It was another fine day for golf – not as hot as some days recently but comfortably warm nonetheless. There was a moderate breeze which intensified as the day went on and definitely had to be factored into one’s thinking on the later holes. Scoring was solid rather than spectacular and all the top places were only separated by a couple of points.

Winner today with 38 points was Richard Marriott playing off 28. Despite 2 blobs on the front 9, Richard still managed to score 18 points going out. He then scored an impressive 20 points on the way in which was joint highest back 9 score of the day. Congratulations Richard, an engraved salver will be heading your way in due course.

Countback had to go down to the last three holes to separate second and third spots. Just coming out on top was Jeremy Prescot (31) who pipped Mehemet Akdeniz (22). Jeremy had a very solid round for his 37 points scoring 18 out and 19 back. He picked up points on all but one hole.

Mehmet’s round didn’t start promisingly when he picked up on the first. Despite blobbing the 8th as well, he still scored 18 points going out and 19 on the way back to mirror Jeremy’s points tally.

Richard Prosser (20) took fourth place and is probably frustrated not to have finished higher. His front 9 tally of 22 points was the best of the day. But things came down to earth with a bit of a bump on the way in when he only managed 15 points which included an ugly 9 on the 14th.

Top woman today was Jayne Maxwell (20) in 5th with 36 points. Jayne managed to score points on every hole which is no mean feat especially on Dukes.

Ged Quinn (22) was the highest placed finisher (7th) to play off the white tees. All the prize winning men played off the yellow tees and indeed only five men in the entire field decided to brave the white tees.

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 41 points from Richard Hanna in llast 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 te 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.

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 64Michaels’s round was best gross of the day 73 and also won front 9 honours. Iker Lanzargota wqs 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 Lanzarote 363; in second division it’s Nigel Ward 368 from Serard 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 man congratulations to Seema who stated with a par, starting 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.