First of the autumn cancellations due to heavy rain from the previous day and more forecast on an already saturated course.

Women

It is safe to say that most found it rather a challenge today! The sudden descent of the thermometer no doubt didn’t help as the layers were piled on.
Not many cards didn’t include something higher than a 7 (38 in total)

Congratulations to Susan who beat Niamh by 1 to win with her net 70.
In true WHS style, despite no one playing to their handicap today, both Susan and Grace, along with 3rd & 4th placed Deb and Cheryl will see their handicaps drop a little tomorrow.

Men

A cold start and some mud to contend with – many wormcasts. Green were generally slow and ‘woolly’; dry and eventually sunny intervals for last round of the Grand Medal.

Oz Doyle won the senior division for the day net 66 with a commendable back 9 of 2 over par 35; Henry Lindesay-Bethune was just a shot behind 67 which included a level par back 9 – and his gross was lowest for the day. John Perkins and Greg Wright played well for their 68s.

The junior division was headed by Charlie Whiteman on back 9 from Julian James – both 69s with 41 each on the back 9. Sean O’Sullivan and Gerard Ouattara – and there was scope for improvement for Gerard with 3 8s.

This being the last of 7 rounds (July abandoned) sees the senior division of the Grand Medal Trophy going to Richard Smith 264 from Kerry Sargeant 270; Richard’s 4 counting rounds all in the 60s. The junior division is shared between Charlie Whiteman and Nigel Ward. Well done to Charlie for catching up today and to Nigel for consistent 60s scoring.

Today’s competition was round 8 of 8 of the Midweek Grand Medal.
After yesterday’s rain everyone was expecting muddy fairways and wet greens … and they were not wrong.
But it stayed dry all day and the comp finished undisturbed by the weather.

In Division 1 Henry (shooting the lowest gross score) won with a comfortable lead of 5 shots ahead of Gina, who herself lead MikeA and Angus by 3 shots.

In Division 2 the winners were a bit closer to each other, with GerradQ winning ahead of Julian and Jose.

Now, the overall Grand Medal competition 2024 (Best 5 rounds out of 8) has the following winners:

Division 1:
1. Gina
2. BillN
3. Sheena
4. Angus
5. Uli

Division 2:
1. PeterH
2. DaveC
3. ChrisJ
4. RichardN
5. ChrisR

Congrats to all of you for consistency!

A dry but cloudy day for the second round of the Autumn Stableford with 53 players.

In the senior division Sushant Lall and Richard Inglis led the way with excellent 41 points; Henry Lindesay-Bethune followed with 40 points with Umran Ali and John Perkins returning fine 38s.
The impact over the 2 rounds is that Henry consolidated his 1st round 37 to win on 77 from Richard Inglis.
In the junior division Alex Catlow had an excellent 41 points to win from Onursal Soyer, Tom Laybourn and Giovanni Caboni who had very creditable 39s.
Tom built on his first round 37 to win over 2 rounds on 76 from Alex Catlow 71.

Highlights from 2nd round:
Best front 9 Giovanni 24
Best back 9 Henry Lindesay-Bethune 23
Best woman was Sali Davies 38 points.

The course had weathered heavy rain in the week (closed for a day) and there was an autumnal nip in the air with increasing wind.

A good turnout of 60 for the first round of the Autumn Stableford and the wind limited scoring performance.

In the senior division there were 4 37s with Iker Lanzargorta the winner on countback from Joe Goncalves, Brian McMahon and Henry Lindesay- Bethune. Henry and Richard took the front 9 honours with 21 points.

A super round from Avi Murphy clinched the junior division 38 points with plenty (2 blobs) in reserve; chasing her were Tom Laybourn and Duncan Taylor with 37s; special mention to the leading 36 scorer Abdullah Almasoud who scored 22 on the back 9.

All to play for in round 2 next week….

Overnight rain continued into the morning dscouraging most from playing. Well done to the 7 who stuck with the conditions esp. to the winner Tom Texido with 34 points and front & back 9 honours (16 & 18); just 2 behind with another fine round was Richard Norden 32 points

There was much rain overnight but fairways still reasonably firm and odd green soft; the weather forecast had deterred a number and in the event 34 competed with just 5 mins sprinkle for the Silver Jubilee.

Winner on the day was Gerard Ouattara with an excellent 64 off 20. A couple of super 67s chased with Gregory Jean-Baptiste the winner on countback from early leader Tony Kopczak. Paul Green, Toby Hunt and Richard Smith had very creditable 68s.

Paul Kamerling’s 71 proved enough for him to win the overall (best 4 from 5 Jubilees) Anniversary Cup on 281 – 3 from Peter N. Harrison and 1 from Charlie Whiteman and Toby Hunt. Well done Paul!

Our Kelso Hamilton team of Russell Stewart and Brendan Sullivan are this year’s winners of the Surrey Kelson Hamilton competition!
Their path to the final began back in February at a very cold and wet Surrey National with subsequent victories at London & Scottish, Dulwich & Sydenham, Banstead and Cuddington.
Their east section final was against Walton Heath Artisans which was played at The Drift.
On Sunday 22 September they made their way to Clandon Regis to play The Drift who won the West section for the honour of Overall champions.
A magnificent result made all the more remarkable having played all their matches away from home.

Congratulations Brendan and Russell!

A chilly start for some but otherwise great conditions for golf – dry, not too hot and with sunny periods. Greens had sand-banded and fairways overseeded.

It was greensomes stableford for 25 pairs which can produce some high stableford scores and today was no exception. The winning pair stayed on the leader-board throughout – team Hayden and Perkins who just won 43 points on countback last holes from team Grand and Whiteman.
4 pairs followed with 42 points – Teams:
Peter N. Harrison & Hall
Richard Smith & Doyle
Harrington Almasoud
Owen & Katte
Well done for the 2 eagles on 15th to Dun & Mellish and Ali & Fulham.

And to Jagger and Jean-Baptiste for 24 points on back 9.

It was a sunny, albeit windy and cool, autumn day and most players stayed dry during their round.

This medal round was played in two divisions, with Handicap adaptations for men playing off the white tees and for the women.

Gina, our habitual early starter, won the day in Div 1 handsomely with a score of 71 net.
Russell and Naveed (who had the best gross score!) follow with 3 and 4 shots behind.

Div 2 was taken by RichardN (with a net score of 69), again with a 3 stroke advantage over runner-up Charles, with Gerard and Teddy following 1 and 2 strokes behind him.