Men’s Captain’s Weekly News 6th January 2025

Gentlemen

A belated Happy New Year to all and a bumper newsletter after the Christmas holiday, New Year and Three Kings break. You will be seeing lots of photos and not too much text on the basis that a picture can tell a thousand words, but a few words can change it’s story. So here goes…..

Pairs Better Ball December 24th

Everybody just warming up for Christmas day and certainly the Breuer’s managed that.

Results

1 st – Tammy & Frank Breuer – 43pts
2 nd – Paul Ingebrigtsen & Simon Sutcliffe – 40pts
3 rd – John Hunter & Michael Keane – 39pts

Mixed Individual December 26th

A small field of 16 players trying to burn off some calories from the day before! A family affair for second and third!

Results

1 st – Radik Yamilov – 34pts
2 nd – Linda Fletcher- 33pts
3 rd – Bill Fletcher – 31pts

Men’s Individual December 28th

It seems that the sofa was still beckoning with a select field of 18 players getting a little practice with a card (not the Christmas variety) in their hand. It seemed as though the vice-captain was getting in a little on-course practice before the big prizes were coming (its great writing this in hindsight!!

Results

1 st – Michael Keane – 34pts
2 nd – Bill Fletcher – 32pts
3 rd – Jeremy Sibbons – 32pts on Hcp
4 th – Joachim Friedl – 32pts on Hcp
No prize for 4th!

New Years Eve Texas Scramble December 31st

A lot of people out playing with 84 players and 21 teams taking part before they went off for the evenings celebrations. Scoring was exceptional, the likes of which are rarely seen!! A net of around 54 would normally get you close to the top prize but unfortunately not today where you were almost three shots away.

Team Results

1 st – Tagir Yamilov Radik Yamilov, Ksenia Yamilova, Paul Ingebrigtsen – 51.65
2 nd – Martin Eiries, Max Macauley, Javier Fernandez, Lucas Rosillo – 51.85
3 rd – Amanda Stanford, Andy Stanford, Hugh Richards, Debbie Richards – 54.35
4 th – Aaron Schaal, Wynne Harcombe, David Steele, Simon Sutcliffe – 54.8
5 th – Max Hare, Chris Hare, Robert Kemp, Andrew Kemp – 55.05
6 th – Josh Hunter, Jack Breuer, Frank Breuer, Tammy Breuer – 55.55

Ladies Nearest Pin
Hole 16 Elaine Lee

Men’s Nearest Pin
Hole 7 Nigel Lilley

MEN’S Competition Thursday January 2nd

With the celebrations of the past few weeks over, some sort of normality resumes. A field of 34 players starting the day saw some good scoring and the returning Tim Vincent (Doggie) immediately in the winners enclosure with 39 points. A group of three players behind him were in a photo finish being decided on handicap and best back 9 on 38 points.

1 st – Tim Vincent- 39 pts
2 nd – Frank Breuer – 38 pts
3 rd – Gary Ward – 38 pts on Hcp and back 9
4 th – Simon Sutcliffe – 38 on Hcp

Nearest the Pin – Colin Meister
2’s – Mark Lee, Phil Fisher
Tissue – Ian Blackwell

Mens Monthly Ranking Saturday January 4th Sponsored by Abbygate Insurance

Many thanks to Amanda and Andy Stanford for their continued sponsorship of the San Roque Ranking tournament. This was the 10th month of this year’s competition and the table is looking quite tight at the top with two more rounds to go.

Here is the link to the current table
https://www.golfdirecto.com/embed/scroll/65ef17ad83b750029e91a25b/detail

A very large field of 46 players meaning two divisions. It seemed it was a day for the Captain and his vice. Something obviously went wrong as the Vice overtook the Captain. A competitive day overall with 31 points only in 23rd place!! Michael Keane receiving the sponsors prize finishing top of the leaderboard with 40 points.

Results – Div 1

1 st – Michael Keane – 40pts
2 nd – Frank Breuer – 36pts on Hcp
3 rd – Mike Cowburn – 36pts on Hcp

Results – Div 2

1 st – Gary Ward – 38pts
2 nd – Alistair Locke – 37pts
3 rd – Radik Yamilov – 36pts

THREE KINGS SUNDAY JANUARY 5th 2025

The annual Three Kings tournament took place with a slightly earlier start to avoid the heavy rain that was forecast. Needless to say the Met Office workers are looking for alternative employment as the warning seems to have been a hoax. Regardless of the forecast 87 players participated in this annual event with many staying for lunch after the game. The recent form of the Captains continued with the Lady Captain, Nicky Triay successful on the day with a great score of 41 points. Frank Breuer being pipped by a single point with 40 points. The always steady Bill Fletcher finishing third with 38 points. Yours truly a further point behind with 37.

Results

1 st – Nicky Triay – 41pts
2 nd – Frank Breuer – 40pts
3 rd – Bill Fletcher – 38pts
4 th – Debbie Richards – 37pts

Course Info

Continuing repairs to the damage in the Mulch around the course The Lake next to the 2nd green will be emptied for maintenance.

Upcoming Fixtures

09 January Thursday Men’s Competition World Series
12 January Sunday San Roque Texas Scramble
14 January Tuesday Men’s Competition
16 January Thursday Men’s Competition
18 January Saturday AmAm Competition
19 January Sunday Quadrangular at SRC
21 January Tuesday Men’s Competition
23 January Thursday MIXED Competition

Keep swinging it well

Your Captain