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Results
February – Saturday Medal Alan Mahler who had been given a shot back in the recent handicap review regained his form to take 1st place in the recent Saturday Medal. A beautiful crisp February morning helped to increase the entry numbers, unusual for this time of the year, and Alan took full advantage to shoot a 68 and beat Peter Scoles, also on the same score, into 2nd place. Steve Dupe who recently went up to 6 got his shot back by recording a 70, seeing off Club Champion into 4th place again on countback.
Results – Saturday Medal 09/02/2008 CSS = 71 1st Alan Mahler (21) 68 Handicap reduced to 20 (20.2) Lowest Gross Chris Robson 75 There 3 x 2’s Entrants = 38
February – Saturday Medal Alan Mahler who had been given a shot back in the recent handicap review regained his form to take 1st place in the recent Saturday Medal. A beautiful crisp February morning helped to increase the entry numbers, unusual for this time of the year, and Alan took full advantage to shoot a 68 and beat Peter Scoles, also on the same score, into 2nd place. Steve Dupe who recently went up to 6 got his shot back by recording a 70, seeing off Club Champion into 4th place again on countback.
Results – Saturday Medal 09/02/2008 CSS = 71 1st Alan Mahler (21) 68 Handicap reduced to 20 (20.2) Lowest Gross Chris Robson 75 There 3 x 2’s Entrants = 38
Golden Oldies Two of the senior members and in the higher handicap echelons stood at the top of the leader-board when the Frostbite trophy closed on Sunday 25th November. Keith Ginifer one of the stalwart veterans amassed 41 stableford points to take the title by a point from John Middleton beating “Mr Consistency” Lenny Hopkinson into 3rd place on count back. Maybe the Frostbite Trophy should be renamed the Global Warming Trophy as the weather for this event improves year on year, perhaps the scientists are right after all. Markiewicz won his third Div. 1 medal in as many months on Saturday when he shot a nett 68 off 9. Kevin has been up and down from 8 to 9 and back again over the last year and he has had his handicap cut again to 8 on the strength of his recent performance. Chris Robson is nearing the magical of 4 for the first time, his nett 70 off 5 saw another 0.1 shaved off his handicap to stand at an exact 4.7, Newmarket butcher John Brook, or snapper, to his friends, was again in the places with a respectable 71 off 10.
Frostbite Trophy 25/11/07 - CSS 71 1st Keith Ginifer (23) 41Pts Handicap reduced to 21 (21.4)
Foxy Character wins Sunday Medal Glenn Fox managed to avoid a cut in handicap despite winning the recent Sunday Medal on 4 under par, shooting a nett 68 off his 19 handicap. Club President Steve Taylor was one shot back on 69 with “leftie” John Ward a further shot back on 70. Mally Smith, Don Redpath, Chris Robson and Colin Cooper all shot level par on the Day
Sunday Medal 09/12/07 - CSS 71 1st Glenn Fox (19) 68 Handicap remains @ 19 (18.5)
Lowest Gross: Chris Robson (5)77
Club President consolidates recent form Steve Taylor the Club President finally picked up a win that his recent form and regular playing partners were predicting. The high winds and threat of rain reduced the field but you still have to beat what is out there and Steve did it in style by finishing 3 in front of the field on 71. The soon-to-be veteran, Gerald Pearce finished runner-up on 74, with that man Markiewicz again in the frame finishing 3rd on 76.
Saturday Medal 15/12/07 - CSS 74 1st Steve Taylor (17) 71 Handicap reduced to 16 (15.6) Lowest Gross: Gerald Pearce (10) &Kevin Markiewicz (8) 84
No Hangover for Robson “senior” Mark “splodge” Robson, father of Chris did not obviously celebrate too wildly to welcome in 2008 but he had reason to celebrate on the first day of the New Year by securing the New Year Stableford title with 38 points. Gerald Pearce, recently signed as a stunt double for the next Harry Potter movie, again finished in the bridesmaid spot on 37 points with the ageing Blues Star Bo “muddy” Parker in third spot.
New Year Stableford 01/01/08 - CSS 71 1st Mark Robson (9) 38Pts Handicap reduced to 8 (8.3)
2008 Captain starts year in style Clive Lyons he next Captain of the club started the New Year in spectacular style by shooting a superb 6 under par to take the January Saturday Medal in style. Barry Granger maintained his consistency to finish runner-up with Mark Robson in third spot shooting 71. Colin Cooper, John Vale, George Maidwell and Graham King all shooting 1 over par 73,s.
Saturday Medal 15/12/07 - CSS 72 1st Clive Lyons (17) 66 Handicap reduced to 15 (14.9)
Lowest Gross: Len Hopkinson (4) 78
Kent & Allen win Latest Winter League Round No they’re not an old Music Hall act they are our very own Ron Kent and Phil Allen who managed to win a Winter League round for the first time in their partnership. Round 5 was Foursomes format and their score of 37 was just good enough to secure their place in the winner’s enclosure. John Brook and Don Redpath were second on countback from Lenny Hopkinson and Jim Baker who pipped John Ward and John Clements, all three finishing on 36 points. The current leaders finished up to secure 28 league points to maintain a healthy 26 point lead over second placed Nigel & Malcolm Smith.
Winter League – Round #5: 20th January 2007 1st Kent/Allen 37 Points
Winter League – Current Standings (After 5 rounds) 1 David Smith/Jon Green (32, 30, 32, 32 &28) 154 points
“Yo-Yo” man strikes again Kevin Markiewicz won his third Div. 1 medal in as many months on Saturday when he shot a nett 68 off 9. Kevin has been up and down from 8 to 9 and back again over the last year and he has had his handicap cut again to 8 on the strength of his recent performance. Chris Robson is nearing the magical of 4 for the first time, his nett 70 off 5 saw another 0.1 shaved off his handicap to stand at an exact 4.7, Newmarket butcher John Brook, or snapper, to his friends, was again in the places with a respectable 71 off 10.
Ryan Woods and Kevin Markiewicz are making a name for themselves as a double combination and on Sunday won the 2nd round of the Winter League with a Greensomes score of 42 points. The 2005 holders Messr’s Charles & Hocking managed 38 points for second spot with Jacobs & Oliver back in 3rd spot on 37 points.
Saturday Medal 10/11/07 - CSS 71 1st Kevin Markiewicz (9) 68 Handicap reduced to 8 (7.9)
Winter League – Current Standings (After 2 rounds) 1 David Smith/Jon Green (32 & 30) 62 points
Winter League starts in Balmy conditions The first round of the Feltwell Winter League got off to warmish start on Sunday, woolly hats, fleeces and mittens soon gave way to short sleeves and visors as the morning wore on and the scores reflected the conditions at the end of the day. The old contemptible Dave Smith teamed up with substitute Gerry McGarrity, deputising for Jon Green, and the veteran pairing belied their years to shoot 43 Better-ball points ahead of three younger pairings all on 42. Manels/Newell, Smith & Smith and Lyons/Sheward all shot 42, one shot shy of the first round winners.
Robin Davis won the Saturday Medal with a nett 69, one ahead of Chris Robson on 70 and 2 ahead of John Brook on 71. Chris is 0.3 points short of achieving his ambition in getting his handicap reduced to 4 and everyone at Feltwell Golf Club wishes him well for the future.
Saturday Medal 20/10/07 - CSS 71 1st Robin Davis (13) 69 Handicap reduced to 12 (12.1)
Winter League Rd. #1 21/10/07 1st Gerry/McGarrity/David R Smith 43 Points
Hole in One for Gerald Pearce Gerald Pearce one of the stalwarts of Feltwell Golf Club scored a hole in one on the short 11th during Sunday’s medal, this was duly witnessed by your correspondent and led to much levity from his playing partners and a little bonhomie at the 19th hole afterwards, congratulations is deserved for this feat.
Despite this “ace” it didn’t really add to Gerald’s score who finished the day on 73 off his newly acquired handicap of 10. Congratulations are also in order for Brandon’s friendly postie, Ryan Woods who has achieved single figure status for the first time. Ryan was amongst three players in Division 1 who recorded a nett 68, Nigel Smith finishing second on cb from Steve Dupe in 3rd spot. Veteran golfer and retired 50’s DJ John Burford proves there is life in old boys yet by shooting 5 under par to claim the Division 2 prize ahead of forester Paul McCreath who finished on level par. It was another of Feltwell’s old worthies Monty Curtis who took Division 3 with a nett 71, Monty was becoming the perennial bridesmaid in his division with 2 recent runners-up spots but he finally managed a top podium spot on Sunday, Brandon publican Allan Fraser on one of his occasional outings of the year was runner-up with a nett 76.
Divison 1 Ist Ryan Woods (10) 68 Handicap reduced to 9 (9.3) Division 2 1st John Burford (18) 67 Handicap reduced to 17 (17.1) Division 3 1st Monty Curtis (22) 71 Handicap remains @ 22 (21.5)
Best Gross: Steve Dupe 74
Baker & Robson (Jun) storm to Honda Pairs Title Jim Baker from the USA, or to give him his alias Butch Cassidy score a gross 70 off his current handicap of 6, stormed his way to winning the Honda Pairs combined medal with his youthful partner Chris Robson ,the current club champion. Jim recorded 5 birdies in this superb round whilst Chris managed one, not quite the Sundance Kid yet! Their combined nett total of 136 was 6 shots clear of runners-up Colin Cooper & Paul McCreath with the evergreen Kevin Markiewicz and Adrian Hocking in 3rd place a further 2 shots back.
1st Jim Baker (6) 64 Handicap reduced to 5 (4.8) 2nd Colin Cooper (10) 68 Handicap remains @ 10 (9.7) 3rd Kevin Markiewicz (8) 71 Handicap remains @ 8 (8.3)
Best Gross: Jim Baker 70
Saturday Medal Kevin Markiewicz pulled off back to back medal wins when he pipped Mark Robson in the recent Saturday medal at Feltwell, Kevin won the recent Sunday Medal as well. Kevin and Mark both shot nett 67’s off their 9 handicaps but Kevin stole it on count back over the back 6 holes. Michael Middleton recently joined from Richmond Park took the Division 2 section with a nett 70 from Glenn Fox who shot 71. The ever-improving Adam Bland scored yet another medal victory shooting 70 to the evergreen Monty Curtis’s 72 in Division 3.
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Divison 1 Ist Kevin Markiewicz (9) 67 Handicap reduced to 8 (8.1) Division 2 1st Michael Middleton (13) 70 Handicap remains @ 13 (12.7) Division 3 1st Adam Bland (22) 70 Handicap reduced to 21 (21.4)
Best Gross: K Markiewicz, Mark Robson &Len Hopkinson 76
Feltwell Golf Club Invitation Open Sunday 2nd September 2007 As ever a great time had by all at Feltwell, the open invitation started of with a Morning Greensome, and ended with a Stableford competition.
1st place J Baker and J Broatch with an overall score of 62
Nearest Pin was D Redpath in 7th Place
English/Welsh One Arm Open Tues 1st September 2007 Held at Upton Golf Club Chester
Veteran’s Invitation Open Tuesday 4th September 2007 1st place J Marston and J Broatch with a score of 44
Straightest Drive of the 4th was S. Stephen
Fred Knott Club Championship Sunday 9th September 2007 It is a great joy to see so many juniors taking such an interest in the sport, especially here at Feltwell Golf Club as we boast a fairly large number of Children/juniors with and without handicaps. The Fred Knott Competition was broken into 2 categories. 1st category for the juniors with handicaps and 2nd category for juniors without handicaps, our aim is to give the juniors without handicaps the experience of a real competition and at the same time give them the encouragement to go further.
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“SHREK” WINS WSLO Lenny Hopkinson, affectionately dubbed Shrek by his playing partners, put in a storming shift during the last Sunday Medal to claim the WSLO trophy by 7 shots from young Nicky Oot, finishing on a nett score over 4 consecutive rounds of 281. Len shot a gross par off his 4 handicap, his four nett rounds being 74, 69, 70 and 68 which is extremely consistent golf in anybody’s money.
Although Len took the WSLO he was actually pipped for top medal place by Kevin Markiewicz who like Len shot a nett 68 but count back favoured Kevin pushing Len into second place. Adie Charles took division 2 with a nett 71 again on count back from Steve Mouncer while forester Phil Allen secured the Division 3 spot on 75.
Divison 1 Ist Kevin Markiewicz (10) 68 Handicap reduced to 9 (8.9) Division 2 1st Adrian Charles 71 Handicap remains @ 17 (16.8) Division 3 1st Phillip Allen 75 Handicap remains @ 21 (21.3)
Best Gross: Len Hopkinson 72
Final WSLO Standings 1 L Hopkinson 74 69 70 68 281
Current Scratch Trophy Standings 1 L Hopkinson 300
Sunday 26 Aug – Ladies Bill Middleton Shield 1st Maureen Horton 27hdp 31pts
FELTWELL – VETERAN WINS JOHN MOIR Congratulations to veteran golfer David Horton who on Sunday won the John Moir Stableford beating relatively younger opposition into the minor places. Three golfers finished on 39 points but it was David who won it on count back from the amiable New Yorker Bob Oot who also secured his place on count back from Peter Jacobs. Chris Robson narrowly missed breaking the club record when he took the August Saturday Medal by 2 shots from the Silver Fox Bob Birch. Chris shot a superb gross 71 carding a nett 66 off his 5 handicap, a three putt on the last green robbing him of the course record. Bob carded a nett 68 for second and Lenny Hopkinson again featured in the prizes back on 69.
Young Dominic Shepherd-Barnes blitzed the course to win the Arrowpak Junior Championship with 47 points beating Deon Briston into second place by 13 shots. Also well done to Bayley Baker who made her debut into the world of junior competitive golf, she finished 4th on 26 points but looking at her swing, and with her father Jim as mentor, this young lady will do well so the boys better watch out in the next twelve months..
Saturday Medal 11/08/07 Ist Chris Robson (5) 66 Handicap remains @ 5 (4.5) Best Gross: Chris Robson 71
John Moir Stableford 12/08/07 Ist David Horton (19) 39 Handicap remains @ 19 (18.6) There were 6 x 2’s in this competition
Ist Dominic Shepherd-Barnes (46) 47 Handicap reduced to 39 (38.5)
Ladies 3-Club Competition 12/08/07 1st Sheila Boswell 108 – 34 – 74
Ladies Club Championship 19/08/07 1st Jan Trollope 96 (after play-off)
Ladies Club Championship – Handicap Competition 19/08/07 1st Christine Fuller 102 – 28 – 74
Saturday 4 August 2007 Mixed Mildenhall Electrical 1st: Eric Papworth and Vicki Enderby 42 points
1st Sheila Boswell 108 – 34 - 74
FELTWELL – CAPTAINS DAY Husband and Wife Christine & Malcolm Fuller are the current Captains of Feltwell’s Gents and Ladies sections and they departed from the norm this year by hosting a joint Captain’s Day on Saturday 21st July. The day started, in pretty dull conditions, with a gentle 9-hole scramble comprising teams of four. Colin Cooper’s team triumphed with 24 points beating Lenny Hopkinson’s four-ball on count back.
The afternoon round was a full stableford competition with separate competitions for the Gents and the Ladies. Jon Green ex-captain and ex president shot a superb gross 72 off his 6 handicap to take first prize with 42 points, Brandon postie Ryan Woods kept up his good form of late to steal second on count back with 40 points leaving Newmarket veteran Eric Papworth in third also on 40 points. Eric visited Scotland lately to play in the Pitlochry festival and received a lesson which has obviously contributed to his good play recently.
The ladies section was won by Julie Waters with 39 points leaving Maureen Horton in second on 29 points. There was a bit of thunder and lightning rolling round in the afternoon but none of it caused play to be suspended, the day was rounded off in the clubhouse with a Comedian, Disco and BBQ for members and their guests, in all 64 golfers enjoyed the day and a packed clubhouse danced well into the night.
Captains Day Results - 2007 9 Hole Scramble – a.m.
Afternoon Stableford – Gents
Afternoon Stableford – Ladies
Gents Nearest the Pin PM – Steve Dupe Gents Longest Drive PM – Lenny Hokinson
Ladies Nearest the Pin PM – Teri Drew
Feltwell won against Ryston Park at home 3-1.
Sunday 22 July 2007 Sybil’s Jersey Chipper won by Beverley Filby
Sunday 29 July 2007 Mixed Mason Pairs (combined stableford)
Busy time at Feltwell Golf Club Hectic times at Feltwell Golf Club over the last week culminated in a rain interrupted Club Championship on Sunday 15th July. The WSLO/Scratch aggregate championships saw round #3 completed on Sunday 8th July, the monthly Saturday Medal was held on the Saturday before the annual 36-hole Club Championship.
Mr. Consistency, Lenny Hopkinson scored an excellent gross 75 to secure Division 1 of the July Sunday Medal beating Jim Baker of the USA on count back, Ryan Woods recent winner of the Malcolm Jones Trophy finished in third place on 71 also beating a host of players on count back. Gentle giant Martin Brockett succeeded in Division 2 shooting the best net score of the day of 69, John Brown was second on 71. Recently re-joined member Mark Allen triumphed in Division 3 with 73 beating young Jack Sheward in to second place, a position he has now occupied for the last two weeks on 74.
Very windy conditions on Saturday 14th blew most players off the course judging by the number of non-returns recorded, only 7 players out of the 29 entrants returning a score. Don Redpath, the only golfer under par, took first place by 5 shots from his playing partner on the day Frank Brown (75) with that man again Lenny Hopkinson third on 77.
With the leaders approaching the 30th hole of the day thunder and lightning rolled in at Feltwell this was soon joined by some exceptionally nasty heavy rain, inevitably the Klaxon was sounded to call the players off the course and delay the conclusion of the Club Championship by approx. 40 minutes. When the electrical activity rolled away the Klaxon sounded for resumption of play but only those in contention for the places in both Scratch and Handicap sections ventured back out on to the course. Chris Robson, Feltwell’s promising junior shot 75 in the morning to finish the first half stage 1 ahead of the 2006 champion Nick Oot and 4 ahead of the old pretender Lenny Hopkinson. Len managed a creditable 75 in the afternoon with Nick Oot, maybe upset by the rain delay, falling back with an uncharacteristic 82. In the meantime Chris consolidated his lead by shooting a fine 76 to take the trophy for the first time on a creditable 151 gross.
Sunday Medal WSLO/Scratch Round #3 08/07/07 - Results CSS = 71
Best Gross Lenny Hopkinson = 75
Scratch – After 3 rounds (Best 2 to score) Nicholas Oot 148
WSLO – After 3 rounds (All rounds counting) Nicholas Oot 211
Saturday Medal 14/07/07 - Results CSS = 74
Club Championship 15/07/07 - Results CSS Round 1 = 73 Club Championship (Gross) Handicap Championship (Net) Best Gross Chris Robson and Lenny Hopkinson = 75
Malcolm Jones Trophy, Sunday 1 July Ryan Woods, or Doctor Woods, as he is known throughout the club carried off the Malcolm Jones Trophy on the first Sunday in July by shooting 40 stableford points of his 11 handicap. Jack Sheward will shortly win something within the club, this lad braves all weathers to play golf and although he finished second on countback his game has begun to show definite improvement and consistency over the last month. Martyn Heyes was back in third spot on 38 points.
Malcolm Jones Trophy - Results CSS = 72 Ist Ryan Woods (11) 40 Points Handicap remains @ 11 (10.6) Entries = 48
SUNDAY 8 JULY LADIES PAIRS COMPETITION 1st Vicki Enderby and Jan Trollope 64 points
Denney Trophy, Sunday 24 June 2007 John Ward must like this event as he retained his title from 2006, John scored 40 Pt.s to beat Monty Curtis, also 40, on count back. The ever improving Newmarket butcher, Fred Fitzpatrick shot another good score of 39 Pt.s. to finish in third slot.
SUNDAY 3 JUNE 2007 Ladies John Fenn Trophy 1st (on c/b) Sue Smyth 107 – 28 - 79
SUNDAY 10 JUNE 2007 Ladies Peggy Newton Cup (stableford) 1st Jan Trollope (16) 33 points
SUNDAY 24 JUNE 2007 Ladies Invitation Day (betterball stableford) 1st Beverley Filby (Feltwell) & Eve Mair (Ely City) 44 points
WEDNESDAY 27 JUNE 2007 Ladies Open Day (teams of 3, stableford, 6’s competition) 1st 69 points Sadie Tricker, Beverley Allen, Sue Brinkley (Bury St Edmunds)
Medal Mania at Feltwell Due to the cancellation of the May Medal due to Myhill commitments and early diary date for the schedule June Saturday medal Feltwell golfers have been competing in a Medal bonanza in Early June. The Sunday medals for May thru September are also linked to aggregate competitions which are the WSLO Trophy (Handicap scores) and the Jim Baker Scratch Cup which obviously speaks for itself. The recent Saturday Medal which was played as one division was won by Adam Bland (23), second place was secured by the evergreen John Vale (23) and Feltwell’s very own Mr. Consistency, Len Hopkinson (5) took the 3rd prize. Round 2 of the WSLO/Scratch was secured on count back by, yes it’s that man again, Lenny Hopkinson (5) who shot a superb 74 edging out Nick Oot (5) on count back. Kevin Markiewicz went up to 10 on Saturday but shot a net 69 on Sunday to return back to 9, funny old game isn’t it. Barry Granger(19) is another man who had a see-saw weekend going up on Saturday but coming straight back down on Sunday by securing the Div. 2 prize with a net 69, Steve Mouncer (15) shot 70 to take second spot. Newmarket’s quality butcher Fred Fitzpatrick (21) won division 3 with a net 75 beating the improving junior Jack Sheward (27) into second place, Jack finished on a net 77. By winning the Sunday Medal Len also won the extra EGU Medal with a chance to represent Feltwell in the grand final which is to be held at Woodhall Spa. Nick Oot heads both the WSLO and Scratch competitions with aggregates of 138 and 148 respectively, Lenny Hopkinson is second in the Scratch on 153 and Mark Robson/Lenny Hopkinson are tied for second in the WSLO on 143. WSLO – Current Standings after 2 rounds Nick Oot 138
JIM BAKER Scratch Cup – Current Standings after 2 rounds Nick Oot 148
Saturday Medal 9/06/2007 – CSS = 71 Div. 1 Ist Adam Bland (23) 67 Handicap reduced to 21 Entry = 31 Sunday Medal –WSLO/SCRATCH Rd. #2/EGU Medal 10/06/2007 – CSS = 71 Div. 1 Ist Len Hopkinson (5) 69 Handicap reduced to 4.8 Entry = 49 Veterans Captains Day, Thursday 14 June 1st: Keith Ginifer 36 points
Presidents Putter, Saturday 16 June Steve Taylor the new President of Feltwell Golf Club hosted his first “putter” and despite stormy weather a good field managed to complete the 18 holes although there were some hairy moments due to thunder and lightning. Although Nick Oot didn’t win the competition he did manage 38 points and achieved his ambition of securing a handicap of 4, I think congratulations are in order here. John Brown makes a habit of popping up on the big days and this year’s event was no exception, 39 points with a card score of 23 on the back nine secured his name on the club honour boards as the 2007 winner, Bob Birch also scored 39 to finish second with Nick Oot finishing third. Christine Fuller, our Ladies Captain, won the ladies 1st prize with 35 points, second (on countback) was Linda Ball on 29 points and Jan Trollope was third on 29 points.
Ladies LGU Medal, Sunday 17 June 1st: Wendy Puttock 93 – 18 - 75
Sunday Medal - WSLO/Scratch Rd. #1 Nick Oot the current Club Champion and Mark Robson made good starts in the aggregate competitions linked to the summer medal series. Nick shot a superb gross 74 off his current handicap of 5 and although he leads the scratch competition he finished third in the Div. 1 medal. Mark Robson recorded a net 68 to take Division 1 beating Bo Parker into second who finished up on 69 pipping Nick on countback. Pete Brimson secured Div 2 with a net 71 whilst John Brown recorded a net 75 to take the runners-up spot. Martin Heyes succeeded in Div. 3 beating Phil Allen into second place.
Sunday Medal 03/06/2007 – CSS = 72 Div. 1 Ist Mark Robson (9) 68 Handicap reduced to 8 Entry = 49
SUNDAY 3 JUNE 2007 - Ladies John Fenn Trophy 1st (on c/b) Sue Smyth
SUNDAY 10 JUNE 2007 - Ladies Peggy Newton Cup 1st Jan Trollope
Feltwell Trophy The threatened torrential rain didn’t materialize as predicted on the Sunday of the May Bank Holiday; nevertheless the Feltwell Trophy was contested in fairly cold and dismal conditions. Lenny Hokinson despite bemoaning the comment to his playing partners, yours truly included, that low handicappers never win Stableford competitions landed the Feltwell Trophy with an excellent 39 points on count back. The old campaigner Gerald (Dobbie) Pearce was unlucky losing the back 9 to finish in runners-up spot on the same points total. Past Captain, but definitely not past-it Paul Filby secured 3rd with a commendable 37 points.
Feltwell Trophy 27/05/2007 – CSS = 72 Ist Len Hopkinson (5) 39 Pt.s Handicap remains @ 5
Entry = 40
KGB Bogey Cup Jim Baker has returned to Feltwell with a vengeance, the American ex club champion has re-joined after a number of years in foreign climes! Baker breezed home 7 up against the course to land the KGB Bogey Cup, Jim carded a superb gross 71 which included three birdies, two bogeys and thirteen pars enabling the affable Yank to secure his first competition win since his return. Adam Bland, who is now starting to improve off his 25 handicap was 5 up against the course to land the runners-up spot with Paul Gee in third place at 4 up pipping the fast maturing Chris Robson, also on 4 up into fourth place.
Bogey 29/04/2007 – CSS = 71 1st Jim Baker (6) +7 Handicap remains @ 6 There were seven 2’s recorded in this competition. Entry = 61
LADIES LAMB ROSEBOWL COMPETITION 1ST Vicki Enderby 21 39pts
County Knock-out competitions The first rounds of the Myhill and Cullington knock-out competitions were played on 15 April, and Feltwell was drawn away against Great Yarmouth for both matches. Our Cullington team lost by 16 holes, but the Myhill team won a close-fought contest by 1 hole.
SUNDAY 22 APRIL - Ladies LGU Medal 1st: Christine Fuller 105 – 28 – 77
April Medals and Captains Drive In The new captain of Feltwell Golf Club Malcolm Fuller ushered in his year with his drive-in on an extremely windy Saturday at the end of March. The field was split into Men’s, Women’s and Vets sections and Daniel Hudson (13) recorded the best score of the day under the Stableford scoring system returning 38 points, it was heartening to note that a recently joined junior, Adam Parker son of Martin Parker returning 37 points to finish in runners-up spot. Newly elected Club President Steve Taylor finished 3rd on 36 points. Julie Waters won the women’s section returning 29 points beating Jan Trollope into second who returned 28 points. Bryan Parsons the Vets Secretary scored 35 points to take this section beating Keith Ginifer into second on 34 points. There was an excellent turn out of approx. 60 members for this event.
A good field of 64 members turned out for the Sunday Medal on April Fools Day and Cullington stalwart scored a superb 69 to take the Division 1 prize beating Feltwells up and coming star Christopher Robson into second place. The Division 2 prize was secured by the previous day’s winner by Daniel Hudson who recorded an excellent 66 off his 13 handicap, beating Adrian Charles into second who must have thought he would win this group, given the conditions, with his 67 returned in the morning. Lee Bland is starting to show improvement and his nett 71 secured the Division 3 prize, Andy Smyth finished in runners-up spot with a nett 76.
John Brook won the recent Saturday Medal on count back due to three nett 71’ s being recorded on the day, doughty competitor George Maidwell was placed second with Kevin Markiewicz taking third spot again on 71.
Sunday Medal - 01/04/07 Division 1 1st Mark Winstone (10) 69 Handicap remains @ 10 Best Gross: Mark Winstone & Chris Robson = 79 Division 2 1st Daniel Hudson (13) 66 Handicap reduced to 11 Best Gross: Daniel Hudson = 79 Division 3 1st Lee Bland (23) 71 Handicap remains @ 23 Best Gross: Lee Bland = 94 There were two 2’s recorded in this competition.
Saturday Medal - 07/04/07 Division 3 1st John Brook (12) 71 Handicap reduced to 11 Best Gross: Steve Dupe = 79 There were five 2’s recorded in this competition.
Rabbits & Rycroft The Rabbits (19-28 Category) had the better weather of the weekend, their more illustrious counterparts in the Rycroft (0-18 Category) getting blown off the course on Sunday, blasted by severe gales which worsened as the morning wore on. A good turn out of 65 golfers contested both events and seniority was the order of the day when the results were finally announced. Barry Granger (2), Mr. Consistency of late, accumulated 36 stableford points to get his name on the club trophy boards and secure the Rabbits cup, Graham King (19) finished on 35 with last years champion making a sterling effort to defend his title finishing on 34. Richard Bond, the Lakenheath beet farmer, who undoubtedly shortly will swap steel and polymer for willow and leather, secured the Rycroft for the second time in his career. Dick carded 32 points but given the weather this was an exceptional score and wasn’t bettered. Less than half the field finished 18 holes due to the conditions but a couple of old stalwarts, Kevin Markiewicz and Ron Kent, braved it out to finish in 2nd and 3rd places respectively.
Rabbits Cup (19-28) 17/03/02007 – CSS = 71 1st: Barry Granger (20) 36 pt.s Handicap remains @ 20 There was only 1 two recorded in this competition. Entry = 31
Rycroft Cup (0-18) 18/03/02007 – CSS = 74 (Reduction Only) 1st: Richard Bond (12) 32 pt.s Handicap remains @ 12 There were 2 two’s recorded in this competition. Entry = 34
Ladies March Medal - 11/03/2007 1st Julie Waters
Sunday Medal A bright crisp day on Sunday 11th March was the setting for a Qualifying Medal; rain had spoiled the previous qualifier on the Saturday before last. Mark Robson has just gone up to 9, but you can never keep a good man down and he bounced back to form shooting a nett 70 to secure division 1 on countback from Mally Smith. John Clements a would-be Cullington pick also showed some timely form by shooting the best nett round of the day, 69 in Division 2, heading off the veteran Peter Scoles on 71. Andy Smyth secured Division 3 with a 72 beating John Middleton into second place on 75.
Sunday Medal 11/03/02007 – CSS = 71 Division 1 1st Mark Robson (9) 70 Handicap reduced to 8 Best Gross Mark Robson 79 Two’s: There were 6 two’s recorded in this medal. Entry = 48
Saturday Medal - 03/03/2007 1st Mark Winstone (11) 68 Handicap reduced to 10 Best Gross Steve Dupe 78 Two’s: There were 3 two’s recorded in this medal. Entry = 22 pairs
Winter League - Round 8 1st Kevin Cooper & Steve Mouncer 38pt.s
Final Standings: 31 pairs
Winter League Decided Lenny Hopkinson and Kevin Markiewicz, leaders of Feltwells winter league, since round 3 probably had their worst round in the competition in Sunday’s final foursomes but their lead wasn’t really challenged and they ran out worthy winners in the end. Bob Birch and Darren Masters held on to the runners-up spot with the evergreen pairing of Dave Smith and Jon Green securing third spot.
Sunday Medal - February The Winter League pairing of Birch and Masters are also showing their strength individually with Bob and Darren taking the Div. 1 and Div. 3 winner’s spots respectively in the recent Sunday Medal. Bob shot the best nett round, 70 off his handicap of 9 beating his playing partner on the day, Adrian Hocking, a shot back on 71. Lenny Hopkinson (5) shot the best gross course off the day, returning a gross 78.
Peter Jacobs is another consistent performer and he took the Division 2 top spot with a nett 71 beating the experienced John Burford into second, JB shot 73. Feltwell’s very own British Champion notched his second medal win in a row securing it with the best nett of the day on 69. Martyn Heyes booked second place with a 73.
Results: Division 2 1st Peter Jacobs (17) 71 Handicap remains @ 17 Division 3 1st Darren Masters (21) 69 Handicap reduced to 20 Two’s: There were 11 two’s recorded in this medal. Entry = 52 pairs
Winter League - Round 7 1st: Bob Birch & Darren Maters 43 pt.s
Current standings (after 7 rounds)
Ladies February Stableford - 11/02/07 1st Christine Fuller
Saturday Medal - February 1st John Brook (11) 71 Handicap remains @ 11
Sunday Medal - 28/01/07 Division 1: 1st Malcolm Smith 82 (10) 72
Winter League Round 5 - 21/01/07 1. R Woods & N Smith 40 Pt.s
Current Table (5 completed rounds)
Saturday Medal - 13/01/07 Division 1: 1st Don Redpath (10) Nett 70 Handicap reduced to 9
New Year Stableford 1st: Barrie Pressling (24) 41 Points Handicap reduced to 23 |