Good afternoon all,

A week of all weathers this week, with frosts, heavy rain, strong winds and glorious sunshine. Unfortunately this has brought a restriction on trolleys, and we are currently carry bags only, please keep an eye on the club website under course status, as this changes on a daily basis.

It’s been a quiet week competitively on the men’s front, but the ladies have been busy with their stableford and Pearson Trophy matches. I also have a match report form our second match of the year, and we have some Black Friday offers for you. Enjoy the read!

Ladies stableford

The field for the stableford ended up being smaller than hoped as the trolley ban kept quite a few away, this didn’t affect the scores as Ros Cox came in with a fine 35 points in very tricky conditions to beat Lesley Compton into second place with 32 while Ruth Smith took 3rd place with 28.

The Pearson Trophy - Home to Etchinghill

Josee Gray led the way with a fine 5&4 win, Sue Tester had a tough match but narrowly came through 1up, Mary Forrest made it 3-0 with a comfortable 3&1 win, the next 2 matches went the way of the opposition to make the tie a very close affair. But Lady Captain Mari Brooks comfortably dispatched her opponent 5&3, and with Alex Johnson winning the anchor leg 2&1 it meant a fine 5-2 victory for the home team. Well done ladies!

Match report

Phil and I played our 2nd match of the series against Mark Pulford and Steve Dale on a very frosty Sunday morning. For the 2nd match in a row, I holed an outrageous putt at the first for a 3, a four at the second and 3rd saw us quickly 3up! Steve’s 5/4 was good enough to win the 4th, we halved 5 and 6 before Steve popped up again with 4/3 at 7 and there was only one in it! My 3 at the 9th put us 2up at the turn but a 4/3 saw us pegged back again as we crossed the road.

Fortunately, wins at 13, 14 and 15 saw us quickly 4up again and shake hands with a 4/3 win.