My eighth year of having the privilege of looking after the MGS Handicaps.  A good year with just one monthly outing cancelled due to storm force winds arriving in the UK in February.

We had 40 different people (35 in 2021) join us this year on our monthly meets – a good number, including a number of keen new members who can all play a bit which is great for our society. Captain Hughes was on commission for recruiting new members and has done very well this year. However, we could always do with a few more joining the ranks so please do not hesitate to encourage any golfers you know to have a look at the website and get involved. 16 to 24 for each event is probably the ideal range which we achieved this year with the exception being 14 at West Hove in March. The average was 19.4 attending each event which is great.

The highest scoring event during the year was surprise surprise at Seaford Head in September where the average stableford score was an excellent 34.3 (2021 36.32 Seaford Head).  The lowest scoring event was at Lewes with an average score of 28.11 (2021 Dale Hill 26.56).  The overall average stableford points score for the season was 29.79 (2021 30.59).

It was again pleasing to see that the silverware for the year was distributed evenly across the membership, this again probably suggest the handicap system is about right.

The highest points score this year was by John Collingwood with a massive 49 points at Cooden with the next best being Peter Cudmore with 43 points also at Cooden. The best gross score was by Alan Bigley with a 2 over par 73 at Seaford Head.

Again, worthy of note was the speed of the rounds this year which were generally conducted at a very good pace – so thank you.

A big thank you as always to Hon Sec David, Captain Mark, deputy Biggers, Treasurer James for helping and supporting me throughout the year.  As always worthy of a special mention again is our excellent website orchestrated by Mr. Watkiss which keeps members abreast of events and gives advance notice of tee times and publishes the very latest results.

 

MGS SILVERWARE WINNERS 2022

Trophy	Winner(s)
Golfer of the Year	Alan Bond
Society Strokeplay Championship	Andy Williams
Society Stableford Competition	John Collingwood
Captain’s Day Trophy	Alan Bond
Anniversary Trophy	Rod Lunn
Mad March Jugs	Andy Williams & Kevin Leftley
GBH Trophy	Sandi Hoolahan & Alan Bigley
Last Chance Trophy	Andrew Burnett

SOCIETY TOURS 2022

Unfortunately, due just coming out of the Covid 19 pandemic restrictions at the end of 2021 no tours were possible in 2022.

A tour is planned to Belgium in 2023 details as follows – if you are interested please do talk to Captain Mark Hughes ASAP – they are brilliant !!:-

Destination:	Belgium
Duration:	2 Nights
Hotel:	Martins Brugge
Meal basis:	B&B
Pre-booked golf included:	3 rounds: 1 x Royal Ostend Golf Club 1 x Damme Golf & Country Club 1 x Championship Course at the Royal Zoute Golf Club
Channel crossing:	Return Eurotunnel Crossing for 4 Standard Cars (Shared by 12 People)

 

INDIVIDUAL MONTHLY WINNERS 2022

Month	Course	Individual Winner	Score	Runner Up	Score
Jan-22	Lewes GC	Carl Valentine	38	Mark Hughes	34
Feb-22	Cancelled due to Storm Force Winds
Mar-22	West Hove	Mark Hughes	39	Andy Williams	38
Apr-22	Dale Hill (Woosy)	Rob Montagu	37	James Gallifant	36
May-22	Nevill	Rod Lunn	35	Andrew Burnett	34
Jun-22	Cherry Lodge	Alan Bond	42	Peter Cudmore	38
Jul-22	Cooden Beach	Andy Williams	Nett 70	Stuart Bourne	Nett 73
		John Collingwood	49	Peter Cudmore	43
Aug-22	Weald of Kent	Chris Buck	41	Andrew Burnett	40
Sep-22	Seaford	Rod Lunn	42	Phil Taylor	42
Oct-22	Hever Castle	Michael Mann	35	Sandi Hoolahan	33
Nov-22	Willingdon	Graham Meadows	35	Graham Smith, Phil Taylor & Steve Smith	34
Dec-22	Dewlands	Andrew Burnett	18	David Howroyd	16

 

At our monthly meets we have seen eleven different winners across the twelve individual competitions. Rod Lunn being the only one who was able to double up during the season.

 

TEAM WINNERS 2022

Month	Course	Team Winners	Score	Team Runners Up	Score
Jan-22	Lewes GC	James Gallifant, Alan Bigley, Nigel Burnett & Kelvin Paterson	77	Carl Valentine, Rob Montague & Micky Mann	75
Feb-22	Cancelled due to Storm Force Winds
Mar-22	West Hove	Andy Williams & Kevin Leftley	114	Mark Hughes & Micky Mann	107
Apr-22	Dale Hill (Woosy)	Joe Carroll, James Gallifant & Rob Montagu	81	Andrew Burnett, Alan Bigley & Steve Smith	74
May-22	Nevill	Rod Lunn, Nigel Burnett, Andrew Burnett & Andy Williams	83	Steve Smith, Alan Bigley, Rob Montagu & Alan Bond	74
Jun-22	Cherry Lodge	Fun Team Game played		Fun Team Game played
Jul-22	Cooden Beach	Graham Meadows, Joe Caroll & John Collingwood	92	Styart Bourne, Andrew Burnett & Alan Bigley	84
Aug-22	Weald of Kent	David Howroyd, Andrew Burnett, Joe Carrol, Rob Montague	124	Phil Taylor, Mick Pettit (guest), Chris Buck & Alan Bond	123
Sep-22	Seaford	Micky Mann, Jerry Watkiss & Phil Tayler	94	Kevin Leftley, Alan Bond & Steve Smith	89
Oct-22	Hever Castle	Sandi Hoolahan & Alan Bigley	47	Stuart Bourne & Michael Mann	46
Nov-22	Willingdon	David Howroyd, Graham Meadows & Joe Carroll	76	Graham Smith, Peter Cudmore & Andy Williams	75
Dec-22	Dewlands	Chis Buck, Jerry Watkiss & Micky Mann	-2	Alan Bigley, Joe Carroll & Phil Taylor	-1

 

18 different members were on a winning team this year which is good to see.  However, the real team player this year was Joe Carroll appearing on a winning team on four occasions.

 

MGS 2022 APPEARANCES

Overall attendance has been very good with the average monthly meeting attendance being 19.4 (2021: 18.0; 2020: 17.5; 2019: 16.2). The highest was 23 at Seaford Head in September with the lowest being a hardcore 14 at West Hover in February.

 

Individual	Appearances
MANN, Michael	10
LUNN, Rod	10
BIGLEY, Alan	9
HUGHES, Mark	9
CARROLL, Joe	9
LEFTLEY, Kevin	8
MEADOWS, Graham	8
WILLIAMS, Andy	7
BURNETT, Andrew	7
GALLIFANT, James	7
BUCK, Chris	7
MONTAGU, Rob	7
SMITH, Steve	6
CUDMORE, Peter	6
TAYLOR, Phil	6
BOURNE, Stuart	6
COLLINGWOOD, John	6
BOND, Alan	5
WATKISS, Jerry	5
BURNETT, Nigel	5
COOK, Brian	5
HOWROYD, David	4
MILLER, John	4
VALENTINE, Carl	4
HOOLAHAN, Sandy	4
TIPPETT, Andy	4
BRIGGS, Simon	4
SMITH, Graham	3
WEAVERS, Rob	3
PATERSON, Kelvin	2
GORRINGE, Tim (Guest)	2
TORPEY, John (Guest)	2
TUPPER, Richard (Guest)	2
LUNN, Will	2
PETTIT, Mick	1
BENNETT, Tom	1
WAKEFIELD, Will	1
BEE, Tim (Guest)	1
GOULDING, Frank	1
DINNAGE, Rex (Guest)	1

MGS PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2022 (BEST FOUR ROUNDS- EXCLUDES DEWLANDS !!)

27 members managed to get in at least four qualifying rounds for the overall player of the year trophy during the season – the results are shown below

Individual	Appearances	Average of best 4 rounds	Total of best 4 rounds	Qualifying Scores
BOND, Alan	5	37.00	148.00	42, 39, 34, 33
GALLIFANT, James	7	36.00	144.00	38, 36, 35, 35
MANN, Michael	10	36.00	144.00	41, 35, 34, 34
BUCK, Chris	7	35.75	143.00	41, 36, 35, 31
BIGLEY, Alan	9	35.50	142.00	40, 35, 34, 33
BURNETT, Andrew	7	35.50	142.00	40, 35, 34, 33
LUNN, Rod	10	35.50	142.00	42, 35, 33, 32
WILLIAMS, Andy	7	35.50	142.00	38, 38, 34, 32
CUDMORE, Peter	6	35.00	140.00
LEFTLEY, Kevin	8	35.00	140.00
HUGHES, Mark	9	34.75	139.00
COLLINGWOOD, John	6	34.50	138.00
SMITH, Steve	6	34.50	138.00
TAYLOR, Phil	6	34.00	136.00
HOWROYD, David	4	33.50	134.00
CARROLL, Joe	9	33.25	133.00
MEADOWS, Graham	8	33.25	133.00
BOURNE, Stuart	6	32.75	131.00
MILLER, John	4	32.75	131.00
WATKISS, Jerry	5	31.50	126.00
BURNETT, Nigel	5	30.75	123.00
MONTAGU, Rob	7	30.75	123.00
VALENTINE, Carl	4	30.25	121.00
TIPPETT, Andy	4	29.00	116.00
BRIGGS, Simon	4	28.75	115.00
HOOLAHAN, Sandy	4	28.75	115.00
COOK, Brian	5	26.00	104.00

 

Congratulations go to a very deserving Mr Alan Bond – the 42 points at Cherry Lodge making all the difference to that average. Unfortunately, unavailable to accept his award as in sunnier climes for the winter !!

MGS OVERALL AVERAGES (TOTAL SCORES FOR THE SEASON DIVIDED BY TOTAL APPEARANCES) NB: TWO OR MORE ROUNDS

Individual	App	Average
BOND, Alan	5	34.60
HOWROYD, David	4	33.50
SMITH, Steve	6	33.00
WILLIAMS, Andy	7	32.86
MILLER, John	4	32.75
CUDMORE, Peter	6	32.33
SMITH, Graham	3	32.33
BIGLEY, Alan	9	32.22
GALLIFANT, James	7	32.14
TAYLOR, Phil	6	31.83
BURNETT, Andrew	7	31.71
MANN, Michael	10	31.70
WATKISS, Jerry	5	31.20
BOURNE, Stuart	6	30.83
COLLINGWOOD, John	6	30.83
LEFTLEY, Kevin	8	30.63
PATERSON, Kelvin	2	30.50
VALENTINE, Carl	4	30.25
BURNETT, Nigel	5	30.20
BUCK, Chris	7	30.14
LUNN, Rod	10	29.90
MEADOWS, Graham	8	29.75
HUGHES, Mark	9	29.44
TIPPETT, Andy	4	29.00
BRIGGS, Simon	4	28.75
HOOLAHAN, Sandy	4	28.75
WEAVERS, Rob	3	28.33
MONTAGU, Rob	7	27.29
CARROLL, Joe	9	27.22
COOK, Brian	5	24.80
LUNN, Will	2	14.50

 

The above shows the 20 players that averaged over 30 across all rounds played over the course of the year.  This arguably shows our most consistent players.

40 POINT PLUS CLUB 2022

Individual	Course	Points
COLLINGWOOD, John	Cooden	49
CUDMORE, Peter	Cooden	43
BOND, Alan	Cherry Lodge	42
LUNN, Rod	Seaford	42
TAYLOR, Phil	Seaford	42
MANN, Michael	Seaford	41
HOWROYD, David	Cooden	41
BUCK, Chris	Weald of Kent	41
BURNETT, Andrew	Weald of Kent	40
BIGLEY, Alan	Seaford	40
LEFTLEY, Kevin	Seaford	40
MILLER, John	Seaford	40
SMITH, Steve	Seaford	40

Congratulations to John Collingwood in particular and Peter Cudmore for achieving those dizzy heights and for prompting the Handicap Sec to get his shears out and give them a nice handicap haircut.

SPECIALIST EVENTS 2022

We always try to make these interesting with the nearest the line and nearest the pin in two or three as our specialist holes – hopefully giving everyone a good chance of being in the running for a small prize.

NEAREST THE PIN 2022

Month	Course	Nearest the Pin
Jan-22	Lewes GC	Andrew Burnett
Feb-22	Cancelled due to Storm Force Winds
Mar-22	West Hove	Chris Buck
Apr-22	Dale Hill (Woosy)	John Torpey (guest)
May-22	Nevill	Carl Valentine
Jun-22	Cherry Lodge	Chris Buck
Jul-22	Cooden Beach	Peter Cudmore
Aug-22	Weald of Kent	Mick Pettit (guest)
Sep-22	Seaford	Tom Bennett
Oct-22	Hever Castle	Sandi Hoolahan
Nov-22	Willingdon	Alan Bigley
Dec-22	Dewlands	Phil Taylor

 

Ten different winners which is great to see – No individual dominating this event this year.

LONGEST DRIVE , NEAREST THE LINE OR PIN IN TWO OR THREE ETC !

Month	Course	Nearest the Pin in Two or Three	Longest Drive	Nearest the Line
Jan-22	Lewes GC	Jerry Watkiss
Feb-22	Cancelled due to Storm Force Winds
Mar-22	West Hove		Sandi Hoolahan
Apr-22	Dale Hill (Woosy)		Andrew Burnett
May-22	Nevill		Carl Valentine
Jun-22	Cherry Lodge	Micky Mann
Jul-22	Cooden Beach	Steve Smith
Aug-22	Weald of Kent			Chris Buck
Sep-22	Seaford	Andrew Burnett
Oct-22	Hever Castle			Stuart Bourne
Nov-22	Willingdon	Steve Smith
Dec-22	Dewlands	Micky Mann

9 different winners across the 9 events.  Andrew Burnett & Micky Mann being the only people to win two specialist prizes in the table above.

MGS BIRDIES AND TWO’S:-

The table below sets out the birdie and two makers in the season.

Individual	Number of Birdies		Individual	Number of Two’s
BIGLEY, Alan	9		VALENTINE, Carl	2
BURNETT, Andrew	6		BOND, Alan	1
MANN, Michael	5		BOURNE, Stuart	1
LUNN, Rod	3		MEADOWS, Graham	1
MILLER, John	3		TORPEY, John (Guest)	1
VALENTINE, Carl	3		Total	6
BOND, Alan	2
BOURNE, Stuart	2
CARROLL, Joe	2
HUGHES, Mark	2
TAYLOR, Phil	2
WATKISS, Jerry	2
COOK, Brian	1
CUDMORE, Peter	1
HOOLAHAN, Sandy	1
LEFTLEY, Kevin	1
MEADOWS, Graham	1
SMITH, Steve	1
WILLIAMS, Andy	1
TORPEY, John (Guest)	1
Total	49

 

Congratulations to Alan Bigley winning the birdie count by a good margin and to all the folks who made a two in particular to Carl Valentine who did it twice.

MGS SOCIETY MEMBER HANDICAPS @ DECEMBER 2022

Really nice to see the quality of golf played by the membership during 2022 with a good mix and spread of handicaps.

Individual	HCP
BIGLEY, Alan	6
VALENTINE, Carl	11
SMITH, Graham	12
BOURNE, Stuart	14
WATKISS, Jerry	15
BOND, Alan	15
MANN, Michael	16
BURNETT, Andrew	16
WILLIAMS, Andy	17
MILLER, John	17
TAYLOR, Phil	18
COPPARD, Dereck	18
SMITH, Steve	19
BUCK, Chris	19
LEFTLEY, Kevin	20
HUGHES, Mark	20
LUNN, Rod	20
LAYEN, Pat	20
HILLMAN, Paul	21
DAY,  Brian	21
HOWROYD, David	23
TIPPETT, Andy	23
COOK, Brian	24
CUDMORE, Peter	25
WAKEFIELD, Will	25
BENNETT, Tom	26
WAPLING, Ken	26
MEADOWS, Graham	26
WEAVERS, Rob	26
HOOLAHAN, Sandy	26
COGGILL, Tony	26
BRIGGS, Simon	27
COLLINGWOOD, John	27
PATERSON, Kelvin	28
CHRISTIAN, Des	28
GALLIFANT, James	28
GOULDING, Frank	28
BURNETT, Nigel	30
LUNN, Will	33
MONTAGU, Rob	34
CARROLL, Joe	36