1. Though there wasn't the sunshine which graced our last two November visits to Hankley, we had a mild day with no wind and only a light drizzle for the early starters (oh the benefits of being at the back!). Everyone again seemed to appreciate the course, the Clubhouse, the welcome and the food and it was only sad that though we had 58 people out, 13 were guests which means that the Hankley experience was missed by 15 BAGS members. Better luck (or planning!) next year chaps.

2. Scores of 40 have been rare this season - only three prior to Hankley - so to achieve that off 7 is an excellent show. Well done therefore to Graham on achieving that level of performance which has been duly rewarded by Steve with a cut to 6. He's now our third player to reach those dizzy heights (or is it depths?). This was Graham's 7^th day victory and it's hard to imagine that he played off 18 when he first joined our Society in 1995.

3. I said in the post Hindhead newsletter that Terry needed a 35 at Hankley to take him past Roger in the Chairman's with 109, his 42 at Betchworth counting in any tie break. This he duly did but the projection did not take into account a 10 point swing from Graham whose 40 took the place of a 30 throwaway so catapulting him to 112. He's slipping a bit though as when he won it last year he got 115 and 113 in 2004! He thus becomes the first player to win a hat trick of Chairman's. While recognising this achievement, our commiserations go to Roger who led this event for most of the season.

4. Poor Roger also slipped back in the Treasurer's. On this occasion it was Alan Bell who took the title for the second time, having won it previously in his Golden Year of 2005. Peter Lambert came through strongly to steal second place by a decimal point from Roger. Well done to these three in this most exacting of competitions.

5. Peter took the par 3 title from Andy Harper to cap a good season for himself. Andy's consolation is that he'll play in the Captain's Bowl as Peter had already qualified for this as a result of his West Hill victory in March.

6. Steve has prepared a list of the CB qualifiers. Obviously there are some duplications but runners up can be promoted in these circumstances. We'll await the return of the Booking Forms to see who's available before issuing the list of those privileged to take part in this Winners' Competition.

7. Congratulations to Rod who won his Seniors Final against Russell.

8. Thanks to those who have dealt with their paperwork for the various events of next year. After a slow start, bookings are now coming in for the Annual Dinner and we hope to have 30-35 couples there on the night. I hope to send out the menus within the first half of December so you can your choices out of the way before Christmas sets in. Bookings are brisk for the Golf Days of 2008 and it is good to see that so far everyone is planning to attend our 15^th anniversary event.

9. We have sent out Booking Forms to our regular guests to give them an option to book direct in case their usual host is not available. We are aware that many of them would like to become BAGS members but continue to take the view that membership should be restricted to 60 though there is no limit on the number of events which a guest may attend. In assessing a guest's credentials for potential membership, the number of events played over the years is an important (but not the sole) criterion. In certain circumstances they can also come on Tour.

10. Next week the Charity Committee is due to have its first meeting for the 2008 event. We have already got some income from those who have strayed into the Captain's Bunker at the various events and as last year Chris is planning to auction opportunities to play at many attractive courses during the early events of 2008.

11. Our thanks to Chris for organising the Phil Taylor Rules Presentation at Hankley. This was as entertaining as we all hoped and there were some interesting questions and scenarios put forward by those present.

12. As we approach the end of the year, may I wish you a very Happy Christmas with your families and thank you for helping to make BAGS such a successful Golf Society. The spirit and friendly atmosphere at our events is well known and I look forward to sharing more enjoyable occasions with you all in 2008.

B.A.G.S. STABLEFORD COMPETITION RESULT 18 HOLES

HANKLEY COMMON - 27^TH NOVEMBER 2007COMPETITION SCRATCH SCORE = 36

POSITION	PLAYER	POINTS
1	Jason BETTINSON	40	Guest Winner
2	Graham WRIGHT	40	BAGS Winner
3	Peter SEAWARD	39	Guest
4	Jon STEVENSON	37	Countback
=	Terry HULME	37	Countback
=	Ernie HARRIS	37
7	Mick LAWTON	36	Guest
=	Jim CATTERMOLE	36
=	Alan BELL	36
10	Terry TAYLOR	35
=	Paul KING	35	Guest
=	Patrick HATT	35	Guest
=	Brian WYNN	35
14	Win ELLIS	34	Guest
15	Steve WRIGHT	33	Guest
=	Peter LAMBERT	33
17	Russell JOHNSON	32
=	Chris ROMAIN	32
=	Andy HARPER	32
=	Ian MARSHALL	32
21	John HAWLEY	31
=	Ian BARRETT	31
=	Gary COOPER	31
24	Simon CHEUNG	30
=	Nigel JOHNSON	30
=	Ian SELLERS	30
=	Ian RIDOUT	30	Guest
=	Hedley GREATBATCH	30
29	Stuart SMILLIE	29
=	Steve ROUT	29
=	Richard DAKIN	29
=	John DAVIES	29
=	Dave CHRISTIE	29
34	Roger BOYCHUK	28
=	Kevin HAWKINS	28	Guest
=	John PALFREY	28
37	Rod STAFFORD	27
=	Paul DUDMAN	27	Guest
=	Keith GATFORD	27
=	George WALDEN	27
41	Glenn WARD	26
42	Phil SEYMOUR	25
43	Dave SHAW	24	Guest
44	Andrew McCAFFERY	23
45	Les GORDON	22
=	Derek SMITH	22
=	Derek PYE	22
=	Brian LONGHURST	22
49	Steve LITTLE	21
=	Roy JENNINGS	21
51	Peter BARKHAM	20
=	Gordon PHILLIPS	20
53	Peter ROBERTSON	18
=	Bob MAIDLOW	18	Guest
55	Chris BOWER	16
56	Robin SEWELL	15
=	Mike CORLISS	15
58	Alan SPRIGGS	13	Guest

B.A.G.S. HANDICAP SUMMARY

POST HANKLEY COMMON - 27^TH NOVEMBER 2007 - COMPETITION SCRATCH SCORE = 36

	Rounds Handicap	Rounds Total	Previous Exact	Previous Play	Score	Difference From Scratch	Revised Exact	Revised Play
Peter BARKHAM	105	105	28.0	28	20	16	28.0	28
Ian BARRETT	9	13	24.3	24	31	5	24.4	24
Biddy BAXTER	81	97	14.6	15			14.6	15
Alan BELL	45	64	5.7	6	36	0	5.7	6
Robin BLACKMORE	82	86	22.5	23			22.5	23
Andy BOND	80	80	28.0	28			28.0	28
Steve BOND	12	12	26.5	27			26.5	27
Chris BOWER	107	107	15.8	16	16	20	15.9	16
Roger BOYCHUK	43	63	21.8	22	28	8	21.9	22
Jim CATTERMOLE	114	134	17.5	18	36	0	17.5	18
Simon CHEUNG	53	73	12.9	13	30	6	13.0	13
Dave CHRISTIE	44	56	6.4	6	29	7	6.5	7
Mike CHRISTIESON	27	46	11.9	12			11.9	12
Gary COOPER	53	57	12.8	13	31	5	12.9	13
Mike CORLISS	115	139	28.0	28	15	21	28.0	28
Keith COUGHTREY	92	92	20.1	20			20.1	20
Richard DAKIN	47	47	5.6	6	29	7	5.7	6
John DAVIES	140	164	20.2	20	29	7	20.3	20
Keith GATFORD	93	105	28.0	28	27	9	28.0	28
Les GORDON	48	68	16.6	17	22	14	16.7	17
Hedley GREATBATCH	68	76	17.7	18	30	6	17.8	18
Andy HARPER	118	141	20.0	20	32	4	20.1	20
Ernie HARRIS	77	77	19.6	20	37	-1	19.3	19
John HAWLEY	38	54	22.7	23	31	5	22.8	23
Terry HULME	173	197	20.2	20	37	-1	19.9	20
David JACKSON	84	100	28.0	28			28.0	28
Roy JENNINGS	114	123	22.0	22	21	15	22.1	22
Nigel JOHNSON	26	34	11.8	12	30	6	11.9	12
Russell JOHNSON	120	143	26.7	27	32	4	26.7	27
Peter LAMBERT	121	140	19.4	19	33	3	19.4	19
Steve LITTLE	128	148	14.5	15	21	15	14.6	15
Brian LONGHURST	157	181	28.0	28	22	14	28.0	28
Ian MAKEPEACE	8	11	15.5	16			15.5	16
Ian MARSHALL	69	73	16.2	16	32	4	16.3	16
Ray MARSHALL	78	82	20.5	21			20.5	21
Andrew McCAFFERY	63	71	5.2	5	23	13	5.3	5
Harry MEDHURST	91	105	10.0	10			10.0	10
John MOODY	136	152	23.7	24			23.7	24
John PALFREY	98	98	24.1	24	28	8	24.2	24
Gordon PHILLIPS	123	143	17.7	18	20	16	17.8	18
Chris PRESLEY	70	82	20.4	20			20.4	20
Derek PYE	63	63	28.0	28	22	14	28.0	28
Peter ROBERTSON	143	155	17.8	18	18	18	17.9	18
Chris ROMAIN	148	168	9.3	9	32	4	9.4	9
Steve ROUT	24	32	13.3	13	29	7	13.4	13
Ian SELLERS	65	69	11.0	11	30	6	11.1	11
Robin SEWELL	87	103	17.7	18	15	21	17.8	18
Phil SEYMOUR	88	97	20.2	20	25	11	20.3	20
Stuart SMILLIE	90	114	18.0	18	29	7	18.1	18
Derek SMITH	21	28	27.2	27	22	14	27.3	27
Rod STAFFORD	117	125	19.6	20	27	9	19.7	20
Jon STEVENSON	39	49	12.0	12	37	-1	11.8	12
Terry TAYLOR	71	82	17.2	17	35	1	17.2	17
Alan TWORT	139	162	26.4	26			26.4	26
George WALDEN	126	129	28.0	28	27	9	28.0	28
Steve WALTERS	124	132	9.8	10			9.8	10
Glenn WARD	70	94	20.6	21	26	10	20.7	21
Alan WARDROP	78	98	11.5	12			11.5	12
Graham WRIGHT	138	162	7.2	7	40	-4	6.4	6
Brian WYNN	66	74	28.0	28	35	1	28.0	28

Captain's Bowl qualifiers in BOLD

PAR 3 TROPHY 2007

FINAL POSITIONS - POST HANKLEY COMMON

POSITION	PLAYER	AVERAGE POINTS PER ROUND

1	Peter LAMBERT	51.17
2	Andy HARPER	49.15
3	Hedley GREATBATCH	44.38
4	John HAWLEY	43.51
5	Brian WYNN	43.18
6	Terry TAYLOR	42.84
7	Roger BOYCHUK	42.16
8	Steve BOND	41.86
9	Glenn WARD	41.83
10	Ian MAKEPEACE	40.76
11	Ian MARSHALL	40.57
12	Rod STAFFORD	39.70
13	Ian SELLERS	38.95
14	David JACKSON	37.03
15	Alan BELL	35.08
16	Ray MARSHALL	34.87
17	Steve ROUT	34.51
18	Nigel JOHNSON	34.35
19	Chris ROMAIN	34.32
20	Mike CHRISTIESON	33.88
21	Derek SMITH	33.68
22	John DAVIES	32.80
23	Chris PRESLEY	32.22
24	Russell JOHNSON	31.58
25	Jon STEVENSON	30.72
26	John PALFREY	30.11
27	Jim CATTERMOLE	29.99
28	Peter ROBERTSON	29.73
29	Keith COUGHTREY	28.22
30	Ian BARRETT	27.85
31	Chris BOWER	27.72
32	Stuart SMILLIE	27.60
33	Phil SEYMOUR	26.93
34	Graham WRIGHT	26.46
35	Brian LONGHURST	26.39
36	George WALDEN	26.39
37	Alan WARDROP	25.55
38	Dave CHRISTIE	25.47
39	Steve LITTLE	25.25
40	John MOODY	25.08
41	Mike CORLISS	24.65
42	Les GORDON	24.44
43	Roy JENNINGS	24.13
44	Robin SEWELL	23.49
45	Gary COOPER	23.03
46	Ernie HARRIS	22.43
47	Terry HULME	22.42
48	Harry MEDHURST	20.17
49	Simon CHEUNG	20.05
50	Keith GATFORD	19.14
51	Andy BOND	19.07
52	Alan TWORT	15.95
53	Derek PYE	13.68
54	Peter BARKHAM	11.72

NON-QUALIFIERS
Biddy BAXTER	Richard DAKIN	Gordon PHILLIPS
Robin BLACKMORE	Andrew McCAFFERY	Steve WALTERS

CHAIRMAN'S TROPHY 2007 FINAL STANDINGS POST HANKLEY COMMON

POSITION	PLAYER	ROUND 1	ROUND 2	ROUND 3	TOTAL

1	Graham WRIGHT	40	36	36	112
2	Terry TAYLOR	42	35	32	109
3	Roger BOYCHUK	38	37	34	109
4	Ian MARSHALL	36	36	34	106
5	Jon STEVENSON	37	36	32	105
6	Mike CHRISTIESON	40	37	27	104
7	Ian BARRETT	35	35	34	104
8	Hedley GREATBATCH	39	33	31	103
9	Steve BOND	38	36	29	103
10	Peter LAMBERT	36	34	33	103
11	Steve ROUT	36	35	31	102
12	Ray MARSHALL	40	31	30	101
13	Terry HULME	37	32	31	100
14	Dave CHRISTIE	36	35	29	100
15	Russell JOHNSON	34	34	32	100
16	Ian SELLERS	34	33	33	100
17	Andy HARPER	35	32	32	99
18	Steve LITTLE	36	31	31	98
19	Chris ROMAIN	33	33	32	98
=	George WALDEN	33	33	32	98
21	Alan BELL	37	36	24	97
22	John DAVIES	32	32	32	96
23	John HAWLEY	34	31	30	95
24	Gary COOPER	32	32	31	95
25	Ernie HARRIS	37	29	28	94
26	Andy BOND	35	33	25	93
27	Rod STAFFORD	31	31	31	93
28	Nigel JOHNSON	36	30	26	92
29	Jim CATTERMOLE	36	29	27	92
30	Brian WYNN	35	33	24	92
31	Derek SMITH	33	31	28	92
32	Keith GATFORD	36	28	27	91
33	Simon CHEUNG	32	30	29	91
=	Peter ROBERTSON	32	30	29	91
=	Glenn WARD	32	30	29	91
36	Harry MEDHURST	34	30	26	90
37	Steve WALTERS	33	32	25	90
38	Richard DAKIN	32	29	29	90
39	Alan TWORT	32	29	28	89
40	Brian LONGHURST	36	28	24	88
41	Stuart SMILLIE	36	29	22	87
42	Chris PRESLEY	30	30	26	86
43	John MOODY	29	29	26	84
44	Les GORDON	29	28	26	83
45	Ian MAKEPEACE	32	26	23	81
46	Chris BOWER	32	26	22	80
47	Keith COUGHTREY	30	28	21	79
48	John PALFREY	28	26	25	79
49	Alan WARDROP	29	25	24	78
50	Phil SEYMOUR	28	25	25	78
51	Peter BARKHAM	29	24	24	77
52	Mike CORLISS	28	25	24	77
53	David JACKSON	28	24	24	76
54	Robin SEWELL	35	25	15	75
55	Roy JENNINGS	26	24	21	71
56	Derek PYE	25	22	21	68
NQ	Andrew McCAFFERY	30	23		53
NQ	Biddy BAXTER	29	24		53
NQ	Robin BLACKMORE	27	25		52
NQ	Gordon PHILLIPS	20			20

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 2007 - FINAL POSITIONS POST HANKLEY COMMON

POSITION	PLAYER	EVENTS	AVERAGE

1	Alan BELL	5	51.41
2	Peter LAMBERT	8	46.53
3	Roger BOYCHUK	9	46.37
4	Ian MARSHALL	5	45.73
5	Russell JOHNSON	5	45.40
6	Terry TAYLOR	5	45.17
7	Dave CHRISTIE	5	43.67
8	Jon STEVENSON	7	43.23
9	Ian SELLERS	8	43.04
10	Chris ROMAIN	8	42.11
11	Andy HARPER	6	41.38
12	John HAWLEY	8	41.22
13	Steve BOND	6	41.05
14	Ian BARRETT	9	40.97
15	Graham WRIGHT	9	40.17
16	Steve ROUT	8	40.15
17	Steve LITTLE	6	38.27
18	Terry HULME	9	36.89
19	Ray MARSHALL	5	36.79
20	Hedley GREATBATCH	8	36.69
21	John DAVIES	6	36.42
22	George WALDEN	9	36.07
23	Gary COOPER	9	34.79
24	Derek SMITH	6	33.45
25	Jim CATTERMOLE	5	31.85
26	Alan TWORT	5	30.44
27	Peter ROBERTSON	9	29.34
28	Simon CHEUNG	6	28.96
29	John MOODY	5	28.49
30	Rod STAFFORD	8	28.45
31	Harry MEDHURST	5	28.11
32	Ernie HARRIS	5	28.04
33	Les GORDON	5	25.59
34	Andy BOND	7	25.50
35	Glenn WARD	9	24.88
36	Stuart SMILLIE	5	24.41
37	Brian WYNN	7	23.11
38	John PALFREY	6	21.92
39	David JACKSON	7	18.16
40	Brian LONGHURST	8	17.78
41	Chris BOWER	5	17.23
42	Mike CORLISS	8	16.09
43	Peter BARKHAM	5	15.67
44	Phil SEYMOUR	8	14.90
45	Derek PYE	6	11.40
NON-QUALIFIERS	EVENTS IN BRACKETS
	Biddy BAXTER (3)	Keith GATFORD (4)	Gordon PHILLIPS (1)
	Robin BLACKMORE (2)	Roy JENNINGS (4)	Chris PRESLEY (4)
	Mike CHRISTIESON (4)	Nigel JOHNSON (4)	Robin SEWELL (4)
	Keith COUGHTREY (4)	Ian MAKEPEACE (4)	Steve WALTERS (3)
	Richard DAKIN (3)	Andrew McCAFFERY (2)	Alan WARDROP (4)

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.

B.A.G.S

CAPTAIN'S BOWL QUALIFIERS 2008

1	Holder	Alan Bell

2	Retiring Captain	Glenn Ward

	Challengers:	Winners

3	Kingswood	Alan Bell	Stuart Smillie

4	West Hill	Peter Lambert	Roger Boychuk

5	Puttenham	Steve Bond	Roger Boychuk

6	Haywards Heath	Mike Christieson	Ian Marshall

7	Betchworth Park	Terry Taylor	Mike Christieson

8	Littlehampton	Russell Johnson	Steve Bond

9	Purley Downs	Roger Boychuk	Graham Wright

10	Secretary's Cup	Jon Stevenson	Hedley Greatbatch

11	Hindhead	Ian Marshall	Dave Christie

12	Hankley Common	Graham Wright	Jon Stevenson

13	Par 3 Competition	Peter Lambert	Andy Harper

14	Singles Knock out	Mike Christieson	Alan Twort

15	Pairs Knock out	Mike Christieson
16		Nigel Johnson

17	Senior's Knock out	Rod Stafford

NQ	Plate Knock out	N/A

17	Chairman's Shield	Graham Wright


18	Treasurer's Trophy	Alan Bell	Peter Lambert
			Roger Boychuk
	Qualifiers are in Bold Print.
	Eligible Reserves are in Normal Print and will compete if Qualifier of their event does not play.
	Players who have qualified in more than one event are in italics.

HANKLEY COMMON - 27TH NOVEMBER 2007COMPETITION SCRATCH SCORE = 36

CAPTAIN'S BOWL QUALIFIERS 2008

Stuart Smillie

Roger Boychuk

Ian Marshall

Mike Christieson

Andy Harper

Roger Boychuk

HANKLEY COMMON - 27^TH NOVEMBER 2007COMPETITION SCRATCH SCORE = 36