Nat Riddett holds off comeback king Brandon Thompson in Monthly Medal

The Mid Week Stableford on 4th March saw the CSS drop to 66 following some solid scoring from the 38 entries, with best score of the day going to Division 2 winner James Brett returning 40 points off of his 18 handicap, Dave Richards (21) took second on 38 and Paddy Hodgson (18) third. In Division 1 Gordon Day (16) finished in first place with 38 points closely followed by Dave Wilkins (15) in second on 37 with 7 handicap Keith Wright in third losing out on the back nine.



Friday 6th March saw similar scoring in the Veterans Stableford following a short delay to let the frost clear the main greens with Peter Marsden (21) taking first place ahead of Keith Brown (18) in second on 37 and Jim Payne (23) with 36 points in third beating John Mew (14) on count back. After four rounds of the Ogle Tankards Dennis Smith still retains the lead on 137, John Mew in second on 133 followed by this months winner Peter Marsden on 132 points.



The Monthly Medal played on the Saturday saw some ferocious scoring from the 39 entries with the top twelve breaking par, Nat Riddett (7) ran out the overall winner with an excellent nett 63 and sharing the honour of the lowest gross with second placed Brandon Thompson (6) with both players returning 70’s. Quite a feat for Brandon as this was his first competitive game following two knee operations to rectify a football injury. Chris West (12) finished in third on 65 easing Richard Couse (17) out on the back nine, Miles Oldershaw (9) took fifth place on count back from Paul Gardner, both carding 66’s.



Tougher conditions prevailed on Sunday for the Stableford competition with the CSS rising from 68 to 70; best score of the day coming in Division 2 from Paul Gardner returning 37 points off of his 19 handicap. Dennis Smith also off 19 shot 36 points for second place ahead of Tony Hammonds (25) on 34, with Frank Gregory in fourth losing out on the back nine. In Division 1 Chris West cut to 11 handicap from the day before still managed to pick up first place with 35 points, ahead of Ian Ball (13) in second scoring 34 points, Miles Oldershaw finished fourth on 33 points losing out to Graham Wells (10) on count back