The thunder crashed, the lightning lit up the
sky and the rain came down in torrents. Luckily this only happened minutes
after I got home from the Member and Guest Day.
The day itself went off without too much
incident. The heat did take its toll on a number of the competitors but
thankfully all did recover.
A total of 38 teams entered for the day, with
guests being invited from 29 different golf clubs. I have received many kind
words of thanks from guests, expressing how much they enjoyed the day. This is
especially pleasing given the way the fairways on John O’Gaunt are struggling
at the moment.
All the teams that competed |
Given the heat, and the fact we were playing on
John O’Gaunt, a good standard of golf was maintained with half the field
scoring 35 points or more. Three teams were tied on 40 points. Despite my best
attempts to find ways to disqualify the other two teams my brother and I lost
out badly on count back and finished fifth. Also losing out on 40 points were
Alan Kirkham and Nick Forshew, who finished fourth. At least Nick could
console himself having won a raffle prize and a skill prize.
Third place went
to Richard Farrow and Derek Quail, with Richard winning nearest Pin on 4. Kevin
Barbour and Kevin Flynn came second on 41 with Kevin winning a Longest Drive
prize by smashing a drive well past the bunker on the 9th.
The winners of the Whitbread Trophy were
David Crosby and Alan Capps with a magnificent 42 points. This just proves how
important the choice of Guest is. Not
only did Alan contribute 33 of those points, but he did it in style by holing
his second shot on the 12th (the third hole they played) for a magnificent
Eagle and 5 points,
The total list of skills prize winners is:
Nearest the Pin on 4th (Members): Richard Farrow
Longest Drive on 9th (Guests): Kevin Flynn (Letchworth
G.C.)
Nearest the Pin in 2 on 11th: Barry Sullivan
(Bedfordshire G.C.)
Nearest the Pin in 2 on 12th (Members): Derek Page
Nearest the Pin on 16th (Guests): Nick Forshew (Stevenage
G.C.)
Longest Drive on 17th (Members): John Thoday
Derek Page |
Richard Farrow |
John Thoday |
Kevin Flynn |
Barry Sullivan |
Nick Forshew |
Whitbread Trophy Winners - David Crosby and Alan Capps |
Second - Kevin Flynn and Kevin Barbour |
Third - Richard Farrow and Derek Quail |
Whitbread Trophy
Second: Kevin
Barbour and Kevin Flynn (Letchworth G.C.)
Third: Richard
Farrow and Derek Quail (Petersfield G.C.)
Well done to all.
Neil Pinnington
Neil Pinnington
Organiser