The Nevill course was in very good condition with the greens a little quicker than most players had seen this year.  We had an excellent turnout of 24 members with the pace of play being very good. Unfortunately, we had an injury on the first 9 holes with James Harding unable to continue for the second nine holes.  

Would the MGS European Tour champion return to his own course and turn the competition in to a just a battle for second place continuing his good form.  The answer was a clear No!

Anniversary Trophy

The average stableford score for the day was 30.83 with the defending champion making four birdies on his valiant attempt to retain the trophy.  However, Graham Smith built on the 17 points amassed on the front line with a brilliant 20 points on the back 9 to win by one shot on 37 points (just 3 over par on the challenging back 9).  This event was played off full society handicaps with all players “putting out” this being a silverware event: –

Place	Player	Score
Winner	Graham Smith	37
Second	Phil Taylor	36 (B9CB 19)
Third	Rod Lunn	36 (B9CB 18)

Team Competition 

The best two scores from three counted with one team winning by a good margin – see below. 

Place	Player	Score
Winners	Chris Buck, Phil Taylor & Rod Lunn	85
Second	Stuart Bourne, Rob Weaver & Alan Bigley	82
Third	Tony Willmott, Mark Hughes & Will Lunn	80

Nearest the Pin (12th Hole 150 yards).   

A cracking shot from Graham Smith, getting inside good shots from Chris Buck and Graham Meadows to win this one.  Unfortunately, a solid par rather than birdie was made.

Nearest the Pin in Two (8^th Hole 356 yards).   

A superb second by Andrew Jenner to three feet and then making the birdie made this hole look easy.

Birdies

Birdies

Fifteen birdies were achieved on the day (the biggest number at one event for some while) –

Player	Hole	Score	Yards & Stroke index
Rod Lunn	2nd	4 on the par 5	531 yds SI 13
Graham Smith	2nd	4 on the par 5	531 yds SI 13
Andy Williams	4th	2 on the par 3	169 yds SI 15
Rod Lunn	6th	2 on the par 3	179 yds SI 11
John Miller	6th	2 on the par 3	179 yds SI 11
Rod Lunn	8th	3 on the par 4	356 yds SI 7
Andrew Jenner	8th	3 on the par 4	356 yds SI 7
John Miller	10th	4 on the par 5	477 yds SI 18
Phil Taylor	12th	2 on the par 3	150 yds SI16
Alan Bigley	12th	2 on the par 3	150 yds SI16
Rob Weavers	12th	2 on the par 3	150 yds SI16
Rod Lunn	13th	4 on the par 5	453 yds SI 4
Stuart Bourne	13th	4 on the par 5	453 yds SI 4
James Gallifant	13th	4 on the par 5	453 yds SI 4
Andrew Burnett	14th	3 on the par 4	397 yds SI 6

The societies next event is scheduled for THURSDAY 15th June at Nizels which is Captains Day with the Freddie Jones Foundation Trophy up for grabs. This will be a popular event so do get the date in your diary and let’s hope for some more great weather.