Saturday’s Medal competition had good scores in both divisions. Division 1 was won by Colin Jones with a very impressive nett 65 with James Sanders & Nick Riby one shot adrift on 66. In division 2 Tony Hammonds and Jack Ince both posted scores of 68 with Tony winning the division on a better back 9. Third place went to Chris Edmonds-Smith.
Saturday also played host to the final of the Freshwater Bay Winter Foursomes, with the winners going on to represent the club in the next stage of the Daily Mail Foursomes competition. Two time winners Kevin Garrett & Bill Hinchen looked favourites to win it for a third time as they won the first 3 holes but Bob Godden (pictured below in warmer times) & George Thomson fought back valiantly with some stunning golf. After 16 holes, Godden and Thomson were 1 up, and on the 17th George Thomson sunk a long birdie putt from just off the green to secure victory with their third birdie of the day.
Sunday morning’s Stableford competition saw 33 entrants battle it out, producing some impressively high scores. In Division 1 Adam Keen eclipsed his 2nd place of last week with a very impressive 44 points. Derek Wright claimed 2nd spot with a gross level par to get 39 points with Kevin Garrett 2 further adrift on 37 points. The 2nd Division saw outstandingly high scores considering the conditions. First place went to left-hander James Ebdon, who carded a score of 45 points to secure glory. James (pictured below) joined Freshwater Bay in April last year as a 28 handicap and is now playing off just 12 .
Justin Clayton came 2nd with 41 points and young David Hartley was 3rd with 40 points. Only 2 players had not looked up the weather forecast and so decided to venture out in the afternoon. Even John Meredith and John Riddlesdell finally succumbed to the elements. They were on the 6th hole before an onslaught of rain, wind and hail forced them off the course.
