Our 7^th event out of 9 (normally 11 – 1 event cancelled and 1 abandoned) in the Mayfield Order of Merit competition and the scores at the top of the leader board are very tight.  The trophy event was a pairs competition with the all-important draw done over bacon rolls.  Lamberhurst is recovering well after the dry weather and parched fairways, the greens were excellent, tricky and very true.  After arriving in the rain the weather cleared up and turned out to be sunny and quite warm.

We had a field of 22 which resulted in a 2-ball Alan Bigley and Scot Wightman setting the pace for the following 5 x 4 balls. The average for the day was just over 30, with 3 players playing better than handicap, resulting in good individual rounds for Alan Bigley, Richard Hannam and Graham Smith.

There were 3 teams tied on 43 points with eventual winning score for the GBH Trophy coming from Richard Hannam and Kevan Gill on countback, 2^nd place was Graham Smith and Keith Townsend, closely followed by Alan Bigley and Scot Wightman. The lowest team score was 32 points from Pete “Bryson” Smith and John Collingwood.

Alan Bigley hit a great shot to win nearest the pin on the 7^th and Lamberhurst member David Howroyd won nearest the pin in 2 on the 18^th. There were only 6 birdies carded and no two’s.

The GHB Cup

Position	Pair	Score
1st	Richard Hannam/Kevan Gill (22 on countback)	43 points
2nd	Keith Townsend/Graham Smith (21 on countback)	43 Points
3rd	Alan Bigley/Scot Wightman (20 on countback)	43 Points

Nearest Pin 7^th Hole (140 Yds)

Alan Bigley

Nearest Pin in Two 18^th (289 Yds)

David Howroyd

Birdies

Player	Hole	Score	Yards & Stroke Index
Alan Bigley	2nd	3 on par 4	306 Yds SI 15
Kevin Leftley	10th	3 on par 4	372 Yds SI 12
Alan Bond	13th	4 on par 5	485 Yds SI 14
Richard Hannam	14th	4 on par 5	471 Yds SI 16
Alan Bond	18th	3 on par 4	289 Yds SI 18
David Howroyd	18th	3 on par 4	289 Yds SI 18

Order of Merit – Mayfield Golfer of the Year (Average of best 4 rounds)

Position	Individual	Average Score
1st =	Jerry Watkiss	34.75
1st =	Graham Smith	34.75
3rd =	Alan Bigley	34.25
3rd =	Kevin Leftley	34.25

The societies next event is on Thursday 15^th October at Sweetwoods.