It was certainly a Fun Friday at the club on June 9, with 11 pairs competing in a 9-hole competition featuring a 'kick, throw and piece of string'. The masters of those three skills, plus a bit of golf, emerged as Steve Northeast and Tim Smith. Our club captain and his vice beat Jane Northeast and Sue Choularton by one shot/kick! Please put the next Fun Friday in your diary, which takes place on July 7.
Fresh from their D'Auguliar Cup win in April, Lorna Dolinska and Luke Davies jointly picked up more silverware on the first bank holiday in May. They won the Tom Cottrell Salver, which is a mixed Greensomes Medal competition, with a score of 63. Runners up were Ed and Jane van Egmond, with 66; while Camilla Mott and Keith Stinson were third with 69.
Around fourty guests and members enjoyed a wonderful Yuletide meal at the club on Sunday December 18th. The lingering snow and ice meant there was no golf before our food, but a good time was had by all.
For President Nick Taylor, there was the added bonus of a special presentation of a new club badge. Many people moved to the main bar afterwards to watch a thrilling World Cup final together, to complete a memorable afternoon.
The winners with a score of 57 were Kinga Nemes, Ben Klinger, Ravi Shanker and TJ Cha.
Second place with a score of 58 went to Simon Hooper, Martin Nelmes, David Harlow and Lee O'Connor.
Third place, on countback with a score of 59 went to Nick Taylor, Luke Rogers, Ian Larter and Lisa Cheung.
Our thanks go to all those who took part.
Steve and Sue would like to thank all the members who supported them for their Captains' Drive-In and Texas Scramble.
There were 23 teams taking part in the Texas Scramble, with the winning team of Connor Northeast, David Arrow, Jack Law and Mark Baron scoring an impressive 53. They just pipped Camilla Mott, Penny Harrison, David Palmer and Sean Thomson, on countback,
Third place, which was also on countback, went to a three-ball team of Nigel McGee, Oliver Wilson and Shaun Sholtz. They scored 56.
Following the golf came the Captains' Drive-In. The distance of Steve's drive, which may or may not have hit an oak tree on the way, was correctly guessed at 228 yards by Jamie Williams. Sue's drive sadly didn't reach any oak trees, but John Davidson gave the closest guess to her 84 yards!
The funds raised for the two charities - the Fire Fighters charity and the Kidney Fund - represented a good start to Steve and Sue's year.
A great day was had by the 32 golfers who played in the sunshine in the Roy Lambdin Texas scramble trophy. There were some great scores by all the teams. The trophy was won by Sylvia Kempsell, Ann Whittaker, Ravi Shanker and Mervyn Wynyard with a very impressive Gross 70 Nett 53!
Thanks to all who attended and managing to raise over £150 to go to the Royal Marsden Hospital in memory of Roy.
Well done to Ravi and Praveena Ravishanker who retained the David Bradford Salver when they beat Jenny Tracey and Tim Smith in the recent knockout final. The mixed pairs match went to the 18th hole, with Ravi and Praveena winning 2-up.
