Friendlies
Friendlies
Mitcham Friendly
With full rain gear adorned and a continuous and deadly drizzle to endure, the formidable RPGC ladies – Val (Captain of the event), Susan(45er), Jayne, Doreen (Demon Putter), Maureen and Fiona successfully defeated the Mitcham Ladies by 3 nil (total aggregate score 6 nil) to regain the Annual Friendly Trophy which began in 1962.
Despite the drizzle there was only the best of hospitality -hot coffee to start and a scrumptious meal afterwards -from these friendliest of golfers the Mitcham Ladies. Long may this event continue!
Rickmansworth Friendly
Rogered, again 6-0.
Overall result 8½-3½ (home leg).
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…