February Medal....

The February medal was reduced from three to two divisions and keenly contested. In the top section Ian Fraser thought he had it in the bag with a splendid 41 points only for Paul Chapman to trump him with a magnificent forty three points. In the bottom section it was a tight affair with Martin Powell beating David Napper on countback with 38 points.

Results:
Division 1
Paul Chapman : 43 points
Ian Fraser : 41 points
Shane Jones : 39 points

Division 2
Martin Powell : 38 points on countback
David Napper : 38 points
Clive Malcolm : 37 points

Daily Mail Qualifier..21/02/10

Winner: Rob Leney and Tony Leney. 87-15.5-71.5
Second: George Beattie and Ian Fraser.  85-12-73
Third : Mike Green and Tom Lloyd 92-18-74

Men v Forest of Dean ...24/4/10

The fine unbeaten record came to an end with a narrow 4.5 to 1.5 defeat away to the Forest of Dean. One defeat and one halved match out of seven played is still good form and reduces the winning percatage to 71%, however that is still better than the seniors at 50% and the ladies (0%).

Next up The Herefordshire at home.

Men v Patshull Park...10/4/10

The men's section remain unbeaten following a comprehensive 4.5 to 2.5 win over Patshull Park. This is a fine start to the season with five played and four matches won. An 80% success rate. Whisper it but they are doing better than the seniors.

Men v Wharton Park...27/3/10

An excellent narrow away win over Wharton Park by 3.5 to 2.5 on a course we usually struggle on. The season is starting well with three wins out of four, a total of 75% win ratio. We have already won half as many matches as we did over the whole of last season.

Next up Patshull Park at home on the 10th of April

Men Section v Seniors ...20/03/10

The inaugural fixture between the two sections culminated in a narrow five to three win for the Men Section. It was a very good day out with much good hearted ribaldry between the teams followed by a well prepared buffet lunch

Winning pairs for the Men's Section were Wayne Barton and Clive Malcolm; Joss Ingram and Gregg Bridges; Ray Powell and Brian Hunt; Malcolm Davies and Rob Holloway and D Phillips who played in a singles.
Winning pairs for the seniors were Derek Langford and Guy Thompson; David O'Dowd and Lawson Gardner and Edward Jones and Bill Harris.

Leominster v Sapey

A fine start to the social matches season with a 5.5 to a 2.5 win over Upper Sapey at Leominster. We hope to improve on last season's performance where we only won six matches out of twenty. Vice Captain Tony Williams extends his appreciation to the team.

Captain's Drive In - 3 January 2010

Eighty five members braved a freezing January morning to celebrate the 2010 captain Wayne Barton's drive in. The conditions reflected the scoring except in the bottom section where Phil Bowcott and Tony Walmsley played to their handicaps with a very creditable 36 points, with Phil taking first place on countback.

In the top section Ken Watson had a narrow one point win with 32 points from Andy Merrick and in the middle section Terry Davies had a similar margin of victory (34pts) over Paul Chapman. Gerald Cooke won a box of balls for being nearest the pin with his 2nd shot on the 18th green.

Full results

0 to 12 Section

1st:        Ken Watson      32 pts
2nd:       Andy Merrick     31 pts on countback
3rd:        Martin Davies    31 pts on cuntback
4th:        Ian Fraser         30 pts

13 to 18 Section

1st:        Terry Davies      34 pts
2nd:       Paul Chapman   33 pts
3rd:        Dean Gosling     32 pts on countback
4th:        Luke Gosling     32 pts on countback

19-28 section

1st:        Phil Bowcott      36 on countback
2nd:       Tony Walmsley  36 on countback
3rd:        Dave Napper    34
4th:        Trevor Perry      33

Fun Texas Scramble..29/8/10

Ex members Ed Morley & Jim Payne made a welcome return to our club accompanied by Ben Edwards and Marcus Price to take the first prize in the Fun Texas Scramble on Bank Holiday Monday with a net score of 54.9.

They just pipped the Leominster team of M Pearson, G Bridges, P Staite & M Margurie who had 55. Third were A Griffiths, P Rouse, R Williams & N Williams with 56.3 and in fourth place A Price, A Manns, M Lew and M Hill with 57.1. A total of 36 teams competed on the day.

RBL Cup and Newlands Trophy.

Luke Gosling with a gross 80 (14) 66 won the Royal British Legion Cup with Dave McGrath second 79 (12) 67 and Matt Cooke third with 76 (8) 68.

The Newlands Trophy was won at a canter by Peter Rossiter 88 (26) 62. Second was Brian Amos 87 (20) 67 with Lawson Gardner third with 90 (22) 68.

Blind Pairs Competition

Winners:     Martin Powell & Ken Pearson      80pts.br,
2nd:             Graham Flowers & Paul Rouse   75pts on c/b
3rd:              Ken Ford & Michael Marguerie    75pts

Ben Novis - Clifford Williams Comps.

Wilf Arrowsmith won the Ben Novis Cup with a net 67 playing off a handicap of 11 with Kevin Room second with a net 68 just piping Terry Morgan on the countback. The Clifford Williams Cup was won by Martin Powell with a net 61 playing off 21. Second was Paul Thompson with a net 66 followed by Mike Green third with a net 69.

Burke Bowl....18/07/10

Winner : Brian Amos 87-22-65
Runner Up : Ken Ford 86-20-66
Third : Graham Gammage 84-18-66

Captain's Day.....2010

Captain's day was a glorious success blessed with good weather, a good turn out and welcome refreshments provided by Captain Wayne Barton next to the ninth green. The overall winner and star of the day was Dave McGrath with a magnificent 41 points on countback from Alan Burke. Other prize winners can be viewed through the Button Menu on the right of this page or through this link HERE. Photos, courtesy of Rod Garvey, will be shown at a later date

Chronicle Cup...23/5/10

Winner : Ken Ford
Other qualifiers : Ben Clarke, Mark Lane, Derek Phillips

10% Cup

Results:
First : Steve Fletcher Net 60
Second : Duncan Betts Net 66
Third : Dave McGrath Net 67 on count back

AM/AM

Club Captain Wayne Barton's team of Steve Olive, Colin Kerfoot and Vice-Captain Tony Williams were narrowly beaten on countback (91 points) in the year's first Men’s Open AM-AM by Doug Hill, Pete Staite, Mark Price and Paul Friswell also of Leominster. Third were Roger Barrington, Ted Amos, Steve Grealy and Tony Wathen with 90 pts in an excellent field of 38 teams.

Report by Wayne Barton

Marden Cup....

Traces of Canadian Geese on the seventh, Swans on the tenth and now Goslings on the Honours Board. Congratulations to Dean and Luke Gosling on winning the Marden Trophy by beating Roger Barrington and Steve Grealy one up on the final hole.

Tom Bishop Cup...24 April 10

This was a very closely fought competition with nine players within two shots of the of the lead. Winner was Alan Densley with an impressive forty points on count back from Nigel Morris and Doug Hill. A further shot behind was Warren Latham and Dean Gosling on 39 with Martin Davies, Mark Lane and Charlie Tune on 38 points

Weston Cider Cup..25/4/10

Results:
Winners: Nigel Morris/Paul Thompson 73-13-60
Second : Graham Gamage/Dave McGrath 78-16-62
Third : Kevin Green/Paul Creasey 76-11-65 on countback

April Medal..11/4/2010

The competition took place in glorious weather which was reflected in some very low scores. There were only two divisions and Neil Ellis took the honours with an impressive net 62. In division two Tony Walmsley had a fine under par round with a net 66.

Leader Board
Division 1:
1st : Neil Ellis 78-16-62
2nd : David O'Dowd 81-15-66
3rd : John Ford 82-15-67 on cb

Division 2:
1st : Tony Walmsley 93-27-66
2nd : John Callow 91-23-68 on cb
3rd : Martin Powell 88-20-68 on cb

Hopbine Trophy (Revised Result)

Following a computer error the revised results are now available. The overall winner was Dave Napper with forty points. For other Hopbine results click this LINK.

Hall of Fame...

Congratulations to Colin Kerfoot winner of the Hall of Fame competition and to go forward as the club's representative. An impressive performance considering his handicap was reduced by two strokes from the previous week's March medal, which he also won.

First : Colin Kerfoot 77-14-63
Second: John Callow 90-24-66
Third : Gerald Cooke 79-12-67