A fantastic start to our season with 24 players out at our first event, all keen to blow off the winter cobwebs & get out and play some golf. The course was in great condition and the sun came out to take some of the chill off.
With the cold & heavy March air, the course played quite long so congratulations to Steve Gibbons for winning the day with an outstanding 37 points. A big thankyou to Helen & Peter Wickens for sponsoring the day with wines by Stuart Broad. Ian Skingley won the raffle for the 4-ball voucher. Many thanks also to Jo Selsby for helping me out on the day.
We had some tasty lasagne and garlic bread at The Farmhouse in the evening followed by a huge cheeseboard and some epic Epoisses.
Our next event is on Friday 11th April at North Downs and the first calling will be out for that soon. Looking forward to seeing you all so that we maintain the good numbers.
Bill
Results
First Place: Steve Gibbons Second Place: Steve Findon Third Place: Chris Miller
NTP 1: Chris Miller NTP 2: Peter Selsby NTP 3: Ian Skingley
We arrived at North Downs to bright blue skies. The breakfast was plentiful and good quality. It was a day of records with 32 players including 9 ladies. We had 4 new members of which two were playing and 3 guests who will become members.
The day soon heated up to 23 degrees and great to see everyone in their summer outfits in early April. The course had obviously not had rain for some time and there was a lot of run on the ball. Sometimes not to your advantage due to the sloping fairways. Despite this Nigel Brooke-Harte finished with a magnificent 38 points to finish in 1st place. The guest prize was won by Karen Cottle again with a magnificent score of 38 points, A big thank you to Sid and Vanessa for sponsoring the day and presenting some imaginative prizes. An extra thank you to Vanessa for helping me collect and check the cards.
We had another record for the evening meal with 26 attending. We dined on a very popular request of Paella 'a la Tom Traszko' the chef followed by the usual good quality cheese and biscuits.
Our next event is Surrey National on Friday 16th May. The calling will be out soon and looking forward to us breaking more record numbers. Looking Forward to seeing you all again.
Many thanks to all those that attended Bill
Results
First Place: Nigel Brooke-Harte Second Place: Helen Wickens Third Place: Malcolm Holmes
