Divot Party Trophy
Divot Party Trophy 9th. September 2018
This trophy celebrates those members who have given their previous time to assist our wonderful greenkeeping staff and was originally the brainchild of our Secretary now Captain-elect Matt Goodall ... in recent years the number of members taking part has dwindled with a low of 4 members in 2013 ... today only 10 members took part ... this observer hopes that our Committee can find a way to make the event more attractive as it is clearly apparent that more members should help to maintain the current high standards of the course .
Paul ‘Macca’ MacDonald has added to his board competition haul by taking the important Divot Party Trophy ...
At the turn it was a tight affair with playing partners MacDonald and Miller joint leaders with Goodall , Dickens and Rossiter just a shot back .
By the 14th MacDonald had gained 2 further shots to handicap on 10 and 13 to stand at net 3 under but Miller had fallen two behind after dropping a shot to handicap on 10 but had immediately fought back with gains on 12 and 13 to get him again just one shot behind .
Matt Goodall had dropped further behind after a tipsy turvy start to his back 9 whilst Roy Dickens had been similarly up and down (with gains on 10 and 13 divided by a dropped shot on 12 ) .
Wily veteran John Rossiter was playing well and had gained shots on 10 and 13 to be just one shot back and in serious contention .
From the 14th hole only MacDonald held his nerve gaining a further shot on 15 and playing the other holes in regulation to finish 82/15/67 .
Danny Miller (76/6/70) had defended his title stoically but the loss of two shots to handicap on 14 effectively ended his challenge and although he picked up a shot on 15 he finished 3 shots behind his great friend and compatriot but in the top 2 for the third consecutive time in this event !
Secretary Goodall (80/8/72) could only finish 5 behind in third after maintaining his mixed round with dropped shots on 14 and 16 negated by gains on 15 and 17 .
Roy Dickens (92/20/72) played to handicap 14-16 thus stood on the 17th tee 1 under his handicap and needing a great finish to get close to the leader . Sadly dropped shots to handicap on both closing holes meant a 4th placed finish .
John Rossiter had an uncharacteristically poor stretch of holes dropping 4 shots 12-14 then NR’ing after two poor tee shots on 15 .
Overall the small but perfectly formed field gave us a competition that was closely fought until Paul MacDonald again demonstrated his ability to raise his game for the pursuit of trophies to open his account for the season !
