The Ladies’ section at Orchardleigh Golf Club have recently had their Away Day at Wrag Barn Golf Club, near Swindon.
27 Ladies took part, and although the weather was not ideal, everyone enjoyed the day. The format was a team Bowmaker of full-handicap with two-out-of-three scores to count. The first team prize went to Loes de Kleuver, Jackie Pudney and Michele Fairweather with 73 points, while in second, also with 73 points, were Audrey Holland, Christine Arnold and Veronica Cherry and with 72 points, Anne Carpenter, Liz South and Ann James were third.
Liz South won the Silver Individual Stableford Trophy and Veronica Cherry won the bronze. Loes de Kleuver won the silver Nearest the Pin and Ann James the bronze. Other trophy winners in recent weeks have been Gail Painter, winning the Barwell Masters with a nett score of 73, with Diana Bullock second with 75 and Veronica Cherry third with 76.
The Dickinson Cup for silver players was won by Anne Regler with a nett score of 74, and the Barlow Cup for bronze players was won by Ann James with 31 points. The Vincent Cup, which is played in two rounds on consecutive Sundays, was won by Loes de Kleuver with an aggregate score of 149; second was Liz South with 152 and third was Sarah Hynds with 155. The Ping 4BBB competition was won by Liz South and Anne Carpenter.
The Orchardleigh Ladies have done well so far in this season’s matches. Although in the Bristol and District Alliance League they were thrashed by Burnham & Berrow away, losing 2/12, they got their revenge at the home match, winning 12/2. They won away to Saltford (8/6) and at home to Tracey Park (9/5). In the Somerset Interclub League, the Orchardliegh Ladies have won four of their five matches, winning both home and away to Cricket St Thomas, 5.5/1.5. The home matches against Minehead (4/3) and Wells (5/2) were both won, but we lost the away match at Tall Pines (2/5).
Sarah Doble