Results

Results

Summer Meeting

Date:23rd June 2009
Venue:New Zealand G.C.

Report

 

I don’t think anyone can remember anything but perfect weather for every summer meeting we’ve had at New Zealand, and this year was no exception. 

A reasonable-sized, though not bountiful, field assembled early for bacon rolls, and with a two tee start and quite small numbers, all were off by 8.45 am, which happily assured enough time , even tho’ once OTGS members are to be found with a card and pencil in hand it seems they like to take great care, for all to have sufficient time to enjoy the fulsome NZ lunch. 

The winner of the main event – the morning scratch medal for the Wood Bowl - was Tim Jenkins with a gross score of 72, on count-back from Lewis Sturdy.  The handicap stableford event for the Jackson Bowl was won, perhaps surprisingly given the distractions of responsibility of management of the day’s affairs, by Adrian Cooper with 41 points, again on count-back, from Tim Jenkins, and with Robin Berkeley in third place with  39 points, just pipping Michael Haddleton on 38. 

The smart money was being placed ahead of the off in the afternoon foursomes on the on-paper, good-looking combinations of Williamson & Golding-Wood,  Marle & Sumner F,  and Berkeley & Crates.  Thus it proved, with an impressive 42 points scored by William Marle and Francis Sumner, three ahead of the predictably competitive Neil Williamson and David Golding-Wood (has there been any OTGS meeting yet when DG-W hasn’t troubled the scorer?), with Paul Cook and Trevor Mills in third place with 37 points. 

New Zealand GC in June, with the course in great condition and pretty much completely to ourselves, and with the care extended to us by the NZGC secretariat, is hard to beat, and a pretty good day was, I think, had by all.