On Thursday, 9th February, fourteen teams of three ladies took part in the Pink Ball Bowmaker, with each team member taking it in turns to have the pink ball. The lady with the pink ball scored double on that hole and one other score counted – in the event of losing the pink ball, only one score counted on that hole, and then you continued with two scores to count on each hole. Returning the pink ball gave the team an extra five points.

Twelve teams returned the pink ball and some very good scores were recorded. There were three two spots – Gill Russell on the first hole, Wendy Butt on the fourth and Maureen Goodsir on the fifteenth. The winning team, scoring 126 points, were Lesley Stone, Fiona Hassard and Carol King. In second place, with 120 points, were Lin Papadopoullos, Min Woodward and Lo Dallocco and in third place, with 118 points, were Sue Stilwell, Mandy Hobbs and Tracy Grist.

On Thursday, 16th February, thirteen teams of three ladies took part in the Waltz 1, 2, 3 with one score to count on the first hole, two scores to count on the second and three scores to count on the third, and so on. There were seven two spots – Mandy Hobbs on the tenth hole and seventeenth, Jackie Walker and Bridget Rylance on the tenth, Gail Proctor on the twelfth and Jacqui Gregory and Lena Warren on the fifteenth. The winning team, with 86 points, were Sue Stilwell, Tracey Watts and Mandy Hobbs, second with 84 points were Laura Fox, Fiona Hassard and Lally Gibson, and third, with 81 points, were Terri O’Shea, Sandra Hares and Linda Rogers.

Congratulations to Jane Waller and Fiona Hassard, who were the successful pairing in the Ladies Winter Greensomes knockout competition. They secured the trophy by beating June Symonds and Debbie Jones.

Men

The shortened course was still bringing competitive golf in the Saturday Stableford, with Division One all tied at the top with Tom Snelling taking top spot on 42 points, beating George Hobbs into second on countback, with Vice-Captain, Shane Phelps, third on forty points. Division Two saw one of the outstanding rounds of the year so far, with Alistair Huckle, with a great score of 48 points, taking top spot with David Glew, second, on 45 points and Alan Smith, third, on 43 points.

In typical winter conditions some good scoring

returned to the clubhouse in the Sunday Stableford with Dave Harvey top of the charts with 43 points in Division One, followed by Mark Crook, in second, on 41 points, followed, in third by in-form Tom Snelling on forty points. Division Two saw a good round from Ian Pennington, on 43 points, taking top spot comfortably, with Simon Kidd on second, on 37 points, beating Stuart Howe into third on countback.

Juniors

Nine hole competition, 26th February Results: First Jenson Barker, 52 (gross nett 28), second Harley Wickham, 52 (29), third Josh Uhrmacher, 61 (30), fourth Max Curtis, 57 (30), fifth Frankie Dezis, 37 (31), sixth William Denham, 56 (33).