Kasey opens the scoring with 63

Kasey Tuckey (9) took the opening competition at Freshwater Bay Golf Club this week shooting a net 63 in the Wednesday Medal, Hugh Morrison (14) sneaked second place on count back from Myles Taylor (6), Gordon Day and Dave Wilkins who all finished with 69s in Division 1. Andy Rann picked up first place in Division 2 with a 66 off of 25 handicap beating Frank Gregory (27) on count back, Tim Deville (24) finished third with a 69.

 

Saturday saw a Par Competition with both divisions being won with scores of 2 up, Malc Williams (16) winning Division 2 on back nine from Brian Potter (17) followed by Gordon Day in third on 1 up. Division 1 was similar with Bill Hinchen 2 up off of 7 handicap and second place being decided on count back, Ian Ball (14) narrowly losing out to John Crosbie (9) both players finishing 1 up.

 

Malc Williams again come to the fore on Sunday in the stableford winning Division 1 with 37 points, Keith Wright (8) piped brother Derek (3) to second place, both players returning 36 points. Best score of the day came from Martin Brett to win Division 2 with 38 points, second and third places being decided on count back with Cliff Sanders easing ahead of Peter Warr both scoring 35 points off of their 21 handicaps.

 

A smaller field with only one division due to a poor start weather wise on Bank Holiday Monday saw Dave Cooke (19) take first place in the Stableford with 36 points ahead of Ryan Harmer (13) in second on 34 and Gary Holmes (17) finishing third  holding off Tony Hammonds with the same score.

             

Weather forces scores up and entries down.

Due to difficult weather conditions at Freshwater Bay Golf Club this week entries were low and the scoring was accordingly high. Kasey Tuckey won the mid week stableford with 39 points off of his 9 handicap ahead of Dennis Smith (19) second on 36 and Gordon Day (15) third with 35 holding off Rob Jackson on count back.

The Monthly Medal fared even worse with Stephen Cooke taking the honours scoring a net 78 playing off of 12, ahead of his father Gary (14) on 84.

Due to the course being closed for Walk the Wight from 10 am a Breakfast Tournament was organized which then had its start delayed due to monsoon conditions, Adam Keen ran out the winner in the end with 21 points, a point ahead of Miles Oldershaw in second on 20.

The ever popular Fristab away day was staged this year at Southampton Municipal and was comprehensively won by Richard Leppard with 38 points ahead of Keith Wright in second on 36 and a plethora of players on 35. Numerous prizes were awarded for nearest the pin, longest drive and a total of £55 was raised for the Captains Charity mainly on fines for players not wearing the appropriate tie.

Shaun Clark takes Cheverton Cup

The major competition of the month so far at Freshwater Bay Golf Club the Cheverton Cup was hotly contested on Sunday 3rd May and eventually lifted by 20 handicapper Shaun Clark. Prizes in his Division 2 also went to Andy Rann (26) returning a 65 and John Meredith (22) on 66. In Division 1 Jim Whitehead (8) came out on top with a 66 ahead of three players tied on 67 – Simon Smith (5), Brandon Thompson (4) and Chris Pink (12).

The Bank Holiday Monday saw a fun competition open to all members, the team of Myles Taylor, Keith Wright and Derek Wright returned an excellent 82 points in the Yellow Ball Stableford to finish just ahead of Rob Jackson, Bill Hinchen and John Wisker on 77 in second. Third place was secured on the back nine by Simon Fisher, Stuart Morris and Cliff Sanders scoring 74 points and holding off the top ladies team of Mo Couse, Rita Smith and Shirley Clarke on count back.

A smaller than usual entry in the Saturday Stableford due to a hard fought match between the Club Captain’s Team and a team of Past Captains being played at the same time, needles to say the canny elder statesmen came out resounding winners 4 ½ to ½. Back in the Stableford Kasey Tuckey (9) scored 37 points for first place ahead of Dave Morey (15) on 35 points in second beating Mike Black (16) and Martin Brett (28) on the back nine both with the same score.

This week’s Junior Stableford saw the top two players both cut a shot with Tom Stockley (26) finishing first ahead of Sammi Keen (10) with both players scoring 38 points.