Competitions
Competitions
Stableford Sweep
Vic Wadley prevailed through graupel to victory on 36 points, two ahead of Rob Urquhart. Best lady was Sheena Harrington with 31 points. Results…
The first qualifier for sometime, the balance of play of Category 1-3 men was such as to produce a Qualifier for Reduction Only event for handicapping purposes – extremely rare for the men. With no man beating CSS 38, no handicap adjustments at all resulted.
Winter COmpetition Rd 8
LADIES
In the final Winter Stableford of 2006 / 07, Jini Beacham took the honours with 34 pts with Lia Donath in 2nd on 32 points. Results…
Lia’s 2-shot improvement over previous rounds maintained her lead in the Princes Eclectic which she won with net 70. Though Julie Smith’s net 72½ was good enough to win her the Dukes Eclectic, she could only settle for 2nd place with this score in the Princes Eclectic. Prince’s Eclectic Results…
Three temporary greens made this a non-qualifier for handicap purposes
MEN
Round 8 saw Stan Potts in commanding form win with 42 points with Dave Williams, Richard Kenwood and Ian Smith divided by count backs 3 points behind. Course conditions were favourable considering recent rain and pleasant early sunny spring sunshine prevailed. Results…
Round 8 brought the Winter Competition to a close and in the event Gurpal Sekhon didn’t need to better his score, winning on 120 points, four ahead of nearest rival Kerry Sargeant.
In the associated Prince’s Eclectic, three competitors scored 60. Consistent with Duke’s Eclectic, the back 9 count back off 1/4 handicap was the arbiter, with Kerry Sargeant declared the winner from Ian Smith and Dave Williams. A feature of Kerry’s Eclectic was eagle at 15. “Well done sir” sums up Kerry’s achievement in winning both course’s eclectics. Results…
Monthly Medal
LADIES
In cold, wet and windy conditions, and with much mud underfoot, the ladies struggled in the first medal round of the year. The only two ladies with net scores in the 70’s were Maureen Slade & Julie Smith, playing together and tied on net 76. Three shots under her handicap on the front 9, unfortunately Maureen could not keep up the blistering pace and, with 5 pars on the last 6 holes, Julie took the monthly medal on the back 9. Results…
With 3 temporary greens, this was a non-qualifier for handicap.
MEN
No fewer than 5 competitors shrugged off increasingly inclement conditions to card 67s – the hardiest proving to be Kerry Sargeant with a back 9 one over par to take the medal from Jon Cooper, Ian Smith, Rob Urquhart, Dave Williams and best of three 70s Paul Robinson. The conditions eventually led to a Composite Course being scrambled the next day. Results…
With 3 temporary greens, the competition was a non-qualifier for handicapping purposes.
Two-Ball Texas Scramble
It’s been some time since RPGC played a Texas Scramble but Richard Owen and Rob Urquhart found the format to their liking and breezed through the round carding a gross 63 net 56 to win – picking up 7 birdies en route. Kerry Sargeant and Toby Hunt were 2nd with a solid 61, one shot ahead of Jim Fogarty & Stuart Nash. Results…
News From the Park
Vice Captain Richard Owen has issued the first edition of his occasional newsletter – News From the Park. It’s available now online. More…
Winter Competition Rd 7
LADIES
The final winter stableford on the Duke’s course was won by Di Jackett with 33 pts. Three ladies then had 29 pts each with Jini Beacham taking second place on the best back nine. Results…
The SSS increased by three and this was a Reduction Only round for handicap so there were no handicap changes.
This was the final round of the Dukes’ Eclectic for 2006 / 07. Though she had a meagre number of points on the day, Julie Smith managed to improve her eclectic score by two shots to take first place on net 72½. Maureen Slade’s and Tracy Wright’s absence left Di Jackett to steal second place on net 74. Duke’s Eclectic Results…
MEN
A blistering back nine of 23 points saw Graeme Syme the round 7 winner of the winter competition with count backs settling position from two others with 40 points – Gurpal Sekhon and Jim Fogarty. In despatches, ’07 improver Stanley Hunt stood on the 10th tee with 24 points in the bag. Results…
CSS remained at SSS 38 points. Men’s handicap list…
Gurpal’s 40 points maintained his lead in the Winter Competition, now three clear of Kerry sergeant with 118 points.
Focussed golf from Kerry Sargeant saw improved scores on holes 6, 10 and 13, enough to win the Duke’s Eclectic on 61, just one ahead of Jon Cooper, Gurpal Sekhon and Dave Williams who also improved their scores. Results…
Gill Hibbs
Peter Harrington has written a note about Gill, a long-standing member who passed away today. Peter’s note…
Monthly Medal
LADIES
Competition of the day was a Four Ball Better Ball with 7 pairs taking part. In a very close contest, Lia Donath & Julie Smyth took the honours with 41 points from Jini Beacham & Maureen Slade one point behind. Results…
MEN
Consistent straight hitting paid dividends for Vic Wadley, winning the medal with a net 61, three ahead of another fine one over gross 70 from Kerry Sargeant. An unforced error on 4 gave Vic a nine so he could well have returned in the 50s. The quality of the field was supported with 65s from Messrs. Fogarty, Ahad and Sekhon. Results…
With three temporary greens the round was declared a non-qualifier for handicapping purposes.
Winter Competition Rd 6
LADIES
In a relatively big field for the time of year, Maureen Slade was a clear winner of the Stableford competition with 34 points, with Di Jackett 3 points behind in second. Because there were more than 2 temporary greens, this was a non-qualifier for handicap. Results…
Though she only improved her score by one shot, Julie Smith hangs on to the lead in the Dukes’ Eclectic by a whisker (net 74½) with Maureen Slade in 2nd (75½) and Tracy Wright & Di Jackett in joint 3rd place (76).
MEN
Kerry Sargeant and Gurpal Sekhon returned excellebt 39s with Kerry edging ahead on the back nine. Kerry had a gross 71 and Gurpal included a ‘blob’. in form Osman chaudry was a point away. Results…
In the Winter Competition to date, Gurpal now has a three point lead over Kerry.
Kerry shares the lead in the associated Duke’s Eclectic with Dave Williams.
Winter Competition Rd 5
LADIES
Louise Williams’ score of 31 points won the Stableford competition, beating the Lady Captain on the back 9, and putting her in third place overall in the Princes’ Eclectic. Results…
With one round to go, Lia Donath maintains her lead in the Princes Eclectic on net 72 with Julie Smith in second on net 74½.
This was a non-qualifying competition for handicap.
MEN
After two months the Winter Competition resumed and following Sunday’s round, Gurpal Sekhon is the new leader, four ahead of Julian Diamond.
But the undoubted star on Sunday was Osman Chaudry who scored an astonishing 45 points, 7 points ahead of 6 competitors on 38. Well done to Osman. Results…
Another non-qualifying round but the handicapping committee will take note and employ Clause 19 adjustment should such form continue.
In the associated Eclectic on Prince’s, Toby Hunt decided it was time to declare his hand, jumping straight to the top of the leader board with 61, just one ahead of Kerry Sergeant with Dave Williams and Ian Smith strategically poised a point further back.