February 2011 - Provisional Starting Handicaps for 2011

I'm pleased to announce that we have another new member, Steve Gould, who takes the number of members up to 32. Welcome Steve! This is the first year with a full compliment of 32 members for quite a few years!

Below are the provisional starting handicaps for 2011. These will be confirmed at the March meeting:-

A Division

Name	Handicap
Tom Hastie	13.5
Mick Taylor	14.5
Tony Middleditch	15.5
Mark Hopkins	16
Mick Pressland	16.5
Lubo Matis	18
Keith Upton	18
Nick Isom	18
Tom Hastie Snr	19.5
Robbie Burns	20
Nick Carter	20
Bob Evans	20.5
Bert Styles	21
Phil Swaine	21.5
Joolz Hembrough	21.5
Roy Dennis	22

B Division

Name	Handicap
Dave Reid	22.5
John Kitchingham	23
Mick Sims	23.5
Rob Moloney	24.5
Martin Whelan	24.5
Steve Gould	24.5
Mick Tingley	25
Richard Linney	25
Jim Pullum	26
Cliff Riley	26.5
Derek Howe	27.5
Mick Foakes	28
Tony Upton	28
Geoff Bean	28
Tony Rossiter	28
Lyn Riley	34

See you on Tuesday 8th March 2011 at Chelsfield Lakes

February 2011 - 2011 Venues Now Published

Hi One and All,

It's time to get those clubs out, give them a good clean, and to hit a few balls on the range. The venues for the year have now been published (see the Venues tab) and the weather is gradually getting warmer.

News from the AGM is that our handicaps will be cut in the same way as last year - you will be cut just one shot for winning a competition plus a cut for standard of play if you score better than your handicap (half the difference between your score and your handicap). It was agreed that there would continue to be no cuts for winning the stableford and stroke play averages (Oops - I got this wrong at the last meeting! There were no cuts for last years stableford and stroke play averages after all!) Also welcome to our new members: Geoff Bean, Lyn Riley and Tony Rossiter.

See you all on our 8th March meeting at Chelsfield Lakes.

2010 Winners

2010 Monthly Competition Winners:-

Date	Course	A Winner	B Winner
09/03	Austin Lodge	Northumberland Cup Bert Styles	Ann Clist Cup Martin Whelan
13/04	Lullingstone Park	Easter Cup A Nick Carter	Easter Cup B Tony Middleditch
11/05	Weald of Kent	Whitsun Cup Tom Hastie	Richards Cup Mick Tingley
08/06	Cobtree Manor Park	Oakwoods Cup Tom Hastie	Cressy Scroll Mick Tingley
13/07	Redlibbets	Mandeville Shield Bert Styles	Summer Rose Bowl Cliff Riley
10/08	Kent and Surrey Golf Club	Ken Norton Trophy Nick Carter	Drunken Jap Trophy Rob Burns
14/09	Poult Wood	Autumn Cup Mick Taylor	Den Baker Shield Bob Evans
13/10	Chelsfield Lakes	Ron Amner Vase Nick Isom	Sam Stuchbury Trophy Rob Burns
09/11	High Elms	Winter Cup Tom Hastie Snr	Reg Whalebone Memorial Trophy Jim Pullum

2010 Yearly Competition Winners:-

Competition	A Team Winner	B Team Winner
Champ of Champ	Nick Isom
Captains Day	Captains Plaque Rob Burns
Knock Out	Knock Out Ray Crudgington Trophy Winner: Mick Pressland Runner Up: John Kitchingham
Stableford	Lubo Matis	Rob Burns
Stroke Play	Bert Styles	Tony Middleditch
Putting	John Kitchingham 30 putts
28 Handicap	Derek Howe 38 points
Points A Team	Nick Carter - 75 Points
Points B Team	Tony Middleditch - 72 Points
Xmas Funday	Martin Whelan
Par 3 Comp	Archie Sampson Memorial Trophy Jim Pullum

December 2010 - Upchurch River Valley

Another great Christmas fun day at Upchurch River Valley. We had a great cooked breakfast, a cold but mainly dry golf day and a super Christmas dinner.Brilliant! Well done to Martin Whelan who won the overall fun day competition, and also to Jim Pullum who won the par 3 competition. Luckily for Martin and Jim there are no handicap cuts for these competitions.

Bert also announced the winners of the stableford and stroke play averages for 2010. They are:
Stableford A division winner: Lubo Matis    
Stableford B division winner: Robbie Burns
Stroke play A division winner: Bert Styles
Stroke play B division winner: Tony Middleditch

Lastly the overall points winners for 2010 are:
A division: Nick Carter (75)
B division:Tony Middleditch (72)

Thanks to Bert Styles for his sterling work as Secretary of the society, and to all the members of the committee for their efforts during 2010. I hope that all members of the society and their families have a very happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year!
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