Betchworth 2009 results

1. The day before our visit to Merrist Wood was one of the hottest of the year and we were indeed fortunate that by the next day it had somewhat cooled down though it seemed at one point we were destined for heavy rain. Thankfully this petered out after a couple of holes and we had good golf conditions. The course itself, while a good layout, was clearly not in the condition it had been a few weeks earlier when some of our members played it. Work on the course had taken place the week earlier and and this had left its mark both on the greens and fairways which looked somewhat dry and patchy.
2. Steve Bond produced an excellent performance to win the day with 40 points for his second BAGS victory. Clearly Steve plays better the nearer he is to his home (his other win was at nearby Puttenham in April 07) and on this occasion we could not have been closer to his Wood Street base so he duly responded! Well played Steve and you must be looking forward to Guildford in December next year! It was also good to see John Palfrey putting in a solid performance in second place with 38.
3. There will no doubt be much debate about the attractions of the Power Play concept which we tried for the first time in the afternoon 9. For what it’s worth, my own view is that it is a format more suited to the lower handicap players who are much more aware of pin placement than those of us who are just happy if we get it on the green, regardless of whether the ball is near the flag! Your committee will no doubt discuss its attractions in a week or so and I’m sure we’ll give it another airing next season.
4. As the leaders in the Chairman’s and Treasurer’s were not playing, Guy and Bob still lead but Burhill in October will no doubt test their skills in the home straight, at least in the Treasurer’s where a sub standard performance can have major implications.
5. Our heartfelt thanks to Roger and Pat for hosting a hugely successful Charity BBQ earlier this month. It was really sad that Pat had her accident in the morning before the guests arrived and she was very brave in socialising later in the afternoon when she had been advised to get her injuries checked out. This she did on the next day and a broken arm was diagnosed. Happily she is now recovering and has expressed her appreciation for the flowers we sent her as well as the other messages of goodwill. No doubt her recovery is being helped by the wonderful views towards the South Downs from the cottage, something which I know we all enjoyed on the day, along of course with the superb food.
6. Not long now to the tour and those involved will have seen the briefing notes I’ve issued. Tour veterans will know that our dress code at dinner is smart casual (but not too much please!) with no need for jackets or ties. Ian has collected many of the £15 pp he needs if you are to take part in the ‘owner’ concept (you win money if your player is in the day’s prizes) and will do the draw for who owns whom on the day before Southerndown when his group are already in Wales.
7. Congratulations to John Davies and Hedley on reaching the KO Finals, John in the Singles and Hedley in the Seniors. I’m sure it’s a total coincidence but each has reached the Final of the competition being handled by the other! Can the other matches which will determine the other Finalists please be played in the next few weeks before the tour.
8. Our October Burhill date is still heavily subscribed though there may be spaces nearer the day. We still however have some availability at Effingham on Wednesday December 2 so if you or a guest wish to attend a BAGS Christmas celebration, you’ll be most welcome.
9. We’ve had a warm thank you letter from Cherry Trees for the £2000 we gave them from our Charity efforts. Chris will be organising the presentation of much of the balance to the Marsden in the next few weeks. Meanwhile Keith is busy preparing his recommendations for the two additional Children’s Charities we’ll be supporting next year in addition to the Marsden. These will be discussed at the next committee meeting in early September and announced soon afterwards.

I look forward to seeing half our members (and two guests) in Wales three weeks today and don’t be worried about the weather – this is a BAGS tour after all!

Results


1	Steve BOND	40		BAGS Winner
2	John PALFREY	38
=	Ian RIDOUT	38		Guest Winner
4	Simon CHEUNG	37	countback
5	Chris ROMAIN	37
=	Paul HOLLEY	37		Guest
7	Gary COOPER	36
8	Dave CHRISTIE	35
=	Martin BLAKE	35		Guest
10	Keith GATFORD	34
=	Hedley GREATBATCH	34
=	Ian MAKEPEACE	34
=	Ian MARSHALL	34
=	Graham WRIGHT	34
=	Kevin CONSTABLE	34		Guest
16	Alan BELL	33
=	Andy BOND	33
=	Patrick MURPHY	33		Guest
19	Harry MEDHURST	32
=	Alan TWORT	32
=	Alan LANGFORD	32		Guest
22	John DAVIES	31
=	Kevin HAWKINS	31
=	Peter ROBERTSON	31
25	Roger BOYCHUK	30
=	Terry HULME	30
=	Steve ROUT	30
28	Keith COUGHTREY	29
=	Brian LONGHURST	29
=	Terry COLEMAN	29		Guest
=	Ian AVORY	29		Guest
32	David JACKSON	28
33	Robin BLACKMORE	27
=	John HAWLEY	27
=	Ray MARSHALL	27
=	Rod STAFFORD	27
=	Brian WYNN	27
38	Mike CORLISS	26
=	Peter LAMBERT	26
=	Peter LINDSEY	26		Guest
41	Dave SHAW	25		Guest
=	Tom FISH	25		Guest
43	Steve LITTLE	24
=	Robin SEWELL	24
=	Alan SPRIGGS	24
=	Jon DIAMOND	24		Guest
=	Tony PLUMB	24		Guest
48	Gordon PHILLIPS	23
49	Glenn WARD	22
=	Phil SEYMOUR	22		Guest
51	Ian BARRETT	18
52	John MOODY	8

Par 3 competition

POSITION	PLAYER	TOTAL SCORE

1	BOND Steve	67.6
2	COUGHTREY Keith	67.18
3	GREATBATCH Hedley	61.26
4	GATFORD Keith	55.01
5	STAFFORD Rod	54.96
5=	WARD Glenn	54.96
7	LAMBERT Peter	54.26
8	PALFREY John	54.17
9	MARSHALL Ian	50.19
10	PHILLIPS Gordon	49.13
11	MARSHALL Ray	48.71
11=	ROMAIN Chris	48.71
13	DAVIES John	48.34
14	CHEUNG Simon	48.01
14=	CORLISS Mike	48.01
16	BOYCHUK Roger	47.92
17	CHRISTIE Dave	43.24
18	WRIGHT Graham	42.83
19	MEDHURST Harry	42.04
20	SEWELL Robin	41.76
21	BARRETT Ian	41.63
22	BLACKMORE Robin	37.69
23	LONGHURST Brian	36.99
24	MAKEPEACE Ian	36.9
25	LITTLE Steve	36.58
26	TWORT Alan	36.21
27	HAWKINS Kevin	36.16
28	BELL Alan	35.79
28=	JACKSON David	35.79
28=	ROUT Steve	35.79
28=	SPRIGGS Alan	35.79
32	HAWLEY John	30.93
33	WYNN Brian	30.24
34	HULME Terry	29.54
35	COOPER Gary	29.13
36	ROBERTSON Peter	18.47
37	BOND Andy	12.55
38	MOODY John	6.67
	BARKHAM Peter	0
	BAXTER Biddy	0
	BETTINSON Jason	0
	BOWER Chris	0
	CATTERMOLE Jim	0
	CHRISTIESON Mike	0
	DAKIN Richard	0
	GORDON Les	0
	HARPER Andy	0

Handicaps after Merrist Wood

		PREVIOUS Hcap		From the event:		REVISED Hcap		Hcap
		Exact	Play	Points	Difference from CSS	Exact	Play	Rounds
1	Peter BARKHAM	28.0	28	0	0	28.0	28	114
2	Ian BARRETT	19.3	19	18	18	19.4	19	33
3	Biddy BAXTER	15.2	15	0	0	15.2	15	103
4	Alan BELL	6.1	6	33	3	6.2	6	77
5	Jason BETTINSON	5.8	6	0	0	5.8	6	5
6	Robin BLACKMORE	22.8	23	27	9	22.9	23	61
7	Andy BOND	27.8	28	33	3	27.8	28	91
8	Steve BOND	27.1	27	40	-4	25.5	26	22
9	Chris BOWER	16.3	16	0	0	16.3	16	111
10	Roger BOYCHUK	22.4	22	30	6	22.5	23	83
11	Jim CATTERMOLE	18.0	18	0	0	18.0	18	143
12	Simon CHEUNG	13.8	14	37	-1	13.5	14	90
13	Dave CHRISTIE	5.9	6	35	1	5.9	6	74
14	Mike CHRISTIESON	11.1	11	0	0	11.1	11	56
15	Gary COOPER	13.2	13	36	0	13.2	13	69
16	Mike CORLISS	28.0	28	26	10	28.0	28	155
17	Keith COUGHTREY	20.9	21	29	7	21.0	21	104
18	Richard DAKIN	5.6	6	0	0	5.6	6	53
19	John DAVIES	21.6	22	31	5	21.7	22	183
20	Keith GATFORD	25.9	26	34	2	25.9	26	119
21	Les GORDON	16.8	17	0	0	16.8	17	78
22	Hedley GREATBATCH	16.7	17	34	2	16.7	17	93
23	Andy HARPER	19.6	20	0	0	19.6	20	154
24	Ernie HARRIS	19.8	20	0	0	19.8	20	84
25	Kevin HAWKINS	28.0	28	31	5	28.0	28	6
26	John HAWLEY	22.9	23	27	9	23.0	23	72
27	Terry HULME	19.5	20	30	6	19.6	20	217
28	David JACKSON	28.0	28	28	8	28.0	28	111
29	Roy JENNINGS	25.7	26	0	0	25.7	26	129
30	Nigel JOHNSON	11.6	12	0	0	11.6	12	43
31	Russell JOHNSON	27.0	27	0	0	27.0	27	152
32	Peter LAMBERT	19.9	20	26	10	20.0	20	151
33	Steve LITTLE	14.9	15	24	12	15.0	15	166
34	Brian LONGHURST	28.0	28	29	7	28.0	28	197
35	Bob MAIDLOW	22.5	23	0	0	22.5	23	12
36	Ian MAKEPEACE	14.6	15	34	2	14.6	15	23
37	Ian MARSHALL	17.0	17	34	2	17.0	17	83
38	Ray MARSHALL	21.4	21	27	9	21.5	22	92
39	Andrew McCAFFERY	5.5	6	0	0	5.5	6	77
40	Harry MEDHURST	11.4	11	32	4	11.5	12	122
41	John MOODY	28.0	28	8	28	28.0	28	163
42	John PALFREY	25.1	25	38	-2	24.3	24	110
43	Gordon PHILLIPS	18.2	18	23	13	18.3	18	160
44	Chris PRESLEY	20.5	21	0	0	20.5	21	93
45	Derek PYE	28.0	28	0	0	28.0	28	70
46	Peter ROBERTSON	16.2	16	31	5	16.3	16	172
47	Chris ROMAIN	10.3	10	37	-1	10.1	10	187
48	Steve ROUT	12.4	12	30	6	12.5	13	49
49	Ian SELLERS	11.5	12	0	0	11.5	12	80
50	Robin SEWELL	18.5	19	24	12	18.6	19	115
51	Guy SIMPKIN	9.1	9	0	0	9.1	9	63
52	Stuart SMILLIE	18.6	19	0	0	18.6	19	125
53	Derek SMITH	24.1	24	0	0	24.1	24	41
54	Alan SPRIGGS	28.0	28	24	12	28.0	28	7
55	Rod STAFFORD	20.6	21	27	9	20.7	21	135
56	Jon STEVENSON	10.4	10	0	0	10.4	10	70
57	Terry TAYLOR	18.1	18	0	0	18.1	18	92
58	Alan TWORT	26.9	27	32	4	26.9	27	173
59	Steve WALTERS	8.0	8	0	0	8.0	8	142
60	Glenn WARD	21.9	22	22	14	22.0	22	113
61	Alan WARDROP	9.4	9	0	0	9.4	9	109
62	Graham WRIGHT	6.9	7	34	2	6.9	7	180
63	Brian WYNN	28.0	28	27	9	28.0	28	93