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Wednesday 25 November 2015

Seniors 3-Club Stableford

A mixed bag of weather today at the racecourse (cold, wind, rain even some sun!!) for the seniors competition which was a 3-Club Stableford - two clubs and a putter!!
All things considered, the scores weren't too bad and it was a very close competition with just four points separating the top 12 places.
The top three all scored 27 points. Brian Faithfull was the count-back winner with a slightly superior back 9. Runner-up was Raymond Bilton who just edged out Richard Cross into third place.
Full result - click here.

Wednesday 18 November 2015

Seniors 123 Stableford

A wild and windy day at the racecourse today making scoring very tricky in the Seniors 123 Stableford competition.

The winning team were Bob Evans, John Butcher & Sam Whiting with an excellent score of 66pts. Runners-up were Harry Jackson, Linda Vale & Geoff Denner (57pts) closely followed by Raymond Bilton, Gordon Turner & Dianne McIntyre just one point behind.
Full result - click here.

Wednesday 11 November 2015

Seniors Texas Scramble

Today's event for the seniors was a Texas Scramble with 9 teams taking part. Once again, we welcomed some of our friends from Newbury & Crookham to join us. There were some good scores and some not-so-good scores - mine was in the latter category!!!

The winning team, with a score of 59.4 were Geoff Denner & Roger Marchant (ably assisted by Doris!). Second place, just 0.2 behind were John Butcher, Steve Vale & Steve Thompson followed by Sam Whiting, Alan Wilcockson & Dianne McIntyre on 61.0.
Full result - click here.

Thanks to birthday boy Brian Faithfull for supplying prizes of bottles of wine. 

Thursday 5 November 2015

Ray Tillen

Sad to report that our friend and fellow golfer, Ray Tillen, passed away on Sunday 1st November following a long period of illness.

His funeral will take place at West Berks Crematorium on Tuesday 10th November at 11:15.

Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.

Wednesday 4 November 2015

November Seniors Medal

After heavy rain overnight, the course was a bit "damp" today but at least the weather stayed dry for the November Seniors Medal. Thirteen men and four ladies competed for the medals in separate men and ladies Stableford competitions.

In the men's competition, the winner was Harry Jackson with 32pts closely followed by Raymond Bilton on 31pts. Bob Evans was in third place just beating Roy Whiting on count back after both carded 29pts.
Full result - click here.

In the ladies competition, Sam Whiting topped the list for the second month in a row with 32pts. Dianne McIntyre was runner-up on 25pts.
Full result - click here.

Just one 2 was recorded today by Roy Whiting on the 2nd hole. He takes home the rollover jackpot!!!

Sunday 1 November 2015

November Medal

A foggy day at the racecourse for the first of the winter Stableford medals. Ten players braved the conditions playing "blind golf" most of the way round!!! Luckily we didn't lose any players, although a few golf balls were lost along the way!!

Today's winner with an excellent 36pts in the conditions was Jeremy Twaits - his second medal in a row. Runner-up, just one point behind was Andrew Mead followed by Steve Cobb on 34pts.
Full result - click here.

Two 2's were recorded today. Paul Tebbutt on the 11th and Andrew Mead on the long 17th. The two's pool was shared between them.

This is the first of four competitions counting towards the Winter Medal Aggregate (best 3 Stableford scores from the 4 winter medals). The latest standings will be published after next month's medal.