Richard Owen
Richard Owen
Diamond Jubilee
Looks like everyone is getting the hang of the extra run and the ability to hit off the hard packed and frequent very tight lies. Lots of scores below par today so there could be a 1 shot PCC overnight even taking into account the shot adjustment the women get for a mixed medal.
No one could catch Cheryl today with her net 62, although Val had a good try, just 1 back on 63. Taking a leaf out of Peter’s book, Cheryl last played to a gross 93 on Duke’s just over 3 years ago in July 2023. In 3rd spot was Seshi, who her handicap record shows, prefers Duke’s to Prince’s and this round was just a further improvement to get a net 66.
There were 4 players recording net 67s and the men who placed in the top 10 played off whites.
After 3 rounds of the Anniversary Cup (best 4 of 5 rounds), Niamh is leading by 9 shots on 203.
Midweek August Medal (GM 6 of 8)
The weather was somewhat cooler than in recent days, with something of a gusty breeze at times. The fairways remain very fast, and ditto most of the greens. The flags were in a reasonably central position on most greens.
In Division 1 Richard Owen led the way with a 4-under par net 64, whilst in Division 2 Cheryl Woodhouse won the monthly medal glass on countback from Alex Braun (both on net 65).
After 6 rounds of the Grand Medal Accumulator, Angus Robertson (334 strokes) leads by 8 from Richard Owen, whilst in Division 2 David Grace has a 9 strokes lead over Graham Cull.
August Monthly Medal
Men
Congratulations to:
Division 1
1st Brian McMahon (63)
2nd Kerry Sargeant (68)
3rd Paul Kamerling (68)
4th Tom Simpkins (68)
Division 2
1st Richard Hanna (62)
2nd Toby Hunt (64)
3rd Mike Shabani (68)
4th Seymour Laird (68)
In the Grand Medal accumulator, Brian McMahon leads the way in Division 1 on 343 points, from Peter Harrison (347) and Toby Hunt (354). In Division 2, Greg J-B (351 points) and David Grace (353 points) lead the rest of the field by a long way.
Ballantyne Area Final
Richmond Park B played the 2026 Area 2 Final against Easthampstead Golf Club at Hoebridge and won 2:1 to move on to the National Semi Finals of this competition, for the 3rd year in a row.
The Hoebridge fairways were brown, hard and running after all the dry weather but the greens and bunkers were in good condition. It was another baking hot day and the match was played in a very competitive spirit.
Our first pairing of Paul Green and Iker Lanzagorta had a close match, losing on the 18th hole (1 down). In Game 2, Nick Rogers was partnered by Richard Back; not the greatest day for Richard but Nick could do no wrong and the match was closed out on the 17th hole, 3&1. Our 3rd pair, Aiden Hurley and Richard Owen, were ‘nip & tuck’ with the opposition but moved ahead on the 10th and 11th holes and the match was closed out 3&2 on the 16th hole.
Club Championship – Round 1
Women
The pin positions made life tricky for most out there today, but not for the Division 2 (Pembroke Cup) women where both Doreen & Jenny played to net 68 & 69 respectively. They are also 5th & 3rd in the gross event.
The reports have divisional splits for both handicap & gross events, but there is no split in the gross.
Leader in the clubhouse for the gross is Lia on 92, 2 shots ahead of Ali & Jenny just 1 further back.
Lia also leads the Handicap Cup by 3 from Ali and as already mentioned Doreen leads in the Pembroke Cup.
After a 5 hour round today, no doubt next week on the longer stretch of Duke’s won’t be any quicker!
Well done to those in the mix – all to play for next week.
Men
The bone dry course, tricky pin positions and blustery wind were not conducive to good scoring and only one player (Ed Hall) scored better than their handicap.
In Division 1, Aiden Hurley leads the way with a gross 77, 3 shots better than Richard Smith (80) and with Paul Kamerling (81), Allan Boyd and Oz Doyle (both 82) just behind.
In Division 2, Ed Hall (gross 82) is 4 shots clear of Dennis Keough and 7 ahead of Duncan Taylor.
After round 1 of the Handicap Trophy, Ed Hall leads with a net 65, from Ox Doyle 68 and both Duncan Taylor and Seymour Laird on net 70s.
So all to play for next Sunday on Duke’s.
Midweek July Plate
Another fine and sunny day for today’s golf competition on Duke’s.
Scoring was good and top of the pile was Bella Mahale with her 41 points, beating Fhorkan Uddin on countback over the last nine holes. This score was Bella’s best on her recent record and resulted in a 1 shot reduction in her Handicap Index.
Brian Ransom was third with 40 points just ahead of Jonno McLean and Gina Jillett on 39. Toby Hunt and Sheena Harrington were 6th and 7th with 38 points each.
J Q Robertson
Another hot, sunny day after a cooler early morning than we have been used to.
Scoring was good, especially for our winner Alex Catlow playing at the back of the field (47 points) and for Giovanni Caboni, playing in the first game (45 points). Brian McMahon (40 points) continues his recent good form in 3rd place and Lia Donath was the highest placed woman on 38 points.
In the men’s Top Dog accumulator, Brian McMahon moves into first place after 4 rounds in the Senior Division (25 points), with Allan Boyd (20 points) and Richard Back (18 points) in 2nd and 3rd places, respectively. In the Junior Division, Robin Thomas and Mike Shabani retain their 1st and 2nd places (18 & 16 points respectively), with Sean O’Sullivan & Gio Caboni both just behind on 14 points (points table below).
Midweek July Medal
Another hot and sunny day with running fairways and good greens.
Angus Robertson showed everyone how to play in Div 1 with a gross73 net 67. 4 Shots back was Richard Owen gross 84 net 71 with Bret Colley gross 83 net 72 in third place. Special mention to Adrian Wells in 4th place gross 88 net 73 which included 4 birdies.
In Div 2, Mr and Mrs Grace went out early (09.30 game) to avoid the heat of the sun. David beat Niamh on countback; both had net 62’s. They were accompanied by Alison Chadwick who carded a gross 88 net 65 for 5th place. Peter Harrington dropped his card into the results box last with a gross 91 net 64 for 3rd place leaving Brian Ransom with gross 83 net 65 in 4th place on countback.
July Monthly Medals
Women
Doreen strikes again with her second monthly medal win of 2026 – which is currently 50% of the Sunday ones played.
Couldn’t get much closer today with 3 on net 69s.
It took some time before the birdie tree got populated this year, but today there were 4 recorded, with Joan getting 2 of them.
The 16th hole was an interesting one – 2 of the birdies coming there (Doreen & Seshi), 1 par and 3 bogeys and then the rest! One game contributing in the last category for all 4 as everyone visited that bunker!- Cheryl didn’t get there with her tee shot, but not to be left out, dinked her 2nd shot in, but was then the only one to get out first time.
After a relatively chilly start, the temperature soon ramped up and the breeze was very welcome.
Men
A warm but cloudy morning for the early starters, with the sun breaking through around 10am and temperatures rising to the mid/high 20s C by midday, with very little breeze. Lots of run on the hard, dry fairways with some very good scores (although also some high hole scores by some players on individual holes).
The Division 1 winner of the July Monthly Medal glass was Richard Smith with an excellent 2-over-gross 70 (net 62). Richard had the best front and back 9s (1 over par on both), with birdies on the 5th and 12th holes. Brian McMahon continued his recent good form as 2nd in Div. 1 with a net 64, scoring 3, 4 or 5 on every hole. Bill Norman and Peter Harrison complete the top 4 Division 1 sweep winners with their net 67s (Oz Doyle not entering the sweep with his net 66).
In Division 2, Steve de Long wins the Monthly Medal glass with his net 64 – but for the 9 on the 18th, he could have had a net 59, with a par on the last ! In 2nd place was James Deissler with a super steady net 65; in 3rd place Alan King with a more volatile net 66 (which included 3 birdies); and in 4th place Tony Kopczak.
With only 5 (of the 8) rounds of the Grand Medal played, it’s too early to spot the main contenders.
Horton Park Friendly – Away Leg
On Saturday 4 July we played the away leg of the 2026 match against Horton Park where we endured a narrow loss: three and a half to two and a half.
There were wins for the pairings of Iker Lanzagorta/Sunny Lall and for Nick Rogers/John Wardlaw. Aidan Hurley/ Kevin Prendergast halved their match. Alas Paul Green/Manny Rasores, Angus Robertson/Richard Owen and Richard Back/Billy Jackson lost narrowly. Performance of the day was from Iker, who had six birdies in a level par round.
We look forward to a convincing victory to overturn the 1 point deficit and provide an overall win in the home leg on 12 September.