Friendlies
Friendlies
Mitcham Friendly
The match has been postponed to 14 September.
Rickmansworth Friendly
Result: 3½-2½
A most blustery day saw RPGC host Rickmansworth for the home leg of the annual friendly on “Dukes Phase 2”. A new look Richmond Park 12 was nearly an 11 due to the volume of traffic on Sutton Court Road. Having overcome that initial hurdle, it was a case of tiring out the visitors with the trek to the first tee.
There were a number of close matches, and at one stage RPGC trailed 1½-2½. Our players coped better with the at-times 3-club wind, though, and won the final two matches to pip Ricky at the post.
In the associated RPGC sweep, Steve Cross and Rick Smith won, collecting a commendable 48 points.
So a repeat of the 3½-2½ score line from the last two years. However, with our new-found depth, we are optimistic that the away result of (6-0) will not be repeated! And we might manage the first overall win for several years.
The date for the away leg is 17 August.
Mitcham Friendly
Report due soon.
Mitcham Friendly
Report due soon. Results…
Rickmansworth Friendly
Report due soon. Results…
Mitcham Friendly
Report due soon. Results…
Rickmansworth Friendly
In our annual friendly a team of 12 played the home leg against Rickmansworth in a four ball better ball matchplay format. We took the opportunity to ‘blood’ some new members to team golf and everyone rose to the occasion. Richmond won by 4½ to 1½ so have a bit of a lead to take to the away match in August. We shall see if it is enough. Results…
Amida Friendly
We have now settled on an annual mixed match against our friends at Amida and we welcomed them to the Park this year. We are were extremely lucky to be playing in the dry but the howling gale made for some interesting play.
This year we managed to keep up our winning form and scored 3½ matches to their 1½. We look forward to a return match next year at their course. Results…
Wimbledon Common Ladies
Result: 3½–½
We played our first friendly against Wimbledon Common on their course. A novel but enjoyable experience, wearing red and sharing the course with numerous dog walkers and runners. We lost 3½-½ and hope to do better when they visit us at home next year.
Rickmansworth Friendly
Nurturing a slender 3½ to 2½ lead from the home leg it was decided to put out as strong a team as possible to see if we could gain the necessary 3-All draw or better at ‘Tricky Ricky’ to win the cup back. Not an easy task given the 6:0 drubbing we had received the previous year there.
After lots of telephone calls and cajoling a suitable team took shape and duly decamped to Ricky. The pairs were a strong mix of old heads who knew the course and young talent with handicaps sliding downwards. So confident was I that I told them this was the strongest team I can remember taking and that if we didn’t win this year we never would.
Some fine golf ensued with our top pairing picking up 46 stableford points in the sweep and our next pair a creditable 42. A great time was had by all and as always Rickmansworth treated us to some great hospitality and a filling meal afterwards.
Oh yes, and we lost. Six – nil.