Farrington Park’s Mixed Section welcomed in the New Year with a January Jumble competition on 6th January.
It was a chance for the golfers to walk off their festive calories, playing a Two-Ball Scramble Stableford over the winter-shortened Duchy course.
The ‘Jumble’ element of the day comprised of the competitors not playing with their usual partners, and the tee boxes were swapped on three holes, meaning the Men played on the Ladies’ tee boxes and vice versa for the Ladies.
Six other holes were played from the same tee boxes, and the remaining nine holes were played from the usual positions. There were two Nearest the Pin holes. Terri O’Shea and Paul Panton were closest to the pin on the 4th hole, and Lin Papadopoulos and Keith Shepherd did likewise on the 15th.
As this was only the sixth day since the new Rules of Golf had been implemented on 1st January, this was a good chance for everyone to test their newfound knowledge!
After a very tasty carvery meal, the competition results were announced. The calm weather conditions helped to ensure that the winning teams’ scores were very high. The winners, with a fantastic score of 57 points, were Margaret Seery and Pierce O’Shea.
Ladies
Thursday 10th January was a chilly day, with the temperature hovering around three degrees; it was a day to wrap up well against the cold and “club up” to get a golf ball going any distance.
The ladies took on this challenge in a non-qualifying Stableford competition over the winter-shortened Duchy course, and acquitted themselves well. Fourteen birdies were scored over a variety of different holes, with two spot birdies being made by Carol King, Clare Salter and Debbie Jones at the 5th hole, Jacqui Gregory (1st), Gail Proctor (4th) and Gill Russell, who had two at the 5th and 10th holes.
In Division One, scoring was very close at the top. Gail Proctor was first with 39 points, beating Gill Russell on countback into second place. Carol King took third place, beating Jane Ball and Min Woodward on countback after they all scored 36 points each.
In Division Two, Sandra Hares was first with 37 points, one point ahead of second-placed Sue Forshaw. Debbie Jones was third with 35 points.
Seniors
Brass Monkeys were in abundance on a freezing and slightly breezy Seniors morning. Some excellent scores were achieved in this Fourball Betterball competition, despite the Arctic conditions.
In first place was Colin Glibbery and Chris Liberty, with 49 points. Nearest the Pins was Rob Thain (12th), Mel Field (14th) and Steve Symonds (15th).
There were ten winners sharing the twos pot: Colin Glibbery, Rob Thain, Bob Baker, Paul Cains, Phil Bryant, Ham Ridene, David Millington, Fraser McGregor, Brian Brown and Tony Thorp.