THERE was a low turnout of 36 for the men’s Sunday competition as some were playing in the Mason Shield.

However, the scoring in this Stableford event was very good, especially in Division One where the top three all carded scores in the 40s.

Matt Gale took the top spot in that division with the best score of the day, 42 points, closely followed by Graham Blunden with 41.

Grant Gerrard was the winner in Division Two, also with 41, and Bryan Holmes led Division Three with 37 after countback.

RESULTS

Division One: 1 Matt Gale (8) 42 points, 2 Graham Blunden (8) 41, 3 Barry O’Mahony (10) 40 Division Two: 1 Grant Gerrard (17) 41, 2 David Corp (16) 37, 3 Jon Legg-Bagg (13) 35 Division Three: 1 (acb) Bryan Holmes (26) 37, 2 Phil Lathey (19) 37, 3 Derek Christison (22) 34

Gale, Blunden and Gerrard received one-shot handicap reductions.

On Wednesday, a good turnout of 26 players entered the Midweek Medal on a dry but dull and breezy morning.

There were no very low scores which suggests conditions were not helpful, and the top three were all low handicap players.

They all carded gross scores in the 80s and Martin Drennan was the winner with a score of 86-13=73.

Second on countback was the in-form Peter Marshall (83-9=74) and Mike Franklin was third (82-8=74).

Veterans’ Section

THE veterans’ Thursday competition was a three-man Stableford – the two best scores counted with the exception of par-threes where all three scores were included in the final total.

Eighteen teams took part on a cloudy but dry morning with little wind.

Taking the top spot was the team of Richard Lomax (13), Dave Rendell (21) and Derek Griggs (23) with 87 points.

Runners-up were Ed Hanson (17), Dave Boggis (20) and Tony Udall (24) on 85.

In third place after countback were Malcolm Noble (17), Dave Smith (21) and Trevor Foster (25) with 83.

Ladies’ Section

FOLLOWING a very wet Monday when new ladies’ captain Liz Thompson was racking her brains to think of alternatives to her scheduled programme, Tuesday dawned bright, clear and cold, writes Lyn Hargrave.

After a hot drink, biscuit and buying of marked stakes which were put in the ground to judge the distance, the ladies gathered round Thompson to celebrate the beginning of her year as captain with a drive-in – but this one was a bit different.

She took a 1930s hickory-shafted Brassie and thumped the ball some 120 yards, much to her astonishment, but not so for Shirley Gilbert who guessed the correct distance.

A total of £52 was raised for Thompson’s charity which this year is Julia’s House.

A strong breeze blew relentlessly during the ladies’ Bring & Win Stableford.

There wasn’t much run on the ball and the damp conditions meant the course played long, though the rain held off.

The winner was Liz Walker with a very good score of 38 points.