Tour 2008

Our Secretary, now known as "Champion", in his modest way asked Steve Little to act as your correspondent on the ground, as it were, and to report on the circumstances leading to Terry's terrific performance and reflect on another successful tour which Terry of course largely organised - for that we thank him profusely for all his hard work.

Unfortunately Les was unable to join us due to injury and Peter Lambert was unable to arrive until Friday due to a family funeral. Harry was feeling unwell after the Thursday round and was taken home by Brian Longhurst who thus dropped out for Friday. We wish Harry a speedy recovery and thank Brian for his kindness. Alan Bell organised a collection from the tourers and presented Brian with a golf shirt from Stoneham as a token of our thanks - if anything typifies the spirit of BAGS, this whole chapter was it.

For your information, I have gone online and looked on the website of the New Forest Gazette published on Saturday.

The back page headline says "Hulme beats Bell in ding dong battle"
chronicling the former's last hole success where Mr Bell was unable to secure the four points to win with Mr Hulme having "declared" on the 17th.

The inside front page makes interesting reading as there is a report that a local publican in Lyndhurst has retired to the Bahamas following a unprecedented rise in his profits following an unexpected upturn in his fortunes - he has taken early retirement.

There was a separate report of several incidents during the week in and around the Forest Lodge Hotel and the adjacent Police Station. Apparently, the Police are concerned about a Scotsman seen in a Chelsea football shirt who had seemingly lost all use of his legs - they are concerned about his condition. They also report a similar incident the following evening with a reported siting of a person in a similar condition but this time the man was dressed all in pink, with a number 9 on his back, or was it a 6?

You may all wish to read more details online yourselves!

As for each day, Alan D. Harper (as he is now referred to by Rog) won the first day from the Silver Fox and to celebrate they became like kiddies in the chocolate factory as they cleared the whisky from the local pub almost single handedly - needless to say their second day performance was comparatively woeful and they nearly missed the cut.

Barton was a fairly gentle course as the scores reflect and these despite a strong wind off the sea - the day was a disaster for Gordon who drove his buggy into the rough and in trying to get out knackered the engine and Harry had to use his mobile to get assistance - their round took 8 hours, it seemed. Then poor Gordon "lost" his only set of car keys somewhere between his car and the hotel bar. It was thought some opportunist thieves had taken the keys and thought they might nick a BMW or whatever only to find something a little less grand and threw the keys in a thicket - Gordon thought his so called friends had taken them as a prank as by dinner he was still not able to wash or change as his clothes etc were in his car. Our intrepid Secretary found them down the side of the cash register in the bar!

The second day saw Terry master a difficult Brokenhurst Manor course and share the lead with Ian Barrett who had two excellent scores with Alan Bell not far behind.

With the Losers (sorry Plate) trophy going to Ian Makepeace, who also won the day prize, the stage was free for the main competitors to battle through the heavy rain (for a few holes) and finish dramatically in the sunshine on a lovely course at Stoneham just outside Southampton.

The revelry of celebration went well into the night. On Saturday the Kummel Kup overflowed with some competitive golf which saw the Captain's team prevail for the first time in the 3 years the trophy has been played for.
Old Thorns was very impressive and is a course that many are looking to return to as a smaller group or with BAGS - Peter Robertson has details of some good deals for groups of at least 12.

Finally, the hotel was excellent with high quality food and service.

As well as our thanks to Terry, we must all thank Hedley and Roger for their sterling work in organising the days, scores etc. - also to Ian Barrett for organising the fun (some of it unintentional!) draw of numbered golf balls to determine who we had drawn in a sweep for the following day.

Here's to next year!

Best wishes

Steve

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QUALIFYING ROUNDS

	Barton	Brokenhurst Manor	Total
Ian Barrett	36	35	71
Terry Hulme	34	37**	71
Alan Bell	33	36	69
Jason Bettinson (Guest)	35	32	67
Mike Christieson	37	28	65
Harry Medhurst	36	29	65
Graham Wright	32	32	64
Roger Boychuk	36	27	63
Andy Harper	38**	24	62
Jon Stevenson	37	25	62
Chris Romain	26	35	61
Steve Rout	33	27	60
John Hawley	32	28	60
Hedley Greatbatch	33	26	59
Brian Longhurst	33	26	59
Russell Johnson	27	32	59
MISSED CUT
	**Day Winner
Ian Makepeace	30	28	58
Steve Little	29	29	58
Dave Christie	31	26	57
Derek Smith	28	28	56
Peter Robertson	26	30	56
Stuart Smillie	34	21	55
Simon Cheung	32	22	54
Chris Presley	22	32	54
Brian Wynn	32	20	52
Robin Sewell	27	24	51
Gordon Phillips	24	27	51
John Davies	26	21	47
Alan Spriggs (Guest)	29	17	46
Mike Corliss	21	25	46
Glenn Ward	24	19	43
David Jackson	22	14	36
Keith Perry (Guest)	37	38	Not in competition
Peter Lambert			Playing Friday & Saturday

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54 HOLE TOTAL - FINAL PLACINGS

Position		Barton	Brokenhurst Manor	Stoneham	Total
1	Terry Hulme	34	37	34	105
2	Alan Bell	33	36	35	104
3	Ian Barrett	36	35	31	102
4	Mike Christieson	37	28	35	100
5	Graham Wright	32	32	33	97
6	Jon Stevenson	37	25	34	96
7	Roger Boychuk	36	27	33	96
8	Jason Bettinson	35	32	29	96
9	Chris Romain	26	35	32	93
10	Andy Harper	38	24	30	92
11	Russell Johnson	27	32	30	89
12	Steve Rout	33	27	27	87
13	John Hawley	32	28	24	84
14	Hedley Greatbatch	33	26	23	82
15	Harry Medhurst	36	29	Did Not Play	65
16	Brian Longhurst	33	26	Did Not Play	59

PLATE COMPETITION NEW FOREST TOUR 2008
18 HOLE STABLEFORD
		Total
1	Ian Makepeace	39
2	Simon Cheung	37
=	Derek Smith	34
4	Dave Christie	31
=	Brian Wynn	31
=	Glenn Ward	31
7	Peter Robertson	30
=	Peter Lambert	30
9	Chris Presley	29
=	Gordon Phillips	29
11	Stuart Smillie	28
12	Steve Little	26
13	Robin Sewell	24
14	John Davies	23
15	Alan Spriggs	18
16	Mike Corliss	17
=	David Jackson	17

STONEHAM OVERALL DAY EVENT RESULT

1	Ian Makepeace	39
2	Simon Cheung	37
3	Mike Christieson	35 (Countback)
4	Alan Bell	35
5	Derek Smith	34
=	Terry Hulme	34
=	Jon Stevenson	34
8	Graham Wright	33
=	Roger Boychuk	33
10	Chris Romain	32
11	Dave Christie	31
=	Brian Wynn	31
=	Glenn Ward	31
=	Ian Barrett	31
15	Peter Robertson	30
=	Peter Lambert	30
=	Andy Harper	30
=	Russell Johnson	30
19	Chris Presley	29
=	Gordon Phillips	29
=	Jason Bettinson	29
22	Stuart Smillie	28
23	Steve Rout	27
24	Steve Little	26
25	Robin Sewell	24
=	John Hawley	24
27	John Davies	23
=	Hedley Greatbatch	23
29	Alan Spriggs	18
30	Mike Corliss	17
31	David Jackson	17
	Brian Longhurst	Did Not Play
	Harry Medhurst	Did Not Play

KUMMEL KUP –BETTERBALL FOURBALL MATCHPLAY

CAPTAIN’S TEAM (Captain - Hedley Greatbatch) Vs VICE-CAPTAIN’S TEAM (Captain – Roger Boychuk)

CAPTAIN’S	Points	Points	VICE-CAPTAIN’S
Hedley Greatbatch Halved	9	9	Roger Boychuk Halved
Ian Barrett/David Jackson	8.5	9.5	Alan Twort/Andy Harper Won
Dave Christie/Ian Makepeace Won	9.5	8.8	Peter Robertson/Chris Romain
Steve Little/Peter Lambert Won	10.5	7.5	Alan Bell/Steve Rout
Robin Sewell/John Davies Won	9.5	8.5	Glenn Ward/Alan Spriggs
Mike Christieson/John Hawley Won	11.5	6.5	Terry Hulme (full handicap difference)
Simon Cheung/Jason Bettinson	8	10	Graham Wright/Jon Stevenson Won
Mike Corliss/Chris Presley Won	9.5	8.5	Brian Longhurst/ Russell Johnson
TOTAL POINTS	87	75