Seniors Captain David Barlow presents winner Keith Garden with the Annual Medal Trophy
A full house of 102 seniors played for the Annual Medal on a dry and sunny Carthagena course.
There were some interesting scores on the first hole - more of that later.
Four entrants scored nett 67 or less. Commiserations to Ian Maddison (nett 67) who just missed out on a podium place on countback.
In third place, also on 67, was Paul Dobson. Runner up on nett 66 was Eric McIntyre, but the clear winner, on nett 63, was Keith Garden playing in his first seniors competition.
The winner of the Jubilee Cup for the best stableford score for those receiving 20 shots or more, was Gerry Degaute on 36 points. Runner up was George Simmons on 35 and in third place was Peter Harvey also on 35.
Two players had unfortunate starts but hats off to them for perseverance. Peter Sweeney, who featured in the Seniors Blog for his recent run of good form, took 14 on the first hole and Trevor Darrington 16 despite driving the ball straight down the middle. Bunker trouble was behind both their woes.
There followed in the clubhouse a discussion on the meaning of schadenfreude - roughly translated as deriving pleasure from other people's disappointments.
One man who rarely has a bad day is Andy Brown. His back nine was flawless. See screen shot of his score below.
Thanks as ever to organiser Nigel Underwood for whom it was a very long day - and he didn't even get to play!
Raffle prize winners, who each get £10 credit on their pro shop accounts, were David Price, Peter Salmon, Neil Pinnington and Peter Jarman.
The result shook up the Golfer of the Year Award, with Ian Maddison moving to the top of the leaderboard and pushing Len Greaves into second place. See the top 10 places below. You can find the full list on the club website under Competitions/Ongoing/Order of Merit or clicking on the link below.
