The remaining KO Finals have now taken place at Mendip. The winners of the Hodder Cup were Steve Whalen and Wayne Black, who overcame James Pitchell and Aaron Mitchel. The Jim Tame Foursomes was won by Ian Fairclough and Chris Lindley, who beat Gary Butler and Ryan Sainsbury in the Final.
The Hospital Cup went to Trevor Foster who beat Wayne Black. The prestigious Rickards Cup, a KO played off scratch became a Final played between two members of the Greens Staff, the outcome being a win for Stu Ponfield, who fought off the challenge of Tom Small.
The latest Ladies’ Medal became a reduction only event as the tough conditions led to CSS rising to 79. The Silver Division was won by Liz Rose, with Chris Down in second place and the Bronze Division saw a win for Nichola Croft with Chris Atkinson just losing out on countback.
The Ladies Alliance A Team just went down to Bristol and Clifton in their final match, but nevertheless, they had already been confirmed as Champions of Division 2 and return to the top league next season.
The Seniors completed their match season when entertaining West Wilts. A final victory was achieved 3½ – 2½ with wins for Mike Snaith and John Pugh, Seniors’ Captain David Pilbeam and Henry Banks, Nigel Hill and Alan Evans-Jones, with a half gained by Andy Frampton and Martin Lambert.
Junior girls in golf are few and far between and it is exciting when news comes in that Mendip possibly have a very bright prospect emerging. Ellen Reakes has just turned eleven and has been playing golf for close on 18 months. With encouragement from her father, Paul Reakes, First Team Captain and Member of the Board, Ellen has been receiving coaching from Local Pro, Terry Williams and through his introduction, she was invited, last year, to join the Somerset Golf County Futures Squad. Last month she was invited to attend a selection day where she was then promoted into the County Development Squad who train at Burnham and Berrow Golf Club. We wish Ellen well and will most certainly be monitoring her progress.
Tony Williams