We were very lucky with a cloudy yet benign day for our day by the sea. Eleven events out of eleven have gone to plan this year – zero cancellations which follows on from last year’s perfect record. Can next year’s captain achieve the same record? 

An excellent field of 26 competed for the Last Chance Trophy with the average score for the day being 35.62 – more than 3 higher than last year, and thus achieving the best average record for the year. The course was in good condition with no temporary greens and despite the fairways being spiked played well all round.

There were 8 players with 40 points or more with Tony Willmott coming in with an excellent 44 points, 24 on the back 9 resulting in just five over par for those nine holes.  He was followed closely by Rob Weavers 43pts and Adrian Underwood 42pts.

There were a few challenges with the catering and kitchen at Seaford post round, resulting in one of the longest lunch sittings ever. They only had the capacity to cook 6 meals at once, resulting in over 4 sittings so by the time we eventually moved onto the presentations, it was practically dark. But finally, captain Chris carried out his formal duties in his normal smooth manner – that is, before he forgot to give out the actual trophy, then tried to give it to the wrong winner!

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Thanks to Captain Chris for his quick thinking in presenting the same empty bottle of Veuve Clicquot to all our winners!!

I’ve been assured this will be rectified at the Xmas lunch

Editor

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Last Chance Trophy Results

This event was played off full society handicaps with the top three being: –

Position	Player	Score
1st	Tony Willmott	44
2nd	Rob Weavers	43
3rd	Adrian Underwood	42

Team Competition

The best two scores from the teams of three (battleships for the team of 4).  The winners not scoring less than four points on 17 holes, amassing 50 points on back 9 holes.

Position	Team	Score
1st	Tony Willmott, John Collingwood, Kelvin Patterson	93
2nd =	Adrian Underwood, Graham Smith, Peter Cudmore	91
2nd =	Chris Buck, Kevin Leftley, Graham Meadows	91

Nearest Pin 10^th Hole (109 Yds)

Graham Smith hitting a pitching wedge to the edge of the green and rolling nicely to 4 ft away, with a resulting birdie.  A few other players got very close.

Nearest Pin in Two 14^th Hole (322 Yds)

Micky Mann hitting an excellent approach shot into with 2 ft, with the easy birdie being achieved.

Birdies

Player	Hole	Score	Yards & Stroke Index
Peter Smith	8th	3 on par 4	321 yds SI 13
Graham Smith	10th	2 on par 3	109 Yds SI 18
Chris Buck	10th	2 on par 3	109 Yds SI 18
Graham Smith	13th	4 on par 5	448 Yds SI 6
Jerry Watkiss	14th	3 on par 4	322 Yds SI 10
Mick Mann	14th	3 on par 4	322 Yds SI 10

The societies next event is scheduled for FRIDAY 6^th December at Holtye GC – a nine-hole scramble followed by a cracking Christmas lunch and the AGM at The Middle House.  VERY IMPORTANT to get your attendance confirmed and your menu selected ASAP – just so Mark knows the numbers for lunch etc.  Should be another good final fling getting us into the festive spirit in early December.