Golf update - Juniors compete for the chance to meet Faldo

Golf update - Juniors compete for the chance to meet Faldo

St Mellion Golf Club will host the 1999 Faldo Junior Series on Monday, August 16. Some of the country's top junior amateur golfers will be competing over 18 holes to qualify for the Series final at the Belfry in October and the chance to meet Nick Faldo himself.

The Faldo Junior Series event will not only feature Zane Scotland (Woodcote Park GC handicap 0.2) of recent Open championship fame (at 17 years old, the youngest ever amateur to qualify for this year's British Open), but will also feature some local talent, including Exeter's Lewis Clarke (14 years old, Exeter G&C Club, handicap 7.7), Taunton's Jon Ball (16, Oake Manor GC, 5.7) and Cullompton's Adam Isaac (16, Tiverton GC, 5.8).

With the Faldo Junior series divided up into regional qualifying rounds, the event at St Mellion is the final of three in the Southern region. Over 50 boys and girls will be participating in this region, all under 18 years of age and with handicaps ranging from 0.1 to 9.6.

The top five juniors from the region will then be selected via the Sony Order or Merit to go through to the Series Final at The Belfry, Ryder Cup venue 2001, in October. This prestigious occasion will be hosted by Faldo.

Whitsand Bay Vets played two away games last week. They lost both, 6-2 at St Austell and five and a half to two and a half at Bowood. Results - (v St Austell) C Hancock and F Brelsford lost one down to R Brociner and P Simonds; R Jenkins and R Hughes lost to J Tunna and B Benson 2&1; B V Rogers and K Pomeroy lost to R Hughes and J Marriott 6&5; J Hoar and H Pryn lost to J Hunt and H Bennett 4&2; R Cook and T Dart halved with I Yelland and R Whetter; P West and D Rawlings halved with L Willis and A Trudgian; N Harrop and L Gill lost to D Durant and T Bullen 4&3; T Cochrane and J Maddever bt C Vollans and M Venn 4&2.

Whitsand versus Bowood - B V Rogers and H Dyer lost to R Boundy and J Chilton 5&4; J Hoar and R Jenkins lost to B Hiscop and B Trewin 4&3; F Brealsford and D Foster lost to D Eagle and D Read 5&4; H Pryn and R Hughes lost to M Trevin and R Roose 5&4; T Dart and R Cook bt B Malowry and B Cousins one-up; D Rawlings and P Moore bt J Hunt 2&1; T Doyle and P West lost to R Powell and d Flanders 2&1; G Barrell and R Bode halved with S Bunyan and R Salisbury.

Whitsand Bay Golf Club Veterans Open was played on Friday - an 18 hole Stableford competition, maximum handicap 24, 7/8ths handicap allowance. The weather was excellent and so was the golf. A raffle was arranged and £93 was raised for the club's organised charity, the RNLI. The entries were: Carlyon Bay 11; Dinnaton 2; Looe 20; St Austell 7; Staddon Heights 11; Torquay 12; Wrangton 2; Whitsand Bay 29; Bugbury 1; Crediton 2.

Before presenting the prizes, Chris Hancock (Captain) welcomed all the contestants from the above clubs, and he hoped everyone had enjoyed their game. He thanked Ron Hughes (Secretary) and Alan Sykes (Treasurer) for all the work they did organising this event which proved once again to be very successful. He also thanked Earles Hotels for their kind co-operation in making this event possible and the Greenkeeper and his staff for the excellent condition of the course.

Also Tom Boyle, Cecil Northam and Connie Pryn for their assistance, Del Rawlings for the excellent buffet and Mary Hancock and Gunvor Hughes for serving same. Also Roy in the bar for providing for our spiritual needs. He then presented Mary, Gunvor and Connie with a bouquet of flowers each.

Prize-winners - H Pryn (Whitsand Bay); B Duck (Looe); B Turner (Staddon Heights); B V Rogers (Whitsand Bay); M Coleman (Staddon Heights); N Hillmale (Looe).

1st over 70, N Harrop (Whitsand Bay), 2nd over 70, J Hoare (Whitsand Bay); 3rd over 70, R Kingdom (Staddon Heights); 4th over 70, D Turner (Looe).

Best front nine - R Petipher (Looe); best back nine - M Plummer (Staddon Heights).

Nearest the pin 18, M Allen (Looe); nearest the pin 12, N Hillmale (Looe).

Names of 2's winners - R Petipher (Looe) 30 balls; N Allen (Looe) 30 balls; R Taylor (Carlyon Bay) 30 balls.

On Monday, August 26, the Looe Vets played a 'Mafia' two to count with the winners being Don Clarke, Peter Smale and Roy Duffett (87) with a big gap to the second-placed team, consisting of Rob Ingold, Norman Taylor and Irvine Edmondson with 82. Other scores were Gerald Bassett, Peter Tyler and John Hicks with 81, Harold Ferris, Harry Foster and Gerald Bassett with 81, John Jones, Brian Taylor and Norman Allen with 78, Jack Hawken, Jeff Buckland and Ray Taylor with 75, John Richards, Arthur Hallam and Richard Essam with 71, George Robson, Alan Hockridge and John Hicks with 69, Albert Quinlan, Doug Hibberd and Cecil Bourchier with 67.

The Yellow ball contest was played with the 29 balls donated by Mike Row. This is an interesting novelty contest which we play every year and the winners this year were John Hicks, Harold Ferris and Harry Foster with 134 points. The captain welcomed to the Vets likeable Tommy Hunn who has now come of age and who finished second in the group with Dave Turner and Gordon Townsend with 128. Other scores were Ray Petipher, John Richards and Max Higson with 120, Mike Phillips, George Robson and Frank Carpenter with 117, Andre Radondy, Albie Smith and Ray Taylor with 118, Bob Kinch, Mike Row and Gerald Bassett with 111, John Blake, Roy Diffett and Peter Smale with 110, Norman Allen, Brian Taylor and Jeff Buckland with 109, Frank Parks, John Jones and Doug Hibberd with 103, Don Clarke, Cecil Bourchier and Irvine Edmondson with 98.

Monday, August 2 saw another mafia played. Peter Smale, Irvine Edmondson and Jack Hawkens scored 92, with other scores being Peter Tyler, Brian Duck and Albert Quinlan with 88, Brian Taylor, John Jones, Cecil Bourchier with 88, Dave Turner, Roy Duffett and Peter Tyler with 86, George Robson, William Aust and John Hicks with 77, Des Adams, Gordon Townsend and Norman Taylor with 73, Jack Baxendale, Bob Kinch and Mike Phillips with 71, Don Clarke, Mike Row and Alan Reed with 64.

The August Medal was won by John Richards with an excellent score of 89-28-61, followed by Frank Carpenter 82-16-66, Harry Foster 89-22-67, Dave Turner 85-16-69, Andre Radondy 90-20-70, Rob Ingold 92-21-71, Ray Taylor 94-23-71, Albie Smith 84-13-71, Peter Tyler 91-18-73, Norman Hil-Male 79-6-73, John Jones 94-20-74, Des Adams 91-16-75, Don Clarke 94-18-76, Irvine Edmondson 99-23-76, Norman Allen 94-17-77, John Blake 105-2-78, Cecil Bourchier 102-24-78, Jack Hawkens 107-28-79, Max Higson 100-20-80, Richard Essam 95-12-83, Norman Taylor 115-28-87, Ray Petipher 107-19-88. There were five N/R's.

The club versus the vets match was played on Saturday, the club winning 7-3. The captain of the club, Geoff Cullen, very sportingly tossed a coin to see whether the Vets played off the White or Yellow tees. The vets won the toss so took the yellow with the following results, club names first- John Spurgeon and Mike Hollingdale beat Ray Petipher and John Richards by 2&1; Pete Densham and Andy Toms beat Harry Foster and Cecil Bourchier 2&1; Ian Puckey and Steve Hobbs bt Dave Turner and Jack Hawken 1-up; Dave Hussey and Wayne Voaded beat Ray Taylor and Peter Tyler by 2&1; Murdo MacDonald and Tony Horner beat Gerald Bassett and John Blake by 4&2; Geoff Cullen and Brian Hodge lost to Frank Carpenter and Tommy Hunn 2&1; Roger Catterall and Malcolm Neale lost to Jeff Buckland and Arthur Hallam by 2&1; Paddy Sleep and Tony Wildren beat Norman Hill-Male and Roy Duffet 2-up; Andy Doney and John Sargent lost to Norman Allen and Brian Taylor 3&2; Brian Shiel and P J Mannell beat Andre Radondy and Irvine Edmondson by 5&4.