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1. Playing a 27 hole competition is an increasingly severe test of stamina, given that our average age is constantly on the march. However in the conditions at Blackmoor, though not quite as hot as earlier in the week, it was tough to walk round let alone score well. It certainly made one appreciate the mental and physical strength of players in the Hoylake Open with 72 holes to negotiate and they're playing for more than a £5 Swindle!

2. In the circumstances it was not surprising that scores were not in the 40+ category but the always-consistent Dave Christie scored 22 points on his final 9 to overturn a deficit of 4 points after the morning round to beat Robin Blackmore on countback with a final points tally of 56 for the twenty seven holes. With the lowest BAGS handicap in the field, that's quite a performance and we congratulate Dave on his second day victory, the previous one being at St George's Hill in 2004. Special mention also to Steve Bond on his best ever BAGS performance in 4^th place.

3. Keen observers of the attached figures (and I know there are not many!) will notice that Dave's handicap has not been reduced, the reason being that though this was a 27 hole competition, only the morning results were used by Steve as the basis for any handicap changes and counting scores in the Chairman's though the day's rankings were obviously taken for the Treasurer's. As the CSS for the morning round was 35, Dave's 34 put him in the buffer zone leaving his handicap unchanged.

4. It is however all change in the Chairman's as Ian Sellers, in another solid showing, leapt over Graham (bet you enjoyed that!) to take the lead with 112 points. With only three counting rounds to go, it's important to look at the third best score of those in the top ten as the lower that score, the greater the increase in the event of a good performance. On that basis Andy, Glenn and Robin might attract good Romain odds but Ian's three point lead looks pretty solid at the moment. With the top five all playing at Worthing in August, there's a good opportunity for someone to take advantage of the current dry conditions.

5. Though Graham has lost the lead in the Chairman's, he heads the Treasurer's Competition from Andy and Ian. Remember though a poor performance, even in one event, can push you down the table, so each time you play you are at risk though that's not been a problem for Graham so far, such has been his consistency. In the par 3, Peter Barkham leads from Hedley with Peter R shadowing him closely. Sadly Peter has joined our injury list and we hope he makes a swift enough recovery to join his two guests at Worthing. We are also still keeping our fingers crossed that Ian, Harry and Biddy will be able to join us for the Devon tour and John Smalley naturally remains in our thoughts.

6. Thanks to all those who have responded with their final payment for Devon. It will be interesting to play under the new experimental format of a cut at the end of the first two days, enabling the two halves to compete at Churston for their own prizes after which the tour climaxes on the main Dartmouth course with an England vs Rest of the World (using Mr Little's stretched criteria!) contest on day 4. As we understand that there's a fair amount of walking between green and tee on this course, we've taken the precaution of provisionally reserving buggies for everyone - it is the last day after all!. Should you wish to walk, we'll be asking for opt out declarations in the tour briefing notes which will be issued next month.

7. The Singles KOs are now down to the last seven, John Davies having already reached the semis. The Seniors have their own deadline of next Monday and the Pairs matches must be completed by August 10^th. If you are still in these competitions, please keep the date of October 1^st clear in your diary so we can hold a true Finals Day.

8. Please remember that if you are playing Worthing, I need your Sticks shots allowance calculated (guests as well please). If like me you have a birthday between now and then, allow for that as it's another .25 towards your allowance!!

9. We are looking forward to Alan and Lynda's party on August 12^th and are sure that the swimming pool will be well used if the weather stays like this but please in the interests of us all can we have some meaningful rain (preferably overnight) between now and then!

B.A.G.S. STABLEFORD COMPETITION RESULT

27 HOLES

BLACKMOOR 21^st JULY 2006

POSITION	PLAYER	18 HOLES	9 HOLES	TOTAL

1	Dave CHRISTIE	34	22	56	Countback
2	Robin BLACKMORE	38	18	56
3	Ian SELLERS	38	15	53
4	Steve BOND	32	20	52
=	John HAWLEY	32	20	52
=	Glenn WARD	36	16	52
7	Peter LAMBERT	32	19	51
=	Paul KING	34	17	51	Guest Winner
9	David WATNEY	32	18	50	Guest
10	Russell JOHNSON	34	15	49
=	Craig TROWER	30	19	49	Guest
12	Nigel JOHNSON	32	16	48
=	Steve LITTLE	29	19	48
=	John PALFREY	35	13	48
=	Alan WARDROP	33	15	48
=	Graham WRIGHT	33	15	48
17	Andy HARPER	33	14	47
=	Derek SMITH	34	13	47
=	Graham MORRIS	30	17	47	Guest
20	Roger BOYCHUK	30	16	46
=	John DAVIES	26	20	46
=	Ian MARSHALL	28	18	46
23	George WALDEN	31	14	45
24	Terry HULME	26	18	44
=	Steve HYDE	29	15	44	Guest
26	Les GORDON	31	12	43
27	Keith GATFORD	26	15	41
=	Gordon PHILLIPS	24	17	41
	Stuart SMILLIE	24	17	41
30	John MOODY	26	14	40
=	Steve ROUT	30	10	40
=	Steve WALTERS	29	11	40
33	Tom FISH	29	10	39	Guest
34	Brian LONGHURST	25	13	38
=	Michael LAMBERT	24	14	38	Guest
36	Andy BOND	25	12	37
=	Mike CORLISS	23	14	37
=	Robin SEWELL	26	11	37
=	Rod STAFFORD	23	14	37
40	Keith COUGHTREY	30	6	36
=	Ian BARRETT	22	14	36	Guest
42	Chris ROMAIN	26	9	35
43	John MASTERS	17	8	25	Guest

	18 holes only
	Ray MISTOVSKI	26		26	Guest
	David JACKSON	15		15

B.A.G.S. HANDICAP SUMMARY

POST BLACKMOOR - 21^ST JULY 2006 - COMPETITION SCRATCH SCORE = 35

		Rounds Handicap	Rounds Total	Previous Exact	Previous Play	Score	Difference From Scratch	Revised Exact	Revised Play
1	Peter BARKHAM	98	98	27.8	28			27.8	28
2	Biddy BAXTER	78	90	14.4	14			14.4	14
3	Alan BELL	37	48	5.8	6			5.8	6
4	Robin BLACKMORE	78	82	23.4	23	38	-3	22.2	22
5	Andy BOND	72	72	27.4	27	25	10	27.5	28
6	Steve BOND	5	5	28.0	28	32	3	28.0	28
7	Chris BOWER	100	100	15.3	15			15.3	15
8	Roger BOYCHUK	32	44	24.2	24	30	5	24.3	24
9	Jim CATTERMOLE	106	122	16.8	17			16.8	17
10	Simon CHEUNG	45	61	13.2	13			13.2	13
11	Dave CHRISTIE	37	49	6.9	7	34	1	6.9	7
12	Mike CHRISTIESON	21	33	13.3	13			13.3	13
13	Mike CORLISS	105	121	28.0	28	23	12	28.0	28
14	Keith COUGHTREY	88	88	19.6	20	30	5	19.7	20
15	Richard DAKIN	42	42	5.5	6			5.5	6
16	John DAVIES	133	149	19.8	20	26	9	19.9	20
17	Keith GATFORD	86	94	28.0	28	26	9	28.0	28
18	Les GORDON	41	53	16.0	16	31	4	16.1	16
19	Hedley GREATBATCH	57	61	17.8	18			17.8	18
20	Andy HARPER	110	125	19.6	20	33	2	19.6	20
21	Ernie HARRIS	70	70	19.7	20			19.7	20
22	John HARTNETT	73	73	23.2	23			23.2	23
23	John HAWLEY	28	44	22.2	22	32	3	22.2	22
24	Terry HULME	161	177	19.1	19	26	9	19.2	19
25	David JACKSON	74	82	28.0	28	15	20	28.0	28
26	Roy JENNINGS	107	115	21.4	21			21.4	21
27	Nigel JOHNSON	20	28	11.4	11	32	3	11.5	12
28	Russell JOHNSON	112	127	26.4	26	34	1	26.4	26
29	Peter LAMBERT	111	126	19.9	20	32	3	19.9	20
30	Steve LITTLE	120	136	14.0	14	29	6	14.1	14
31	Brian LONGHURST	147	163	27.6	28	25	10	27.7	28
32	Ian MAKEPEACE	3	3	15.1	15			15.1	15
33	Ian MARSHALL	63	67	17.4	17	28	7	17.5	18
34	Ray MARSHALL	70	74	21.5	22			21.5	22
35	Andrew McCAFFERY	59	63	5.1	5			5.1	5
36	Harry MEDHURST	86	96	9.6	10			9.6	10
37	John MOODY	130	142	23.0	23	26	9	23.1	23
38	John PALFREY	91	91	23.5	24	35	0	23.5	24
39	Gordon PHILLIPS	120	136	17.4	17	24	11	17.5	18
40	Chris PRESLEY	65	69	22.0	22			22.0	22
41	Derek PYE	56	56	28.0	28			28.0	28
42	Peter ROBERTSON	134	146	17.1	17			17.1	17
43	Chris ROMAIN	138	154	9.5	10	26	9	9.6	10
44	Steve ROUT	13	17	15.0	15	30	5	15.1	15
45	Ian SELLERS	55	59	11.0	11	38	-3	10.4	10
46	Robin SEWELL	80	88	17.1	17	26	9	17.2	17
47	Phil SEYMOUR	79	86	19.4	19			19.4	19
48	John SMALLEY	75	79	27.3	27			27.3	27
49	Stuart SMILLIE	83	99	18.4	18	24	11	18.5	19
50	Derek SMITH	13	17	26.8	27	34	1	26.8	27
51	Rod STAFFORD	107	115	18.9	19	23	12	19.0	19
52	Jon STEVENSON	30	38	11.9	12			11.9	12
53	Terry TAYLOR	63	70	18.5	19			18.5	19
54	Alan TWORT	131	146	25.8	26			25.8	26
55	George WALDEN	114	117	28.0	28	31	4	28.0	28
56	Steve WALTERS	119	127	9.3	9	29	6	9.4	9
57	Glenn WARD	58	74	20.5	21	36	-1	20.1	20
58	Alan WARDROP	72	88	11.5	12	33	2	11.5	12
59	Graham WRIGHT	126	142	8.5	9	33	2	8.5	9
60	Brian WYNN	56	56	28.0	28			28.0	28

Captain's Bowl qualifiers in Bold

CHAIRMAN'S TROPHY 2006 CURRENT STANDINGS POST BLACKMOOR

POSITION	PLAYER	ROUND 1	ROUND 2	ROUND 3	TOTAL

1	Ian SELLERS	39	38	35	112
2	Graham WRIGHT	37	36	36	109
3	Andy HARPER	37	37	33	107
4	Glenn WARD	36	36	31	103
5	Robin BLACKMORE	38	34	30	102
=	Dave CHRISTIE	36	34	32	102
=	Steve WALTERS	38	33	31	102
8	Hedley GREATBATCH	36	33	32	101
=	Terry HULME	36	33	32	101
=	Steve ROUT	36	35	30	101
11	Steve LITTLE	37	33	29	99
12	John DAVIES	37	34	27	98
=	Nigel JOHNSON	36	32	30	98
14	John PALFREY	35	35	27	97
=	Rod STAFFORD	40	29	28	97
=	Jon STEVENSON	34	33	30	97
17	Mike CHRISTIESON	35	33	28	96
=	John HARTNETT	38	36	22	96
=	Gordon PHILLIPS	34	33	29	96
20	Alan BELL	32	31	31	94
21	John HAWLEY	38	32	23	93
22	Jim CATTERMOLE	31	30	30	91
=	Peter LAMBERT	32	30	29	91
=	Terry TAYLOR	34	30	27	91
=	Alan TWORT	31	30	30	91
26	Peter BARKHAM	33	30	27	90
=	Roger BOYCHUK	32	30	28	90
28	Ernie HARRIS	31	29	29	89
=	Ian MAKEPEACE	34	31	24	89
=	Peter ROBERTSON	34	29	26	89
31	Andy BOND	33	28	26	87
=	Simon CHEUNG	31	30	26	87
=	Brian LONGHURST	31	29	27	87
=	Derek SMITH	34	27	26	87
=	Brian WYNN	30	30	27	87
36	Stuart SMILLIE	32	30	24	86
37	Keith COUGHTREY	30	29	26	85
=	George WALDEN	31	27	27	85
39	Steve BOND	32	28	24	84
40	Ian MARSHALL	32	28	23	83
41	Les GORDON	32	31	19	82
42	Russell JOHNSON	34	24	23	81
=	Chris ROMAIN	28	27	26	81
44	Phil SEYMOUR	29	26	25	80
45	Keith GATFORD	26	26	26	78
=	Robin SEWELL	26	26	26	78
47	Roy JENNINGS	32	23	22	77
48	Ray MARSHALL	30	23	22	75
49	John MOODY	26	25	23	74
50	Derek PYE	27	22	19	68
51	Mike CORLISS	23	21	21	65

	Richard DAKIN	38	32		NQ
	Chris PRESLEY	34	27		NQ
	Alan WARDROP	34	33		NQ
	Andrew McCAFFERY	29	26		NQ
	David JACKSON	23	15		NQ
	Biddy BAXTER				NQ
	Chris BOWER				NQ
	Harry MEDHURST				NQ
	John SMALLEY				NQ

NOTE: Players must complete 3 qualifying rounds. In the event of a tie the HIGHEST score of the 3 is used; failing this the second; failing this, the tie will remain.

TREASURER'S TROPHY 2006 - POSITIONS POST BLACKMOOR

POSITION	PLAYER	AVERAGE

1	Graham WRIGHT	47.67
2	Andy HARPER	46.23
3	Ian SELLERS	45.91
4	Jon STEVENSON	45.24
5	Dave CHRISTIE	44.60
6	Hedley GREATBATCH	41.10
7	John DAVIES	40.30
8	Steve LITTLE	39.69
9	Steve WALTERS	39.28
10	Alan BELL	38.59
11	Gordon PHILLIPS	38.49
12	Jim CATTERMOLE	37.59
13	Steve ROUT	35.60
14	Glenn WARD	35.09
15	Terry HULME	32.86
16	Alan TWORT	32.12
17	Rod STAFFORD	31.44
18	John PALFREY	30.83
19	Roger BOYCHUK	28.81
20	Peter ROBERTSON	28.39
21	Brian LONGHURST	27.88
22	Andy BOND	26.11
23	Steve BOND	25.73
24	Keith COUGHTREY	19.61
25	Chris ROMAIN	14.41
26	John MOODY	11.84

NON - QUALIFIERS	Peter BARKHAM	Peter LAMBERT
	Biddy BAXTER	Ian MAKEPEACE
	Robin BLACKMORE	Ian MARSHALL
	Chris BOWER	Ray MARSHALL
	Simon CHEUNG	Andrew McCAFFERY
	Mike CHRISTIESON	Harry MEDHURST
	Mike CORLISS	Chris PRESLEY
	Richard DAKIN	Derek PYE
	Keith GATFORD	Robin SEWELL
	Les GORDON	Phil SEYMOUR
	Ernie HARRIS	John SMALLEY
	John HARTNETT	Stuart SMILLIE
	John HAWLEY	Derek SMITH
	David JACKSON	Terry TAYLOR
	Roy JENNINGS	George WALDEN
	Nigel JOHNSON	Alan WARDROP
	Russell JOHNSON	Brian WYNN

NOTE: Players must complete 5 qualifying rounds. Points are awarded depending on you position in the stableford competition - for example, if you win in a field of 50 you receive 50 points and if you are last you get 1 point. Your average is the total points divided by the rounds played. There are various adjustments made to this depending on the number of players, guests etc and an allowance made to ensure those playing more rounds than others are not unduly penalised for playing those extra rounds, which provides the greater risk of a low position.

The positions therefore represent and reflect the consistency of players over the season.

TREASURER'S TROPHY 2006 - POSITIONS POST BLACKMOOR

POSITION	PLAYER	AVERAGE

1	Graham WRIGHT	47.67
2	Andy HARPER	46.23
3	Ian SELLERS	45.91
4	Jon STEVENSON	45.24
5	Dave CHRISTIE	44.60
6	Hedley GREATBATCH	41.10
7	John DAVIES	40.30
8	Steve LITTLE	39.69
9	Steve WALTERS	39.28
10	Alan BELL	38.59
11	Gordon PHILLIPS	38.49
12	Jim CATTERMOLE	37.59
13	Steve ROUT	35.60
14	Glenn WARD	35.09
15	Terry HULME	32.86
16	Alan TWORT	32.12
17	Rod STAFFORD	31.44
18	John PALFREY	30.83
19	Roger BOYCHUK	28.81
20	Peter ROBERTSON	28.39
21	Brian LONGHURST	27.88
22	Andy BOND	26.11
23	Steve BOND	25.73
24	Keith COUGHTREY	19.61
25	Chris ROMAIN	14.41
26	John MOODY	11.84

NON - QUALIFIERS	Peter BARKHAM	Peter LAMBERT
	Biddy BAXTER	Ian MAKEPEACE
	Robin BLACKMORE	Ian MARSHALL
	Chris BOWER	Ray MARSHALL
	Simon CHEUNG	Andrew McCAFFERY
	Mike CHRISTIESON	Harry MEDHURST
	Mike CORLISS	Chris PRESLEY
	Richard DAKIN	Derek PYE
	Keith GATFORD	Robin SEWELL
	Les GORDON	Phil SEYMOUR
	Ernie HARRIS	John SMALLEY
	John HARTNETT	Stuart SMILLIE
	John HAWLEY	Derek SMITH
	David JACKSON	Terry TAYLOR
	Roy JENNINGS	George WALDEN
	Nigel JOHNSON	Alan WARDROP
	Russell JOHNSON	Brian WYNN

The positions therefore represent and reflect the consistency of players over the season.

B.A.G.S. PAR 3 COMPETITION

PLACINGS - POST BLACKMOOR

· Those highlighted have reached the qualifying number of rounds

Name	No Rounds	Cumulative pts	Average pts	Current Pos.
BARKHAM Peter	4	286.57	71.64	1
BAXTER Biddy		0.00	0.00
BELL Alan	5	278.25	55.65
BLACKMORE Robin	4	249.41	62.35
BOND Andy	5	193.40	38.68
BOND Steve	5	217.66	43.53
BOWER Chris	0	0.00	0.00
BOYCHUK Roger	6	293.11	48.85
CATTERMOLE Jim	5	280.31	56.06
CHEUNG Simon	4	146.42	36.60
CHRISTIE Dave	5	271.01	54.20
CHRISTIESON Mike	3	128.35	42.78
CORLISS Mike	4	181.26	45.31
COUGHTREY Keith	5	206.45	41.29
DAKIN Richard	2	148.47	74.24
DAVIES John	5	235.20	47.04
GATFORD Keith	4	113.25	28.31
GORDON Les	3	137.93	45.98
GREATBATCH Hedley	5	332.74	66.55	2
HARPER Andy	5	314.33	62.87
HARRIS Ernie	3	218.34	72.78
HARTNETT John	3	102.87	34.29
HAWLEY John	3	132.64	44.21
HULME Terry	6	392.88	65.48	4
JACKSON David	2	45.42	22.71
JENNINGS Roy	4	208.32	52.08
JOHNSON Nigel	4	188.48	47.12
JOHNSON Russell	3	156.25	52.08
LAMBERT Peter	4	258.57	64.64	5
LITTLE Steve	6	278.93	46.49
LONGHURST Brian	5	300.32	60.06
MAKEPEACE Ian	3	126.86	42.29
MARSHALL Ian	3	249.61	83.20
MARSHALL Ray	3	195.25	65.08
McCAFFERY Andrew	2	46.90	23.45
MEDHURST Harry	0	0.00	0.00
MOODY John	6	266.38	44.40
PALFREY John	5	308.17	61.63
PHILLIPS Gordon	6	297.00	49.50
PRESLEY Chris	2	95.30	47.65
PYE Derek	4	165.47	41.37
ROBERTSON Peter	5	330.10	66.02	3
ROMAIN Chris	5	215.65	43.13
ROUT Steve	6	373.28	62.21
SELLERS Ian	6	380.50	63.42
SEWELL Robin	4	189.57	47.39
SEYMOUR Phil	4	205.28	51.32
SMALLEY John	0	0.00	0.00
SMILLIE Stuart	4	183.56	45.89
SMITH Derek	4	229.75	57.44
STAFFORD Rod	5	301.85	60.37
STEVENSON Jon	5	260.26	52.05
TAYLOR Terry	3	188.61	62.87
TWORT Alan	5	256.71	51.34
WALDEN George	4	195.48	48.87
WALTERS Steve	5	247.69	49.54
WARD Glenn	6	331.75	55.29
WARDROP Alan	2	93.84	46.92
WRIGHT Graham	5	240.88	48.18
WYNN Brian	4	178.48	44.62