Well done to Peter Rogers, Pat Rodgers, John Trott and Harry Kennedy for winning the FOG world cup team event last Thursday! 

The rescheduled Spring Meeting was played on Saturday in far better weather than the first one, however the drier course saw many people struggle off the blue tees with a comp standard scratch of 77. The results were as follows:

Division One 
1st - Nick Orr - Nett 73 
2nd - Carl Adams - Nett 74 
3rd - Colin Jones - Nett 74 

Division Two 
1st - Steve Sutton - Nett 73 
2nd - Chris Dhenin - Nett 74 
3rd - Jim Rymer - Nett 74 

Some very good scores in those conditions.

24 players decided that the yellow tee Stableford was a better option and it proved to be three shots easier with a standard scratch of 74. Tony Walker took top spot with 38 pointsts, Fergus Wilson was two shots back on 36 and Mike Gilks finished in third with 33. Well done to Dave Platt for recording the only 2 in the competition.

The festival of golf closed out with a better ball mens pairs competition. Again, the weather was perfect and it was John McNeill and his guest who won the first prize. 

Congratulations to Frank Gill who won the Seniors Charles Craig Salver with 35 points on Monday, with Mike Gilks finishing in second and Fergus Wilson in third.




The Ladies enjoyed a rest from medal play by having a stableford on Tuesday, the results of which are:

Division One
1st - Sue Totty 37 
2nd - Bette St John 35 
3rd - Barbara Jamieson 35 

Division Two
1st - Wendy smith 34 
2nd - Ruth walker 30 
3rd - Alla Lloyd 29 

Division Three
1st - Jan Lyon 38 
2nd - Jean Brekenridge 34 
3rd - Angeli Tank 34 

Division Four
1st - Pauline Norcott 41 
2nd - Jackie Walker 34 
3rd - Alice Rogers 34 

Well done to our winners this week.

Conditions also proved tough for those of us trying to get through Regional Qualifying for the Open. The best scores were (+2) from Tom Dolan and Oli Carr however no one from Heswall managed to make it to Hillside this year.

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