Cricket St Thomas Seniors 2

Friday 15th Aug 2025

Foggy start to day which delayed opening.

Playing off White Tees with a Red Flag made 2nd hole a mighty challenge with Jolly Roger's crew scoring Nil points. Toughest Hole today was 9th..with not one player making a Par.

Club reviewed a data-dump of scores on 2nd hole since new bunker was opened. It has added almost a full stroke to the average score on that hole. Good news, however is that after Over the Hillson got lost in there for 3 days, steps are being installed to assist egress.

Apparently this guy also designed 2nd hole at CST

Wed 13th Aug 2025

Spare a thought for Mark Barry he was the phantom pro and went round in a gross 71 (should have been a winner).

Monday 11th August

Well done to a class team..rule 1 - keep Yellow ball...but at least 6 didn't. We lost ours early and must have been at least another on 4th. James's lost theirs on 5th..but 2nd shot not the tee shot. Believe the pack of Sweets also lost theirs on 5th .Killer Mark says they lost theirs on 15th, also 2nd shot. We found brand new yellow Callaway on l/h of 14th, just in rough.

Star hole was Gordon Brent on 7th. Yellow Ball, getting a shot and had temerity to sink his 2nd shot. So an Eagle for 5 points and then Double for a big fat 10 on his own.

James did spot that we played a substitute yellow for rest of game to maintain subterfuge of success.

Dave Mugridge tangled with John John the Baker's Son in round 4 of Club Senior's Knockout and walked in from 13th with a big smile on the face of the Man from Chardstock.

Holders

Who Dunnit/Farmer Bob/ Basil D'Oliver 115

2020 - Sweet / Pearce/Twose 122

2021 Frost/Gardener/Leigh 132

2022 Williams/Branchflower/Hilson 120

2023 Sanders/Haskins/Keats Unk

Winners today, Bet-Fred says given ease of losing balls on 1st, 4th, 5th, 9th etc ONLY ONE TEAM WILL EXCEED 114

Friday 8th August 2025

Amazing win AWAY at Sidmouth

Captain & James did the polite thing & lost 2&1

Paul Shorrocks crushed a ball with his bare hands on the practice green , as he and Rob Shelley strolled to 6&5

Derek Gardener & Steve Sutcliffe were comfortable at 4&3

Eric Williams & Nick Patten made good use of their 13 shots to squeeze a win 1 Up.

In the Baker's Kitchen, John & Steve were giving the Home Team shots - but still closed their match out on 17th Green.

Tony Harris, who loved the grub 'absolutely fantastic' - also loved his result with Brian Smith , 1 Up.

Captain writes:-

Please see attached results from Sidmouth. Great match, great food, great company and captured the true spirit of the Friendly Matches. Winning 5 - 1 does help, making an overall win over both legs 10 - 2. Well done and thanks to everyone who travelled and supported this match.

[07/08, 20:01] Peter Spencer-Farr: Brilliant result,

always been a bogey away fixture. Well done guys!

[07/08, 20:03] Dave Mugridge: Well led from the front by the Captain & vice-Captain.....

[07/08, 20:04] Paul Shorrocks: They lost? 🤔🤷‍♂️😂😂

[07/08, 20:35] Anthony Harris: The food was absolutely fantastic.

[07/08, 20:55] Mike HONE: Beat me to it ....😂

[07/08, 20:62] John Sweet: If my memory serves me, didn't James lose Home & Away ? ....😂

[07/08, 20:56] Eric Williams: Merci Pierre. Hope you’re having a good time in la belle France.

[07/08, 21:31] Derek Gardener: Really good performances by those playing Sidmouth gc for the first time🙌🙌

[07/08, 21:34] John Baker: Difficult course as always..but well played everyone including the Sidmouth virgins 😎😎

[07/08, 22:53] Steve Sutcliffe: Would like to echo others thoughts, great course, fantastic company, excellent food & only a light shower, as a Sidmouth virgin with zero shots had a great match & thoroughly enjoyed the experience & a fabulous team effort, well done all 👊🏽🏌️‍♂️🙌

Wednesday 6th August 2025

Well done John W, John E and Danny