Mendip Golf Club was surprised to be approached by a leading car manufacturer to test trial their version of the driverless car. However, happy to oblige, the vehicle was delivered to the area near to the green keepers’ sheds and was programmed to head down the area between the 9th and 10th hole, to then turn and proceed back to the starting point.
At first, all went well as the car set off on the correct path. However, it then deviated across the rough onto the tenth fairway, then across to the sixteenth hole, where it eventually came to rest in the first of the cross bunkers. So, it is back to the drawing board to find an improvement to the navigation system!!
Over the past two weeks, the Ladies have been particularly busy. The four ball bowmaker brought a win for Anita Butcher, Anne Collins, June Page and Elaine Kitchenham, with 106 points followed by Lynn Cox, Vi Hayes, Sue Needham and Edwina Willis, with 100 and Elaine Richardson, Eileen Masters, Wendy Norman and Gina Howard, with 96.
The Ladies Inter-Club Team won their final match against Tall Pines 6½-½, with wins for Anita Butcher, Andrea Williams, Chris Williams, Margaret Hawker, Diane Stanton, Mary Ainsworth and with Libby Bellew, earning a well deserved half.
The Ladies Waltzing Matilda Bowmaker brought a win for Gina Howard, Jenny Merrett and Allison Rumming with 78 points with Nichola Croft, Daphne Irons and Eileen Masters second, with 73 after count back, from Sandie Roper, Pauline Williams and Val Dixon.
The Ladies Friendly against Wedmore resulted in a 3-1 victory, with wins for Diane Stevenson/Allison Rumming, Carol Mosley/Mary Ainsworth and Dee Garnsworthy/Marilyn Andrews.
The Seniors went down to an unexpected heavy defeat when visiting Kingsdown, with only Alan Evans-Jones/John Whyman gaining a half.
The Seniors Centenary Cup attracted 70 entrants and saw Brian Francis, with 39 points, beaten into fourth place on count back by Seniors’ Captain, Andy Frampton. In second place, was David Collins, with 40 points. The Cup Winner was Martin Osborne, with an excellent 42 points.
The Seniors’ Avalon Team rounded off their season with two narrow defeats and finished in third place in their league, an improved position from last year. Against Mendip Spring the score was 2-3, and they went down by the same score to Cricket St Thomas. Wins in this match came from Paul Smith/Tony Taylor and David Collins/Alan Roper.
The last two weeks’ nearest the pin contests saw wins for Jean Padfield, Chris Butland and Rob Hill and Lynn Cox, Peter Kivi and Mark Evans.
Tony Williams