The Newbury & Crookham Men’s Invitation took place this weekend with favourable weather and some great scores too.
The competition was played over 27 holes with two seperate 9 hole greensomes stableford competitions in the morning and one 18 hole fourball betterball competition after lunch. The morning front 9 competition was won by Dan Bayly and Simon Pitt with 25pts. The back 9 competition was won by Terry Keep and Bryan Arthur with 22pts. Steve Burton hit his tee shot to 84cm from the pin on the 3rd hole to win the nearest the pin and Simon Haydn-Jones to 88cm on the 17th. The afternoon runners up with 46pts were Paul Walden and Rod Watson but the winners with 47pts were Steve Critchell and Richard Stubbs.
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Men’s Invitation Winners L-R Richard Stubbs, Club Captain Dean Mavis and Steve Critchell
Newbury & Crookham GC held a Bank Holiday mixed pairs competition .The winners were Chris & Kerry Barlow on 44 points , Cilla & Richard Osgood were second on count back from Anne & Len Mrowiec, both pairs on 42 Points.
In the Ladies August medal/ Angela Uzielli, Silver division was a close contest with Jill Owen first on count back from Val Watson , both with net 69. Bronze division winner was Sheila Hayes net 75, Jenny Bell second on count back from Lou Wilson both with net 77.
The Seniors mens teams have had a good season & were top of the league in July. However two away defeats to Calcot and N.Wilts and a home draw with Donnington Grove have seen them slip to third place. This is still a good improvement on last year and Alan Wilcockson should get special mention for his win ratio of 71%.
On 28 August the men’s 19+ team drew their home match with Calcot 2-2, the winning Newbury pairs were Clive Reed & Keith O’Dell and Mike Roberts & Tim Escudier.