Ladies Afton Trophies

Afton Trophies.

Medal Foursomes High and Low Drawn Partners.

1st Suzanne Keen & Brenda Shennan nett 62.

2nd Gail Brown & Paula Burke nett 71.

3rd. Elaine Hunter & Shirley Clarke nett 73.5

Keith Wright back to winning ways.

Freshwater Bay’s Sunday Stableford saw Keith Wright return to his winning ways taking the first division with 41 points, an excellent score considering the CSS rose to 69 for the thirty nine entries. Rick Penn (10) took second place with 37 whilst Ian Ball (13) managed to hold off Steve Ryan (12) on count back to finish third with 36.

In Division 2 Dennis Smith (19) collected first place with 38 points followed by Geoff Smith (17) in second on 35 and Chris Tansley (18) on 33.

The first of the half term Junior Qualifiers on Tuesday saw Steven Cooke in first place with 39 points reducing his handicap to 10 ahead of David Hartley (16) in second on 37 points.

Steve Cooke adds another Monthly Medal to his collection.

The results of Freshwater Bay’s Summer Eclectic were published this week with Pete Bryan taken home the hard fought trophy with an excellent nett 52.5, taking second place was James Sanders on count back from Kasey Tuckey with both players returning 53s.

The yellow tee Mid Week Medal saw the CSS drop to 66 with 62 being the order of the day for a first place. In Division 1 Peter Cooper (16) carded a 62 ahead of Richard Couse (15) in second with a 64 whilst John Veal (15) took third with a 66. Division 2 saw Tony Hammonds (24 return a nett 62 in spite of a 7 at the par 3 first hole, Graham Ellis (24) finished second with a 67 narrowly holding Justin Clayton (17) off on count back.

Saturday saw the Trafalgar Scramble won by Steve Orchard, Mike Black and Peter Cooper scoring 54 points, three teams tied with 50 points and had to be separated on the back six holes. Second went to Steve Cooke, James Brett and Barry Crook with a back six of 15 ahead of third placed Richard Frost, Dave Morey and, Rick Penn (14 back six) and Simon Smith, John Crosbie and Dean Capel in fourth with a back six of 13. Dave Morey also managed to carry off the prize for nearest the pin (frog) on the 14^th.

Sunday brought forth some fine weather and over 50 entries in the Monthly Medal, combined with the Jacom Trophy Qualifier in which the top 16 in the medal go forward to a match play knockout. Steve Cooke (12) added another Medal to his collection shooting an excellent 61 and only managing to hold off Stephen Mew (24) by the narrowest of margins on count back. Derek Wright (4) came in third on handicap with a nett 64 and picked up the lowest gross prize with 68 with James Brett (19) also carding a 64 but losing out on count back.

Freshwater Bay members rounded off the week with a Wacky Races themed treasure hunt that created all sorts of havoc around the West Wight (with particular apologies to the staff at Chessel Pottery!!) on Sunday afternoon. First place was taken by the Club Captain, Barry Hunter’s team whilst the Captain of the Ladies Section (Sue Keen) in the guise of Penelope Pitstop came in second. To remain true to the TV series Vice Captain Chris Tansley and his team disguised as Dick Darstardly and Mutly were disqualified for no apparent reason.

Father and Son take both divisions of Sunday Stableford

The CSS in the Mid Week Stableford at Freshwater bay dropped to 66 with Kasey Tuckey (8) taking pride of place with 39 points on count back from Chris Tansley (19) in second and Gordon Day (15) third on 36 points.

Friday saw the inaugural Veterans October Trophy, kindly donated by octogenarian John Hill, the first name to go on the trophy will be John Mew (15) with a solid 37 points, second place went to Ray Cooke (18) with 35 points on count back from 16 handicapper John Davis in third.

Both divisions of the Saturday Medal were won with a nett 65, in Division 1 Steve Cooke (12) was first with John Crosbie (9) second scoring a nett 66 on back nine from Richard Frost (5) with the same score. Division 2 was swept up by Ian Ball (14) with the other 65 whilst second and third places were split again on count back, Richard Couse (16) holding off Dave Morey (15) with both players returning 66s.

The Sunday Stableford was very much a father and son affair with the Mew family picking up first place in both divisions. Father Les (13) took first place with 40 points ahead of Ian Ball (13) continuing his fine run of scores with a 39. Son Stephen Mew finished ahead of fellow 24 handicapper Tony Hammonds to take Division 2, Tony returned 35 points for second place whilst Stephen hit 37 for first place.

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.