It seems that the prospect of winning a medal was not enough to drag some people away from their Olympic Games viewing. It surely couldn’t have been the weather forecasts that kept people away. However, the sixteen people who did turn up only had to tough it out through a couple of minor showers and the course only had a few wet spots of notice. The general consensus was that the greens were remarkably fast considering the moisture that has been around. Conditions couldn’t have been too bad as a number of people returned scores under their handicap, in particular the ultimate medal winner Andrew Petricola who managed to match the course par rating 68 for a net score of 62. Disappointment for Gordon Hill who carded a net 65 that included a quadruple bogie on the back nine – now we know why he was wearing his prison uniform.
Despite carding an eagle to take out the nest on the 17th, Brendon Mitchell was only just out of the points. The Nearest the Pin went to Harry Boughen and Gordon Hill picked up the cash on the Pro Pin. The matchplay competition is coming down to the final stages and it seems that we have a new dynastic family making a take-over bid for the Club. They might not be officially members, but the Walkover family has featured prominently in the results with SOS progressing with a walkover from Ken Grist. The semi-finals are now officially on and they should best be completed in the next couple of weeks to give time for the finalists to psyche each other out before the 15 September.
Rodger has put out a call for all those planning to go on the Annual Club Trip in November to put up their deposits so that he can finalise numbers and reservations. Rodger is prepared to give you till 18th but the sooner the better (or else).
The other item is the location of the trophy for the Fred Howe Winter Cup. The record shows that last year’s winner was Ken Grist so if Ken could let somebody know whether he has the trophy, that would be good – otherwise we might have to do a house-to-house.
Results for Saturday, 04 August 2012
1st Andrew Petricola(62) 2nd Gordon Hill(65) 3rd Richard Hall(66) 4th Bill Eastoe(67) 5th Oliver Gross(69) 5th Tony Mifsud(69) 5th Mo Sabih(69)