| Date: | 3rd October 2007 |
| Venue: | Hankley Common G.C. |
Some 24 players arrived at Hankley Common on a nice Autumn morning to take on the challenge of a very good course in lovely condition.
The morning round was distinguished by an excellent gross score of 72 by Colin Jones (revelling in his +1 handicap) which won the Bertie Flower (scratch) event by four shots from Jonathan Hubbard's 76.
John Crisp claimed his first OTGS trophy by winning the Ruck Cup (handicap) with 88-18=70 by a shot from David Reich (86-15=71) who took second place from William Marle (79-8=71) on countback. In the subsidiary Stableford competition, Stephen Stowell showed us that the Ruck Cup might have been his but for playing the wrong ball at a crucial stage, because his 39 points was a fine score too.
In the afternoon Foursomes event for the Gonda Salvers we had runaway winners in Colin Jones and Richard Gracey. They played splendidly and were round in one under par with their gross ball - a remarkable 42 points, which won by the huge margin of 6 points. There was a three way tie in second place and Richard Proctor and Mark Wainwright won second prize on countback. David Reich and the Captain, Adrian Cooper, were third and Jonathan Hubbard and Richard Dalzell were fourth. A collector's item was that there had been a mathematical error in calculating third and fourth places so Hubbard and Dalzell actually received the small prize for coming third when they had not quite done so. It would be ungallant to record that it was Jonathan who had so kindly done the maths (but he had not appreciated that there was a prize for third place so was excused any accusation of chicanery!). Anyway, the eagle-eyed Reich had spotted the error and lodged his complaint so a retrospective Steward's Enquiry reversed the minor placings.
The Bathurst Trophy for the best combined net scores at the Spring and Autumn Meetings was won by William Marle with net 142 (71 and 71).
Peter Bathurst once again made our lives much easier and more pleasant by being present at Hankley first thing in the morning and distributing bonhomie and cards with equal enthusiasm. It was much appreciated.