Effingham - Thursday 4th December 2025



The 9th green before we even started playing, and it would rain for another 3 hours.
The sun came out after most had finished.
Some of you need to ask for a card holder for Christmas.


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Full Results
Novelty Prizes
Detailed Handicap Changes

Full Results

Position Name Score Notes
1 Ian MARSHALL 39 BAGS Winner
2 Pat RYAN 36 Countback on back nine BAGS 2nd
3 Simon POOLE 36 BAGS 3rd
4 Bernie MARCHANT 35
5 Stuart HORREX 34
= Mark LONGHURST 34
7 Mike WEAVER 33
= Lawrie ARNOLD 33
9 James BENNETT 32
= Kevin HAWKINS 32
= David TAYLOR 32
= Gary LANGDON 32
13 Matt HALL 31
14 Martin TERRY 30
= Andrew Gatford 30 Guest Winner
16 Andy HARPER 29
= Simon CHEUNG 29
= Stuart SMILLIE 29
19 Robin SEWELL 28
= Andy MARTIN 28
21 Tony HOWE 27
= John DAVIES 27
= James Taylor 27 Guest
= David Smillie 27 Guest
25 Niall NELSON 26
26 Keith GATFORD 23
27 Brian Longhurst 16 Guest
28 Nick Edmonds 15 Guest
29 Harry MEDHURST 13
30 Chris PRESLEY 8


Novelty Prizes

Description Name Note
Best Front Nine Bernie MARCHANT 18 pts
Best Back Nine Mike WEAVER 19 pts
Par 3 Winner (deadheat) Robin SEWELL 9 pts
Par 3 Winner (deadheat) Stuart Horrex 9 pts
Nearest the pin (7th hole) Lawrie Arnold 10 cm
Nearest the pin (13th hole) James Taylor 220 cm
Nearest the pin in two (2nd hole) Simon Poole 260 cm
Nearest the pin in three (17th hole) David Taylor 14 cm


Detailed Handicap Changes

Par for the course = 71
After adjustment for the conditions the Competition Scratch Score (CSS) was 34 points.

The detailed handicap changes from the event are shown below. This only shows the members who played at the event. For a full list of handicaps please see the Handicaps page.

Member Previous
exact Hcap
Previous
playing Hcap
Points from
event
Difference
from CSS
Revised
exact Hcap
Revised
Playing Hcap.
Lawrie ARNOLD 12.9 13 33 1 12.9 13
James BENNETT 5.4 5 32 2 5.5 6
Simon CHEUNG 16.6 17 29 5 16.7 17
John DAVIES 31.5 32 27 7 31.6 32
Keith GATFORD 27.6 28 23 11 27.8 28
Matt HALL 12.3 12 31 3 12.4 12
Andy HARPER 20.9 21 29 5 21.0 21
Kevin HAWKINS 20.6 21 32 2 20.6 21
Stuart HORREX 27.0 27 34 0 27.0 27
Tony HOWE 9.2 9 27 7 9.4 9
Gary LANGDON 7.4 7 32 2 7.4 7
Mark LONGHURST 20.0 20 34 0 20.0 20
Bernie MARCHANT 24.5 25 35 -1 24.1 24
Ian MARSHALL 19.6 20 39 -5 18.1 18
Andy MARTIN 12.5 13 28 6 12.6 13
Harry MEDHURST 24.6 25 13 21 24.8 25
Niall NELSON 31.1 31 26 8 31.2 31
Simon POOLE 15.4 15 36 -2 14.8 15
Chris PRESLEY 25.1 25 8 26 25.3 25
Pat RYAN 17.3 17 36 -2 16.7 17
Robin SEWELL 20.0 20 28 6 20.1 20
Stuart SMILLIE 33.5 34 29 5 33.6 34
David TAYLOR 14.4 14 32 2 14.4 14
Martin TERRY 19.1 19 30 4 19.2 19
Mike WEAVER 19.1 19 33 1 19.1 19