By Ron Hottes
Wednesday 2 November, Stroke and M. McGrann qualifier:
At last, dear readers, some results to report on! ( Although very frustrating for those, like me, who can’t use our carts/scooters whilst it’s still this sodden on the course!) This mid-week comp saw 11 intrepid “walkers” take part, with Robert Ferguson coming out on top with a fine Nett 64. This makes him a qualifier for the Bag-day playoff in December. Laurie Doyle was “stiff” being the runner-up, with a most impressive Nett 66, and Paul Osbourne’s 67 was very good, too! (Because of the small field, only Paul got 3 balls!) But we had 3 NTP winners. Our daily winner had a real day out collecting on the 5th and the 9th. Dave Wappett collected one for the 12th. Finally, Barry Mr “Consistent” Maltman took home the last one on the 15th.
Twilight:
No play this week due to the inclement weather and deteriorating conditions!
Saturday 5 November, Stableford:
Although the scheduled Medal round has been put back a week, this Stableford “filler” attracted a surprisingly large field of walkers, (38 of them!) As the course is slowly drying out and recovering, so the winning scores are increasing, a pleasing sign! Today’s winning score, posted by young Riley Foster, was 39 solid points. Riley still only won on a countback, as Wayne Kempton found his best form to also post a pleasing 39 points. ( Wayne predicted last week that his next good score was “just around the corner”! Good work, Nostradamus!)
There was a ball rundown, ending with Andy McMath, at 31. A full book of NTPs went as follows; Peter Fox (3rd), David Wappett (5th), Max Jacobs (9th), Steuart Hawke (12th) and Danny Fox (15th).
