Stratford Oaks                                   Saturday August 2nd

Home Page | Division 1 | Division 2 | Division 3 | Pairs | Grand Prix | Par 3 | Par 5 | Shield | Cup
-2.8 22.6  Howard Forrester  43 pts    (25) -7
-2.8 20.9  Paul Cameron  43 pts    (24) -7
-1.6 11.8  Rick Batchelor  42 pts    (13) -6
-1 10.2  James Heathcote  41 pts    (11) -5
-0.6 7.8  Paul Newsome  39 pts    (08) -3
-0.4 11.5  Craig Whatsize  38 pts    (12) -2
-0.4 20.4  Christopher Shaw  37 pts    (21) -1
-0.3 12.6  Gez Newsome  37 pts    (13) -1
0 10.6  Anthony Harding  36 pts    (11) PAR
0 19.2  Mark Nicholson  36 pts    (19) PAR
0 16  Peter Shaw  35 pts    (16) +1
0 23.3  Krys Jilks  35 pts    (23) +1
0 18.7  John Howard  35 pts    (19) +1
0 14.6  Dave Thompson  35 pts    (15) +1
0 26.4  Patrick Mahoney  33 pts    (26) +3
0 21.7  Andrew Whittaker  33 pts    (22) +3
0.1 17.5  Alan Thompson  29 pts    (17) +7
0 28  Mark Cassels  28 pts    (28) +8
0.1 20.9  Dale Green  28 pts    (21) +8
0.1 22.5  Paresh Patel  28 pts    (22) +8
0.1 11.6  Mark Beswick  28 pts    (12) +8
0 28  Andy Gordon  23 pts    (28) +13
0.1 13.5  Steve Whiston  23 pts    (13) +13
0.1 25.1  Rob Ward  11 pts    (25) +25
-- Visitor  Martin Reed  26 pts    (17) +10

Nearest the Pin Competition: 5th: James Heathcote (NP2), 14th: Paul Newsome

Captains Combo: Gez Newsome (10)

Handicap Changes: Rick Batchelor up from 13 to 12, Paul Cameron Down from 24 to 21, Howard Forrester Down from 25 to 23, James Heathcote Down from 11 to 10, Paresh Patel up from 22 to 23, Chris Shaw Down from 21 to 20, Alan Thompson up from 17 to 18, Steve Whiston up from 13 to 14.

 

The weather forecast  did not disappoint with torrential rain starting late morning right through to our start time at 12:30. Personal choice then took over as we approached the 1st tee time, with many thinking of knocking it on the head but everyone but Abbo decided to give it a go. Walking out on to the first it was like the tap was turned off with the next 8 or so holes being sunshine. A couple more heavy down pours made it difficult for about 2 or 3 holes but in the end everyone but Rob W completed the 18 holes. Rob giving up at 9 in the middle of another heavy downpour. Did not seem to effect the golf that much with 4 golfers breaking the 40 point barrier and further 12 playing within there buffer zone.

The winner was Howard F who secured his first society win with a massive 43 points. Only one blob and a gross 7 on the last hole stopped him from winning easily. He now moves down to 22.6 and seems to have much more in the arsenal to stake a claim for a division 2 place next season. Cam lost out on countback with his only blob on the back nine, it seems the less he plays the better he plays. His reward was a three shot cut down to 21 consolidating his position in Division 2. A single point back in third was an impressive display from Rick who playing off 13 notched 42 points. Like the other two guys only 1 blob but the two single point score just left him short of top spot. The other 40 pointer and back in 4th place was the rapidly improving James H, who is now close to becoming our second single figure golfer now down to 10.2. His one over par gross on the back nine was classy stuff. No blobs but a few single point score on the front nine left him a few points short of another win ant that single point handicap.