Our Late Summer Meeting at Huntercombe continues to be popular fixture, and this year we saw twenty-five members vying for the impressive Brabazon Trophy in the morning and sixteen for the Greensomes Stableford prize in the afternoon. We also enjoyed the company of three guests.
Once again Huntercombe Golf Club looked after us very well, providing an first-class lunch that either made an excellent conclusion to the day’s golf, or steeled us for the afternoon.
Conditions were perfect. The scorching sun and high humidity that has been a feature of our weather over recent weeks had given way to light cloud and a gentle breeze which made it much more comfortable. The greens were in superb condition and with fairway watering it was the first time in a little while where we were not playing off concrete! As a result scoring was impressive, with almost 30% of the field playing to their handicap or better and 50% scoring thirty points or more.
The Brabazon Trophy was won this year by George McCaffery with forty points on count back from Nigel Dowdall. In the afternoon Greensomes Simon Fenton and Nigel Dowdall posted an equally impressive twenty-six points - four ahead of the field.
We look forward to seeing an equally strong field next year - once the fixture list is out, get it in your diaries.
Anthony
The full results are available here.