Ian Wood has taken the first individual Board Competition of his Alty career and second in total with a superb display achieving a slender one-point victory outlasting fellow low handicappers Butterworth and Ralston who both inexplicably faltered on the benign 16th. Front 9 joint leader Ian Cheetham had crucially blobbed 15 to miss out in fourth whilst joint leader Paul Southworth sensationally fell away to score only 6 back 9 points to finish 33rd . Bailey hero Richard Paulson completed the top 5 who all attracted the attention of the handicapper whilst defending champion John Thompson rues missed chances to finish 11th and your scribe completes the miserable journey from winner to runt scorer in just 44 days on a day where members fared much better than of late against our challenging course in the calm , cool conditions.
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