Cricket St Thomas Seniors 2

Medalford  – 9^th December 2015

There was a mis-communication with the early group who went out playing in pairs, when a majority decision was made a few weeks ago that this format would be better played in fours and the rollup formats on the web site were amended accordingly. In the event, one pair didn’t return a score, and another retired early. The scrutineer then combined the cards of Martin Bargery, Brian Marsh, Andy Beale and Clive Fisk on a better ball basis to bring them into line with the remainder of the field. They were, however, narrowly beaten into third place.

The three leading teams were well ahead of the rest of the field. Only 2 prizes were awarded as the entry was relatively low.

There were 6 birdies paying £2.40 per team.

					Score	Birdies	£ each
1	Mike Hone	Bob Pippin	Alan Davis	John Pearce	29		£4.50
2	Bob Hollingworth	Bob Barrow	Phil Hunt	Keith Branchflower	30	1	£4.10
3	Martin Bargery	Brian Marsh	Andy Beale	Clive Fisk	30
4	Bryan Frost	Danny Dowell	Norman Markby	Roger Stone	35	5	£3.00
5	Bill Hilson	Nick Hill	Maurice Arnold	Ian Fielder	36
6	Richard Forster	Richard Hall	Nick George	Nobby Hodder	36
7	Bob Dennett	Des Denning	Robin Flower	Stuart Pope	40

The usual handicap reductions apply, 2 shots for the winners and 1 shot for the runners up. It has been suggested that the four week reduction in domestic handicaps is too long, and that this should be reduced to one week. I would like to know the members views on this matter. Please email me with your views as clearly this is a long established principle and I cannot change it unilaterally.

There were three entries in the Rolling Stableford. Martin Leigh, Brian Anderson and Alan Jones.

The positions to date are as follows :

Martin Leigh 29 points

Bryan Frost           26

Norman Markby    24

Brian Anderson     22

Allan Jones            d/q (unsigned card)         1 birdie

The usual domestic handicap reductions apply, 2 shots for the winners and 1 shot for the runners-up.

Nick Hill 09/12/2015