Four Ball South African definately a game of two halves!

This week’s Mid Week Whisky Trot saw Chris West (12) take Division 1 with 41 points and John Veal (15) in second on 40 points. Division 2 had the top three players tied on 37 points, when separated on count back Dennis Smith (19) finished in first place, John Wisker second playing off 23 handicap and John Herbert third

Saturday’s stableford saw some good scoring in Division 1 but judging by the final points Division 2 players found conditions a lot harder with John Wisker taking pride of place this time with 34 points, Malc Williams (16) finished second on a mere 30 and Dennis Smith (19) was almost too ashamed to take third with only 28. Five handicapper Kevin Garrett returned 39 points to take Division 1 while Bill Hinchen (7) came out second on count back with 37 points, holding off Kasey Tuckey and Ian Ball with the same score.

The Four Ball South African Scramble was definitely a game of two halves with the winning team of Kevin Garrett, Bill Hinchen, Hugh Morrison and Derek Wright returning a total of 358 points, scoring only 80 on the front nine and a massive 278 on the way back. John Veal, Dave Wright, Nick Punter and Ian Ball came in second a mere 150 points behind.

Graham Ellis takes Veterans Stableford as weather abates

With the weather abating Freshwater Bay was back in full flow this week with not a temporary green or trolley ban in sight, first up was the Veterans Stableford with Graham Ellis (24) taking the honours with 38 points. Peter Dawson finished second with 37 points playing off 19 and Tim Deville (21) sneaked third on count back from John Wisker both players returning 36 points.

Saturday saw count back separate first and second places in both divisions of the Whisky Trot with Bill Hinchen (7) taking Division 1 with 38 points from Derek Wright (3), Division 2 was won by Gary Holmes (16) returning 37 points to sneak first place from Dennis Smith (19) in second.

The Monthly Medal on Sunday was ably won by John Riddlesdell (19) with a 68 ahead of Gary Holmes (16) in second on 69, Kevin Garrett (5) took third spot on count back from Keith Wright with both players carding a 71. Keith’s brother Derek again featured in the prizes, this time taking the lowest gross with a 75.

Kevin Garrett Millenium Winner 2009

Freshwater Bay Golf Club’s Presentation Evening saw the President Peter Sheard and Captain Barry Hunter hand out sixty cups played for throughout the year. Kevin Garrett received the Millennium Trophy, awarded by the Captain, for outstanding service to the Club having served on Committee for three terms as well as taking on the roles of Competition Chairman and Junior Organiser.

The Ogle Tankards, best six Veterans Stablefords in the year concluded the day before with Peter Marsden picking up four points in the final round to win by a single point on 214. Dennis Smith finished second on 213 and Jim Payne third on 210.

The Veterans Stableford itself was convincingly won by John Davies (15) with 42 points ahead of Peter Cooper (15) in second on 40 points and Peter Scott (21) sneaking third place on count back from Gerry Bolton.

The first midweek competition of November was a Three Two One Stableford won by Gerry Bolton, John Herbert and Ray Cooke with 78 points, second place went to Ken Bebbington, Mike Dowsett and Ivan Butt on 74 points.

7^th November saw a usual Stableford with Division 1 going to Rick Penn (10) with 39 points and Kevin Miles (14) second on 38 points while Kevin Garrett (4) finished third with 37 points holding off Cedric Jones on the back nine. In Division 2 Gordon Day returned the best round of the day with 41 points off of his 15 handicap, second went to Gary Holmes (16) on 38 with Chris Tansley (18) third returning 35 points.

The Sunday Par was played in difficult conditions with Nick Riby (12) coming home the winner on plus 2 ahead of his nearest competitor Gary Holmes (16) on minus 2.

The most recent Mid Week Stableford saw some excellent scoring with Peter Cooper taking the honours in Division 1 with an excellent 44 points off of 14 handicap, Chris Tansley (18) was second on 42 and Wally Shennan (15) third with 41 points. The scoring in Division 2 was almost as good with Bob Godden (21) finishing first with 41 points ahead of Peter Marsden, also playing off 21, in third with 40 points.

This Sunday’s Stableford saw Derek Wright (4) finish first on 40 points ahead of two players on 37, Dennis Smith (19) taking second place on count back from Nick Punter (12) in third.

Eight up for Deville in Mid Week Par

Keith Wright picked up the Millway Cup for the best medal rounds played through out summer with a consistent return of 358 for the five rounds, father and son Gary and Steven Cooke fought out for second place with experience giving way to youth, Steve finished 2^nd on 367 – 7 shots ahead of his father Gary on 374.

A series of Junior events were held through the half term week starting off on the Monday with a visit to Bramshaw for the Manor Masters with best place achieved being 9^th from the five player contingent. The first of the Junior Qualifiers on Tuesday saw Steven Cooke (11) in first place with 39 points reducing his handicap to 10 ahead of David Hartley (16) in second on 37 points. On the Wednesday Ryan Harmer (9) scored 38 pts to cut his handicap to 8 with Steve Cooke (10) finishing second on 37 whilst the Medal on Thursday saw Steve take the honours with a 68 ahead of Conor White (21) with a 69.

Division 2 of the Mid Week Par Competition was won with the obscene score of 8 up from Tim Deville (23) with Ray Cooke (19) second on 4 up and Dave Cooke, no relation, third 3 up also playing off 19. Division 1 was slightly more sensible with Kevin Garrett (5) picking up first place with an excellent 5 up, Geoff Smith (17) finished second 3 up on count back from John Davis (16) also 3 up.

The last competition of October was a Three Ball Scramble won by father and son Les and Stephen Mew joined by Steve Sargeant with a nett 57.65, a mere 0.35 shot ahead of Miles Oldershaw, Barry Hunter and Geoff Smith in second with Graham Wells, Chris Tansley and John Burke in third place wit a 58.15.

Ladies Afton Trophies

Afton Trophies.

Medal Foursomes High and Low Drawn Partners.

1st Suzanne Keen & Brenda Shennan nett 62.

2nd Gail Brown & Paula Burke nett 71.

3rd. Elaine Hunter & Shirley Clarke nett 73.5

Keith Wright back to winning ways.

Freshwater Bay’s Sunday Stableford saw Keith Wright return to his winning ways taking the first division with 41 points, an excellent score considering the CSS rose to 69 for the thirty nine entries. Rick Penn (10) took second place with 37 whilst Ian Ball (13) managed to hold off Steve Ryan (12) on count back to finish third with 36.

In Division 2 Dennis Smith (19) collected first place with 38 points followed by Geoff Smith (17) in second on 35 and Chris Tansley (18) on 33.

The first of the half term Junior Qualifiers on Tuesday saw Steven Cooke in first place with 39 points reducing his handicap to 10 ahead of David Hartley (16) in second on 37 points.

Steve Cooke adds another Monthly Medal to his collection.

The results of Freshwater Bay’s Summer Eclectic were published this week with Pete Bryan taken home the hard fought trophy with an excellent nett 52.5, taking second place was James Sanders on count back from Kasey Tuckey with both players returning 53s.

The yellow tee Mid Week Medal saw the CSS drop to 66 with 62 being the order of the day for a first place. In Division 1 Peter Cooper (16) carded a 62 ahead of Richard Couse (15) in second with a 64 whilst John Veal (15) took third with a 66. Division 2 saw Tony Hammonds (24 return a nett 62 in spite of a 7 at the par 3 first hole, Graham Ellis (24) finished second with a 67 narrowly holding Justin Clayton (17) off on count back.

Saturday saw the Trafalgar Scramble won by Steve Orchard, Mike Black and Peter Cooper scoring 54 points, three teams tied with 50 points and had to be separated on the back six holes. Second went to Steve Cooke, James Brett and Barry Crook with a back six of 15 ahead of third placed Richard Frost, Dave Morey and, Rick Penn (14 back six) and Simon Smith, John Crosbie and Dean Capel in fourth with a back six of 13. Dave Morey also managed to carry off the prize for nearest the pin (frog) on the 14^th.

Sunday brought forth some fine weather and over 50 entries in the Monthly Medal, combined with the Jacom Trophy Qualifier in which the top 16 in the medal go forward to a match play knockout. Steve Cooke (12) added another Medal to his collection shooting an excellent 61 and only managing to hold off Stephen Mew (24) by the narrowest of margins on count back. Derek Wright (4) came in third on handicap with a nett 64 and picked up the lowest gross prize with 68 with James Brett (19) also carding a 64 but losing out on count back.

Freshwater Bay members rounded off the week with a Wacky Races themed treasure hunt that created all sorts of havoc around the West Wight (with particular apologies to the staff at Chessel Pottery!!) on Sunday afternoon. First place was taken by the Club Captain, Barry Hunter’s team whilst the Captain of the Ladies Section (Sue Keen) in the guise of Penelope Pitstop came in second. To remain true to the TV series Vice Captain Chris Tansley and his team disguised as Dick Darstardly and Mutly were disqualified for no apparent reason.