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Wet weather won’t dampen golfers



Wednesday 14 June, Stableford: Dear readers, as winter conditions start to affect the beautiful course, great scores naturally become more infrequent. It is just harder to be consistent when there is no run on the ball, when there are wet areas, and when greens become really damp. So, a good score is definitely worth celebrating. 38 points was the winning result on this day, and David Hatt can certainly celebrate by collecting his winner’s voucher. Good work, Hatty. Ironically, the daily runner-up, Ken White, played with Hatty on the day, and it appears the finishing order was ultimately decided on the 18th hole, where Hatty scored 2 points and Ken didn’t. Ken posted a 37-point round. The ball rundown reached 32. NTPs were earnt by John Hall (3rd) and David Waterman (9th and 12th, a good day’s work Dave). The tough 15th yielded a ball to Steuart Hawke.

Saturday 17 June, Stableford:

With a couple of days with drying weather conditions, scores were always going to be a little higher than the mid-week results. Higher indeed was the score posted by Chris Leighton, who managed to amass 43 points to take home the A-Grade voucher. Terrific result Chris. The runner-up score in A-Grade was pretty impressive, too, because 41 points, posted by Michael Pinkster, would often win on any other day. The B-Grade prize was taken home by ‘A.J’ Alan Johnston, posting 37 solid points. A.J. enjoys a smooth glass of wine, and like a good red, he just seems to get better with age. Great work, Alan. 36 points was enough for Alan McDonald to grab the runner-up voucher. Overall, balls extended to 34. NTP winners on the day went to Luke Patrick (3rd), Chris Leighton (9th), Danny Fox (12th) and Jason ‘Kenno’ Kennedy (15th).

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