6 Nov 2014

2014: Monthly Medal (5.11.)

Venue: Bonalba Golf & Spa, 5 November 2014

Today was the first Wednesday of November and as every first Wednesday of the month, we played our Monthly Medal competiton.  We had 31 members  competing for the medal and 5 guests competing for the guest prize playing Individual Stableford.  The weather had turned to autumn temperatures, reaching just above 20 degrees C, and quite strong winds.  The results may have been influenced by these conditions as places two to six were all three and four strokes above par.  Only Neville, who has been in very good form of late, came in with under par. A magnificent result! We had two extra prizes today and they were given for second nearest to the pin on holes 4 and 11.  However, on hole 11 only one player reached the green so the second place was raffled together with the normal weekly raffle.

After the prize giving, which was also attended by Rob’s delightful little 9 months old girl, about 20 of us stayed on at the Club for lunch and as always enjoyed a nice meal in good company.

The two guest prizes were won by Brian Wakeley with 32 points off 16 handicap and second  came Bernard from France with 30 points playing off 8 handicap.

Nearest the pins:
Hole 4           1st Clive Dresner, 2nd John Garnett
Hole 8            Michael Davison
Hole 11          Rob Ritchie
Hole 14          Greta Biersteker

There were two twos today, both from Clive Dresner.  He stocked up on his golf balls by two.
 
As for the main competition results:
5th place with a net 76 off 23 hcp, Dave Davies
4th place with a net 75 off 8 hcp, Greta Biersteker
3rd place with a net 75 off 23 hcp, Graham Sutton, our Captain, beating Greta on the back 9
2nd place with a net 75 off  20 hcp, Jan Boultbee, again beating Graham on the back 9
1st place with a net 69 off 33 hcp, Neville Woodfine