Forty ladies took to the golf course on a beautiful day – nine playing for the Coppers Cup which is for golfers playing off handicaps of 36 and above and 31 players for the Douglas Trophy. On crisp, dry fairways the balls were going a long, long way – not always with the desired result!

The winner of the Coppers Cup was last year’s winner, Julie Toogood, (and we will omit the obvious pun) coming in with 38 points; Lesley Stone, a close second with 36, and in third place, Denise Baker, with 32 points.

Those in the prizes for the Douglas Trophy came from a real spread of handicaps, which is great to see. Trish Rouse was victorious, with 41 points, second was Pauline Young, with 40 points, Min Woodward, third, with 38 points and Lena Warren just pipped Kay Clarke on countback to the last six holes to take fourth place with 37 points. There was only one two spot – Jayne Brown on the eighth.

Last year’s winners of the County Centenary Plate, Jackie Walker and Angela Hudd, are continuing with their winning ways, beating Stockwood Vale in the third round at The Mendip 3&1 to go through to the Semi-Final, which will be played at Burnham & Berrow.

Mixed

With the mercury hitting a record high for 2018, a testing time was in store for all.

Suncream, lots of water and a calm and influential partner were the order of the day.

The Trubody Trophy is a Mixed Competition with a Lady and Senior Man paired together for a Greensomes Stableford format. Needless to say, husband and wife are NEVER drawn together!

Scoring was very competitive, with the top four pairs all scoring 43 points. However, dealing with the conditions admirably and winning with a superior back nine score were Sandra Hares and Mike Woodward. Well done. You have already been signed up to defend next year!

Seniors

With the England football team seemingly assured of an easy ride to, at the very least, the Quarter-Finals of the World Cup and the England cricket team whitewashing Australia 5–0 in the ODI

series, all is looking rosy in the sports garden.

Taking full advantage of the lengthy spell of fantastic weather, some excellent scores were achieved in all three divisions. With Steve Cope top scoring in Division Two, with 46 points, he received a two-shot handicap cut for his efforts.

Division 1 results: Mike Bradbury 44, Bob McKeegan-Brown 42, Fred Grist 42, Don Perry 41, Dave Harvey 41.

Division 2: Steve Cope 46, Nigel Punchard 45, Dave Brown 41, Kevin Gould 41, Eric Nott 40. Division 3: Geoff Potts 41, Mo Duery 39, Steve Mitchell 38, Malcolm Brooks 36, Rob Porter 36. Friendly Fixture Result: lost away to Kingsdown 4½ – 2½.

Men

All golfers at Farrington Park have been enjoying the conditions of great sunshine and golf balls running forever on the fast fairways. In the Saturday Stableford (23rd June) in Division One, John Hogg took the honours with 38 points, followed closely by Lee Bruton on 37 points and Kris Broadway, third, on 36 points. In Division Two, the top three were all on 38 points, with Jake Russell on top spot beating Jon Brown into second on countback and Mark Abrahams taking third.

There was some outstanding scoring in the Sunday Stableford (24th June) with Mark Chandler in Division One having an excellent score of 42 points, followed in second by Steve Kingman, on 38 points, beating Tom Snelling into third on countback. The round of the day came from Lee Matthews, in Division Two with a brilliant 45 points, followed in second by Ben Park on 39 points and Nick Russell, third, on 35 points.