Philcox leaps from 15th to 4th in Ogle Tankards with October Vets win

Only the Veterans Monthly Stableford was played at Freshwater this week with 18 handicap Trevor Philcox taking the honours on 39 points and Allan Cooper (28) finishing second with 38 points. Third place went to Barry Hunter (14) on count back from Jim Payne (23) with both players returning 37 points.

The scores on the day go through to the year long Ogle Tankards with a new leader coming through in the shape of Dennis Smith on 213 points with only one more round to count. In joint second place are Peter Marsden and Jim Payne three points behind on 210 whilst this month’s winner Trevor Philcox has leapt from fifteenth to fourth place with a total of 207 points. Still within the magic ten point striking distance are Ray Cooke and Graham Ellis in fifth and sixth places respectively.