THE ladies played their 36 hole Championship at Okehampton Golf Club last week, when conditions were reasonable and some good golf was played.
Penny Deakin is the new champion with a tremendous gross 80 in the morning and another steady round of 88 in the afternoon, giving her a total of 168.
Runner up was Rachel Spry with a 91 and 87 to card a 178. Lynn Hazelton, the vice captain, was third with an 86 and 96.
The nett champion was Rachel Spry who had the better second round to win on countback from Penny. Rachel was net 144 same as Penny. Lynn was third again with a nett 152.
The 18 hole winner was Amanda Winsor who scored a nett 72 and with the Stableford points adjustment brought her handicap down to 23; Kath Mansell was second with a nett 73 and Lin Atkinson third nett 78.
Last Thursday a number of the members went up to the Mendip Hills for a day out. This was the first time the ladies and men have had a joint outing. A coach went from the club at 8.30am arriving about 10.30am, after a coffee and bacon roll the players set out.
The men played from the first tee in their three ball, two to count, Stableford and the ladies started on the ninth tee playing an individual Stableford with teams of two to be decided at the end in a draw.
The weather wasn't too bad, though some clouds did appear now and again to blot out the views!
The course was interesting and scoring was difficult. Though the mens' winner of the Individual Scratch Trophy, Stuart Wilson, didn't find it too difficult making a gross 84.
The individual winner of the handicap prize was Graham Howe with 35 points and the team winners were Stuart, Graham and Mike Hutchinson.
The ladies' individual winner was lady captain Cherry James with 34pts, with Lin Atkinson second.
However the main competition and winning the Shield was Cherry drawn with Lorna McCurrach, they totalled 55 pts. In second place were Lynn Hazelton and Tricia Nilsson with 52 and third were Lin Atkinson and Maureen Howe with 51pts.
It was a great day enjoyed by all who participated.
Saturday saw the men playing for the John Norman Shield, a three ball all to count Stableford. It was a good entry played in excellent conditions and the scoring showed.
Winning the trophy and division one with a tremendous 103 pts were Malcolm Hill, Kevin Cornwall and Andrew Clark. Second with 97 pts were Bob Davies, Nick Heath and Kevin Rice. In third place were Martin Cox, Chris Hurley and Dave Harwood with 96 pts.
Division two was won by Keith and Jordan Lee and Will Searle with 90 pts; second were Dingle Shilston, Nick Waldron and Damien Fletcher with 87 pts and third with 80 pts were Robin Webb, Graham Starkey and Andrew Parry.
Sunday was the annual mixed match played against Yelverton this year at home. Seven pairs took part and the winning team, after a very friendly match, was Okehampton with a 5 ½ to 1½ victory.