A fantastic score of forty points earned Farrington Park Golf Club’s Lo Dallocco first prize in the Tree Trophy competition held on 27th October. Lady Captain, Pauline Young, who had played with Lo, presented her with the trophy and added that she had witnessed a beautiful, solid performance, with Lo on top form. With the CSS increased to 76, Lo had her handicap cut by four shots.

A large field of forty ladies entered the competition on a foggy October day, when scores in the top thirties are not expected. In second place was Jane Ball, whose excellent 38 points could easily have been a winning score. In third place was Maureen Charlton with 36 points, and fourth was Jackie Walker, with 33 points. Both Jane and Maureen also received handicap cuts.

The Coppers’ Novice Scratch Salver was played on the Manor course on Tuesday, 18th October with four ladies taking part. The competition consisted of twice round the Manor course and was open to

anyone with a handicap of 36 or without a handicap.

The winner, on countback, with a gross score of 82, was Debbie Jones, and second, also with 82, was Denise Baker. The Salver was presented by the Lady Captain, Pauline Young, who was thanked for her time spent running Coppers over the last few years by Bridget Rylance, who has now replaced Pauline.

Seniors

The mist had lifted, spirits were high and many of the seniors were looking forward to the final qualifier of the year of the white tees.

However, disappointment prevailed as the greenkeeping staff had not been informed and the tees had been taken in the previous day! Instead, the competition was played off the green tees, with Welshman Fred Grist shooting the best score of the day, amassing 42 points.

Results – Division One: Fred Grist, 42 points, Terry Stacey, 39 points, Steve Symonds, 39 points.

Division Two: Bob Baker, 39 points, Philip Michael, 38 points, Bob Wright, 37 points.

Division Three: Steve Park, 40 points, Len Salter, 40 points, Bill Waddington, 39 points.

Nearest the Pins on fifth, Alan Elkington, eighth, John Ward, fourteenth, Rob Thain, fifteenth, Fred Grist.

Men

The final weekend of the white tees was very tight at the top of Division One on the Saturday Stableford, played on 22nd October, with three players all on 41 points.

Mark Chivers took top spot on countback from Seamus Ivory, with Martin Jones taking third. In Division Two, Ben Park mastered the autumn conditions with 39 points, with Paul Goodridge in second place with 38 points beating Jake Russell into third on countback.

In typical autumn conditions and the ball not travelling so far, Steve Coles took charge of Division One in the Sunday Stableford (23rd October) with 33 points,

followed in second by Brian Brown on 32 points, beating Tony Guthrie on countback.

There was good scoring in Division Two with Ian Lake taking top spot with 39 points, closely followed by Chris Grew on 38 points, beating Jake Russell into third on countback.