Author: Goobindyke

Fifteen players turned out for the unique par 3 contest devised by popular Club Captain Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel despite the possible bias in the handicapping system.

It was no surprise that Gus The Good Guy won the competition, although a count back was required to split Gus & Matt McAuley. The unique contest comprises 20 holes therefore with a par of 60. Scores were spread from net 61 by the winners to net 74.

Nearest the pins winners were Kobi Wenzel hole 4, Andy Phillips hole 8 & Dick Cleland hole 11.

A birdie comp was held where every birdie scored won a golf ball. Winners were: Jack Webster, Matt McAuley, Critta Waters (2),Thomo & Andy Phillips.

Full Results:

Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel	61
Matt McAuley	61
P Brearly (Peterborough)	63
Michael “Tickers” Tickner	63
Philip “Thomo” Thomson	63
Andy Phillips	63
Dick Cleland	64
Chris “Critta” Waters	65
Klaus Heymann	66
Mark “Mouldy” Millward	66
Andy Spackman	66
David “Jack” Webster	68
Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen	72
Kobi Wenzel	72
R haggerty (Peterborough)	74

Michael “Tickers” Tickner mastered the tough blustery conditions to comfortably win today’s mulligan competition with 19 points. The strong winds caused problems for the other competitors with Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel next best with 17.

Full results were:

• 19 – Michael “Tickers” Tickner
• 17 – Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel
• 15 – Dick Cleland
• 13 – David “Jack” Webster
• 12 – Andy Phillips (Mars Bar)

David “Jack” Webster continues a successful December with another win on Tuesday. Jack scored 38 points sufficient to beat longer handicappers Pat Hallion & colourful local identity Philip  “Thomo” Thomson who tied for second with 37 each. The handicapper took another bite out of Jack’s handicap and he now finds himself on 12 joining the serious golfers. Michael “Tickers” Tickner was disappointing again and we can just hope that this is a hiccup.

Full scores were:

• 38 – David “Jack” Webster
• 37 – Pat Hallion, colourful local identity Philip  “Thomo” Thomson
• 33 – Michael “Tickers” Tickner
• 32 – Bob Taylor
• 27 – Chris “Critta” Waters (Mars Bar)

Mark “Mouldy” Millward gave notice that his best golf is not behind him, winning Saturday’s stableford comfortably with a score of 40 points. Runner up was Pat Hallion with 37 points. Other scores of note were 36 points from Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen and a disappointing 27 points by the in form Michael “Tickers” Tickner.

 Full Results:

• 40 – Mark “Mouldy” Millward
• 37 – Pat Hallion
• 36 – Andy Spackman, Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen
• 35 – Colourful local sporting identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson
• 34 – Matt McAuley, Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel
• 33 – Chris “Critta” Waters
• 31 – Dick Cleland
• 27 – Klaus Heymann, Michael “Tickers” Tickner
• 19 – Kobi Wenzel (Mars Bar)

Tuesday December 4: Michael “Tickers” Tickner, the form player in the club, bounced back after a disappointing effort on Saturday where he just avoided the Mars Bar, to score 38 stableford points only to be caught by the unpredictable colourful local identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson who took out the competition on a count back. David “Jack” Webster, who is also showing consistent improvement was only one back on 37.

The full results were:

• 38 – Philip “Thomo” Thomson, Michael “Tickers” Tickner
• 37 – David “Jack” Webster
• 35 – Andy Phillips, Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel
• 30 – Trevor Maxted
• 29 – Chris “Critta” Waters
• 28 – Klaus Heymann (Mars Bar)

Davis “Jack” Webster was the standout on Saturday returning a score of +3 in a par competition for a comfortable win from runners up colourful local identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson, Kobi Wenzel & Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel who all finished on +1. The most disappointing result was that of Michael “Tickers” Tickner who finished new the bottom of the field despite some recent good form.

Final results were:

• 3 up – David “Jack” Webster
• 1 up – Philip “Thomo” Thomson, Kobi Wenzel, Russell Wenzel
• Square – Andrew Phillips
• 2 down – Mark “Mouldy” Millward
• 4 down – Richard Cleland, Michael “Tickers” Tickner
• 5 down – Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen (Mars Bar)

David “Jack” Webster narrowly won today’s 9-hole mulligan competition by the narrowest of margins. Jack scored 19 points to runner up Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel’s 18.

Full results were:

• 19 – Jack Webster
• 18 – Gus Wenzel
• 17 – Michael “Tickers” Tickner
• 16 – Andy Phillips
• 15 – Richard Secomb, Andrew Hall (Mars Bar)

Michael “Tickers” Tickner continues to dominate the men’s results with an impressive 40 point round on Tuesday, 4 points clear of runners up David “Jack” Webster and Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel on 36.

Full Results are:

• 40 – Michael “Tickers” Tickner
• 36 – David “Jack” Webster, Russell “Gud The Good Guy” Wenzel
• 35 – Colourful local identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson
• 29 – Philip Taylor
• 28 – Chris “Critta” Waters
• 24 – Neil Webster (Mars Bar)

A field of 9 set off this afternoon in initially dry conditions. During the afternoon the expected rain arrived making conditions difficult but doing the golf course no end of good.

Chris “Critta” Waters coped admirably and after a steady front 9 stormed home scoring  23 stableford points on the back 9 for a total of 41. Runner up was the in-form Michael “Tickers” Tickner with 38 points.  The assistant handicap manager wasted no time reducing both their handicaps by 1 stroke.

Final Results were:

• 41 – Chris “Critta” Waters
• 38 – Michael “Tickers” Tickner
• 36 – Russell “Gus The Good Guy” Wenzel
• 34 – Mark “Mouldy” Millward
• 26 – Eddie “The Flying Dutchman” Van Keulen

Despite the spectacular advances in wet weather apparel the following players withdrew during the round because of the rain.

• Pat Hallion
• Kobi Wenzel
• Colourful local identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson
• Andy Spackman

The best scores were from Michael “Tickers” Tickner & David “Jack” Webster who both just managed 35 points, with Tickers winning on a count back. The mercurial Bob Taylor & colourful local identity Philip “Thomo” Thomson both scraped together 30 points while Neil Webster took the Mars Bar with 28.