Ken Wapling putts well to win at Westerham with a very good 40 points on a very blustery September day

A low turnout of only 11 at Westerham golf club which was in fantastic condition and a good test of golf – a shame more members could not make this event. The average for the day reflected the tight holes and windy conditions being just 31.09.  The members were pleased to see Sandi back for her first outing in 2018.  The results were as follows: -

Individual Stableford

With a fantastic 40 points and playing very well Ken Wapling wins the individual prize.

Place	Player	Score
Winner	Ken Wapling	40
Second	John Collingwood	37
Third	Andy Williams	36

 

Team Stableford

The best two scores from the teams of three counted: -

Place	Team	Score
Winner	Alan Bigley, Tom Bennett & Andy Williams	79
Second	Ken Wapling, John Collingwood, Micky Mann & Andy Tippett	77
Third	Mark Hughes, Dereck Coppard, Sandi Hoolahan & Clive Butler	76

 

Dereck at the prize giving very unfairly stated what everyone else was thinking in that it is unusual for one team to have the winner and runner up of the individual comp to only come second in the team comp that takes the best 2 from 3stableford scores.  He then realised the other two players in that team were Micky Mann and Andy Tippett and there was his answer!!

Winner Nearest the Line:  Captain Alan Bigley (probably would have also won a longest drive comp on this hole as well)

Winner Nearest the Pin:  Clive Butler with one of the very few shots to settle on the short grass.

Anorak moment of the report is the day saw 5 birdies which takes the seasons total to 51 (including 7 two’s): -

Player	Hole	Score
Mark Hughes	2nd	3 on the 366 yd Par 4 (SI 8)
Micky Mann	2nd	3 on the 366 yd Par 4 (SI 8)
Andy Tippett	2nd	3 on the 366 yd Par 4 (SI 8)
Andy Williams	4th	2 on the 137 yd Par 3 (SI 18)
Alan Bigley	10th	4 on the 462 yd par 5 (SI 5)

 

With three quarters of the 2018 season passed I thought I would publish the current player of the year standings.  The player of the year award goes to the player with the best four stableford scores during the season. The following all have four rounds under their belt this year:

BIGLEY, Alan	149
TIPPETT, Andy	144
WILLIAMS, Andy	144
MANN. Michael	144
HOWROYD, David	143
PATERSON, Kelvin	140
HILLMAN, Paul	139
HUGHES, Mark	139
WAPLING, Ken	139
ABLITT, Fred	136
BOND, Alan	134
BENNETT, Tom	133
LEFTLEY, Kevin	133
WATKISS, Jerry	133
BUTLER, Clive	131
COLLINGWOOD, John	130
COPPARD, Dereck	128
DAY, Brian	128
GALLIFANT, James	124

 

Also worthy of note was the speed in which the heads and tails was won at Westerham – just two spins of the coin! The first a “head” reduce the field from 10 to 3 and the second toss of a “tail” giving us Mr Alan Bigley as our winner!

The next monthly meeting is for the GBH Trophy – a pairs competition at the Nevill Golf Club in Tunbridge Well – full details nearer the time.  Hopefully we will attract a good number and ideally an even number! to this event 18+ players would be nice.