Bognor seniors must swing for their supper

The spring seniors’ supper competition attracted an excellent 77 players to the supper, with 68 turning out for the game the following morning, all playing to win the Bill Chick Salver.

It is a four-ball better-ball Stableford, with pairs drawn after dinner. After recent poor weather, the course was in good condition and there were many scores over 40 points, which was terrific.

Winners were Graham Halliday and David Burden with an excellent 45 points. Second with 44 were Jeff Mckeever and Ross Fisher, third with 44 on countback were Sean Francis and Roger Selway.

Seniors captain Mike Oates and Bill Chick presented the prizes, which went down to sixth place in reflecting the turnout.

There were also five nearest-the-pin prizes. The players toasted their thanks to Bill, now in his 30th year in organising the competition.

The Autumn event is now named the Ron Alcock Salver, named after Bill’s fellow organiser, who passed away in 2018.

Congratulations also went to the house staff for an excellent dinner and service.

The Famous Grouse fourball better-ball was played last weekend, with 47 pairs taking part, in blustery and testing conditions which did not seem to affect the scoring.

Winners were Stanley Riseborough and Charlie Mackendrick with an excellent score of 44 points. Second was Spencer Chadwick and Martin Donohue with 43 and third with 42 were Willie Dunn and Bob Forshaw.

There were 12 twos on the day and a special mention goes to Chris Jenkinson who holed his second shot for a two at the 350-yard, fourth hole.

The men’s midweek Stableford attracted 47 players with the winner Peter Hammond scoring an incredible 47 points, finishing seven points ahead of Dave Hicks with 39. Third was new club member Jeff Mckeever with 38.