Thompson lifts two pairs titles.

A busy Easter week culminated in Brandon Thompson lifting two pairs trophies, one with Sammi Keen and the other partnering Kevin Garrett. Meanwhile we entertained over 20 new beginners to the game with instruction in the new covered driving facility and guided introductions to the course, if you know of any prospective members that missed the event and would still like to participate after the event then please contact the Club on 7528955.

The first competition was a mid week singles stableford played on the 8th April with the CSS rising to 68 for the 38 entries. Best score of the day was returned by John Herbert (23) amassing 41 points winning Division 2 ahead of three players on 15 points with second place going to Dave Cooke (19) on count back from Graham Ellis (25) in third and Andrew Rann (25) in fourth all scoring 35 points. Scoring overall was slightly higher in Division 1 with Adam Keen (11) taking first place with 39 points ahead of Hugh Morrison (15) in second on 38 points. Third place went to Kasey Tuckey (11) beating Chris West (12) on count back, both players returning 36 points.

The Stableford on the Saturday saw the CSS drop this time to 67 due to the consistent high scoring from the 41 entries. Round of the day went to Nat Riddett (6) returning 44 points and a gross 67 to take first place in Division 1, second and third was decided on the back nine between two players returning 40 points – Brandon Thompson (5) came out ahead of Gary Cooke (14). Chris Tansley scored 42 points to win Division 2 ahead of fellow 18 handicapper John Sexton in second on 40 with David Hartley (15) finishing in third on 38 points as did Mike Hailes (16) in fourth.

The inaugural Freshwater Bay Lifeboat Trophy was played on the Sunday following being postponed from the Friday due to fog and inclement weather, the American Greensomes event was won by Brandon Thompson and Kevin Garrett returning 45 points ahead of second placed Father and Son pairing of Tony and Mike Black with 44 points. Geoff Smith and Chris West managed to sneak third place on count back from Robbie and George Faulkner in fourth with Peter Cooper and Steve Orchard in fifth all recording 43 points.

Of the 68 players in Ernie’s Two Ball Scramble on Easter Monday Brandon again came out on top this time partnering Sammi Keen to finish 1.5 shots ahead on 57.3. Second place went to Kev Garrett and Kevin McArthur scoring a gross 63, net 59.8 off of their 3.2 handicap allowance to beat Adam Keen and Nat Riddett on count back returning exactly the same gross and nett. The trophy presented to the Club in memory of Ernie Cooke, first played for in 2004, saw a fitting fourth place go to his son Paul partnering Miles Oldershaw to a nett 61.