The winner of the Captain’s Day Trophy was Jerry Watkiss – decided on count-back after four good scores of 34 points were posted on a superb day organised by Mr Peter Cudmore

With the exception of the final two groups who got caught by a rain shower on the final holes of the course we were very lucky with the weather (overcast and humid). Our Captain organised a fabulous day’s golf on the Woosnam course at Dale Hill where the fairways and greens were in immaculate condition.  Seven teams of three battle out to win one or two of the seven competitions up for grabs all which culminating in the Captain’s Day Trophy for the best overall stableford score for the day.

Team Stableford Competition

The first competition saw the pressure build on the teams through the course of the round.  The best stableford score from the 3 players counting for holes 1 to 6 PLUS the best two stableford scores counting from the team of 3 for holes 7 to 12 PLUS all three of the stableford scores counting for the 3 players on holes 13 to 18.  An interesting and very close competition materialised

Place	Team Members	Score
Winners	Pat Layen, Tim Gorringe & Tom Bennett	72
Second	Mark Hughes, Ken Wapling & Alan Bond	71
Third	Jerry Watkiss, Clive Butler & Kelvin Patterson	70

 

Two separate stableford, nearest the pin and longest drive competitions were held as follows:-

Gents Individual Stableford for players off 21 to 28 handicaps (inclusive)

Place	Individual	Score
Winner	Tom Bennett	34
Second	Peter Cudmore	33 (Back 9 count back 16)
Third	Kelvin Patterson	33 (Back 9 count back 15)

 

Winner Longest Drive (Hole 14): Tom Bennett

Winner Nearest the Pin (Hole 5): Ken Wapling

Hotshots Individual Stableford for players off scratch to 20 handicaps (inclusive)

Place	Individual	Score
Winner	Jerry Watkiss	34 (Back 9 count back 17)
Second	Chris Buck	34 (Back 9 count back 16)
Third	Carl Valentine	34 (Back 9 count back 15)

 

Winner Longest Drive (Hole 13):  Pat Layen

Winner Nearest the Pin (Hole 7): Mark Hughes

The two competitions were then brought back together to decide the overall Captain Days Trophy winner.  The average score across both groups on the day was 29.5 stableford points on a long and challenging course. The Trophy winners and runners up were as follows:

Place	Individual	Score
Winner	Jerry Watkiss	34 (Back 9 count back 17)
Second	Chris Buck	34 (Back 9 count back 16)
=Third	Carl Valentine	34 (Back 9 count back 15)
=Third	Tom Bennett	34 (Back 9 count back 15)

 

 

A massive thank you goes to our Captain for this season Peter Cudmore who obviously put in a great deal of effort both on the day and in advance to make it a special day.  Peter was supported by our Hon Sec David Howroyd and Treasurer Andy Tippett.  A really enjoyable day on a great course, with good company and some nice prizes.

Also worthy of note that after two good rounds this year Carl Valentine will be playing off 9 at his next event – our first single figure handicap for a few years – well done Carl !!

The best 6 month player averages are shown below (NB: The appearances range between 1 & 5 which might be misleading but hey-ho!)

Player	Average
STAPLEHURST, Malc	37.00
VALENTINE, Carl	37.00
BROWN, Steve	36.50
WATKISS, Jerry	35.75
BENNETT, Tom	34.00
MANN, Michael	34.00
BOND, Alan	33.50
HILLMAN, Paul	33.50
PATERSON, Kelvin	33.25
BUCK, Chris	33.00
DAY,  Brian	33.00
CUDMORE, Peter	32.33
CHEESMUR, Brian	32.00
WEAVER, Kevin	32.00

 

Our next outing is at Cooden Beach on the 15^th July where the Society Strokeplay Trophy and the Society Stableford Shield are up for grabs.  A course that is a favourite of many members, so we are expecting a good attendance – feel free to book early through the normal channels – more details will follow as always