Sending this report to Times & Citizen, so it should appear on Thursday 1st December:- Sunday Medal Division One: Nigel Danes; nett 71. Division Two: Graham Lawes; nett 68. Division Three: David Harris; nett 69. Division Four: David Carr; nett 75. Mid week Medal Division One: Doug Staddon; nett 71. Division Two: Paul Lacey; nett 71. Division Three: Rowland Simmonds; nett 74. Division Four: Did Thomas; nett 68. Saturday Medal Division One: Joe Welch; nett 68. Division Two: Paul Flowers; nett 68. Division Three: Tony Altieri; nett 70. Division Four: Angelo Luongo; nett 69. Men’s After Dinner Cup First: Bruno Di Girolamo, nett 71, on countback. Second: John Jones, nett 71. Third: Mick Jennion, nett 73. Seniors Yellow Tee Stableford First: David Bottomley: 37 points Second: Paul Lacey: 36 points Third: Jim Young: 32 points Mowsbury Golf Club’s Ladies Section held their Annual Dinner and Presentation evening on Friday 25th November where the competition winners during the year received their prizes. The following winners were also presented with their trophies:- HIGH-LOW KNOCKOUT Hazel Hopperton & Elaine Barrows MIDSUMMER CUP Diane Cruz ANNUAL ECLECTIC Assunta Spina TRAYHORNE ECLECTIC Karen Heaume DEN BROWN PUTTER (Lowest Nett Score in Strokeplay Competitions) Helen Jamieson MOST IMPROVED GOLFER Emily Broughton GOLFER OF THE YEAR Elaine Barrows On Saturday 26th; the Ladies After Dinner Cup was played for, and was won by Helen Jamieson and Diane Cruz with 43 points, from runners-up Linda Jamieson and Emily Broughton with 40 points on countback.

Men's Annual Dinner & presentation 2016

The following competition results for October should be in Times & Citizen due out today:- Sunday Medal and Leslie Day Cup which included a hole-in-one for Tim Daniels at the 17th hole. Division One: James Henman, nett 70. Division Two: Ravi Sembhi, nett 69. Division Three: Patrick Carroll, nett 71. Division Four: Aniello Cammarano, nett 69. Leslie Day Cup Winner: Aniello Cammarano: nett 69. Midweek Medal Division One: Andy Horner, nett 70. Division Two: Pete Frost, nett 68. Division Three: Jim Rees, nett 70. Division Four: Mick Fergusson, nett 68. Saturday Medal Division One: Danny Ferry, nett 69. Division Two: Daniel Doherty, nett 65. Division Three: Mark Prior, nett 68. Division Four: Peter Dubar, nett 65. New Member’s Cup – Peter Dubar nett 65. Consolation Cup – Daniel Doherty, nett 65. Over 60s Midweek Stableford Winner: Terry Gardner, 40 points on countback. Runner-up: Mike Gray, 40 points. Over 60s Midweek Stableford 2016 Best 4 rounds of 7 Winner: Paul Lacey, 158 points. Runner-up: Mike Gray, 155 points. Tuesday yellow tee Senior Stableford 1: John Hargreaves, 40 points. 2: Mick Jennion, 38 points on countback. Thursday Senior Stableford 1: Brian Davies, 42 points on countback. 2: Randolph Charles, 42 points. 3: Pete Bennett, 41 points. Don Williamson Trophy Winners: Rhona Bottomley, Doug Staddon, Frans Loomans, 60.3 nett. Runners-up: Diane Cruz, Mick Jennion, Ajit Thomas, 64.8 nett. Margaret Plum Mixed Foursomes 1: Anne McGregor & Paul Lacey; nett 68. 2: Elaine Barrows & Andy Barrows; nett 76 Autumn Shield Winner: Denise Michelin, 40 points. Runner-up: Hazel Hopperton, 37 points. Mid-week Strokeplay Division 1: Helen Jamieson, nett 66. Division 2: Anne McGregor, nett 72. In the last three knock-out finals of 2016; the Vice Captain’s Cup was won by Michael Hill who beat Chris Hope in the final, Suky Sehmbi beat Andy Horner in the Scratch Knock-out final, and Shaun Thomas beat Cameron Kirkbride-Jamu in the Junior Knock-out final.

Course and Clubhouse pictures

Course and Clubhouse pictures

This report should be in Times & Citizen this week, showing September competitions winners:- Midweek Medal Division One: Terry Gardner, nett 69 Division Two: John Robinson, nett 66 Division Three: Tom Ashurst, nett 70 Division Four: Stephen Archer, nett 64 Saturday Medal Division One: Danny Ferry, nett 69 Division Two: Kevin Mansfield, nett 66 Division Three: Patrick Carroll, nett 67 Division Four: Kevin Lilly, nett 67 Over 60s Midweek Stableford Winner: Brian Davies, 38 points on countback Runner-up: Paul Lacey, 38 points Seniors Yellow Tee Medal 1: Craig Meredith, nett 67 2: Randolph Charles, nett 69 Seniors Yellow Tee Stableford 1: Don Peet, 41 points 2: Carlo Vergari, 39 points on countback 3: John Dennis, 39 points Juniors – Tiger Cup Winner: Shaun Thomas, nett 70 Runner-up: Joshua Aston, nett 71 Ladies Midweek Strokeplay Division One: Alison Healey, nett 71 Division Two: Enid Thomlinson, nett 73 Ladies September Strokeplay Division One: Emily Broughton, nett 70 Division Two: Rhona Bottomley, nett 78 Major Walker Mixed Greensomes Plate 1: Marina Allen & Mike Metcalfe, nett 68.8 2: Anne McGregor & Paul Lacey, nett 70.6 3: Pam Coombs & Terry Gardner, nett 71.4

Another report should be in Times & Citizen this Thursday. with most of the Summer KO finals results - Mowsbury Golf Club Summer Knock-outs Saturday 24th September saw most of the Men’s Summer knock-out finals being played, where many of the 2016 Honours Board places were decided. Two competitions have yet to be played as players reached two finals. These are the Scratch Knock-out and the Vice Captain’s Cup for division 1. In the Veterans Cup over 65’s; Eric Tester beat John Robinson on the final hole to win 1 up. In the Upton Cup for Division 2; Keith Allen won 3 and 2 against Lindon Nelson. The Bygrave Cup for Division 3 was won by Ian Peacock who won 2 and 1 against Tim Daniels. The Underwood Cup for Division 4 was won by Patrick Carroll who won the last hole to beat Keith Shirley 1 up. The betterball pairs knock-out for the Secretary’s Cup was won by Suky Sehmbi and Ravi Sembhi who beat Chris Hope and Michael Hill by 2 holes up. The Seniors Tankard for over 55‘s was won by John Jones who beat Pete Frost by winning the final hole to finish 1 up. In the Clementine Cup Mixed Foursomes final, the holders; John Broughton and his daughter Emily successfully defended their title, winning 2 holes up against Alicia Hawking and Nigel Danes.

Timeline Photos

As the Honours Boards are almost full - this is what we have in the Trophy Room:-

2016 Club weekend away

Barnham Broom and Dunston Hall golf

2016 Club weekend away

Barnham Broom and Dunston Hall golf

As the Club Championships results should be in Times & Citizen this week, the usual monthly results for August will probably be in next week's issue just ahead of the presentation on Sunday 18th September:- Mowsbury GC England & Wales Blind Golf Association Medal Division One: Terry Gardner, nett 73. Division Two: Sam Southwell, nett 63. Division Three: Alan Hawking, nett 68. Division Four: Carlo Vergari, nett 70. Midweek Medal Division One: Clive Barton, nett 65. Division Two: Terry Mason, nett 67. Division Three: Richard Houghton, nett 60. Division Four: Steve Archer, nett 71. Saturday Medal Division One: Sean Beddoe, nett 67. Division Two: Ian Peacock, nett 64. Division Three: Brian Leadbetter, nett 69. Division Four: Nico D’Errico, nett 71. Senior Tuesday yellow tee stableford 1: Randolph Charles 38 points 2: Mick Jennion 37 points Over 60s Midweek Stableford: 1: Luigi Viggiano 42 points on countback 2: David Shurety 42 points Senior Thursday yellow tee Stableford 1: Keith Davies 43 points 2: Alan Webb 38 points on countback Committee Challenge Targe: 1: Pep Borromeo & Graham Lawes +10 2: Iain Thistlethwaite & Mike Atkinson +8 on countback Best Committee Score; Terry Gardner & Mick Jennion +4 Nations Cup: 1: Clive Barton, Craig Barton, Joe Thompson, Mike Metcalfe: 129 points 2: John Jones, Eric Tester, Terry Gardner, Mick Jennion: 127 points 3: Paul Flowers, Nigel Danes, Sean Beddoe, Mark Slater: 125 points Ladies Results August Strokeplay and Smith Shield: Division 1: Emily Broughton, nett 71 Division 2: Linda Jamieson, nett 71 August Mid-week Strokeplay and Smith Shield: Division 1: Assunta Spina, nett 74 Division 2: Lorna Kay, nett 72 Smith Shield 1: Linda Jamieson 2: Emily Broughton 3: Lorna Kay 3 Clubs + Putter: 1: Helen Jamieson, nett 72 2: Denise Michelin, nett 76

Club Championships for 2016 done and dusted - I've just sent the following report to Times & Citizen - it should be in this Thursday's issue.:- Mowsbury Golf Club - 2016 Club Championships Mowsbury Golf Club held their 2016 Club Championships, playing over 36 holes – 18 each on Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th September. Mrs. Aprille Jones successfully defended the title she won in 2014 and 2015 to become the 2016 Ladies Club Champion. Runner-up was Assunta Spina. The Ladies nett winner was Pat Quickenden, on countback from Linda Jamieson in runner-up spot. Front nine winners were Anne McGregor for the first round and Alicia Hawking for the second round, and back nine winners were Diane Cruz for the first round and Emily Broughton for the second round. The Men’s section titles played for were Club Champion, Mowsbury Cup (Men’s nett winner) and Senior Club Champion. With no previous winners taking part, the new name on the Cup and title of Club Champion went to Michael Twigg with rounds of 72 and 75 for a total of 147 to win by 8 shots. Second place was James Dougan with rounds of 79 and 76 for a total of 155. Third place went to Mark Middleton with rounds of 80 and 77 for a total of 157. The Nett Champion and winner of the Mowsbury Cup was Tom Kelk with nett rounds of 73 and 66 playing off a handicap of 12 to win by a single shot from Joe Thompson in second place, with rounds of 71 and 69 for a nett total of 150. Mark Weatherill placed third with rounds of 74 and 70 nett playing off a handicap of 8. Senior Club Champion was Tony Bavaro with nett rounds of 68 and 71 for a total of 139, to win by 4 shots from Vice Captain; Mick Jennion on 143 beating Paul Cave into 3rd place. Best nett for round 1 went to Suky Sehmbi, and in round 2 to Alan Heaume. Best gross for round 1 went to Michael Hill, and in round 2 to Terry Gardner.

Timeline Photos

I expect this to become a regular sight from Mowsbury as Airlander gets together the required 200 hours to be registered as airworthy.