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ADAMS AND GARY EMERY DEPARTED. THE FINAL WENT DOWN TO THE
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WIRE AND HAD TO BE PLAYED UP THE 19 TO GET A RESULT. IN THE CASE OF
LEE BROWN AND DAVE PRICHARD GLORY JUST ELUDED THEM. INSTEAD
THE WINNERS OF THIS YEARS PLATES ARE MIKE DE MELLOW AND KEN
YOUNG.

HARDING MEMORIAL TROPHY RAPIDLY APPROACHING A QUARTER
CENTURY SINCE ITS INCEPTION THE HARDING OFFERS A SINGLES
KNOWCKOUT THROUGHOUT THE WINTER. WITH JUST SHORT OF 40 PLAYERS
THE REASONABLY MILD WINTER ENSURED THAT MATCHES WERE PLAYED IN
SENSIBLE CONDITIONS. BY THE SEMI FINAL STAGES IN APRIL WE WERE ALL
LOOKING AHEAD TO THE SEASON BUT TWO PLAYERS WERE DESTINED TO GO
THROUGH WHILST DEAN ELDER AND GARY MARSHALL HAD TO BOW OUT.
THE FINAL WAS PLAYED WITH ONLY TWO SHOTS BETWEEN THE TWO
CONTESTANTS. FOR DANIEL AYRES THESE WERE NOT QUITE ENOUGH AND
HE HAD TO CONCEDE DEFEAT TO THIS YEARS WINNER MARK WILLCOX.

AGM CUP THE END OF MARCH SEES THE CLOCKS GOING FORWARD AND THE
PORTENT OF A SUMMER SERVES TO BLOW AWAY ANY WINTER BLUES. OUR
SEASON EFFECTIVELEY STARTS WITH THE AGM CUP, A COMPETITION OPEN TO
THE LADIES AS WELL AS THE MEN. LIKE MOST OF OUR OTHER COMPETITIONS
THIS ALSO RUNS AS AN ALTERNATIVE DAY WHICH THIS YEAR SAW 20
PLAYERS ADDING TO THE 170 WHO PLAYED ON SATURDAY. DESPITE
THOUGHTS OF SUMMER THE CONDITIONS WERE SUCH THAT THE
COMPETITION STANDARD SCRATCH WENT UP TO 75 ON THE SATURDAY AND
73 ON SUNDAY. THIS MEANT THAT A SCORE OF 72 NET ON SATURDAY
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SHOWED UP AS 3 UNDER, THE SCORES BY 6 DOWN TO THIRD PLACE. WITH A
FIVE UNDER NET 70 IT WAS SANJAY NIJKAR WHO ENJOYED SECOND PLACE
ON HIS OWN. HOWEVER, IT WAS A SIX UNDER SCORE THAT BY ONE SHOT
MEANS THE AGM CUP WILL RESIDE WITH ANDREW BERKS.

QUEEN MOTHERS SHIELD WHAT A DIFFERENCE A WEEK MAKES AS THE
WEATHER IMPROVED TO THE EXTENT THAT ALL 207 PLAYERS RETURNED
SCORES RESULTING IN A CSS OF 72 ON SATURDAY AND 71 ON SUNDAY. THIS
PRODUCED SOME 90 BIRDIES AGAINST ONLY 48 THE PREVIOUS WEEK. IT ALSO
MEANT THAT 17 PLAYERS BROKE PAR WITH JASON POPE AND MICHAEL
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POTTS BOTH SCORING 39 POINTS FOR 6 AND 5 PLACES. NEXT UP WAS TWO
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SCORS OF 40 POINTS TO GIVE ANDY REYNOLDS AND MARK OSTROM 4 AND
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3 IN THIS STABLEFORD COMPETITION. DAVID HUES COULD HAVE THOUGHT
HIS 40 POINTS WOULD WIN HIM THE TROPHY BUT HAD TO SETTLE FOR
SECOND PLACE AS A BETTER BACK NINE MEANS THAT THE SHIELD WILL,
INSTEAD, GO TO BEN NORTON.

PRESIDENT'S PUTTER THE CHANCE TO WIN A NEW PUTTER IS ONE OF THE
ATTRACTIONS OF THIS STABLEFORD COMPETITION. AS SUCH 193 PLAYERS
ENTERED OVER THE TWO DAYS AND TWO OF THEM SCORED EAGLES, PAUL
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RUSSELL’S ON THE 12 BEING ECLIPSED BY ONE ON THE PAR FOUR 4 FROM
ALEX WARE. OVER 14 PERCENT OF THE FIELD SCORED BETTER THAN PAR
AND SO IT WAS THAT 41 POINTS WERE NECESSARY TO PLACE IN THE PRIZES.