Mill Ride results

A record 68 players including 17 guests enjoyed the delights of Hankley Common and though it was cold, the sun was never far away and above all the day stayed dry. So the scene was set for the final majors of the season to be settled and in two out three trophies the previous leader was overhauled in the finishing straight.

One person who was fast out of the blocks at Hankley was Ian Barrett and he kept up the pace throughout his 18 holes to hit a magnificent 42 points. This was 7 points ahead of the nearest BAGS competitor, Dave Christie who reached a very creditable 35. The winning margin was only one point behind Rod’s all time record of eight at Royal Ashdown in March ’98 and was Ian’s second day victory this season, the other being at Gatton in July. Ian has practised hard this year and has been rewarded with these two victories as well as a third place on the tour. Great stuff Mr Barrett and a well deserved cut of 4 shots is on its way as an early Christmas present from Steve and Ian M.

In the Chairman’s Alan Wardrop’s previously commanding lead was put at risk by Ian’s surge of 11 points up the table as he replaced 31 points with his 42. Even this was not quite enough as his new cumulative of 111 left him three short of Alan’s 114. So it’s congratulations to Alan on his first win in the Chairman’s, no mean achievement off 9.

There was not such good news for Alan in the Treasurer’s as his performance at Hankley saw him slip to second place behind Dave Christie who advanced from 4th post Mill Ride to notch his first win in this competition for the most consistent player. Well done Dave.

The par 3 also produced a turn round as Peter Robertson, leader after Mill Ride, saw Keith Gatford, while he only scored 22 on the day at Hankley, obviously playing the short holes very well to take the trophy from Steve Walters. Well done Keith, another new winner of this competition.

With the par 3 in mind, it is appropriate to pay tribute to George Walden, originator of this competition, who announced his resignation from BAGS at the Hankley dinner. We are grateful to George, a Past Captain, for his enormous contribution to BAGS over the years and look forward to seeing him as a guest as frequently as he can make it to our future events.

The Past Captains’ Trophy was also played for at Hankley and it was good to see all but one of these office holders turning out. In the end Jim won this trophy for the first time with a score of 33 points beating Steve Walters by a point.

Our 2009 Charity Campaign was launched at Hankley and we are grateful to Ian for his work in collating the golf towel packs then selling over 40 of them to yield a profit of £200+ for the Marsden. The remainder will be sold at West Surrey so make sure you get one – the towels are of high quality. Thanks also to Chris for auctioning rounds at Barton and Brokenhurst Manor and of course to Jon for his generosity in buying these on the evening. Watch out for more auctions at future BAGS events.

With this season sorted, we now look ahead to 2009 and bookings are already rolling in from many of you for the new season’s events. My thanks to the 24 who have currently responded and I look forward to seeing the rest of the membership renewals by the end of December.

There has been a welcome surge of bookings for the Tyrrells dinner on January 17th and our numbers have now reached 60. Please do return your menu choices as soon as possible and consider attending so you can spend a memorable January evening with your BAGS friends and their guests.

Our first event of 2009 will be a welcome return to West Surrey where of course the Captain’s Bowl will be played for. If you are a winner (or in some cases a runner up) in any 2008 competition, you are entitled to take part in this. Steve will be issuing a list of qualifiers in the near future so if you are on that list, don’t miss an opportunity to play for this prestigious trophy.

Our numbers for the Tour are now 31 and it’s good to see Biddy, the only man to have won the Tour Cup twice, will be joining us in Wales.

At the AGM you will have the opportunity to vote for the members of the committee to represent you in 2009. If you have any proposals, we’d be pleased to hear them. Just to remind you that your Committee’s choice for the new VC to serve with Roger is Keith Gatford. These and all other roles are of course also subject to a vote by all members.

May I wish you and your families a very Happy Christmas and a healthy New Year.

18 holes - CSS 34

Position		Points

1	Ian BARRETT	42		BAGS Winner
2	Mike WILLIAMS	38		Guest Winner
3	Guy SIMPKIN	36		Guest
4	Leigh ROUT	35		Guest
=	Dave CHRISTIE	35
6	Derek SMITH	33	Countback
7	Richard DAKIN	33
=	Steve ROUT	33
=	Robert ELVIN	33		Guest
=	Jim CATTERMOLE	33
11	Jason BETTINSON	32		Guest
=	Steve WALTERS	32
=	Keith COUGHTREY	32
=	Hedley GREATBATCH	32
15	Simon CHEUNG	31
=	John HAWLEY	31
=	Graham WRIGHT	31
=	Ray CLARKE	31		Guest
19	Ian SELLERS	30
=	Nigel JOHNSON	30
=	Alan BELL	30
=	Russell JOHNSON	30
23	Jon STEVENSON	29
=	Harry MEDHURST	29
=	Gary COOPER	29
=	Andrew GATFORD	29		Guest
27	John DAVIES	28
=	Chris ROMAIN	28
=	Peter LAMBERT	28
=	Peter SEAWARD	28		Guest
31	Andy HARPER	27
=	Richard GATFORD	27		Guest
=	Gordon PHILLIPS	27
=	Terry HULME	27
=	Chris HODGSON	27		Guest
36	Ernie HARRIS	26
=	Ian MAKEPEACE	26
=	Mick LAWTON	26		Guest
39	Chris BOWER	25
=	Ian MARSHALL	25
=	Alan WARDROP	25
=	Andy SKILTON	25		Guest
43	Brian LONGHURST	24
=	Kevin HAWKINS	24		Guest
=	Terry TAYLOR	24
46	Biddy BAXTER	23
=	Stuart SMILLIE	23
48	Keith GATFORD	22
=	Roger BOYCHUK	22
=	Bob MAIDLOW	22
=	Les GORDON	22
52	Roger WOODCOCK	21		Guest
=	John PALFREY	21
54	Robin BLACKMORE	20
55	Rod STAFFORD	19
=	Peter ROBERTSON	19
=	Mike CORLISS	19
=	Jan Kesek	19		Guest
=	Alan SPRIGGS	19		Guest
=	Brian WYNN	19
61	Glenn WARD	18
=	Peter BARKHAM	18
63	David JACKSON	17
=	George WALDEN	17
65	Ben BOULDIN	15		Guest
66	Derek PYE	14
67	Roy JENNINGS	12
68	John MOODY	9

Past captains Trophy

POSITION

PLAYER

POINTS

JIM CATTERMOLE

STEVE WALTERS

ALAN BELL

JOHN DAVIES

28
Countback

CHRIS ROMAIN

BIDDY BAXTER

25
Countback

CHRIS BOWER

STUART SMILLIE

PETER ROBERTSON

GLENN WARD

GEORGE WALDEN

ROY JENNINGS

JOHN MOODY

Par 3 final positions

POSITION	PLAYER	AVERAGE POINTS PER ROUND

1	Keith GATFORD	45.58
2	Steve WALTERS	43.58
3	Les GORDON	43.49
4	Ian MARSHALL	42.63
5	Peter ROBERTSON	41.61
6	Stuart SMILLIE	40.6
7	Jim CATTERMOLE	40.54
8	Derek SMITH	39.75
9	Mike CORLISS	39.74
10	Hedley GREATBATCH	39.67
11	Andy HARPER	38.92
12	Bob MAIDLOW	38.67
13	Gordon PHILLIPS	38.44
14	Brian LONGHURST	37.23
15	John DAVIES	36.63
16	Terry TAYLOR	35.97
17	Terry HULME	35.78
18	Dave CHRISTIE	35.58
19	Alan WARDROP	34.88
20	Ernie HARRIS	33.92
21	Steve LITTLE	32.77
22	Alan BELL	32.03
23	Steve ROUT	31.72
24	Ian BARRETT	31.64
25	John HAWLEY	30.05
26	Glenn WARD	29.8
27	Jon STEVENSON	29.71
28	Ray MARSHALL	29.07
29	Roger BOYCHUK	29.05
30	Roy JENNINGS	28.92
31	Harry MEDHURST	28.9
32	Alan TWORT	28.88
33	Chris ROMAIN	28.59
34	Rod STAFFORD	28.38
35	Nigel JOHNSON	27.81
36	Chris BOWER	27.58
37	Peter LAMBERT	27.52
38	Simon CHEUNG	27.51
39	Graham WRIGHT	27.47
40	Steve BOND	27.36
41	Keith COUGHTREY	27.2
42	Ian SELLERS	26.56
43	Ian MAKEPEACE	25.69
44	Gary COOPER	25.44
45	Andrew McCAFFERY	24.9
46	John MOODY	23.18
47	Brian WYNN	23.02
48	Andy BOND	22.71
49	John PALFREY	21.33
50	Chris PRESLEY	21.13
51	Russell JOHNSON	19.58
52	George WALDEN	17.75
53	Peter BARKHAM	14.04

NON-QUALIFIERS
Biddy BAXTER	Mike CHRISTIESON	David JACKSON
Robin BLACKMORE	Richard DAKIN	Derek PYE
		Robin SEWELL

Treasurers final placings for 2008

		Average
Position		Points

1	Dave CHRISTIE	50.56
2	Alan WARDROP	48.44
3	John HAWLEY	47.52
4	Andy HARPER	47.42
5	Jon STEVENSON	47.18
6	Alan BELL	46.92
7	Steve WALTERS	46.60
8	Peter ROBERTSON	46.04
9	Peter LAMBERT	44.79
10	Derek SMITH	44.26
11	Ian BARRETT	42.50
12	Hedley GREATBATCH	42.42
13	Jim CATTERMOLE	41.15
14	Simon CHEUNG	41.05
15	Gary COOPER	40.50
16	Steve ROUT	39.44
17	Les GORDON	38.99
18	Steve LITTLE	38.61
19	Terry HULME	35.59
20	Chris ROMAIN	35.58
21	Harry MEDHURST	35.52
22	Ian SELLERS	34.90
23	Ernie HARRIS	33.76
24	Russell JOHNSON	33.72
25	Keith GATFORD	32.83
26	Graham WRIGHT	31.40
27	Alan TWORT	31.05
28	Ian MARSHALL	30.83
29	Bob MAIDLOW	28.79
30	John DAVIES	28.26
31	Rod STAFFORD	27.75
32	Brian LONGHURST	25.74
33	Keith COUGHTREY	25.61
34	Gordon PHILLIPS	24.39
35	Steve BOND	23.85
36	Roger BOYCHUK	23.56
37	Andy BOND	23.56
38	Glenn WARD	23.44
39	John PALFREY	23.03
40	Terry TAYLOR	19.85
41	George WALDEN	16.74
42	Brian WYNN	15.83
43	Ray MARSHALL	14.63
44	Peter BARKHAM	13.22
45	Mike CORLISS	12.89
46	John MOODY	5.33
47	Biddy BAXTER	NQ
48	Robin BLACKMORE	NQ
49	Chris BOWER	NQ
50	Mike CHRISTIESON	NQ
51	Richard DAKIN	NQ
52	David JACKSON	NQ
53	Roy JENNINGS	NQ
54	Nigel JOHNSON	NQ
55	Ian MAKEPEACE	NQ
56	Andrew McCAFFERY	NQ
57	Chris PRESLEY	NQ
58	Derek PYE	NQ
59	Robin SEWELL	NQ
60	Phil SEYMOUR	NQ
61	Stuart SMILLIE	NQ

Chairmans Shield final placings

Position		TOTAL
1	Alan WARDROP	114
2	Ian BARRETT	111
3	Jon STEVENSON	109
4	Steve WALTERS	108
5	Peter ROBERTSON	107
6	Dave CHRISTIE	104
7	Andy HARPER	103
8	Andrew McCAFFERY	102
9	John HAWLEY	101
10	Derek SMITH	100
11	Gary COOPER	99
=	Steve LITTLE	99
13	Jim CATTERMOLE	98
=	Steve ROUT	98
15	Hedley GREATBATCH	97
=	Peter LAMBERT	97
=	Stuart SMILLIE	97
=	Graham WRIGHT	97
19	Alan BELL	96
=	Les GORDON	96
21	Terry HULME	94
=	Nigel JOHNSON	94
=	Gordon PHILLIPS	94
24	Simon CHEUNG	93
=	Keith COUGHTREY	93
=	Ernie HARRIS	93
=	Chris ROMAIN	93
28	Steve BOND	92
=	Harry MEDHURST	92
30	Mike CHRISTIESON	90
=	Keith GATFORD	90
=	Brian LONGHURST	90
33	Roger BOYCHUK	89
=	Russell JOHNSON	89
=	Chris PRESLEY	89
=	Ian SELLERS	89
=	Glenn WARD	89
38	Bob MAIDLOW	88
39	Andy BOND	87
=	Richard DAKIN	87
41	Ian MARSHALL	86
=	Alan TWORT	86
43	John DAVIES	85
44	Ian MAKEPEACE	84
=	Phil SEYMOUR	84
46	Rod STAFFORD	83
47	John PALFREY	81
48	Brian WYNN	79
49	Roy JENNINGS	78
=	Robin SEWELL	78
51	Terry TAYLOR	77
=	George WALDEN	77
53	Peter BARKHAM	76
=	Chris BOWER	76
55	Ray MARSHALL	72
56	Mike CORLISS	71
57	Biddy BAXTER	69
58	John MOODY	64
59	Derek PYE	56
60	Robin BLACKMORE	45
61	David JACKSON	33

Handicaps after Hankley Common

	Hcap	PREVIOUS		Hankley Common		REVISED
	Rounds	Exact	Play	Points	Diff from CSS	Exact	Play
Peter BARKHAM	111	28	28	18	16	28	28
Ian BARRETT	18	23.5	24	42	-8	20.3	20
Biddy BAXTER	84	14.8	15	23	11	14.9	15
Alan BELL	50	6	6	30	4	6.1	6
Robin BLACKMORE	54	22.6	23	20	14	22.7	23
Andy BOND	86	27.4	27	0	0	27.4	27
Steve BOND	18	26.9	27	0	0	26.9	27
Chris BOWER	111	16.2	16	25	9	16.3	16
Roger BOYCHUK	52	21.8	22	22	12	21.9	22
Jim CATTERMOLE	120	17.8	18	33	1	17.8	18
Simon CHEUNG	59	13.4	13	31	3	13.4	13
Dave CHRISTIE	52	6.8	7	35	-1	6.6	7
Mike CHRISTIESON	30	11	11	0	0	11	11
Gary COOPER	62	13	13	29	5	13.1	13
Mike CORLISS	122	28	28	19	15	28	28
Keith COUGHTREY	99	20.6	21	32	2	20.6	21
Richard DAKIN	50	5.9	6	33	1	5.9	6
John DAVIES	148	20.9	21	28	6	21	21
Keith GATFORD	101	28	28	22	12	28	28
Les GORDON	54	16.4	16	22	12	16.5	17
Hedley GREATBATCH	75	16.4	16	32	2	16.4	16
Andy HARPER	124	19.3	19	27	7	19.4	19
Ernie HARRIS	82	19.5	20	26	8	19.6	20
John HAWLEY	47	22.6	23	31	3	22.6	23
Terry HULME	182	20.5	21	27	7	20.6	21
David JACKSON	86	28	28	17	17	28	28
Roy JENNINGS	118	22.4	22	12	22	22.5	23
Nigel JOHNSON	30	11.9	12	30	4	12	12
Russell JOHNSON	125	27	27	30	4	27	27
Peter LAMBERT	126	19.5	20	28	6	19.6	20
Steve LITTLE	136	14.5	15	0	0	14.5	15
Brian LONGHURST	165	28	28	24	10	28	28
Ian MAKEPEACE	12	15.8	16	26	8	15.9	16
Ian MARSHALL	75	16.8	17	25	9	16.9	17
Ray MARSHALL	83	21	21	0	0	21	21
Andrew McCAFFERY	67	5.3	5	0	0	5.3	5
Harry MEDHURST	99	10.7	11	29	5	10.8	11
John MOODY	141	28	28	9	25	28	28
John PALFREY	105	24.8	25	21	13	24.9	25
Gordon PHILLIPS	130	17.7	18	27	7	17.8	18
Chris PRESLEY	74	20.2	20	0	0	20.2	20
Derek PYE	66	28	28	14	20	28	28
Peter ROBERTSON	151	16.1	16	19	15	16.2	16
Chris ROMAIN	156	10	10	28	6	10.1	10
Steve ROUT	30	13.7	14	33	1	13.7	14
Ian SELLERS	72	11.6	12	30	4	11.7	12
Robin SEWELL	90	18.1	18	0	0	18.1	18
Phil SEYMOUR	91	20.5	21	0	0	20.5	21
Stuart SMILLIE	94	18.2	18	23	11	18.3	18
Derek SMITH	29	27.5	28	33	1	27.5	28
Rod STAFFORD	122	20.1	20	19	15	20.2	20
Jon STEVENSON	48	10.2	10	29	5	10.3	10
Terry TAYLOR	77	17.7	18	24	10	17.8	18
Alan TWORT	144	26.7	27	0	0	26.7	27
George WALDEN	132	28	28	17	17	28	28
Steve WALTERS	129	8.5	9	32	2	8.5	9
Glenn WARD	78	21.3	21	18	16	21.4	21
Alan WARDROP	84	9.2	9	25	9	9.3	9
Graham WRIGHT	146	6.9	7	31	3	7	7
Brian WYNN	74	28	28	19	15	28	28
Bob MAIDLOW	7	24.4	24	22	12	24.5	25