• Men’s Golf Report – Week ending 30th June 2019

  • The Midweek results

    Tuesday had a field of 17 players competing in a stableford event.
    The winner was Brad Grant (9) with 40 points from Dion Sheahan (14) with 36 points. Ball rundown went to thirty-three points on a countback. Nearest the Pin on the third was Geoff Brown and on the sixteenth was Graham Smith. The hidden holes winner was Brad Grant.

    Thursday’s event saw the regular Stableford event being conducted with some excellent scores being returned, with sixty-seven players in the competition and two in the Gold event. The winner of Division One was Dean Seccull (17) with an excellent score of 43 points from Phil Conway (14) with 41 points. The winner of Division Two was Bill Taylor (26) with 42 points from Josh Foots (22) with 40 points. Ball run down went 35 points on a countback. Nearest the pins were Phil Conway on the third, Taki Murakami on the seventh, Alan Robinson on the ninth, Maurie Walsh on the twelfth and Dave Haslam on the sixteenth.

    Nick Siperki showing the way on the 14th tee.

    Nearest the pin second shot on the eighteenth was collected by Tony Crawford and closest to the pin third shot on the fourth was Roger Eddy. The closest to the pin second shot on the tenth was Josh Foots. The hidden holes were won by Gordon Jeffs.
    The Gold event was won by Geoff Lowry (26) with 38 points.
    There were two rabbits for the day, being Brendan Nick Siperki and Geoff Morris.

    The Weekend results

    Saturday’s event was a par event with a total of eleven players competing against the rain.
    The winner was Mark Jones (5) with minus 1 from Mike Cooksey (15) with minus 2. The other nine players gave up due to the heavy rain.
    Nearest the pin second shot on the eighteenth was Mike Cooksey.

    As a follow up from the NEDGA championships last week, the winners from Mansfield were:
    Senior Champion – Mark Bettany 120 gross
    B Grade 27 hole scratch – Ross Penny (Mansfield) 122 gross
    Graeme Castles trophy (senior handicap) – Ross Penny (Mansfield) 103.5 nett
    B Grade 9 hole h/cap – Robert Fankhauser (Mansfield) 31.5 nett

    Upcoming events:
    Friday 5th July – Ski Golf Challenge, sponsored by Mark Adams
    Saturday 6th July – Open Stroke, June Men’s Monthly Medal
    Saturday 13th July – Captain’s Day – 4BBB Stableford Multiplication, 12.15pm Shotgun
    Saturday 20th July – Open Stroke, July Men’s Monthly Medal
    Saturday 27th July – Open Stableford

    By Phil Conway