January 18th, 2024
The welcome end to the recent heavy rainfall meant that Tuesday Ladies golf was able to resume this week. Each year the Ladies Winter trophy is contested over six weekly rounds of 13-hole Stableford golf with Round Four taking place on Tuesday January 9th.
With only one point separating the top five players, card counts were needed to divide the top three. Ladies’ Vice Captain Lynn Sheldrake finished third with 25 points, one point behind second placed Vanda Mckenzie, but the winner on a countback over Vanda was Gerry Callander with 26 points.
On Saturday January 13th the annual 3 Club plus putter Betterball Medal was held with the usual pre competition discussions about which three clubs were preferred. But as is usually the case, scores were very similar to those made with a full set!
Underfoot conditions had improved considerably over the previous week with the greens reckoned to be the best seen in January for many years. Played over 16 holes the medal format was switched to a Stableford after the rounds were completed to reflect the shorter course. 50 pairs returned cards with a single point separating the top three places.
Phil O’Connor and Rob Booth took third place with 38 points, one behind Alan Pater and Paul Grover on 39. But it was the 40 points of Phil Stott and David Whan which secured their victory.
