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Thursday 2nd September 2010
Order of the
day was a match at Kirkcudbright against the E.G.G.S (Elderly Gentleman's Golf
Society) Playing in excellent conditions and plenty of sunshine the golf was
enjoyable but the result wasn't so. The Mallards lost.
Thursday 26th August 2010
The 'battle'
of the nations, not quite but today's event was the Nations Trophy, a 4BBB match
play competition between the English members of the section and the Celtic
members of the section. 7 matches were played and this year the English were
victorious and regained the trophy. Congratulations to them and all who took
part.
Monday 23rd August 2010
The 5th round
the the medal 'Eclectic' and a surprisingly good turn out for this medal
competition which is played from the white tees. 30 players took part in good
conditions with the constant threat of rain which thankfully did not arrive
until after the competition was completed. Winner today on a CPO was Jim
Samuel with a net 70, John Ross was runner up also with a net 70. David Blackett
and Joe Hardon recorded net 72's with David taking 3rd place on a CPO. George
Bullamore and Jim Cruddas shared the 2's pot.
Thursday 19th August 2010
Round two of
the Ralph Ramsden Medal and another good day weather wise. A much smaller field
played today in but there were some good scores returned, no more so than that
of Doug Dixon with an excellent 67. Our captain, Ian Melrose was runner up with
a net 72, followed home by George Bullamore with a net 73. There was 4 2's
recorded today, one each for Chris Small and Ian Melrose and two for George
Bullamore.
Monday's leader Joe Hardon, didn't fare quite so well but for some considerable
time he was the overall leader in the trophy stakes with a combined score of
144, but late starter Doug Dixon's fine 67 together with Monday's 72 for a total
139 was more that good enough to win the Ralph Ramsden Trophy. So
congratulations to Doug.
Monday 16th August 2010
Round one of
the Ralph Ramsden Medal Trophy was the order of the day . A rather misty and
cool start for the early birds but the day soon warmed up. 33 members took part
in the 1st round. Joe Hardon with an excellent net 67 was today's winner, runner
up was John Morton-Carruthers with a net 70, also on a net 70 was Derek Smith,
4th on a CPO was Francis Fitzpatrick. 2's recorded by David Wrightson & David
McCulloch
Thursday 12th August 2010
There being
no official Mallards competition today the members took part in the Frank walker
Trophy, a club trophy for the members aged 55 and over, any results in relation
to that competition will be displayed on the men's section notice board.
Yesterday (Wednesday) the Mallards took part in a match against the Dalston
Seniors at Dalston Golf Club. The Mallards lost 4 - 2
Monday 9th August 2010
A damp showery morning for the members taking part in today's stableford
competition. 29 played and a nice win for Tom Gordon with 39 points, runner up
was Douglas Pringle, 36 points, Ian Melrose & David Blackett were 3rd & 4th with
34 & 33 points, there were no 2's recorded.
Three members played at Eskdale Golf Course Seniors Open. (Sandy, George &
Harry) It was a showery day and the course was very wet in places but none the
less very enjoyable. A point of interest was raised thro watching another player
taking part, a plugged ball in which he lifted and cleaned and dropped the ball
but he repaired the pitch mark before dropping the ball and playing.
The rules allow a plugged ball embedded in it's own mark to be lifted, cleaned
and dropped, but
You can’t repair the pitch mark.
Decision 13-2/10 Pitch-Mark in Dropping Area Repaired Before Ball Dropped
Q. Through the green, a player’s ball was embedded in its own pitch-mark in a
closely mown area. He lifted the ball under
Rule 25-2 but, before dropping it, repaired the pitch-mark. Is such repair
permissible?
A. No. The player was in breach of Rule 13-2 when he improved the area in which
his ball was to be dropped by eliminating an irregularity of surface.
The pitch mark can be repaired after playing the next stroke.
I thought this might be of interest to all members
Thursday 5th August 2010
A medal
competition was the order of the day, not exactly the Mallards favourite
competition, hence a reduced field of 23 members taking part. Never the less
there were quite a few good scores returned today, none more so than George
Bullamore's excellent net 69 which was more than good enough to take 1st place.
Runner up with a net 72 was Gordon White followed by David Slater with a net 73
on a CPO. Ian Clark and Jack Carruthers recorded 2's today.
Monday 1st August 2010
Nice to be
out in dry warm conditions with plenty of sunshine. A team stableford was the
order of the day, and with 82 points then team of Doug Dixon, Brian Norgrove and
Malcolm Mackenzie, runners up were John Ross, David Hoggard & Eddie Robson, 3rd
on a CPO was the team of Jim Cruddas, Cyril Hankey & Tom Gordon.
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