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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.

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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.

See the archive section for earlier months reports