Honiton home match report Monday 19th August 2024.

This was the return home fixture on a drab windy day following our earlier three all draw

away at Honiton. Yet again the home team had a fine win this time five to one at ' Fortress Cricket'.

The combination of the wind and hard ground made it difficult to hold the ball on the greens

making course knowledge a distinct advantage.

As always a very enjoyable outing with very friendly opposition.

For the record:

Spencer-Farr/ Leigh won 4&2

Rutherford/Gardener won 1up

Lauchlan/Heath won 3&1

Asquith/Mugridge won 4&3

Cording/Hunt won 3&2

Gingell/Wandless lost 2&1

Big thank you to John for stepping in at the last minute having already played in the mornings roll up.

The surprise winner of the wine for nearest the pin in two on the eighteenth was myself. Miles from the pin but the only home player to hold it on the green! Must have been the backspin.

Peter Spencer-Farr match Capt.

Yeovil Home 6th August

Sidmouth Away 8th August

Brean Away 25th July

Gents. Please see attached the results sheet from Brean this afternoon. Over the combined home & away matches we were beaten by 1. The weather could have been better with most games getting a bit wet on the back 9, this wasn’t helped by a 5 ball group from the fairground employees who have free membership and little etiquette (the Brean Capt has formally complained to the Pro Shop) overall it was a good days golf with good company and good food which is what friendly matches is all about. Many thanks to all who travelled today. Keith (Vice)

Taunton Result 22nd July

Honiton Team (Away) 17th June
Beautiful sunny day, Honiton course in superb condition. Fairways wide and running
for England where's the challenge? GREENS! Very slick with huge borrows and
undulations. Also 17 of the 18 holes have bunkers, lots of them. At home we rarely
get to practise out of bunkers. Perhaps we should lobby for, at least, our one
practise bunker to be improved?
Always a pleasure to visit Honiton. Friendly inviting good facilities and a great meal
afterwards. Beef stew ( think they thought rain would continue) and dessert.
A three all draw was a decent result could have been better. The gallery from the
Clubhouse saw Mark and Keith, despite both almost being on the green in two on
the eighteenth 3/4 putt to loose 1 down. Heh easily done!

For the record:-
P Three names and Martin Leigh won 2&1
Rob Shelly and Rich Holmes lost 2&1
Terry Rutherford and Derek Gardener won 1 up.
Jim Lauchlan and Dave Asquith lost 6&5
Barrie Heath and Dave Muggo won 3&1
Mark Cording and Keith Hunt lost 1 down.

PSF Match Capt.

Thursday 13th June 2024
Result of Friendly with Cannington and a fine win for CST.
Won 5-1

Tuesday 4th June 2024
Result of today's friendly with Came Down. A good day's golf and a good win fir CST Seniors.🏌️‍♂️
Won 5 1/2 - to 1/2

Tuesday 28th May 2024
Bridport v CST
CST suffered their first defeat of the season away at a very breezy Bridport. Players and balls were blown from tees as 50mph winds lashed the cliffs above West Bay making playing conditions almost impossible. Neil Cochran asked for a whip round after golf having lost 10 balls in knee high rough but still managed to half their match with partner Roger Williams.
Match captain John W endured the walk of shame losing 6&4 which would have been much worse if it wasn’t for the valiant endeavours of Jim Lauchlan.
Barrie Heath & Rob Shelley won 2&1
Mark Cording & Dennis Hussey won 4&3
Dave Asquith & Jamie Parkhouse lost 4&2
Martin Leigh & John Baker lost 1 down after been 5 down at the turn to former CST player Tim Ackland. Martin won the bottle of wine for NTP on the infamous 6th hole.
Bridport 3.5 - 2.5 CST
Friendly match result v Brean
Home 21st May 2024
Match Captain - James T Lauchlan
Well done cst for a sterling effort against what seemed wrong handicaps.
A 3_3draw was a great result.
Thanks to all who played today
I have been asked to report more fully on Tuesday's game against Brean

Lauchlan and Eric Williams lost on the 18th despite a valiant effort.
Mark cording and Edmondo won 1 up despite giving 20 shots.
Barry Heath and Keith Hunt won despite terrible jokes from Keith.
The remains of the match to come.
I seem to remember Roger Williams collecting the money, .although I am sure they played well.
If you are not mentioned yet please send a personal report to me.so I can enlighten the Captain and Readers ( excluding Mr Hone)
Charles Summers adds:
Some errant drives by me, offset by solid putting from John B couldn't prevent us going down 4&2 to a seasoned pair of Brean boys.  I will forgo the Ryder cup opportunity if Liv want to make an offer.

Rob Shelley Chris Gingell lost 3 and 28

Friendly match result v Weymouth

A good result considering we were all giving many shots to Weymouth pairings.

1. J Siabi & T Rutherford won 6 & 4

2. M Cording & M Hone won 2 up

3. B Heath & J Lauchlan lost 4 & 3

4. K Hunt & D Asquith won 1 up

5. C Gingell & J Parkhouse won 5 & 3

6. D Hussey & J Blackburn won 1 up

Thank you everyone for the day.

Cannington 18th April
AWAY - Won 5-1
Match Captain James Lauchlan
Well done CST a great result at cannington..5_1 giving away so many shots and still coming through the victors deserves applause. Thank you r stone for stepping in for Barrie .A true trooper, see you all tomorrow

CST 3 ½ - 2 ½ BRIDPORT

The first friendly of the 2024 season was a hard fought contest with CST recording a narrow victory.
Match captain John W was thankful for Ian Thomas bringing his A game and excellent putting to close out a 3&2 win.
Dennis Hussey and John Baker’s encounter was extremely close throughout, but they lost on the 18^th, 1 down.
Rob Shelley and Nick Gabb found themselves 2 down with 2 to play, but won 17 & 18 to finish all square.
Roger Williams and Keith Hunt suffered the “walk of shame” collecting match fees after a 2 & 1 defeat.
But the cavalry came to the rescue with Barrie Heath and Jim Lauchlan, together with Martin Leigh and Neil Cochran inflicting heavy defeats on their opponents 6 & 4.
Barrie Heath won NTP on 16 for the bottle of wine.
Well done guys.
We all look forward to the return match in late May

WINTER TRI – MATCH SERIES

Tuesday 6th Feb

AT CST 1st Tee 11:30

Keith Hunt (Match Captain)

Dave Mugridge
Ian Thomas
Mike Hone
Peter Spencer-Farr
Stuart Pope
Mark Kilpatrick
Roger Davis

RESERVE IF REQUIRED

John Baker

Cost will be £12. Tea & Coffee pre-match and a one course meal afterwards
(Please try and bring to right money)

WINTER TRI – MATCH SERIES

Tuesday 16th January 2024

At Lyme Regis 1st Tee 10:24

Andy Rowland (Match Captain)   16.4
Mark Cording                                14.5
Derek Gardener                            19.6
Roger Williams                               19.4
Rob Shelly                                    10.2
Dennis Hussey                                16.0
James Siabi                                 19.4
James Parkhouse                            20.5

Res if required
Terry Rutherford

Two Tee start @ 10:24 meet 09:30 (ish)

There are no refreshments prior to the match, so if you want
anything you will have to fend for yourself.

There is a 1 course meal (Steak & Ale Pie) after you finish on a rolling basis.
The cost is £15.00 so please bring the right money.
You do not need to change your clothes but showers are available if required.

May 27th Weymouth Home

Alan Chance & Stuart Pope Won 3 & 2

Dave Mugridge & Jim Lauchlan Won 4 & 3

Roger Davis & John Baker Lost 2 & 1

Neil Cochran & Barrie Heath Lost 4 & 3

Roger Williams & Peter Spencer-Farr Lost 2 & 1

Mark Cording & Chris Gingell Won 3 & 2

We all had a lovely day in the sunshine against a very friendly Weymouth team. Barrie Heath picked up the bottle of wine with a fine shot on the 16th for nearest the pin. Again the match meal went down well

May 24th Brean Home

Dave Mugridge & David Asquith Won 2 & 1

Andy King & Richard Holmes Won 2 & 1

Roger Davis & John Baker Lost 7 &5

Chris Gingell & Roger Williams Won 5 & 3

Roger Stone & Dickie Hall Won 2 up

Mark Cording & Jim Lauchlan Won 1 up

Another fine win in the sunshine although it looked like we were going to get soaked as we set off. Once again the opposition were great company and its fair to say it was an enjoyable day.

There were quite a few tight matches that we just managed to pull through. Although Roger D was in the losing match he made up for it by winning closes to the pin on 16. Steak and Ale pie was the match meal that went down very well

May 12th Long Sutton Away

Chris Gingell & David Asquith All Square

Peter Spencer-Farr & Martin Bargery Won 4 &2

Roger Davis & Chris Rudling Won 3 &2

James Parkhouse & Barrie Heath Won 2 &1

Jim Lauchlan & Ian Thomas Won 6 &5

Mike Hone & Andy Rowland Won 5 &3

A great day was had at Long Sutton with the team securing a fine victory 5 1/2 to 1/2. Jim and Ian were the big winners with a fine 6 & 5 win. Thanks to all the others who apart from Dave & myself had great wins. (we only managed a half). The hospitality shown from the Long Sutton team was superb and it was especially nice for me to see so many old friends that I used to play with when I was a member there. The meal afterwards was excellent.

Thanks again to everyone who played for turning up in plenty of time.

Chris Gingell

Stand-in Captain on the day

Match report, Friendly away at Wheathill Wed 31st March

A team of intrepid golfers from CST took on their counterparts at Wheathill on Thursday. The weather was very cold, with a strong (2-3 club)`northerly wind blowing throughout. There were occasional snow flurries to liven up the proceedings and keep play brisk..

It was their last day with winter rules, so playing the course over the next few weeks will prove challenging, as growth is irregular in some areas.

The food dished up by Vicky was, as usual, excellent - a very tasty Chicken & Ham pie, with plenty of roast New Potatoes and vegetables, followed by the choice of 3 puddings.

Sadly, one team member had not noted the time or date of the fixture, so Steve Holt took on a better ball pair alone. As he said at the end of his match, “I lost the first 3 and it didn’t get any better…”

The winning CST teams were Mark Cording & Edmondo Paoloni and Keith Hunt & Dave Mugridge. Roger Hinds and Stuart Pope halved their match, coming back from 4 down.

Result: - Wheathill 3½ CST 2½

Dave Mugridge

Seniors Captain

Knighton Heath KO @ Yeovil, Thursday 24 March.

Unfortunately the Team went down 6-4 at Yeovil after being 4-1 up with great wins from Danny Dowell, Dave Mugridge, Roger Hinds and late replacement Richard Holmes. Dennis Hussey came closes to winning the one match we needed for victory going down by just 2 and 1.

Thursday 17th March Bridport Away

Bridport Friendly Match Report

CSTGC Seniors played their first friendly fixture of the year away in sunny weather at Bridport GC on Thursday, 17th March. The match was played in sunny weather, with a slight Westerly breeze which made club choice interesting on some holes as it the wind gusted and veered near the cliff edges. The greens had had some work on them in the previous fortnight, which made for some tricky putts, as the ball wobbled around as it ran out of pace.

The heavy overnight rain had brought a buggy ban and a new large lake (casual) short and left of the first green. The Captain’s four ball constituted an Englishman, an Irishman, a Scotsman and a Welshman, which would have made a good intro to a joke on St Patrick’s Day. This game was fought out to a half, which was better than most of the team, with the only winning team being the Hone/Cochran partnership. The worst performing team of Davis/Thomas were required to collect the match day fees, in the usual tradition.

Edmondo, our oldest player secured the nearest the pin prize on the 11th hole, a par 3 over water, with a front pin, close to the pond. Mike Hone was pretty close, so Edmondo’s shot must have been quite something.

The food was was tasty, the company great and the weather pleasant. A very enjoyable fixture, albeit a loss and we look forward to welcoming Bridport to CSTGC in the summer.

Match result: Bridport 4½ CST 1½

Dave Mugridge

Seniors’ Captain

Matches 2019

DATE	TEAM	RESULT
Mar. 06^th	AXE CLIFF (A)	Lost 4-2
Mar. 21^st	BRIDPORT (A)	Lost 4-2
Apr. 04^th	WHEATHILL (A)	Lost 4-2
Apr. 08^th	SIDMOUTH (H)	Lost 1 ½ - 4 ½
Apr. 11^th	RUSHMORE (A)	Lost 6 - 0
Apr. 30^th	WEYMOUTH (A)	Lost 4-2
May. 16^th	LONG SUTTON (A)	Lost 2 ½ - 3 ½
May. 21^st	WHEATHILL (H)	Won 4-2
May. 28^th	BREAN (H)	Won 4-2
May. 31^st	WEYMOUTH (H)	Won 5-1
Jun. 06^th	CANNINGTON (A)	Won 4-2
Jun. 18^th	FOSSEWAY (A)	Lost 5 - 1
Jun. 24^th	FOSSEWAY (H)	Won 5-1
Jul. 01^st	VIVARY (A)	Won 4-2
Jul. 08^th	THE DORSET (A)	Lost 1 ½ - 4 ½
Jul. 11^th	RUSHMORE (H)	Lost 4-2
Jul. 18^th	SIDMOUTH (A)	Lost 5 - 1
Jul. 22^nd	TAUNTON & P. (H)	Won 4 ½ 1 ½
Jul. 29^th	AXE CLIFF (H)	Won 4-2
Aug. 01^st	BREAN (A)	Lost 1 ½ - 4 ½
Aug. 13^th	CANNINGTON (H)	Won 5-1
Aug. 19^th	BRIDPORT (H)	Won 4-2
Sept. 06^th	VIVARY PARK (H)	Won 4-2
Sept. 09^th	HONITON (H)	Rained Off
Sept. 20^th	LONG SUTTON (H)	Won 5-1
Sept. 23^rd	THE DORSET (H)	Rained Off
Oct. 01^st	TAUNTON (A)	Lost 6 - 0
Oct. 08^th	ENMORE (H)	Lost 4 - 3
Oct. 25^th	ENMORE (A)	Lost 5 - 3

CRICKET ST THOMAS SENIORS

INTERCLUB MATCHES 2018

DATE	TEAM	Result
Mar. 07 Wed	AXE CLIFF (A)	Draw 3-3
Mar. 22 Thur	BRIDPORT (A)	Lost 4 ½ - 1 ½
Apr. 05 Thur	WHEATHILL (A)	Cancelled (rain)
Apr. 09 Mon	SIDMOUTH (H)	Won 5-1
Apr. 12 Thur	RUSHMORE (H)	Cancelled (rain)
May. 01 Tues	WEYMOUTH (A)	Lost 4-2
May. 17 Thur	LONG SUTTON (A)	Lost 4 ½ -1 ½
May. 22 Tues	WHEATHILL (H)	Won 4-2
Jun. 01 Fri	WEYMOUTH (H)	Won 3 ½ -2 ½
Jun. 07 Thur	CANNINGTON (A)	Won 4-3
Jun. 13 Wed	MINEHEAD (A)	Lost 5 ½-½
Jun. 19 Tues	FOSSEWAY (H)	Won 5-1
Jun. 25 Mon	FOSSEWAY (A)	Lost 3 ½-2 ½
Jul. 02 Mon	VIVARY PARK (A)	Draw 3-3
Jul. 09 Mon	THE DORSET (A)	Lost 3 ½-2 ½
Jul. 12 Thur	RUSHMORE (A)	Lost 6-0
Jul. 19 Thur	SIDMOUTH (A)	Lost 3 ½-2 ½
Jul. 23 Mon	TAUNTON & P. (H)	Won 6-0
Jul. 30 Mon	AXE CLIFF (H)	Won 4-2
Aug. 02 Thur	BREAN (A)	Lost 6-0
Aug. 14 Tues	CANNINGTON (H)	Won 4 ½-1 ½
Aug. 20 Mon	BRIDPORT (H)	Won 4 ½-1 ½
Aug. 28 Tues	MINEHEAD (H)	Draw 3-3
Aug. 31 Fri	Wheathill (A)	Lost 4-2
Sept. 07 Fri	VIVARY PARK (H)	Won 4 ½-1 ½
Sept. 10 Mon	HONITON (A)	Draw 3-3
Sept. 21 Fri	LONG SUTTON (H)	Postponed (CM)
Sept. 24 Mon	THE DORSET (H)	Cancelled (CM)
Oct. 02 Tues	TAUNTON & P. (A)	Lost 3 ½ - 2 ½
Oct. 09 Tues	ENMORE (H)	Lost 6-1
Oct. 26 Fri	ENMORE (A)	Lost 5-2

Played 27, Won 10, Lost 13, Drew 4 + 4 Cancelled.

(3 of our cancelled matches were home fixtures)

Inter Club Matches