Following the first playing of this, the only team competition in our calendar, as part of our Centenary celebrations in 2021, the event has become firmly established in the schedule. Coxmoor Golf Club is a great venue, offering a first class golf course on heathland type turf, excellent practice facilities and a well-designed modern clubhouse.
This year there were 36 entries for the event, giving us nine teams of four players, with no need for the complications of adjusting for teams of three. Despite the long dry summer, the course was generally in very good condition, with greens that were true if slightly slower than normal. The blustery wind and fast-running fairways made shot / club selection challenging, but despite this there were some excellent scores.
The meeting is one of only two events where we have Nearest the Pin prizes on the Par 3s (the other being the Winter Meeting at Sandy Lodge). Ian Robinson clearly had his club selection dialled in, winning Nearest the Pin on both the 2nd and 10th holes, with Dave Holmes closest on the 7th and Kevin Page on the 17th.
The team prize was closely contested. In 3rd place, with 80 points, was the team of Garry Ridsdale (playing off a handicap of +3!), Steve and Sheila Grant, and David Walton. Second, with 83 points, was the team of Mike Bown, Paul and Michaela Daniels, and 'Mac' McKenzie. Two point better, on 85 points, the team of David Taylor, Jenny Smale, Alastair `Maxwell and Rick Lipscomb were the clear winners and each received one of the four trophies awarded for this event - the Weir, Sutherland, Sassoon and Egerton Johnson cups.
The full results of the meeting are available on this link.