By Ron Hottes
The V.V.V’s:
Due to the unprecedented amount of precipitation during this period, the V.V.V’s did not play on this day. Hopefully, they are looking forward to their game next week.
Wednesday 17 July, Stableford:
With the aforementioned dump of rain recently, the small field was always going to struggle with the conditions and this proved to be true. But old mate Darryl Ward is in the middle of a surprising hot streak at the moment (and hot streaks don’t often appear in the middle of a wet winter) and this form easily won the day and the top prize for him. Darryl’s 39 excellent points allowed him to just oust runner-up Robert Ferguson, who should also be proud of his posted result of 38 points. Both those results were way ahead of the next score because no-one else in the field went anywhere near matching their handicap. This would be why the ball rundown stretched all the way to 32 points. There were only three NTP winners on the day, whilst a rare occurrence saw the relatively easy third hole NTP not claimed. It’s a long time since that has happened. The NTP’s went home with Dave Hatt (5th), Chris Leighton (9th) and Rob Ferguson (12th). The much tougher 15th NTP also went unclaimed.
Saturday 20 July, Stableford:
With damp, even showery conditions prevailing, following on from plenty of precipitation overnight, Friday, the Match Committee decided to suspend the Saturday event. It is to be very much hoped that predicted dry, even sunny days on Monday, Tuesday into Wednesday will see a return to mid-week golf at Warburton.
