Meon Valley - 2016
Meon Valley proved to be a popular choice for the majority of our crowd, although a lengthy drive for those of us north of Watford. With members as far apart as Carlisle and Poole it is always a challenge to select a venue that pleases all the people all the time, so, some of the people some of the time must be the aim each year and so far there have been few major conflicts.
Being a Marriott Hotel the accommodation and catering were as we would have expected from this Hotel Group, and as far as value for money is concerned we were not disappointed. The golf course proved an interesting challenge, and the scores posted suggested that the golf course itself was the eventual winner!
Our numbers were reduced to seventeen due to a last minute cancellation,which meant that the total number of guests was one! Henry Knight being the only guest this year managed, by dint of superb golf on both days to pick up two guest prizes( he does like a challenge!) The rest of the prizes on offer were fairly evenly distributed amongst the rest of the gang, with the main trophies being allocated as shown in the results below.
Thanks again to Steve Hudson for his efforts in making some sense out of all the score cards and producing a list of winners and runner ups to allow us to award the Trophies to the right players. As we all understand, and to keep things fair, one player is only able to win ONE major Trophy each year.
Should a player win more than one Trophy, then he will be awarded the greater of the two.
To clarify the Trophy positions these are the awards and the meaning behind them.
TOP TROPHY.......................GHOFAT TROPHY (original award on the formation of GHOFAT)
SECOND TROPHY...............BERNADEUTZ TROPHY ( in memory of Bernard Phillpot)
THIRD TROPHY...................LENSHA TROPHY ( Lens secret holes award, just ask!)
FOURTH TROPHY...............TOSFAC TROPHY ( to give the over 75's a chance to win something)
RESULTS
Nearest the pin hole 7..............................................Sunday.................Steve Hudson
Monday.................Bill Dearnley
Nearest the pin hole 12.............................................Sunday..................Ray Woodcock
Monday.................John Billot
Best drive.....................................................................Sunday..................Bill Dearnley
Monday.................Les Vine
Best guest score............................................................Sunday..................Henry Knight
Monday.................Henry Knight ( 39 points!!!)
TOSFAC TROPHY........................................................Winner...................Les Vine
Second..................Hugh Evans
Third......................Tony Donnelly
LENSHA TROPHY..........................................................Winner....................Alan Booth
Second...................Bob Blake
Third.......................Tony Slipper
BERNADEUTZ TROPHY...............................................Winner....................Gordon Scott
Second...................Alan Lowen
Third.......................John Billot
GHOFAT TROPHY...................................................Winner.....................Peter Fiske
Second....................Vic Collins
Third........................Steve Hudson
The G H O F A T prizes have gone back to where they were born..in DORSET!
Unfortunately winning a trophy triggers a cut in handicap for next year, theses are as follows..
Peter Fiske..................cut 2 shots
Gordon Scott..............cut 2 shots
Alan Booth..................cut 2 shots
Les Vine......................cut 2 shots
Vic Collins..................cut 1 shot
Alan Lowen................cut 1 shot
Bob Blake..................cut 1 shot
Hugh Evans................cut 1 shot
Thank you all for supporting G H O F A T and hope to see you all in 2017.
THATS ALL FOLKS!!
Les
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