On the hottest day of the year so far, a modest breeze kept the “feel” of the temperature at a nice, pleasant level. That breeze making one two try to hit the ball a little harder when playing in to the teeth of it with not always the desired result.  We had 20 players with 10 in each competition.  The average stableford score for this event was 33.00 which is the highest average score so far this season on nice golf course with each hole being different.  

Strokeplay Result

The strokeplay shield competition was fiercely fought with Andy Williams rising like cream in a bottle of milk to the top with a nett 70 (par 72) and being the only player outperforming their handicap in this competition.

Place	Player	Score
Winner	Andy Williams	Nett 70 (-2)
Second	Stuart Bourne	Nett 73 (+1)
Third	Alan Bigley/ Micky Mann	Nett 74 (+2)

Stableford Result

The stableford shield was an exciting competition with Peter Cudmore and David Howroyd battling it out down the last few holes with Peter edging out David with his 43 points playing David’s 41.  The first players to join the 40+ club this year! However, that was not the end of the story with John Collingwood who really likes this course coming home in the final group with a staggering 49 points – the handicap secretary was quick to produce his red pen when he saw that score – see below.  Seriously, a fantastic round of golf from John. Worthy of note was Peter was miffed that I said he was well beaten in to second place at the last event, so I am really pleased to say he was even more well beaten in to second place this time!!!

Place	Player	Score
Winner	John Collingwood	49
Second	Peter Cudmore	43
Third	David Howroyd	41

Team Competition Result

Ahhhh the less said the better about this one with the Handicap Sec making a right Horlicks of the results and the winners who were initially announced as Stuart, Andrew and Alan not being correct!! The wine had to be reclaimed and redistributed with Alan Bigley not letting go of his until he was wrestled to the floor and his grip loosened with a pound of butter.   The big clue the handicap sec missed is in the results above with John C scoring more than most teams on his own, not really but you get the point!!  The real winners were:-

Place	Player	Score
Winner	Graham Meadows, Joe Carroll & John Collingwood	92
Second	Stuart Bourne, Andrew Burnett & Alan Bigley	84 (B9CB 46)
Third	David Howroyd, Peter Cudmore, Brian Cook & Simon Briggs	84 (B9CB 44

Birdies

Seven birdies were achieved on the day as follows: –

Player	Hole	Score	Yards & Stroke index
Alan Bond	2nd	4 on the par 5	462 yds SI 12
Andy Williams	2nd	4 on the par 5	462 yds SI 12
Micky Mann	9th	3 on the par 4	338 yds SI 10
Stuart Bourne	10th	4 on the par 5	477 yds SI 11
Andrew Burnett	10th	4 on the par 5	477 yds SI 11
Stuart Bourne	16th	2 on the par 3	164 yds SI 15
Alan Bigley	18th	4 on the par 5	482 yds SI 9

Early Days for the Player of the Year competition with those who have played 4 times or more below.  This competition looks at the four best rounds for each player across the calendar year (so the more you play the better the choice).  The very early runners and riders are as follows:- 

Player	Rounds	Best 4 total
WILLIAMS, Andy	5	142
CUDMORE, Peter	4	139
HUGHES, Mark	6	139
COLLINGWOOD, John	4	138
BIGLEY, Alan	6	135
LUNN, Rod	6	132
MANN, Michael	6	129
SMITH, Steve	4	124
BURNETT, Andrew	4	123
BURNETT, Nigel	5	123
VALENTINE, Carl	4	121
MEADOWS, Graham	5	120
LEFTLEY, Kevin	5	119
CARROLL, Joe	5	112

The societies next event is scheduled for a THURSDAY the 18th August at the Weald of Kent GC. Let’s hope for some more great weather.