THE past week has been beset with poor weather and as a result there was only a small entry for the mid week Pro Stableford Competition. Winning with a very fine 43 points was Peter Walford with Paul Panton 2nd with 39 and Andy Walton was 3rd with 36 after count back from Ethan Bendall.

One hundred and 12 seniors played in the 4 man Texas Scramble event which resulted in incredibly close scoring. The winning team had a net 55 and the lowest two teams had a net 66.

However, only five points separated the team in 3rd place to the team in 25th place! The winners were Andrew Ashman/Phil Bendall/Stephen Smith/Geoff Tucker with the net 55 referred to. Second came Steven Heal/Angus Henderson/Kelvin Lum/Peter Rumming with 57 after count back from three other teams – Steven Baker/Simon Grant/Kevin Keene/Nick White who were 3rd, Simon Atkinson/Andy Frampton/Bryan Lewis/John Stembridge who were 4th and Peter Daulby/Nick Inskip/Michael O’Haire/Bryan Say who were 5th.

In a quiet news week a chance to say firstly what a great job the club has done with it’slLounge/lobby floor renovation; it looks great and we must all strive to keep it this way, definitely no golf shoes in those areas please.

Secondly the work that the greens staff have done on the paths. The material they have chosen, all 150 tons of it, has created an excellent surface and while early days the paths have stood up well to the weather over these past two months.

And lastly Steve and his catering team have continued into the New Year with their very popular Sunday Shared Platter Lunches, the best Sunday lunch offerings that we have had since Andy Jones left us many years ago. Highly recommended.

Tony Williams