The Week That Was.............

A big thank-you to our sponsor for the weekend Bryan Andrews of Bryan Andrews Auctioneers who turned on a wonderful event with a separate prize table for the Morning and Afternoon fields as well as food after the round. In addition a substantial amount of money was raised for a new course mower - for grooming the green surrounds - which will be of great assistance to the greens staff particularly in respect of the holes being renovated this year.


Competition of the Day was the Arthur Donnelly Salver a Pairs Aggregate Stableford. For those of us who have toyed with the fantasy of playing in the Shirley Open it was an opportunity to pit our skills against a layout not too dissimilar to the final day playing from the Blue Tees, increasing the level of difficulty was a very strong north-easterly that took its toll on most participants morning and afternoon. The overall stableford average for the day was 26 points!!! Moral of the story - don't give up your day job as Ant only makes it look easy!!

The winner of the Salver with a score of 63 points was the pairing of Richard Blunt and Tony Park - afternoon players. Running in conjunction with the Salver was the Joe Whitaker Memorial Putting Trophy and this was won by Richard Blunt. The trophy was one of the few items damaged in the earthquake and it is currently being repaired and will be presented to Richard on Closing Day.

The Morning winners were - Ian Dobson & Richard Peate (58), Rob Aitken & Joe Tiller (57) and John & Mark Sanders (54). There were 4 two's and nearest the pins were Milson Thevenard, Martin Toon (on a lucky card draw), & Mark Thompson.

The Afternoon winners were - Richard Blunt & Tony Park, Kerry Haycock & Peter McDougall (62) and Ben Frampton & Mitchell Vincent (57). There were 4 two's and closest to the pins were Charles Whitwham (quite what Charles will do with a bottle of Pinot Noir is a matter of speculation), Peter McDougall, & Bryan Graham. Nearest the pin for two sponsored by Linden Leaves was won by Andrew Topp.