Competition Reports
Competition Reports
Spring Bank Holiday Plate/Committee Cup Rd2
Women
A strange day weather-wise but it did keep dry and when the sun was out it was pretty warm, but that swirly, gusty wind did its best to make things challenging. 3 of those playing today aren’t shown in the attached results but it was one of the best turn-outs this year despite it being a bank holiday.
Last week’s top 2 were in the same game and if it had only been 9 holes today Reiko would have caught and overtaken Sheena and was the only one to play better on the front 9 with 20 points. Sadly as Sheena’s game resurrected itself hers sadly went the other way and Sheena amassed 23 points on the back 9 dropping just 3 shots to par.
Men
A windy but dry day for the (2nd) May Bank Holiday Plate; the courses had benefited from some rain during the week. The field was diminished due the Bank Holiday/ a number playing their KO matches.
Some excellent scoring on the back 9 (22 points) saw Rannesh Jansari 40 points the deserved winner on countback from Giovanni Caboni (20 out and back) .Toby Hunt held 3rd spot on his own with a skilfully crafted 39 points. 3 splendid 38s from Peter Abbott, Brian McMahon and Tom O’Hare followed with Peter heading with countback of 21 points on back 9.
Founders Cup – J. Hume (3 of 6)
A day which started with a light shower, brightened up then ended with very heavy rain and hail as the final group were approaching the 17th Green!! It stopped as we got near the 18th Green. The rest of the field got in OK.
Scoring was overall very good and Henry Lindesay-Bethune just beat Adrian Wells on countaback, both scoring 41 points. Henry had the best gross score 75 against a par of71, Adrian would have pipped Henry but for blob on hole 14 index 1 hole. Dave Cato continued his recent good form with 39 points on countback from Richard Owen and Mike Assender who also scored 39 points.
Well done to the three players who scored 2’s.
Men’s Summer Cup & UKPCC Qualifier & Women’s Committee Cup – Rd 1
Women
Some good scoring out there today and interesting to note how many had better back 9s, the supposedly more difficult half or certainly the longer 9. But then again there was a lot of run on the ball, sometimes in crazy directions of course and the new depth of sand presented its own challenges in the bunkers.
Sadly for those at the top it means nothing until next week is done & dusted and whilst the groupings in the lower 30s might feel dispirited we all know how quickly things can change & good to see that almost everyone is playing next week.
No one entered the UKPCC qualifier.
Men
A slightly chilly start to the Summer Cup & UKPCC qualifier. A number found the course difficult to score on especially being off the white tees.
But Adrian Wells recorded a superlative round of 41 points 21 out, 20 back; Mel Dunn recorded 22 points going out in his excellent 40, Naveed Manazir and Peter Needham shared 39 points and in form Hawtree pairs high scorer Paul Green claimed front 9 of 23 points.
Midweek May Medal (Midweek GM Rd 3 of 8)
The good weather continues and the bounce of the ball is unpredictable at times. However, many scores were very good. 50 players battled around the course and most had a good time.
Richard Smith recorded the best gross score and won Division 1 by 3 shots. It took countback to decide who would be second and Mike Assender just pipped Julian James with Mike Horsthuis in 4th place.
In Division 2 Dave Cato continued his rich vein of form with his net 65. It included a birdie on the par 3 13th!!
2 shots back was Bill Norman with David Grace just edging Adrian Wells into 3rd place and also on net 68 was Chris Jones.
Women’s May Monthly Medal & May Monthly Medal [GMT Rd 3 of 8] & NAPGC Championship Qualifier
Women
Elisabeth is continuing her downward trend in terms of handicapping and can expect another cut tomorrow having played to an adjusted gross of 33.4 today………. Congratulations on the win today by 4 shots from Lia in second place.
With 4 women on duty for a Hawtree match the numbers playing were low for a summer month.
Men
Another sunny dry day with plenty of ball run for the May medal. Greens fast
In the senior division it was a day for the ‘Richards’ – Richard Owen returning a superb 60 dropping just 5 shots and with 3 birdies. Lowest gross =well done indeed. Richard Smith started with a 7 but improved all the way sharing back 9 honours of 35 with Richard Owen. Third came Richard Back with net 67 and front 9 honours of just 1 over par 36.
The junior division was headed by Cuneyt Sazer with a consistent 67 -42 gross in and out. Alex Catlow followed with 68 = back 9 nine shots less than front 9. Robin Thomas took 2nd on 69 – would have been better but for 8 and 7 on back 9.
9 players birdied the par 5 9th.
This was 3rd (of possible 8) round of the Grand Medal; in senior division Julia James leads 218 from Oz Doyle whilst in junior Gerard Ouattara leads 216 from Alex Catlow 224.
Surrey Fives Round 3
Reigate Hill came to Richmond Park and played a close match against us, unfortunately beating us 3:2. The match was played in a good spirit.
Founders Cup – E. Bailey (2 of 6
The weather was good with a slight breeze. it seems that the majority of the field scored 30+ points so well done.
Kim Jabbour had a consistent round of 22 points out and 20 back to lead the field by 1 point from Dave Cato and Sheena Harrington both on 41 points. Dave just edging into second place on countback. Apparently Sheena had an outrageous long putt for a 2 on the 10th hole. Chris Rudkin sailed round 20 points out and back with Mehmet Akdeniz was 5th with 19 out and 20 back. Very well done to the above
Kelso Hamilton 2025
RPGC entered 2 teams in the Kelso Hamilton East 4BBB knockout in 2025. The Richmond Park 1 team comprised Richard Owen & Alan Treacy; The Richmond Park 2 team comprised Adrian Wells and Julian James.
The Richmond Park 1 team had a bye in the first round but lost 4&3 away to Walton Heath Artisans in Round 2.
The Richmond Park 2 team beat Dulwich & Sydenham 2 in Round 1 (on Prince’s); it was a tight match until the 17th and we won 2&1. The team then beat Surrey Downs 2 in Round 2, which we chose to play away although drawn at home. It was one of those days when our putts went in, particularly Julian’s, while theirs didn’t and they accepted defeat with very good grace.
In Round 3, Bill Norman (standing in for the injured Julian James) and Adrian Wells beat Surbiton 1 4&3, playing at home on Prince’s. The team built a 5 hole lead by the 10th and were never really threatened, thanks in large part to Bill’s good play in what was his best round ever.
May Bank Holiday Bogey Plate
A decidedly chilly day with a nagging northerly for the Bank Holiday Plate – contrasted with unseasonable warmth during the week. Still dry with plenty of run for balls.
Scoring was good with Tom O’Hare the winner 6 up from Joan Mulcahy on a countback; 3rd was Brian McMahon 5 up ( Brian was 6 up on front 9). There followed 3 on 4 up – Lee Frost, Jenny Lawrence and Toby Hunt.
Women scored well – congratulations to Joan, Jenny, Elisabeth Piner and Seema Sandhu for being ‘up’ on the course.
Special mention to Craig Johnstone who scored eagle 2 on the par 4 3rd hole. -see attached ‘Tree’ report.
The Edward Cup
It was a glorious day for golf with clear blue skies, hardly a breath of wind and temperatures around 26 degrees. Perhaps it was a bit too hot for some which might explain the unusually high number of disqualifications for unsigned or unreturned cards!
Making hay while the sun shone was our winner Chris Jones. Playing off 20, Chris put together a very tidy round scoring 18 points on both 9’s. Chris didn’t card higher than a six throughout his round.
Hot on his heels in second place with 40 points was Pralab Barua (19). Pralab compensated for 2 blobs on his card with 2 birdies. Third place goes to Lee Frost (16) who headed up a posse of players on 38 points. Lee scored 17 points going out and his 21 points on the back 9 secured third place on countback.