Bookham Amateur Golf Society

Littlehampton (LH) Tues Aug 18

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Full Results
Novelty Prizes
Detailed Handicap Changes

1. Here’s the first newsletter in over five months reporting initially on last Tuesday’s event at Littlehampton and much more besides. Though the second event of Mike’s Captaincy was a long time happening, the new arrangements in the circumstances forced upon us worked very well and we had a surprisingly large attendance of 48 considering that our day’s golf was cut from 27 to 18 holes and that there was no dinner or prizegiving afterwards.

2. Taking full advantage of the relatively benign dry conditions with a headwind only on half the holes, Robin amassed a great score of 41 points which brought him one point clear of three players – Matt, Lawrie and Graham. In fact he was only spared the Countback by the computer correcting a Stableford miscalculation on his card which gave him a total of 40 points. This was Robin’s sixth day victory, a total exceeded by only five other players and his first for eight years. Well done Robin and I’m sure the thrill of getting your hands on the mid-summer trophy was not marred by your one shot cut ahead of the Tour.

3. As social distancing regulations prevented us from holding the prizegiving in the Clubhouse, we switched this to Zoom 24 hours later and were delighted 22 members tuned in. We’ll make sure all relevant prizes are delivered or handed over as soon as is practical.

4. In the Chairman’s, now that the three round qualification level has been reached, Mark has a handy seven point lead over Simon W. If he hangs on to that he will follow in the footsteps of son Tom who won this major last year.

5. The KOs are running smoothly and all are at the Quarter Final stage with two Pairs already having reached the semis those results now guaranteeing new winners of that particular trophy.

6. Though there have been no BAGS golf days for five months, we did manage to organise (thanks to the technical skills of Ian) a highly successful on line Charity auction which raised in excess of a much needed £15000 for The Marsden. Thank you so much for the generous bids during that week and it was really exciting taking part in a Zoom call with other members of the Committee watching the final bids coming in just before 9pm, the last one coming in for the West Midlands lot from Richard Hockham just 18 seconds before the deadline. Since then it got even better as Andrew has generously added a personal donation of £1000 to our total and made available a Worplesdon fourball valued at over £500 at summer prices which we intend now to use as a prize in the Tenners draw. I will be writing to you all separately on this initiative which has already realised £350 and we hope will achieve even more before the Charity deadline of the end of September.

7. That date brings me nicely to a mention of our next day event at Betchworth Park on Monday 28 September. As you may recall this replaces the Charity event which should have been held in June and is now to be a conventional (if that word applies to anything this year) day event. I shall again be writing to you separately about this to encourage you to take part and in addition to the pre round bacon roll, unlike Littlehampton we shall be offering a rolling one course meal in the Clubhouse after your round. Watch out for the on line sign up sheet in the next few days.

8. A few of you asked about our plans for the rest of this year and until recently it has been difficult to make too many as Clubs have varied in their response to the resumption of golf with some yet to open their course even to individual visitors unless they are guests of a member. West Byfleet falls into this category so our early October day has sadly been cancelled. We have however replaced this with a visit (postponed from April) to Burhill – now scheduled for Wednesday October 14 - and I am delighted that because they have a number of available dining rooms, we have been offered two which are contiguous and will allow not only 56 players to have a socially distanced meal but give Mike and Andy the chance to present the prizes in full sight of both sets of diners so that will be almost like the old days! Again watch out for the sign up communication by mid week.

9. Beyond that at this stage we cannot promise anything firm but will be talking soon to Hankley and Hindhead to assess the chances of having more than just a ‘golf and go’ visit. In some respects BAGS’ proposed numbers are a handicap at these venues as like all Clubs in the new normal they have severe dining room capacity restrictions. We will do what we can to get the best outcome for you all.

10. Even before Betchworth Park we have the tour in early September which was originally to be based in Le Touquet but with great foresight (as it turned out) was converted a while back into a three day Hampshire version based at Sandford Springs which was to have been the venue for our 27 hole Competition in July. We have 26 members and two guests taking part and look forward to an enjoyable three rounds of golf, the last of which will take us to nearby Weybrook Park, close to Basingstoke. This is now a very compact tour (apart from the social distancing!) taking only a little over 48 hours and with not much travel, the ideal combination for these difficult days.

11. Stay well and healthy and enjoy your summer golf in safety.

Full Results

Position	Name	Score		Notes
1	Peter White	42		Guest Winner
2	Robin SEWELL	41		BAGS Winner
3	Bernard Marchant	41		Guest
4	Matt HALL	40	countback	BAGS 2nd
5	Lawrie ARNOLD	40		BAGS 3rd
=	Graham WRIGHT	40
7	Richard HOCKHAM	39
=	Richard LISTER	39
=	Martin Howes	39		Guest
10	Mark LONGHURST	38
=	Simon WINDIBANK	38
12	Jon STEVENSON	37
13	Andy HARPER	36
=	Stuart HORREX	36
=	James Bennett	36		Guest
16	Gary LANGDON	35
=	Keith Flack	35		Guest
18	Ray CLARKE	34
=	Kevin HAWKINS	34
20	Keith MARSHALL	33
=	Alan Woodley	33		Guest
22	Lee DAVIS	32
=	Tom LONGHURST	32
=	Harry MEDHURST	32
=	David TAYLOR	32
=	Mike WEAVER	32
=	Troy Cox	32		Guest
=	Steve Rout	32		Guest
29	Hedley GREATBATCH	31
=	Clive MURRELL	31
31	Mike GRIESHABER	30
=	Chris PRESLEY	31
33	Alan LANGFORD	30
=	Andy SKILTON	30
35	Dougie PAULL	29
=	Martin Terry	29		Guest
=	Charlie KEARL	29
=	Scott Stratton	29		Guest
39	Paul HUNT	22
40	Andy SPREADBOROUGH	28
41	Tim AKERS	26
=	Terry HULME	26
43	Roger BOYCHUK	25
44	Sean Prendergast	23		Guest
=	Stuart SMILLIE	22
46	Ian MAKEPEACE	19
47	David JACKSON	18
=	David Lee	18		Guest

Novelty Prizes

Description	Name	Note
Best front nine	Graham Wright	20 pts
Best back nine	Richard Hockham	21 pts
Nearest the pin (3rd hole)	Graham Wright	9ft 35in
Nearest the pin in 2 (7th hole)	Steve Rout	14ft 10in
Nearest the pin in 2 (15th hole)	Andy Spreadborough	46in
Charity Nearest the pin	Matt Hall	79cm
Par 3 Winner	Terry Hulme	15pts

Detailed Handicap Changes

Par for the course = 70
SSS for the yellow tees = 68
SSS stableford points = 38 points.
After adjustment for the conditions the Competition Scratch Score (CSS) was 38 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
Tim AKERS	15.9	16	26	12	16.1	16
Lawrie ARNOLD	10.0	10	40	-2	9.6	10
Roger BOYCHUK	28.0	28	25	13	28.0	28
Ray CLARKE	18.0	18	34	4	18.1	18
Lee DAVIS	24.0	24	32	6	24.1	24
Hedley GREATBATCH	20.5	21	31	7	20.6	21
Mike GRIESHABER	21.8	22	30	8	22.0	22
Matt HALL	15.2	15	40	-2	14.6	15
Andy HARPER	18.5	19	36	2	18.5	19
Kevin HAWKINS	20.7	21	34	4	20.7	21
Richard HOCKHAM	4.1	4	39	-1	4.0	4
Stuart HORREX	24.1	24	36	2	24.1	24
Terry HULME	23.7	24	26	12	23.8	24
Paul HUNT	24.7	25	22	16	24.9	25
David JACKSON	28.0	28	18	20	28.0	28
Charlie KEARL	20.8	21	29	9	21.0	21
Gary LANGDON	5.1	5	35	3	5.2	5
Alan LANGFORD	11.9	12	30	8	12.1	12
Richard LISTER	16.3	16	39	-1	16.0	16
Mark LONGHURST	20.8	21	38	0	20.8	21
Tom LONGHURST	19.1	19	32	6	19.2	19
Ian MAKEPEACE	21.2	21	19	19	21.4	21
Keith MARSHALL	8.0	8	33	5	8.1	8
Harry MEDHURST	15.8	16	32	6	15.9	16
Clive MURRELL	9.9	10	31	7	10.0	10
Dougie PAULL	24.2	24	29	9	24.4	24
Chris PRESLEY	20.9	21	31	7	21.0	21
Robin SEWELL	22.4	22	41	-3	21.2	21
Andy SKILTON	20.2	20	30	8	20.4	20
Stuart SMILLIE	24.2	24	22	16	24.4	24
Andy SPREADBOROUGH	17.3	17	28	10	17.5	18
Jon STEVENSON	5.1	5	37	1	5.1	5
David TAYLOR	12.0	12	32	6	12.1	12
Mike WEAVER	17.0	17	32	6	17.1	17
Simon WINDIBANK	10.2	10	38	0	10.2	10
Graham WRIGHT	9.2	9	40	-2	8.8	9