Hello golfers,

We’ll start this week with a fantastic afternoon/evening had by all in the Pro/Captain Finals Day played last Saturday. In total we had 26 pairs playing including Captain Stuart and myself. We had 11 pairs playing in Division One, which was for those that played in the matches against Stuart and I, and 15 in Division Two which was for those who just wanted play on the day. With over £800 worth of prizes to play for competition was fierce, plus the opportunity to beat Stuart and I and win a bit of money in the beat the pro sweep.

Stuart and I started well by birdieing the first two holes, but as the round went on the previous weeks toils in Le Touquet caught up with Stuart and he struggled with fatigue and I just could take advantage of the opportunities I was giving myself and we limped home with 35 points. This meant 17 pairs beat us on the day with all of them winning £3.65 each on there pro shop account.

In Division Two Rob Allen and Mark Newson had a fantastic 42 points to claim the win in that division beating Colin and Chris Beare in to second with 40 points with Oli Cribb and Keith Ridsdale claiming third on countback with 37 points.

In the main event, Division One, Brendan Gough and Ray Pope started with a one point head start thanks to there 1Up winning margin against Stuart and I in their match and that combined with their 41 points on the day gave them fifth place with a total of 42 points. Ady Price and Nigel Stone went in to the day with best winning margin, 5Up, which gave them a five point head start, but could only shoot 37 points on the day to give them fourth place. In third place came David Uden and Kev Carter with 39 points on the day, combined with their four point head start, gave them a total of 43 points. In second place came Daniel Crosby and Ben Leuty with 40 points on the day and with a four point head start gave them 44 points, but the clear winners on the day were Lee Chapman and Matt Alp who shot a best of the day 45 points, plus their four point head start for beating Stuart and I by four holes in their match, to give a fantastic winning total of 49 points. Well played gents thoroughly deserved.

A big thank you to everyone who took part on the day, your support is always very much appreciated and big thank you to Captain Stuart for giving up your time over the course of the year to play in the matches, I’ve thoroughly enjoyed your company even if our golf didn’t live up to expectations at times.

Other competition news...

Continuing with competition news now we’ll head back to last Thursday's Men’s Mid-week Stableford and a win in Division One for Jack Flaxman with 38 points beating Ray Pope and Daniel Crosby by a point. In Division Two Mike Amos had a superb 37 points to claim the spoils, beating Martin Bullen in to second with 35 points.

On Sunday the men had their Monthly Medal and Captain's Trophy. Bob Cooper ended up winning the Captain's Trophy and Division One with a fine nett 67, beating Kasey Bailey in to second in Division One by a shot. In Division Two Dean Chilvers won with a nett 70 and in Division Three Graham Tovey (G spot) won with a fantastic nett 65 off his 20 handicap, but didn’t quite win the Captain's Trophy as that had to be played off an 18 handicap and unfortunately for G he lost that on countback, but a great score none-the-less.

On Wednesday the ladies played a Waltz Team Stableford with the winning team being Sue Smith, Vera Woolnough and Jackie Walsh with 66 points. In second place with 65 points came Heather Harvey, Kim Potter and Sheila Sterry and third with 63 points Pauline Phillips, Vicky Peake and Maureen Dark.

Tee reservations...

First tee reservations for the following week are as follows:

• Friday, 13 October - Ladies Competition - 9:00am - 10:30am.
• Saturday, 14 October - Mixed Roll-up Stableford (No tee reservations).
• Sunday, 15 October - Mixed Roll-up Stableford (No tee reservations).
• Tuesday, 17 October - Seniors' Dennis Norton Cup - 8:00am - 10:00am.
• Wednesday, 18 October - Ladies - 9:00am - 11:30am.
• Thursday, 19 October - Men’s Mid-week Stableford.
  

Eaton Pro-Am

I’ve got a Pro-Am at Eaton tomorrow with Angus Smith, Ed Ogles and Bob Richardson of which I’m very much looking forward to and whilst all the other Pro-Ams are full I’m still looking for two more at Sprowston on Friday, 27 October, contact me here if you would like to play?

New arrivals

In shop news we have just taken delivery of the Glenmuir autumn/winter range in both ladies and gents, with some great looking garments in the range.