Captains' Days at The Grove produce some great golf

COLIN Rumbelow and Shirley Isaacs, Captain and Lady Captain at The Grove, have had a busy few weeks as their year in both roles begins to wind down.

Firstly, Rumbelow’s Captain’s Day took place at the club with a number of individual and team competitions producing some eye-catching performances.

In the singles stableford, Mark Gordon’s 42 points saw him claim first place in the section for players with handicaps from scratch to nine. Norman Rand was runner-up with 40 points.

A better back-nine gave Joe Muir the edge over Les Fitzgerald in the 10-18 category after both men had recorded 39 points. It was more comfortable in the 19-28 section where David Williams beat namesake Dennis with 37 points to 33.

One point was the difference in the Ladies’ event as Cheryl Western (35) finished just ahead of Heather Davies.

In the team-of-three contest, Ken Bale, Ken Godwin and Ian Thomas won by the narrowest of margins from Wayne Morgan, Stuart Hodgson and Keith Richards. The winners totalled 98 points to their rivals’ 97.

Neil Summers, John Williams, Vince Laing and Stuart Mason combined to triumph in the team-of-four competition but again it was a close run thing. Their 142 points was just one more than that of Don Knight, Norman Williams, Jeff Waite and Norman Rand.

Two points further back in third was the quartet of Alan Cole, Cheryl Western, Steve Matthews and Luke Evans.

The Lady Captain’s Away Day was held at Greenmeadow where Jackie Sexton, Lynda Dacey, Mel Williams and Vicky Ford won the par-three competition.

Sheila Stubbs and Sue Bishop were the putting queens and Faye Ashman was nearest the pin with Ann Bevan second. There was more success for Bishop as 36 points gave her victory in the stableford while Frances Robertson edged out Jayne Weston for second.

Also at The Grove, club captain Colin Rumbelow and vice-captain Karl Murray went head-to-head in the Founders Cup with teams of 14 taking on each other in fourballs, greensomes and singles matches.

Murray’s men took the fourballs 4-3 only for Rumbelow’s team to level the match by winning the greensomes by the same scoreline. And in a very close finish, the captain saw his side triumph 7.5-6.5 to clinch the cup 14.5-13.5.

The Lyn James Cup at Carmarthen had to be replayed after it was abandoned the first time around with a third of the field unable to complete 18 holes due to the adverse weather.

Mathew Pither, who had originally shot a net round of 73 was thankful for the delay as at the second time of asking he went six better, registering 67 to win by one from John Dive with Peter Williams third a single stroke back again.

Jane Lindquist and Jennifer Williams combined to win the WWLGU Jubilee Foursomes with a net round of 79, beating Sheila Neate and Sheila Reed-Smith by one shot. Jean Barratt and Jennifer Lewis were third.

Results

Carmarthen

WWLGU Jubilee Foursomes; 1. J. Lindquist & J. Williams net 79, 2. S. Neate & S. Reed-Smith 80, 3. J. Barratt & J. Lewis 80

Lyn James Cup; 1. M. Pither net 67, 2. J. Dive 68, 3. P. Williams 69

The Grove

Founders Cup; Captain’s Team 14.5pts Vice-Captain’s Team 13.5pts

Lady Captain’s Away Day Stableford; 1. S. Bishop 36pts, 2. F. Robertson 29, 3. J. Western 29

Captain’s Day Singles Stableford; (0-9 Hcap) 1. M. Gordon 42pts, 2. N. Rand 40, (10-18 Hcap) 1. J. Muir 39, 2. L. Fitzgerald 39, (19-28 Hcap) 1. Da. Williams 37, 2. De. Williams 33, (Ladies) 1. C. Western 35, 2. H. Davies 34

Captain’s Day Team-of-four; 1. N. Summers, J. Williams, V. Laing & S. Mason 142pts, 2. D. Knight, N. Williams, J. Waite & N. Rand 141, 3. A. Cole, C. Western, S. Matthews & L. Evans 139

Captain’s Day Team-of-three; 1. K. Bale, K. Godwin & I. Thomas 98pts, 2. W. Morgan, S. Hodgson & K. Richards 97