Friday 31st January 2020 - Brexit day
4-Ball Medalford reverse,
A fairly reasonable start
saw 28 seniors gathered to play today’s 4B switch Medalford. Teams of 4 with
the first drawn pair playing Medal on front 9 holes and then switch to Stableford
on back 9 holes. Second pair reverse the
format playing Stableford on front 9 and Medal on back 9. Half way through the game wind picked up, fog
came in and rain fell to make it a tough finish. The conditions however didn’t
deter one team from recording a very good score of 23 (9 & 14). Well done
them. Surprisingly there were no 2’s and only two birdies on the day.
There was a discrepancy with one card (early starters who had recorded a score of 20) saw
their score revised up by 5 as their scores on the card didn’t match up to
their handicaps. For this type of game, I suggest that two cards are marked,
one per pair. This will eliminate such errors as each pair will be checking the
other pair’s marking.
Mick A was there again and walked / carried around the top 9 in his own personal order, Bertie took a look at the weather & format and stepped aside so the numbers were correct.
We passed Nick Hill out walking on Chaffcombe Lane, although technically still in his own back garden. He had a lesson with Roy last week and the 360 hip rotation has pulled muscles in places he never knew he had muscles . Golf is a non-starter for a while . We hear Bob Rees is not too good at the moment but no details.
We had planned a 'Brexit' snack in the Bar, something like Beef Sandwiches & Chips...but that appears to have died on the vine as usual.
Paul England has spotted that our muted St Paddy's Day on Tues March 17th coincides with a Challenge Cup Day away Day at Teignmouth - so not really viable for about 30-40 Seniors so we may have to forget it.
Got an anecdote during the round yesterday detailing how a certain CB shanked a drive and his ball smashed into Mr DD's wrist, causing a fracture that put him out of action for 6 Months.. dated around 20-30 Years ago.
Mick A was there again and walked / carried around the top 9 in his own personal order, Bertie took a look at the weather & format and stepped aside so the numbers were correct.
We passed Nick Hill out walking on Chaffcombe Lane, although technically still in his own back garden. He had a lesson with Roy last week and the 360 hip rotation has pulled muscles in places he never knew he had muscles . Golf is a non-starter for a while . We hear Bob Rees is not too good at the moment but no details.
We had planned a 'Brexit' snack in the Bar, something like Beef Sandwiches & Chips...but that appears to have died on the vine as usual.
Paul England has spotted that our muted St Paddy's Day on Tues March 17th coincides with a Challenge Cup Day away Day at Teignmouth - so not really viable for about 30-40 Seniors so we may have to forget it.
Got an anecdote during the round yesterday detailing how a certain CB shanked a drive and his ball smashed into Mr DD's wrist, causing a fracture that put him out of action for 6 Months.. dated around 20-30 Years ago.
Today’s results are as follows:
Team Points Prize each
Peter S-Farr, Martin Bargery, Alan Chance & Paul England 23 £7.00
There were 2 birdies ( no 2's recorded) by:
Peter Spencer-Farr, Martin Bargery, Alan Chance & Paul England 1 £1.75
Mark Cording, Barrie Heath, Dave Mugridge & Roger Davis 1 £1.75
Pair 1 Pair 2 Score 2’s
Martin
Bargery
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Peter
Spencer-Farr
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Alan
Chance
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Paul
England
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23
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1
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Clive
Fisk
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David
Taylor
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Jerry
Stephens
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Mark
Sanders
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25
|
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Jeremy
Blackburn
|
David
Asquith
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Eric
Smallwood
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Phil
Dewar
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27
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Derek
Gardener
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Richard
Hall
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Chris
Gingell
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Eric
Willams
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29
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James
Siabi
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Andy
Rowland
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Maurice
Arnold
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Bob
White
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30
|
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Mark
Cording
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Barrie
Heath
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Roger
Davis
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Dave
Mugridge
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30
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1
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Ken
Trott
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John
Pearce
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Chris
Hiam
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Bob
Barrow
|
33
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James Siabi Ⓒ
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| Earlies being informed it was a Reverse Medalford which meant Medal/Stableford pairings had to swap after 9th - which led to a few interesting cards as they had to do some swift editing but no complaints so well done to you all. |
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| Dave hit the perfect drive but 3 putts on the 1st Green was a little out of character... |
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| But the Golf was excellent as they had the leading score |
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| Farmer Bob & Chris worked well together to amass a leading score of just 11 - but when added to Pearce / Trott dropped them rapidly down the leader board...sorry Bob. What Bob didn't factor in, however, is that those doing Medal on the front 9 are at a huge disadvantage, not only do we have the toughest holes, but Par is higher so we have to subtract our Stableford from a much higher gross than those doing the easy back 9 as a Medal with not a single Par 5 hole...so there. The Captain did the maths and the average front 9 Nett was near 35 and the back 9 a tad over 31. |
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Nothing spectacular really, but Chris insisted we show the shot of the ball dropping..but what concentration from the whole Team.
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| 2nd Prize, No 42 was won by Dickie. |
