We had a large turnout for the June event at Elton Furze to play for the normal monthly Stableford points competition plus the annual President’s Cup which is played for in medal format.

The course looked in very good condition with the recent sunshine after the endless spring rainfall. The scoring was excellent although some people accidently disqualified themselves from the President’s Cup by ‘picking up’ once they could not score any Stableford points (doh!).

On to the winners….

Monthly Stableford

· Steve Walker 36 points

· Les Wells 35 points

· Richard Cheng 33 points

President’s Cup

· Winner Geoff Delaney Nett 70 strokes

Follies tradition dictates that any player can win only one prize on each outing. Dave Harrison (who scored 40 points) chose to take the prize for winning nearest the pin on the 2nd and Andy Izod (who scored 34 points) chose the special prize (to celebrate Les’s 70th) for nearest the pin on the 15th.

The team conspired to create some memorable moments causing great hilarity. Charlie Johnson entertained the gallery on patio by playing from one greenside bunker to the other on the 18th, Yim Kong managed to lose 6 Taylor Made golf balls, Richard Parker found his second shot on the 4th about a foot underground in a greenside rabbit burrow and Paul Flanders made himself an early contender for bunker flunker because he took 4 shots to get out of a bunker on the 9th. However, saving the best until last, Graham Tooke had us in stitches as he described raking the bunker backwards on the 12th (apparently this is the way in New Zealand) when he tripped on the bottom step and ended up nearly giving himself a cheap thrill with the rake holder! Very ooh err, Matron!

Paul Flanders currently leads the 2024 season standings with 103 points from three rounds with Les Well a close second on 101. All to play for over the rest of the season!

The next outing is on 26th July at Thorney Lakes. Details to follow.

Report by Richard Parker (or is Parker just his pen name)