Medalford– 26th February 2016
Thirty eight members were
present today to play a 4 ball Medalford. That all eighteen holes were
available, albeit with two temporary greens, enthused our seniors to return
some excellent scores. Had all of Stuart’s birdie attempts dropped, his team
would have won but I urge his team members not to be too hard on him.
Welcome to Chris Gingell who joined us today, but School Duty had made him just miss the Draw. Talking about the Draw, the February raffle saw No.12 win Billy Hilson a magnificent bottle of real Champagne, followed by Danny becoming the owner of a huge box of Chocolates as No.20 rolled in. Well done to Richard Hall for raising another healthy sum for the Captain's Charity and thanks for the continued support.
Ian Fielder did his utmost to
kill the captain when the ball struck the captain’s trolley destroying the
scorecard cover and then flew over his head.
I understand that Phil Hunt is now
offering a personal "warming service" for your outdoor clothing before you go outside –
see Barrie Heath for details.
Frank Martin and Alan Davis
had another sterling round and were ably supported by Robin Flower and Phil
Hunt.
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Medal
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Stableford
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Score
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Birdies
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£ each
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1
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Frank Martin
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Alan Davis
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59
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Robin Flower
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Phil Hunt
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39
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20
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1
|
5.50
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2
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Stuart Pope
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62
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Keith Branchflower
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Mick Aldridge
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41
|
21
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2 +
|
5.00
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|
3
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Lyndsey Gage
|
Sid Crisp
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59
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Bernie Skeels
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Jerry Stephens
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34
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25
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1
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0.50
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4
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Danny Dowell
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Bob Barrow
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63
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Norman Markby
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Iain Rowland
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38
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27
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2
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1.00
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5
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Roger Stone
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Bill Hilson
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63
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Brian Hodder
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Colin Ireland
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35
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28
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6
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Richard Hall
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Keith Potter
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63
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Nick Hill
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Nobby Hodder
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35
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28
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7
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Brian Marsh
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AndyBeale
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67
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Colin Williams
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Malcolm Roy
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36
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31
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8
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Trevor Dobson
|
Chris Basterfield
|
75
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Bert Robinson
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John Pearce
|
44
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31
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1
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0.50
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9
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Des Denning
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Ian Fielder
|
75
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Brian Anderson
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John Wallis
|
36
|
39
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1
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0.50
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The winners will be cut 2
shots and the runners up will be cut 1 shot.
Thanks to Farmer Bob for extra work in Adjudication as the usual 'uncertainty' arose with this format, but most sensibly recorded accurate Gross Scores.
Two members played in the
Rolling Stableford, Alan Chance scored 32 points, whilst Paul England scored 33
points. However, this was not quite enough to overhaul Alan Davis who wins this
month’s competition with 36 points followed by Mike Hone with 35 points. Alan
wins £12.00 and Mike £9.00.
At the draw today, the
Captain was placed in an invidious position when he announced that two members
would have to play the Monthly Rolling Stableford. The first two names drawn
refused to play. Not wishing to enter into a discussion when everyone was waiting
to get on the course, two further names were drawn. These two very graciously
agreed to play in the RS. This situation will not be allowed to occur again.
Those drawn to play in the RS will have the option to either play or drop out
of the draw. However, the ruling that no one will have to play more than once
each month in the RS will still apply.
Nick Hill 26/02/2016
