1st, May 2025
On Tuesday 22 April, 33 ladies played in the first Ladies Medal of the season, which was also a qualifier for the top 8 ladies to go into the Bunny Belmont singles Matchplay knockout competition. Division 1 was won by Hilary Ingram with net 72, second place was Anne Padgett, nett 73, beating Rachel Memmott, also nett 73, on countback. Division 2 was won by Vanda McKenzie, nett 73, Natalie Boyle came second with nett 77 and Helen Mountford in third place also nett 77, on countback. Division 3 winner, with the lowest nett score of the day, was Jo Walker, nett 69, Dee Miller, nett 73 in second place, Lydia Scott, nett 78 in third. 6 Ladies played in the 9 hole Stableford competition, Sally Honeysett winning with 19 points.
The April Monthly Medal & St James Place Qualifier was held on Saturday 26th of April. David Thomas won division 1 going out in 37 coming back in 36 with 3 birdies and 11 pars beating R Allan Cooper by 4 shots. Alan North won division 2 going out in 39 coming back in 40 with 1 birdie and 9 pars beating Mathew Atkinson by 2 shots. Tom Page won division 3 going out in 43 coming back in 40 with 1 birdie and 6 pars beating Samuel Skaife-Clarke in a card play off. There were 12 two’s recorded.
Division 1
David Thomas 73 – 6 = 67
R Allan Cooper 77 – 6 = 71
Oliver Hunter 73 – 2 = 71
Division 2
Alan North 79 – 7 = 72
Mathew Atkinson 85 – 11 = 74
Mark Henderson 83 – 9 = 74
Division 3
Tom Page 83 – 13 = 70
Sam Skaife-Clarke 85 – 15 = 70
Nick Rusling 87 – 14 = 73
The Annual team match between the Captains & Vice Captain’s took place on Sunday 27th April. An honourable draw was declared the result with both team securing 4 ½ points each. In match 1 between Andrew Asquith/Vicky Eyre & Gary Macnair/Sue White, the Captains secured a narrow victory over the Bvice Captains. Sue White wasn’t helped by Gary Macnair having a bad dose of the ‘shanks’, which Andrew Asquith made significant reference to during his speech!
The winning pair who represented the Captain’s team were John & Rebecca Ellacott (pictured below) who scored 41 points, beating Simon Darbyshire & Lorraine Webster, representing the Vice Captain’s team, on a countback. Nearest the pin prizes were won by Amanda Dunn & Tim Rhodes.
