Friday 1st August 2025

We thought we were doing Ok, managing Sweetie's  40 shots, but as we waited on 6th, a smirking Oliver Twist asked how we did on 5th. " 2 Pars and 6 points"  we replied...." Oh, we only had 8 Points there ! - he replied.   Tony Andrews, of 27 had reached the green in 3 nice swishes of the club to then find the bottom of the cup with his 4th. They did the Maths and a Birdie on Par 5 with 2 shots , that'll be 5 Points thank you- outrageous.

Meantime in the Summer Knockout the Semi-Final line up was completed.  Picture above shows the Gardener / Hoe   pairing with Billy & Keith - the former being 1 Up as they played 14th.  We heard the cheer as Billy sunk his putt   to draw the match back to level, but worse was to come for the confident  Mike & Derek. Keith's Drive on 15th was on Fairway and halfway up the Hill. 2nd Shot was just short of Green. Derek was in bunker for 2 but he was never going to get the chance to play in the sand-pit. Keith was receiving a shot on the hole - but chipped in for a 3 ( nett 2 effectively) so Derek sulked for a while, built a scale model of Notre-Dame and then re-joined the 4-ball on 16th.  Billy & Keith held onto lead to the end and finished 1 Up.   

They now play in the battle of the Left Handers   against Asquith / Brent in the coming weeks.

Only thing missing in the picture is The Cup

Branchflower/ Hilson     versus     Asquith Brent

Kitcher / Mugridge          versus    Dowell / Wandless

In The Singles Knockout

Nick Gabb awaits winner of Patten v Fisk  as the possibility of a Nick v Nick Final gets ever closer....

It just doesn't get more exciting than this....

Wednesday 30th July 2025

Many congratulations to Kevin for winning the CST seniors championship and to Keith who secured the Handicap Cup stopping Kevin from having a clean sweep.  

Tuesday 28th July 2025

So far only 20 have signed up for the August Medal on Aug 4th. The max number of tee slots is 42 so hurry up and sign up if you want to play.

Monday 27th July 2025

Challenge Cup results from St. Pierre

R Shelley      36

D Asquith     36 cb

J Wandless  36 cb

S Sutcliffe    34

K Hunt.         34

M Leigh.       31

D Mugridge 31

R Evans.      30

B Heath.      30

J Siabi         29

M Jewell.    26

T Purrett.    20

 

Friday 25th July 2025

Thursday 24th July 2025

Lean Team at Brean.  Thursday 24th July  

 1 Stuart Pope (Captain) 27.7 & Steve Southgate    17.8.      L3=2.

 2 John Baker  17.3  & Steve Kitcher  20.1. L 3 -2    

3 Martin Bargery 17.0  &  Eric Williams 28.6.   L 2-1.  

4  Nick   Patten. 19.9 & Ian  Thomas 30.2  WON by 2  

5.  David Asquith 19.1 & Brian Smith 23.7  Halved.  

   Match result L 3 1/2   to 1 1/2

Wednesday  23rd July 2025

Great back 9 by John Evans , with a Gross 34, netting 23 Points - earning him a 1 shot cut in his Handicap Index.

Nick Gabb lipped out about 4 times on front 9, but opened a fresh pack of Capstan full strength on the run for home and looked more like his old self - through the smoke. He too was cut 0.6

Other cuts were Bob Dennett - 0.7; Martin Leigh 0.4; Chicken Farmer 0.7; Norman 0.5; 

..but those earning increases were Danny who went up 0.5 despite an adjusted Gross of 70 !

Pearce +0.5; Kaptain +0.2; Roger Davis + 0.5

Summer KO advanced with Kitcher / Mugridge knocking off  Barrow / Stone 3 &2

They now face Dowell/Wandless ( in the Semi-Final) who are still recovering from their squeaky win over Sweet William - those 50 shots still keep Danny awake.

In the top half of the Drawer - we await last Quarter Final twixt Hilson/Branchflower & Gardener/Hoe  which is booked for Friday 1st Aug at 08:48

Their fate, if they win,  is to face Gordon & David  in the Semis, the politest pairing still standing.

In The Singles...The Semi-Finals are set up after Nick Patten  had to hang on by his fingernails to get past Mark Kilpatrick yesterday  2 & 1.

The Freight-Train Clive Fisk awaits him....

Other 2 are Nick Gabb   and Ian Thomas  who have booked a tee-time on Friday 1st August at 08:56

hint..hint - why not book an adjacent slot Nick & Clive to make it a real Knockout Day.

Could be have our first ever

Nick v Nick Final 

Monday 21st July 2025

Taunton Home 21st July

Won 4 to 2 

sorry, no further details at this time

We passed opponents of Captain James T Lauchlan who had sliced drive on 7th to 17th Fairway. His name was Dave and used to be a member here when 8,9,10 were in play. He hit a lob wedge over the tall trees as it landed like a Sh***ad Dr*ne in heart of the green - and we thought 'Jim's in trouble here'.

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CST Four Person Texas Scramble

Great showing by Seniors Teams - 

KB & Co, with a Bogey on 15th costing them  the Victory.by 0.0007  

CB & his Team were 4 or 5 ahead of the field after 9 Holes with a Gross 30, but fell away.

 JB dropped not a single shot, but their lower handicap allowance slid them down..

BB four had as many bogies as they had players, which is always fatal in a Scramble.

NB Keefhunt joined the Wednesday Team Winners, but they were too conservative on front 9.

The Superstars in Aaron CraBB's team ( a plus 1 handicap) - were cruising with 5 Birdies on front 9- but it just never happened on the run for home.

Friday 18th July 2025, White & Red Tees, Cricket St Thomas

(25%/20%/15%/10% from lowest to highest playing handicap)

View Statistics for this Competition

Results		Score
1st	Martyn England, Gordon Judge, David Lester, Brian Smith	52
2nd	Keith Branchflower, Bob Dennett, William Hilson, Eric Williams	52.0007
3rd	Neil Horgan, Peter Mattravers, Jonathan Robbins, Colin Spurway	53
4th	Jack Bradford, Ben Dickinson, Stacy Hawes, Stefan Hawes	53
5th	Liam Desborough, paul desborough, Karen Grabham, Tony Lawrence	53
6th	Matt Corrick, Phil Loaring (Loaring Developments), John Macleod, Scott Wells-Burr	53
7th	Sally Bruce, Angela Gascoigne, Sue Williams, Maria WOODHAM	53
8th	Chris Andrews, Christopher Basterfield, Richard Forster, David Mugridge	53
9th	Keith Hunt, Nicholas Patten, Andrew Rowland, Ian Thomas	54
10th	Jeremy Blackburn, Tim Purrett, Terry Rutherford, James Siabi	54
11th	Linda Brown, Scott Wallbutton, Neil Whisler, Shanni Whisler	54
12th	Nathan Finn, Jamie Fletcher, Bradley Masters, Kyle Vaux	54
13th	Christopher Bruce, Brian Hamilton-Cox, Robert Jones, David Llewellyn	54
14th	Stuart Ball, Stephen Downes, Denis McCallum, Philip Washbourne	55
15th	Matt Bisgrove (Professional Cable Solutions), Steve Bryant, Ross Harvey, Neil Willmington	55
16th	Keith Fisher, Shirley Hale, Rachel Horne, Paul Merritt	55
17th	Derek Leech, Michael Maltby, Laurence Quinn, Adrian Wordsworth	56
18th	Stephen Cross, Stephen Ebdon, Wayne Ebdon, Martin Read	57
19th	Adam Cox, Carl Lazenby, Aaron Paull, Jack Rutter	57
20th	Jane Aplin, Karen Carroll, Alan Clydesdale, Kenneth Rixon	57
21st	Ashley Hodgkinson, Craig Mitchell, Peter Rogers, Peter Weatherhead	58
22nd	Donald BARTON, Jim Mockford, Barry WYATT	58
23rd	Graham Bagwell, Colin Craven, Mike Dommett, Michael Gosling	58
24th	Paul Dike, Keith Hutchings, John Yorke, Piotr Zuj	59
25th	RICHARD BONFIELD, Gary Comer, DEREK DOWDELL, PETER SMITH	59
26th	David Asquith, Robert Barrow, Barrie Heath, Roger Stone	59
27th	Alan Eveleigh, John Robinson, M R Weaver, Roy Wilcocks	59
28th	Matty Crabb, Aaron Crabb (Professional Cable Solutions), Alex Cunnold, Ryan Mustchin	59
29th	Graham Franklin, Greg Franklin, Andrew Goord, Jerry Hine	59
30th	Ashley Lock, Alex McGown, Luke Paul, Charlie Rutter	DQ	No Scorecard Returned