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Society News Archives - 2005
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7th November 2005
The minutes from the 2005 AGM are now available online by clicking here.
7th October 2005
For October, the weather was nice. Not cold, and in fact a trifle too muggy at times. As befits the final round of the year, we had the largest turn out for 2005, with 20 people coming along to Bird Hills.
Not a lot of news recording happened, but a few headlines were:
Quickly over to the winners. The Nearest the Pin was bagged by Ken Mercure with a great shot. Nearest the Pin in 2 shots was bagged by Richard Barnes, who has a habit of winning this prize. Before the day began there was a lot of discussion about who needed to end where in the competition to enable them to win the Order of Merit. The current leader, Chris Turvill, was not playing, so Mark Turvill, Bryan Carter and Frazer Webb were the only ones with a possibility of beating Chris. It turned out that for any of them to win the Order, they had to win the competition. So what of these contenders, Mark Turvill was the first to come home, but unfortunately for Mark he did not have a good day and ended up out of the points in 16th place. Frazer Webb was next to come home, with a good (for him) round of 4 under handicap. Normally this would have had him high up int he ranking, but today this only enabled him to grasp 8th position - not enough. So all was riding on where Bryan finished. Bryan came in with a 6 under handicap score, which was good. As news spread it looked like Bryan had a chance, eventually there ended up being 3 other people on 6 under. As we were about to work out the best of the 6 unders, Simon Park came home with a blistering 8 under handicap to put the matter to rest. So well done Simon, bad luck Bryan.
Full results can be found by clicking here.
The FINAL Merit stats and handicaps have been updated.
Thanks to all involved for another good season, see you again next year in March for the first event of 2006.
12th September 2005
Weather was warm and muggy as 16 of us gathered at Wildwood. At least this time there wasn't going to be any danger of the course becoming flooded :-)
There was a lot of news from around the course:
And finally to the winners. Well done to Simon Park who easily won the event with 35 points. Second was Nigel Warren with 31 points. The "hole" prize winners were Michael Prevost (Nearest the Pin) and Colin Turvill (Nearest the Pin in 2 shots). Top guest was Mark Taylor in 7th place.
Full results can be found by clicking here.
The Merit stats and handicaps have been updated.
Hope to see you all on 7th October at Bird Hills.
9th August 2005
17 players for the all day event! Not the best turn out we've had - where have all our players gone?
The weather was hot and sunny throughout the whole day, and the course played superbly.
The morning stint was a team event of Texas Scramble, with the afternoon the Individual Stableford competition, The Captain's Cup. Unlike last year, the weather held out and we did not get flooded off the course.
The Texas Scramble event saw the teams given a calculated handicap based on the individuals handicaps. This was done to try and eliminate the advantage the fourball teams had over the threeballs.
All 5 teams ended up under par, as is normal for Texas Scramble, but the winning team was Chris Turvill, Chris Fellas and Frazer Webb.
The afternoon kicked off with a little trouble sorting the groups out, but once under way was interesting. For 17 players, there seemed to be little news from the course. The highlights being:
And now the winners for the afternoon. Again keeping up this years awesome points scoring trend, the winner scored over 40 points. So with 41 points it was announced that Chris Turvill had won the cup. Well done Chris. The remainder of the field was mixed, a clear second was Frazer Webb with 38 points, and then a gaggle of people just over handicap. Many people seemed to find the afternoon difficult and struggled in the twenties. The "hole" prizes went as follows - Michael Prevost took the Nearest the Pin on the 3rd hole of the Wood course, and Mark Turvill took the Nearest the Pin in 2 shots on the 6th hole on the Lake course.
The Merit stats and handicaps have been updated.
Hope to see you all on 12th September at Wildwood. If you wish to play Wildwood get in touch with the committee and let them know asap, as there are some special circumstances surrounding the arrangements of this event which they will be able to tell you about.
22nd July 2005
Disappointing day! Only 12 players! We've got to do better than this if we want to get good deals for the society!
The weather was a little bit cooler this month - cool enough so the Captain could actually finish all 18 this time - or at least 17 anyway as he duffed the 18th and walked up it without playing!
For just 12 people there was a lot happening on the course - today's news headlines are:
And now the winners. Apart from a blip last month, all the winners this year have amassed 40 or more points - so it was no surprise to see Bryan Carter top the leader board with exactly 40 points - well done Bryan. Commiserations to Mark Turvill who was just pipped to the post after scoring 39 - not bad for someone who had his handicap slashed a couple of months ago! The "hole" prizes went as follows - Steve Dyett took the Nearest the Pin with an excellent shot to what was a very interesting par 3, and the aforementioned Ian Turvill took the Nearest the Pin in 2 shots.
The Merit stats and handicaps have been updated.
Hope to see you all on 9th August at Sandford Springs. Don't forget this is the all-day event and we need to get as many people as possible - so contact everyone you know at work and elsewhere to try and get them to come along as well. We really need to know committed numbers by 29th July, so not much time. And don't forget, when you confirm, let us know if you want a buggy (cost is £15 per person, in cash on the day).
22nd June 2005
Bloody hell! Mid 30 degrees heat and no wind! Bit too hot for some to be playing golf - especially the captain who walked off the course from the 15th!
A turnout of 16 people did not produce much news from the course - highlights being:
And now the winners. For the first time this year, the winner didn't manage 40 points, but it was still a good haul of 37 points for Ian Turvill. Well done Ian. Commiserations to Paul Warren who was beaten on countback. The "hole" prizes went as follows - the aforementioned Jim Samuel took the longest drive, Nigel Warren took the Nearest the Pin, and the aforementioned Steve Dyett took the Nearest the Pin in 2 shots.
The Merit stats and handicaps have been updated.
Hope to see you all on 22nd July at Newbury and Crookham. And don't forget the all-day August event follows soon after that on 9th August, so there won't be much time to make your mind up in between. I've been led to believe that buggies will be mandatory for all on the August event.
31st May 2005
The weather was warm and sunny and the course was pretty good.
Another turn out with 15 people saw quite a lot of news from around the course, some of the highlights are:
And now for the winners. For the third month running we've had a 40 point winner, but this month was a record, with Mark Turvill having an exceptional round of 10 over to score a massive 48 points. Not surprisingly Mark has received a hefty cut in handicap. The two "hole" prizes were grabbed by the same person - you've read about how he managed one of them above - Ken Mecure. Well done to Mark and to Ken.
The Merit stats and handicaps have been updated.
The next few months events have been confirmed as:
The next event is at Traditions on 22nd June - hopefully see you there.
21st April 2005
The weather was warm and sunny and the course played well. Apart from a narrow scare with a new guest, Jim Samuel just managing to arrive in time after car problems, all went smoothly.
Another turn out with 15 people saw quite a lot of news from around the course, some of the highlights from the newsdesk are:
And now for the winners. Amazingly, for the second month running their was huge point hauls from a number of people, including Bryan Carter and Frazer Webb, who each scored enough points to have won most of the tournaments last year. But again it was not enough to win, as Micky Eagle won the well named Bandits Bowl with a truly bandit round of 43 points .... bye, bye handicap! Well done Micky.
As mentioned already, the Nearest the Pin was won by guest, Jim Samuel. The Nearest the Pin in 2 shots was won very easily by a beautiful shot from Richard Barnes which ended up just 2 feet away from the pin.
The Merit stats and handicaps have been updated.
The next few months events have been confirmed as:
The next event is at Richings Park on 31st May - hopefully see you there.
30th March 2005
A grand turnout for the first event of the season, and it's obvious that everyone has been practising like mad for this opener - see the haul of points by everyone for proof. The points scored by any of the top 10 would have been enough to win more than half the competitions last year! Fantastic - let's hope everyone continues to play as well (although I doubt it with the fairly large handicap cuts some have been dished out with!).
The weather stayed fine, but the course was heavy and the legs knew it! Not withstanding that, the course played fair and relatively easy start to the season.
The start of the new season saw a new player to the fold, playing as a guest for the first time was Doros Nicolaou, off 26 handicap. Doros played well and played spot on handicap. He was heard to say in the 19th that he had not 3-putted on any hole all day - as I was playing with him I can verify that matter. As Doros was the only guest playing, he received the top guest prize simply for turning up :-)
Some events seen around the course today:
But enough of gossip, who won what?
As players finished, firstly Frazer Webb was pleased thinking that no one would beat 41 points, but he then found Paul Warren sitting on a bench drinking a beer gleefully pondering over a 42 point round. However, Paul was soon to be heard muttering and cursing because the last group in brought with it two 43 point scores. Richard Barnes and Colin Turvill had both had excellent rounds and could only be parted on countback. Unfortunately for Colin, Richard had played better over the last 6 holes than himself. So Richard walked away with the spoils of war! Congratulations Richard. The "hole" competitions saw Micky Eagle taking the Nearest the Pin and Mark Turvill taking Nearest Pin in 2 shots.
The Merit stats and handicaps have been updated.
The next event is at Dummer on 21st April - hopefully see you there.
6th March 2005
The starting handicaps for the 2005 season are now published on this web site here. These handicaps include the annual pre-season adjustment. The final Order of Merit from 2004 has also been added.
You should have also received the info on the first event of the season on 30th March, and also the info re the presentation dinner on 8th April.
Page last updated: 03 April 2007
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