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Part I – Course,
Format and Particulars
Particulars
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Hosts
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Isis CC
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Course
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Waterstock Golf Club,
East Oxfordshire. 6,500 yards , Par 72 parkland
course.
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Date
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Saturday 5 October
(first tee @ 11:00).
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Weather
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A largely dry and
bright day.
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Tournament
Format
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The format is matchplay (lowest score wins the hole).
A trophy point is awarded to the winner (most holes won)
or a half-point is awarded to both sides in the event of a tied score (all
square).
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Other
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The Tournament will be decided out of 12 trophy
points. In the event of a tie - trophy points (6 all) then Isis CC retain
the Trophy. Otherwise, first to 7 or more trophy points is the winner.
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Part II – The Day
With players from both teams
dropping in and out of the eventual line-ups, teams were settled on the day as
thus, with the unregulated handicaps in brackets. Mr Whiter then introduced a
few rulings on certain holes to benefit the more handicapped to make them
less of a handicap, or something like that….
The
Protagonists
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Isis CC (Hosts)
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Far from the MCC
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Joe Asplet (28)
Allan East (28)
Julian Francis (28)
Harry Stoneman (28)
Alf Symons (32)
Damian Todd (28)
Olly Walter
(28)
Keith Whiter
(26) (c)
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Andrew
Darley (28)
Nick Hill (28)
Paddy Mellor (28)
Chris Roberts (28)
Gary Timms (28) ) (c)
Russ Turner (28)
Corne Vermaak (28)
Chris Williams (28)
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Part III – Final Results
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Winners
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Isis CC 5.5 v
6.5 Far from the MCC
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Herewith
the final standings from the day with the Far from the MCC claiming the
trophy!
Pairs
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Isis
C.C.
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FFTMCC
C.C.
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Winner
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Margin
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Keith
Whiter (26) (c)
Alf
Symons (32)
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V
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Chris
Williams(28)
Andrew Darley (32)
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Isis
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5&3
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Allan
East (28)
Olly
Walter (28)
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V
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Gary Timms (28) (c)
Russ
Turner (28)
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Isis
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3&2
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Damian
Todd (28)
Julian
Francis(28)
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V
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Corne
Vermaak (28)
Nick
Hill (28)
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FFTMCC
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3&1
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Harry
Stoneman (28)
Joe
Asplet (28)
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V
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Paddy
Mellor (28)
Chris
Roberts (28)
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FFTMCC
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3&2
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Singles
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Isis C.C.
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FFTMCC C.C.
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Winner
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Margin
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Keith Whiter (26)
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V
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Chris Williams (28)
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Halved
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Alf Symons (32)
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V
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Andrew Darley (32)
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Isis
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4&3
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Allan East (28)
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V
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Gary Timms (28)
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FFTMCC
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2&1
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Olly Walter (28)
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V
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Russ Turner (28)
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FTMCC
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1Up
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Julian Francis (28)
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V
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Nick Hill (28)
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Isis
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2&1
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Damian Todd (28)
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V
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Corne Vermaak (28)
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FTMCC
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5&3
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Harry Stoneman (28)
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V
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Paddy Mellor (28)
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FFTMCC
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4
and 3
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Joe Asplet (28)
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V
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Chris Roberts (28)
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Isis
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4 and 3
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A victorious FFTMCC team.
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Part IV – Summation
A thank you to Mr Timms, and both
Keith Ponsford and Whiter for organising the course and the day. Here’s to
next year and Mr Whiter sulking for another 12 months and complaining about
bandits….
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