One hundred and one men competed in the annual running of the Sims Cup which saw the best five scores all being sixty eight.
Division One went to Alan Clarke with sixty eight with Spencer Pocock second with seventy. Division Two was won by Dan Carey with sixty nine with Shaun Rich second with seventy. Division Three was won by 15-year-old Ben Roberts with sixty eight beating Roland Greenway on count back. However, with the best of the sixty eights, the Cup was won by Tim Crew. The best gross score went to Charlie Pike with a 2 over par seventy three.
The Avalon B Team beat Long Sutton 3½-1½ with wins from Cliff Hall/Rich Clifford, Tom Rowland/Jeremy Lawrence and Liam Robertson/Mark Necker with Charles Whitaker/Rob Cook gaining a half.
Nearest the Pin was won by Ian Hall with John Scott second and Steven Pugh third.
The Ladies Pairs Madina Trophy was run this year as a one day event rather than the usual series of Challenges against the Ladies Captain and Vice Captain. The event was won by Louise Scott and Gina Howard. The annual Ladies Captain’s Team versus the Vice Captain’s Team resulted in an honourable halved match.
The Ladies Alliance A Team played Chipping Sodbury in very rainy conditions forcing a halt to proceedings for a short while whilst the greens drained from a very heavy downpour. However the conditions eased allowing the match to continue resulting in a win for Mendip 8-6 with wins from Aimee Sawyer, Jinhee Page, Lynne Vowles and Ellen Reakes, whose victory contained a hole in win, well done Ellen. The Friendly Team visited Knowle and recorded a 2½-1½ victory with wins from Louise Scott/Pippa Brown and Suzy Rudkin/Vicky Hicks and a half from Anne Collins/Gina Howard.
The Seniors completed a comprehensive win 7-0 over the visitors from Knowle.
Mendip’s Seniors Open event the Seniors Mendip Vase saw a full field of one hundred and nine competitors, predominately made up of visitors. Playing conditions were superb and the state of the course drew many compliments from the visiting golfers as did the post event meal. The overall winner was Sandy Burgon from Stockwood Vale, playing off 22, with an excellent forty three points. There were twelve other visitor prizes and they went to visitors from nine different clubs.
Mendip prizes went to Simon Grant in Division One with thirty eight points with Gary Holister second with thirty seven. Division Two went to Tony Taylor with thirty seven with Trevor Messenger second with thirty six. Division Three was won by Colin Davies with thirty seven with Eric Jordan second after count back with thirty three.
The Seniors were defeated by a very strong Burnham and Berrow Team when they met at Long Sutton in the Somerset Seniors Bowl semi final. Mendip’s only score was a half gained by Ian Hall/John Ellis.
Somerset’s under 14s Team kept up their unbeaten record this season when away to Cornwall the match played at St Austell winning 11-1.
Significantly, four of the team were Mendip Juniors so very well done to Alec Roberts, Alexander Leonard, Owen Roach and recent new junior member Tate Sinfield-Day. Their involvement just shows the ongoing improving strength of Mendip’s Junior Section. With one match to go against Wiltshire, this match will decide the overall County Champions for 2023.
Tony Williams