1.        Glenn had a dream start as Captain at West Hill. His drive went right down the middle, he was only denied 3^rd place in the main competition on Countback and his Captain's Challenge defeated 46 of the field so transferring to them a £92 Charity obligation. His performance was all the more impressive when we take into account the fact that he had only climbed off a flight from the US West Coast less than 24 hours earlier. Add to that the fact that whereas the temperatures on his trip were in the 70s, West Hill provided one of the coldest golf days (when you take the wind chill into account) BAGS have ever experienced. I wonder how many other BAGS Captains have had their handicap reduced on their first playing day in office. Well done Glenn!

2.        The conditions led to the lowest winning score since Steve Walters' 34 at Stoke Poges (it was bitterly cold then too!) in March 1996 as Peter Lambert duplicated that score in what must have been a really gutsy performance. West Hill plays long, with a number of daunting par 4s, and that's before taking the wind into account. This was Peter's 6^th BAGS victory which takes him level with Graham and one ahead of Chris Romain and Alan Bell (who has achieved five day victories not the four I stated in the last newsletter). It's interesting that the all time lowest winning BAGS score was Peter's 33 on the Wentworth Edinburgh course in March 1994 so he obviously specialises in difficult assignments. Congratulations Peter. When producing the results Steve mentioned that he could not recall a previous CSS as low as 31.

3.        Other solid performances were by Roger (also on the US trip which did Glenn so much good), Jon and Ian Barrett who amazed everyone by playing all day in SHIRT SLEEVES. Must be a touch of the Eskimo in his genes! It was also great to see Chris Hodgson again.

4.        Our thanks to those who helped kick start the Marsden fund raising by buying heavily discounted golf balls from the Barrett collection, bought raffle tickets from Gary, contributed to the Captain's Challenge (thank you Glenn for generously adding to this with some of your Vegas winnings) and for bidding so energetically during Chris' auction for rounds at the Army and Hindhead. 

5.        The Knock Out draws were carried out by Alan during the afternoon and these will be issued within the next few days. As usual the advice is to make contact with your opponent(s) at an early stage to establish when they are available. Believe it or not, the warmer weather is on its way and the lighter evenings should give ample opportunity for your matches.

6.        At the moment it's too early to have meaningful results or tables for the Chairman's or the Treasurer's but Steve has issued the par 3 standings at West Hill, partly so that members get an opportunity to understand the new basis for calculation of the standings. It's good to see Steve Bond with a good performance though these figures come with a health warning that your position can go down as well as up, depending on future events!

7.        Thanks to those involved on the tour for responding so enthusiastically to the 'Gala Dinner' idea put forward by Andrew for the evening of Friday September 14^th. Based on comments from Biddy and Steve W additional to Andrew's, it sounds a great venue with wonderful views nearby over the cliffs and sea below. Steve also talked of magnificent sunsets so we'll keep our fingers crossed that there'll be one to see that evening!

8.        You'll be pleased to know that Harry's foot is improving and had weather conditions at West Hill permitted the use of buggies, he would have tried 9 holes. We hope he'll be able to do that instead at Puttenham. In the meantime Gordon is sadly out of action until June with a shoulder problem but whether or not he's fit enough to play at Betchworth, he'll be at the Charity dinner and we wish him a speedy recovery in the meantime.

9.         I'm still not yet able to publish the whole of next year's programme as St George's Hill, our choice for the 15 year anniversary event in March, have still not confirmed our preferred date of March 27th but I'm hoping this will be tied up by Easter. However just to whet your appetites, we've got Effingham in February, the bunkerless Royal Ashdown Forest in April and a hidden gem at Mill Ride in Ascot for October, all at the bargain price of £65 (though St G will be a heavily subsidised £80). 

10.     Attention now switches to the first of our summer events in a few weeks time at Puttenham and you are reminded that the balance is due by April 1^st.  

           

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

 

WEST HILL - 20TH MARCH 2007

 

 

B.A.G.S. HANDICAP SUMMARY

 

 

POST      WEST HILL - 20^TH MARCH 2007 - COMPETITION SCRATCH SCORE = 31

 

 

	Rounds Handicap	Rounds Total	Previous Exact	Previous Play	Score	Difference From Scratch	Revised Exact	Revised Play
Peter BARKHAM	102	102	28.0	28	10	21	28.0	28
Ian BARRETT	2	2	24.1	24	30	1	24.1	24
Biddy BAXTER	79	95	14.4	14	29	2	14.4	14
Alan BELL	41	56	5.8	6			5.8	6
Robin BLACKMORE	81	85	22.3	22	25	6	22.4	22
Andy BOND	75	75	27.7	28	22	9	27.8	28
Steve BOND	8	8	28.0	28	25	6	28.0	28
Chris BOWER	102	102	15.5	16			15.5	16
Roger BOYCHUK	36	52	24.1	24	32	-1	23.7	24
Jim CATTERMOLE	109	129	17.1	17			17.1	17
Simon CHEUNG	48	64	12.4	12	19	12	12.5	13
Dave CHRISTIE	41	53	7.1	7	29	2	7.1	7
Mike CHRISTIESON	24	40	13.5	14	26	5	13.6	14
Gary COOPER	46	50	12.1	12	22	9	12.2	12
Mike CORLISS	109	129	28.0	28	21	10	28.0	28
Keith COUGHTREY	88	88	19.7	20			19.7	20
Richard DAKIN	45	45	5.6	6	29	2	5.6	6
John DAVIES	135	155	20.0	20			20.0	20
Keith GATFORD	89	97	28.0	28			28.0	28
Les GORDON	43	59	16.2	16			16.2	16
Hedley GREATBATCH	61	65	18.0	18	25	6	18.1	18
Andy HARPER	114	133	19.7	20	26	5	19.8	20
Ernie HARRIS	74	74	19.3	19	NR	31	19.4	19
John HAWLEY	32	48	22.4	22	29	2	22.4	22
Terry HULME	166	186	19.6	20	24	7	19.7	20
David JACKSON	78	90	28.0	28	17	14	28.0	28
Roy JENNINGS	110	119	21.7	22			21.7	22
Nigel JOHNSON	24	32	11.6	12	23	8	11.7	12
Russell JOHNSON	116	135	26.5	27	26	5	26.6	27
Peter LAMBERT	115	134	20.1	20	34	-3	19.2	19
Steve LITTLE	123	143	14.2	14			14.2	14
Brian LONGHURST	151	171	27.9	28	16	15	28.0	28
Ian MAKEPEACE	5	5	15.3	15			15.3	15
Ian MARSHALL	65	69	17.7	18			17.7	18
Ray MARSHALL	73	77	21.7	22	25	6	21.8	22
Andrew McCAFFERY	61	65	5.1	5			5.1	5
Harry MEDHURST	86	96	9.6	10			9.6	10
John MOODY	132	148	23.2	23	26	5	23.3	23
John PALFREY	93	93	23.6	24	25	6	23.7	24
Gordon PHILLIPS	122	142	17.7	18			17.7	18
Chris PRESLEY	67	75	20.1	20	30	1	20.1	20
Derek PYE	59	59	28.0	28	12	19	28.0	28
Peter ROBERTSON	136	148	17.2	17	27	4	17.3	17
Chris ROMAIN	142	158	9.2	9	30	1	9.2	9
Steve ROUT	18	22	13.4	13	27	4	13.5	14
Ian SELLERS	58	62	10.5	11	27	4	10.6	11
Robin SEWELL	84	96	17.5	18			17.5	18
Phil SEYMOUR	82	91	19.6	20	16	15	19.7	20
Stuart SMILLIE	86	106	17.7	18			17.7	18
Derek SMITH	15	21	26.9	27			26.9	27
Rod STAFFORD	111	119	19.2	19	22	9	19.3	19
Jon STEVENSON	33	41	12.0	12	32	-1	11.8	12
Terry TAYLOR	67	78	18.9	19			18.9	19
Alan TWORT	135	154	26.0	26			26.0	26
George WALDEN	119	122	28.0	28	17	14	28.0	28
Steve WALTERS	123	131	9.6	10	25	6	9.7	10
Glenn WARD	63	83	20.5	21	32	-1	20.1	20
Alan WARDROP	75	95	11.1	11	24	7	11.2	11
Graham WRIGHT	131	151	7.0	7	28	3	7.1	7
Brian WYNN	61	65	28.0	28	20	11	28.0	28

 

Captain's Bowl qualifiers in BOLD

 

 

 

BAGS PAR 3 RESULTS WEST HILL

 

20^TH MARCH 2007