back out to finish they all NR’d.

But it would have made no difference to the results with Doreen the runaway winner with her net 62. Just 7 under par. Of course for the competition she was off 95% of her handicap and WHS is showing that she played to 24.7 – just 12 below her handicap. Expect to see an ESR reduction overnight.

6 behind was Seshi (Sookkyung) in 2nd spot.

Men

Dry until a short thunderstorm struck after midday for the July medal, 3 players ‘not played’ 3 holes due lightning risk.

Michael Hayden shot another excellent round winning the first division with 64. Michaels’s round was the best gross of the day 73 and also won front 9 honours. Iker Lanzagorta was 1 behind with a glorious 65 and just 2 behind on back 9 of 35. Special mention to Paul Kamerling for best back 9 -10 better than front nine and of course to Kerry Sargeant for a super eagle at the par 5 ninth hole.
For division 2 there were some outstanding scores with Jonno McLean winning with 60, Abdullah Almasoud 61 Charlie Whiteman 62 and Seymour Laird 63. Well done indeed and there may be the odd handicap ESR overnight .
This was 5th round of the Grand Medal and with 5 rounds played each, First Division leaders are Oz Doyle 360 from Iker Lanzagorta 363; in second division it’s Nigel Ward 368 from Gerard Ouattara 37 and Rannesh Jansari 376.

Today we were playing the final round of the Founders Cup. Neither of the leading pair were able to play today but with their healthy lead over the rest of the field, it made no difference. Congratulations to Henry Lindesay-Bethune for taking the spoils with 154 points. Dave Cato was runner up with 151 and Mehmet Akdeniz just pipped Richard Owen for third spot (both with 149).

Many of us started our rounds in persistent light rain but fortunately, the skies lightened as the morning went on and the later groups finished in bright sunshine. The weather didn’t really affect the course conditions although the greens were notably slower than of late.

Winner today with an impressive 42 points was Val Panattoni (26). Val played a very solid round scoring 21 points on both 9’s. He scored 3 points on no less than 9 holes. In second place was Sheena Harrington (17) who scored 39 points (19 out, 20 back). Sheena’s blob on the 12th obviously inspired her because she parred the next four holes! Stephen Haworth (19) took third spot – also with 39 points. He had a superb front 9 (scoring 23 points) but came back down to earth somewhat with 16 points on the way in.

The sun eventually came out and as forecast it heated up to 30C for the Platinum Jubilee.

There were some outstanding scores on Duke’s. The winner with net 63 on back 9 countback was Tom Simpkins from the best woman Seema Sandhu; Tom was just 1 over par on the back 9 and best gross of the day 77. But many congratulations to Seema who started with a par, beginning a pattern for the day. Next were a couple of glorious 65s from Olav Bridie and Joan Mulcahy both with mainly pars or bogeys. Fantastic. Michael Hayden again did well with 69 and there followed 7 70s.
Most difficult hole proved to be 18th with 14 triple bogeys returned.

This was 2nd round of 5 for the Anniversary Cup which now sees Tom Simpkins leading 134 from Michael Hayden 139.

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 still going through 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 prize from 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 the 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

None of the women found scoring particularly easy with Sali’s winning score of 72 3 shots over par. Close behind on a 73 Seema. Guess there may have been a little softening of the ground after all the rain of yesterday which would have stopped some of the run.

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.