The Davies Cooler is a Mixed Four Ball Better Ball Knockout Competition played throughout the summer months. It’s very popular and the draw is done during the March mixed prize giving, meaning lots of ‘Ohs’ and ‘Arhs’ and general banter.

The 2015 competition had eighteen couples entering, four couples had to play the first round, the rest having to play in the second round. The runners up and the winners had to play through four rounds before meeting in the final. The runners up this year were Margaret Seery and Dave Forshaw, who were unable to hold the final winners, Dawn and Terry Stacey. At the presentation, after the mixed competition on Sunday, Terry thanked all the competitors who took part and said what a tough competition it had been, particularly playing against Pauline Brixey and Carl Dezis, Carl apparently drove well past Terry’s drive and then was on the green for nothing because of his handicap! Terry playing off 9 with Dawn off 15, are a very formidable pair.

Congratulations to them both.

Juniors

Glorious autumn sunshine greeted the 36 golfers for the annual Generation Trophy on Sunday, October 25th. This American Greensomes competition consisting of one junior and one adult is often a closely fought battle and this year was no exception.

With half of the field scoring over 36 points, it was clear to see that there is exceptional talent coming through the junior ranks. The future bodes well for the junior section. As the results poured in, it was looking like the final result would be decided on a countback, with third place going to Alex Bendall and Rich Salter, on 39 points and second place to Jack and Adrian Cronin, also on 39 points (including an impressive 23 points on the back nine). However, the trophy was claimed by the pairing of Jackson Carey and Shane Phelps, with a huge total of 43 points, which included a 5 point eagle 3 on the par 5 9th. Well done to all.

Results, Sunday, 27th September. Well played Tobi! Tobias Hooker, 38, 26.0, Alex Marshall, 34, 27.3, Ben Josham, 31, 5.4, Jake Russell, 30, 23.7, Alex Bendall, 29, 11.3, Joe Cox, 18, 28.0.

Results, Sunday, 11th October. Well played Jake, this result also gave Jake an additional 1.0 exception score reduction. Jake Russell, 41, 20.5, Isabelle Hansford, 35, 13.9, Abby Gray, 34, 21.7, Alex Marshall, 31, 27.3, Alex Bendall, 29, 11.3, Jack Cronin, 29, 21.6, Jackson Carey, 19, 22.2, Sam Pepler, 19, 23.1, Joe Cox, 11, 28.0.

Men

The Saturday Stableford was played on 24th October in nasty, wet conditions, it made scoring very difficult, but the players battled on and in Division 1, Martin Jones was taking the honours with 33 points, followed by Ian Allwood, in second, with 32 points and Steve Longden, in third, with 31 points. In Division 2, considering the difficult conditions, good scores came into the clubhouse, with Alistair Huckie at the top, with 36 points, beating Eric Withey into second on countback, with Paul Matthews in third on 34 points.

The Sunday Stableford was played on 25th October in better weather conditions.

Division 1 was won by Adam Roe, with 36 points, followed closely by Trevor Dale, on 35 points and Steve Coles, in third on 33 points. In Division 2, a great score from Nick Russell, on 38 points topped the division with Andy Towells in second, with 36 points and Andy Howe in third, on 33 points.