A quick catch up on the competition front... Lots of competition news to catch up on over the last few weeks. We have had two Winter Leagues and a Winter Stableford during the holiday season, so let’s do a quick recap on the scores. Winter League 7 was played on Saturday 22nd December and was won by Simon Potter with a very tidy 42 points playing off a 5 handicap; an excellent score indeed. In second was Edward Birkby with 40 points and Steve Newton headed a group of three players on 38 points the other being Justin Smith and Bob Bennett. Thursday 27th December was the Midweek Stableford, this was won by Steve Linton who scored 38 points to beat James Hoyland into second place by two points. In third place was Phil Wainwright who had 35 points. On to Saturday 29th December and Winter League 8, the final event of 2018 was won by Toby Foster’s friend Graham Whitaker with a nice little 38 points beating Martin Birch into second place by one point with that man Simon Potter in the points again in third with 35 points. The Order of Merit has changed quite a bit since the last recap with a new leader at the head of affairs. Steve Newton is the current front runner on 50 points with early runaway leader Brian Baker in second on 38 points. A new entry at number three is…you guessed it Simon Potter who has 35 points after two solid events back to back, just shows how quickly you can chase up the table with a few good weeks. Paul Wood is in fourth on 32 points and Tony Botteley fifth with 31 points. All to play for on Saturday 12th January with event 9. The first event of 2019 was the Winter Stableford 4 played on Saturday 5th January. We had a new winner in 21-years-old Callum Bethel who had 40 points, an excellent score for Callum who is quite new to golf and shows real promise for the future, must be some of his father’s talent coming through! In second was Shaun Gregory with 39 points, Stuart Davies third on 38 points and in fourth was another youngster making huge improvements was 14-years-old Tom Beaumont with 37 points.
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