Stableford Results 24/24 Feb

The wind blew and the rain dropped from the heavens and yet the golfers they did golf (well some of them anyways). Congratulations to Martin Twigg and Mathew Butterworth for their respective Division victories in the second February Stableford.

Stableford 24/25 Feb Result - Div 1

1st	Martin Twigg	42
2nd	Dick Watt	41
3rd	Colin McDonald	38
4th	Streve Dalby	38
5th	Terry Martinelli	38

Stableford 24/25 Feb Result - Div 2

1st	Mathew Butterworth	40
2nd	Tony Ward	40
3rd	John Walpole	36
4th	Tony Beecroft	35
5th	John Sims	33

WHAT IS DAMAGING SOME OF OUR FAIRWAYS AND TEES (PARTICULARLY THE 18th TEES

The problem is Chafer Bug Larvae - Chafer Grubs can cause devastating damage to lawns. Chafer Grubs are white grubs with a brown head, not unlike Vine Weevil grubs but with distinct pairs of legs at the front end.
Chafer Bugs are 2cm beetles which hatch into flying adults in mid-May. Chafer Bug adults lay eggs in June which turn into more Chafer Grubs in July to eat grass roots until October. Then Chafer Grubs dig deeper into the soil over winter until May before Chafer Bug surface to fly, mate and lay eggs again.
Adult Chafers do little damage, but the grubs eat avidly during July to October, severing the grass from it's roots leaving tufts and patches which turn brown in the hot weather, generally in August/September.
The damage to our fairways is being done by either crows, foxes or badgers digging up the grubs for food.
There are treatments but they should be applied between July and October, it is probable that the Head Greenkeeper did not know there was an infestation at that time.

Stableford Results for the 3/4 Feb 2007

So the Globe in the sky shone bright and warm but the scores in the club house were decidedly cold! Nevertheless, warm congratulations are extended to Mark Manley and Laurence Trevillion for the respective Divisional victories in the first Feb Stableford.

Stableford 3/4 Feb Result - Div 1

1st	Mark Manley	37
2nd	James Barrett	36
3rd	Mark Heffer	35
4th	Paul Kitchener	34
5th	Terry Martinelli	34

Stableford 3/4 Feb Result - Div 2

1st	Laurence Trevillion	35
2nd	Ryan Burnett	35
3rd	John Sims	35
4th	Mick Charles	34
5th	Tony Beecroft	34

Daily Mail Foursomes - Results

The word ‘sorry’ was the word of the day on Sunday as the members participated in the Daily Mail Foursomes qualifier. The small field started their rounds in somewhat misty conditions (for some it never improved) but as the day wore on the mist lifted and temperatures sawed into double figures!

For shot of the day, well don’t know how everyone else did but the shot I had the pleasure of watching was Steve Barkers’ recovery on the 9th. Steve’s partner had the good grace to leave Steve standing on the down slope of the 10th tee between the White and Yellow markers. The only shot on was between the two large trees, negotiating the bench, missing the bunker to a pin placement on the left of the green. Impossible! I hear you say, in his usual demeanour, Mr Barker simply manoeuvred the ball low through the trees to the right of the bench, landed the ball just to the right of the bunker, avoiding the rake and nice rolling onto the green, leaving his lucky partner some 10 feet from the pin… Steve it was simply mesmerick!

So to the results! Congratulations go to Steve Barker and the Captain Steve Lythell for winning the Men’s category, with Geraldine Rowe and Denise Beasley taking the honours in the Ladies event.

Daily Mail Foursomes - Men's Result

1st	Steve Lythell & Steve Barker	39
2nd	Graham Purnell & Rhys Purnell	39
3rd	Steve Coombes & Ray Barnfield	38
4th	Wayne Challis & Chris Leaf	37
5th	John Rowe & James Barrett	37

Daily Mail Foursomes - Ladies Result

1st	Geraldine Rowe & Denise Beasley	29
2nd	Jean Clarke & Judith Heffer	15