Green keepers prevail in spite of hole in one against them!

As September draws to a close the finals of the Summer Knockout competitions have been played at Freshwater with two of our green keepers prevailing in spite of hole in one against them. The pair in Question Tim Harmer and James Sanders won the final of the fourball Matchplay Barton Cup convincingly holding off two juniors Conor White, who had the hole in one on the 179 yard 5^th and Tim Harmer’s son Ryan. In the mixed foursome, Harding Cup, Rick Penn and Joan Martin where gallant runners up to the experienced pairing of Jim Whitehead and Dot Porter. On the singles front Gary Cooke took out newcomer Andy Rann in the final of the McCaul Cup and John Burke triumphed over Junior Captain Adam Keen in the Knill Jones.

In the Mid Week Medal 22 handicapper Peter Dawson came out on top with a nett 71 ahead of Kevin Jones (also 22) in second on 72 and Hugh Morrison (14) on 74.

The major competition of the week was the closely contested Harvey Cup on Saturday 19^th which was open to all members, Steven Cooke (12) ran out the winner on count back with 38 points from second placed Cedric Jones (13) and Kasey Tuckey (7) in third all with the same score. Chris Tansley (17) finished fourth on 37 holding off Malc Williams (15) on the back nine.

The Sunday Stableford saw the best score of the week from Division 1 winner Nick Riby (12) with 41 points, second place went to Ian Ball (15) on 39 points from Mark Debuse (8) in third on 37 points. The scoring was not quite so good in Division 2 with two players tying on 37, Malc Williams (16) coming out on top on count back from Gary Holmes (16), third place was also decided on the back nine with Frank Gregory (25) sneaking ahead of Roger Thomas (18) both players returning 34 points.