The Spring Meeting at Luffenham Heath was again a great success, with no less than 44 golfers in the morning and 20 pairs for the afternoon Greensomes. These included 5 golfers playing off scratch or better and 20 with single figure handicaps, which must be a record.
The course was in great condition, the weather obliged, the staff were excellent as always and the scores were amazing. Competing for the lovely Elizabeth Singer Trophy, David Taylor had a brilliant front 9 of 23 points, but the more consistent golfers fared better. Inch McAlpine scored 38 points to get 2nd place on countback from John Blanks.The winner was brand new member, Darren Kups, who on his first visit to Luffenham Heath scored 5 birdies on the front 9 and won with a total of 39.
After lunch, Darren continued his fine form playing Greensomes with Trev Grant and scoring 23 points on the front 9. However in 3rd place were Richie Matthews and Liam Pucill with 39, pipped by Gary Cook and local man Jeff Glover with 40. But the deserving winners of the Londonderry Cups, playing off scratch were RAF players John Blanks and Jamie Nickless.
It was a brilliant start to our season.