Club enjoys Indian summer
The current kind autumn weather has been welcomed at Bath Golf Club and competitions continue taking advantage of the unseasonally warm conditions.
Last week Bath ladies played in a bowmaker stableford competition with two scores to count out of teams of three.
The winners with 73 points were Janet Scilly. Samantha Robinson and Ann Keeling, just pipping the team of Jill Carter, Rosemary Paterson and Katy Pool into second with the same score. In third place were Andrea Phillips, Pippa Western and Mary Perkins on 71 points.
Last Saturday and Sunday there was a stableford competition open to everyone who enjoyed fine weather conditions all weekend once the early morning fog had receded.
The winner of division 1 with an outstanding 44 points was Andrew Cottle with Peter Fox second on 41 points and Lewis Cains third on 39 points. Division 2 was topped by Andy Akers on 41 points, just ahead of Haiquing Jiang with the same score with Anthony Booley third on 39 points. Division 3 was won by Pete Glanville on 38 points, just ahead of John O’mara on the same score with Anthony Etherington third on 37 points.
Bath seniors played in a stableford on Monday in fine warm weather using only three clubs and a putter.
The scoring was excellent and the winner of division 1 was Richard Morris with a great score of 39 points, second on 37 points was Michael Noakes with Geoff Frankcom third on 33 points. Division 2 was topped by Rod Davies with an outstanding 42 points with John O’mara second on 38 points just ahead of Neil Callaway with the same score.
Recently Bath men sent a team of eight to the finals day of the Bristol & District League Foursomes. The four competing pairs performed admirably amongst strong representation from all 17 regional clubs and Bath managed to win the title by one shot from Weston-supermare with Chipping Sodbury a close third.
On Sunday Bath men competed
in the quarter final of the Annodata Golf Club Classic at Ilfracombe in North Devon. On a tricky course the match was a tight affair and ended tied 2.5 points each and captain Kelvin Green had to continue his match into sudden death having been 4 down with 4 to play.
An unfortunate lie on the first extra hole meant defeat for the team but Kelvin, Martin Cashnella, Jim Brown, Stuart Ratcliffe and Richard Longhurst as well as those who had played in previous rounds should hold their heads high and be proud of going so far in this nationwide competition.
Bath Golf Club are pleased to
announce that Tom Hayward (deputy course manager) has been promoted to the position of course manager following a full search and recruitment process.
The position attracted a strong level of candidates having been advertised through BIGGA (British and International Golf Greenkeeping Association).
Interviews were conducted and Tom impressed the panel of interviewers with his detailed knowledge and professional approach to the role and the panel were unanimous in selecting Tom as the best candidate to take us forward.
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On Saturday, members competed in a Texas Scramble for the Alan Laycock Trophy.
The winners, with a nett 57, was the team of Roland Jenkins, his son Sam and Craig Stevens but it was a close affair. Just one shot back was Bill Rose partnering Phil Hill and Malcolm Payne as they pushed the trio of Liam Fussell, Rob Braund and Martin Longford into third place on countback.
Alan’s widow Sheila very generously arranged for the players to have refreshments at the halfway house and put whisky on the bar at the end of the round – a great day all round!
The Greensomes Cup has been won by Neil Pirie and Dave Price.
The winner of the latest midweek stableford was the in-form Malcolm Payne with 42 points which put him 2 points clear of the field. Division one went to Paul Thorne with 40 points some three shots clear of Lee Tucker. The honours in division two went to Joe Godwin with 38 points with Chris Sparkes taking second place with 35 points. Keith Richardson took second spot with 40 points behind Payne in division three.
Charlie and Joe Godwin will represent the club in the Daily Mail foursomes next year as they won the qualifier with a nett 69.
Loraine Liebenbergwon the latest midweek stableford – her 39 points put her three points ahead of Bev Rees with Margaret Ruxton a further two points adrift.
A couple of weeks ago the Old Brits had their away day at Orchardleigh – it was a close affair and could only be decided on countback. The winning team with 92 points was Alan Hobson, Rex Parry, Eddie Rands and John Bennett just nudging out Bill Rose, Derek Godwin, Tony Paines and Bennett who was a ghost member of the winning team.