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The top two players today were well clear of the field and had excellent scores considering it was drizzling most of the morning. Chris Priems secured his second win for the year with 44 points and now goes back to single figures. Mehmet Akdag came a very close second with 43 points. Both great rounds especially considering the nearest score was 4 stableford shots away.

I will be updating the Matchplay table this weekend and there may be some gaps so please check your matchplay results and let me know if there are any omissions or errors.

Note that the second round of the matchplay is now underway and all matches need to be played by 11th July.

Results for Saturday, 9th May 2009
1st Chris Priems(44) 2nd Mehmet Akdag(43) 3rd John Quinlan(39) 4th David Howard(38) 5th Harry Boughen(37) 5th Mal Whelan(37)

And the May Monthly medal winner is NOODLES ….. in a tight countback from Tony Mifsud .. both gentlemen had 65 net with Emilio right on their heels. Well done Stephen and Tony good effort! The day was absolutely glorious with cool conditions and a blue sky all morning.

The club meeting was held and the Champion of Champions will now be called the Stuart Clarke Champion of Champions and be played as close to March 26th each year as possible. The competition format will be changed each year from stroke to stableford to par.

Full Results for today are
1st S Butterfield(65) 1st Tony Mifsud(65) 2nd Emilio Bassi(66) 3rd Malcolm Adey(68) 4th Allan Davies(69) 4th Bob McDonald(69) 4th Craig Sharp(69) 5th Andrew Blight(70)
NTP. Money. D. Howard   Ball. Tony Mifsud.

He deserves a big head !!! .. on a true Autumn day with cold winds and gathering rain clouds Gordon Hill easily hung on to his first round lead and won the David Ford Autumn Cup with an aggregate score of +3, 3 PAR points ahead of the field. Jan Siemon put in the handicap perfect round of square and Craig Sharp and Harry Boughen were at one under.

Well done Gordo!!

A special mention now that our bbq connoisseur, Oliver, has introduced the new toasted bread with snags and tells me that he knows where the best sausages are…so maybe for the Winter Cup we might have another USA gourmet delight!…Thanks Oliver.

Overall placings for the competition were 1st – Gordon Hill +3, 2nd – Jan Siemon Square, Equal 3rd – Craig Sharp -1, Equal 3rd – Harry Boughen  -1, Equal 4th Emillio Bassi -3, Equal 4th – Bob MacDonald -3, Equal 4th – Tony Mifsud -3, , Equal 5th – David Howard -6

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DON’T FORGET YOU MUST PAY YOUR $50 DEPOSIT FOR THE NOVEMBER TRIP BY NEXT SATURDAY 25TH APRIL

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A nice mild autumn day found us with 7 groups for the first round of the David Ford Autumn Cup.
The current leaders are

• Gordon Hill +2
• Neil Argall and Craig Sharp +1
• Jan Siemon Square

Although my own round was rather pathetic it was an interesting day with some items worth mentioning.

First one is when I went into the loo for the morning constitutional and both traps were taken. A voice from the left trap said “You’re a wonderful man Craig” to the occupant of the right trap. I decided that was time to leave quickly 🙂

Second incident was a true senior moment. Our group was on the 9th tee and Rodger the Lodger exclaimed “I’ve lost me glove!”, so we all went back to the 8th green area to look for it…after a few moments of searching Rodger chimed up with this gem “Oh , I’ve got it on!!”.

Finally the one to take the cake was when Oliver, who was struggling today due to his gammy knee, didn’t have things going well. At the 9th tee, we all said don’t worry it can only get better….and it was then, when he was about to take his tee shot the bee stung him!!. Some days are dogs no matter what!

I’ll put the full results for this round up when I get them from Targe….Cheers Allan

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The 6th Hole has sadly lost the big pine (the ball-eating variety) so now the green approach looks more inviting. Rodger beat David Primrose in matchplay one year. David was forced to take a 3 wood for his second shot and put his ball high up in the pine, it never came doon!