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MIKE DE MELLOW, SIMON OSTROM, MIKE BARRY AND CHARLIE BOYD
FILLED SIXTH DOWN TO THIRD. JASON POPE MUST HAVE FELT THAT A
GROSS 69 OFF A HANIDCAP OF 2 WOULD HAVE GIVEN HIM THE PRIZE.
UNFORTUNATLEY IT WAS ONLY GOOD ENOUGH FOR SECOND PLACE. INSTEAD
A SCORE OF 42 POINTS MEANS THAT WE WOULD ASK THE PRESIDENT TO
PRESENT HIS PUTTER TO …. MATTHEW LEE.

ARNOLD TROPHY ONE OF THE THREE “A” COMPETITIONS OPEN TO THE
LADIES THE ARNOLD TROPHY BEGAN THE MAY PART OF THE SEASON WITH
196 PLAYERS. ONCE AGAIN, A HIGH PERCENTAGE BEAT PAR ALTHOUGH AN
EVEN HIGHER PERCENTAGE NO RETURNED THIS MEDAL COMPETITION.
FOLLOWING HI SUCCESS, THE PREVIOUS WEEK MATTHEW LEE CONTINUED
HIS PURPLE PATCH WITH A NET 69 FOR SIXTH PLACE. HE WAS MATCHED BY
BEN NORTON WHILST LEE BROWN WNET ONE BETTER FOR FOURTH. IAN
WAIN AND CHARLIE BOYD BOTH SCORED NET 68s TO TAKE THE
PENULTIMATE SPOTS BUT IT WAS A NET 66 THAT TAKES THE TROPHY AND
ALTHOUGH HE HAS SENT HIS APOLOGIES PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE WILL
TAPPLY AS THIS YEARS WINNER.

JOLLIFFE CUP ALTHOUGH THE CUP IS RESERVED FOR THE CATEGOR 4
PLAYERS WITH HANDICAPS FROM 21 – 28 THERE IS A CLUB STABLEFORD RUN
IN PARALLEL. DESPITE THERE BEING NO TROPHY TO CONTEST 150 PLAYERS
WERE AIMING FOR PRIZE VOUCHERS. PETER RUSSELL, IAN MONNERY,
DAVID BELL AND GRAHAM KIRK ALL SCORED 38 POINTS TO TAKE THE
MINOR PLACES. TWO PLAYERS WHO HAD FEATURED IN THE PREVIOUS TWO
WEEKS FILLED TOP SPOTS WITH MATTHEW LEE ADDING A SECOND PLACE TO
HIS PRESIDENT’S PUTTER WIN. A 43 POINT RETURN SAW CHARLIE BOYD PICK
UP THE WINNERS SPOT AFTER TWO MINOR PLACE RETURNS.
AS FAR AS THE JOLLIFFE TROPHY WENT AN IMPRESSIVE 32 PLAYERS
COMPETED. SCORING WAS MORE MODEST IN THIS DIVISION WITH RICHARD
MONNERY, ROY MARSHALL AND CHRIS HICKS ONLY MANAGING 34 POINTS
ALBEIT THAT THESE GAINED THEM FOURTH TO SECOND PLACES. AN
INCREDIBLE 10 SHOTS CLEAR WITH A SCORE OF 44 POINTS PRODUCED A 3
SHOT REDUCTION FOR THIS YEARS JOLLIFFE WINNER GRAHAM GILLMAN.

BOWERS TROPHY NUMBERS WERE DOWN ONPREVIOUS YEARS, PERHAPS AS
PLAYERS VIEWD THE CHALLENGE OF THIS 36 HOLE MEDAL COMPETITION.
THIRTY PLAYERS FELT SUFFICIENTLY STRONG ENOUGH TO CONTEST THE
BOWERS FOR THE HANDICAPS OF 10 AND ABOVE. ALTHOUGH LIMITED TO A 20
HANDICAP SEVERAL CATEGORY 4 PLAYERS ALSO TOOK PART. THE MORNING
ROUND SAW THE FIRST THREE PLACES FILLED BY JULIAN QUINN, NET 70,
ANDY REYNOLDS NET 68 AND ALEX ELMS WITH A SIX UNDER NET 66. THE
AFTERNOON ROUND WAS WON BY ANDREW BERKS WITH A NET 70 WHILST
ANDY REYNOLDS SHOT ANOTHER BELOW SCORE OF 71. BOTH ALEX ELMS
AND JULIAN QUINN DID ENOUGH IN THE AFTERNOON TO ENSURE THIRD
PLACE FOR ALEX WITH 143 NET AND SECOND PLACE FOR JULIAN WITH A ONE
BETTER 142. TWO CONSISTENT ROUNDS WERE MORE THAN GOOD ENOUGH TO