Daughter outshines father.

A very busy week at Freshwater Bay Golf Club culminated in a father and daughter walking away with the prizes in their respective medal events played for on Sunday 23^rd. John Burke (12) won the monthly medal with a nett 63 only to be eclipsed by his daughter Lucy (20) winning the Junior’s Pemberton Cup with a nett 61. Second place in the Pemberton went to Kasey Tuckey (9) with a 65 while Steve Cooke was third with a 69 playing off of 12. In the Monthly Medal second place was claimed by Les Mew (14) returning a nett 65 and holding off third place John Riddlesdell (19) on count back.

The Junior Championships were held at the beginning of the week with Ryan Harmer finishing second in both the handicap and scratch events, Ryan shot net 62 64 for a 126 total in the thirty six hole handicap event only to be beaten by Conor White on 122, Conor having shot an awesome nett 54 in the first round followed by a solid 68. In the scratch Hampshire regular Brandon Thompson led after the fist day wih a gross 69 and then followed it up with a 75 to take the Junior Salver by 6 shots from Ryan who carded a steady 74 76 fo150 total.

Wednesday saw Division 1 of the Mid Week Medal comprehensively won by Chris West (12) with a net 63 closely followed by two low single figure players tied on 65, Derek Wright (3) came out in second place beating Simon Smith (5) on count back. Division 2 was equally as closely fought with Bob Godden coming out the winner with a 68 off of 21 handicap followed by Kevin Jones (22) second with a 69 and Mike Dowsett (18) third with a 70 holding off Ken Bebbington (17) on the back nine.

The Veterans White Tee Medal played on Friday 21^st was won by Keith Brown (19) scoring a nett 70 with Tim Deville (24) second on 71 and Bob Godden (21) third with a 72.

A small field in the Better Ball Stableford on Saturday never the less produce some good scoring with father and son pairing of Tim and Ryan Harmer taking the honours with 42 points ahead of Gary Holmes and Dave Cooke in second place with 40 points.

To round the week off 56 members and guests entered the annual Golfer non Golfer event with a shot gun start and for those brave enough several “hands” of Macca bingo after the barbecue. The game is simplicity itself with the golfer playing the ball to the green and the non golfing guest doing the putting. First place went to Rita Smith and her partner Laurie Burgess (who also won the prize for the least number of putts) with a nett 32, second was Tim Harmer this time playing with his younger son Alex who managed to hold off Gary and Sue Holmes on count back with both pairs recording a nett 33.