Autumn Singles Stableford Competition - 17th October 2017

A  good field of 81 competed for the Stableford Trophy on the Carthegena Course. We had missed the side effects of Hurricane Orphelia by one day but the course had significant leaf fall which made finding balls a bit tough but losing them easy and this spoiled a number of cards. Well it is an Autumn competition which is “fall” in the USA!

John Ellary was thanked for his efficient organising of the event and charity raffle collection which raised £188.00 and was pleased to receive a sleeve of balls to make up for some lost to the course.

Although not in contention for one of the prizes Colin Beales was cut 0.4 on his round of 94 gross and nett 74.

Michael Newstead narrowly missed out in 4^th place on countback with 37 points and cut 0.3. He opined that he should have easily got 40 points but we can’t cut him on a wish.

In third place was the usual suspect Robert Anderson with yet another good competition round with 37 points and cut 0.3.

Third Place - Robert Anderson

In second spot was another senior golfer often in contention, namely  George Turner also with 37 points but 21 on the back nine against Robs 18 on countback  and also cut 0.3.

Second Place - George Turner

However the winner of the Trophy with 40 points and a cut of 1.2 and now playing off 13.6 was the redoubtable Harry Wakefield who graciously thanked his playing partners in his acceptance address for their contribution to his very good round by finding his ball whenever  he thought it was lost to the foliage.

Winner - Harry Wakefield

Anders Lindquist was singled out for mention at the presentation for his generosity to the Senior Captains charity for buying 8 raffle tickets where the norm is 3.

Also mentioned in dispatches was Mrs Ann Gill who provided Alban Macdonald with an unusual rose as a family gift and insisted on making a £10 donation to our charity.

John Ellary - Competition Organiser