Fabulous Finals Day

Pre-match coffee

Well done to all of our finalists on Saturday (and Sunday afternoon), first of all for even getting to the finals, but also for giving us an amazing day's entertainment.

We were so lucky to have a dry, sunny day and even managed to squeeze Sunday's final into a break from the rain, after thunder and lightning in the morning and heavy rain later in the day. 

Thanks to all the markers - I must particularly mention Hilary, who volunteered to mark the novices final which took 28 ends to decide… a bit more than he signed up for and then he had to play his pairs match!

Mal, with his swisher out!

Several people were involved in two or three finals. I'm sure there were some aching bodies by the end of the day, but they put in some brilliant performances throughout.  There were a few cliffhanger endings, with several matches won by only one or two shots.  

It was great to see a good crowd of supporters as well and it was almost standing room only. Thanks to everyone who brought along food to share for lunch - a lovely spread as always.

The winners

So congratulations to all our winners:

Lee Pheasant - men’s champion

Angela Merchant - ladies’ champion

Hilary Guckian and Trevor Burnett - men’s pairs

Kim Wright and Angela Merchant - ladies’ pairs

John Wright - men’s handicap

Trevor Burnett - men’s veterans

‘The Beans’ Leigh and Gerry - 2 wood pairs

Lee Pheasant - 2 wood singles

Martin Brand - beginners and novices

And on Sunday:

Paul Aldus and Lee Pheasant - open pairs

I must also take the opportunity to reiterate our best wishes to Carole and Barry who celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary on Thursday - an amazing achievement.

Carole and Barry - Happy Diamond wedding anniversary!

A small gift of wine and flowers hardly seemed enough to mark the occasion, but it did come as a complete and happy surprise - Barry was as close to speechless as I have ever known! Many congratulations to you both.

Wendy Coleman

In other news

Captains Day

And so, sadly, to the last day of the season. You'll find the teamsheet below, in Clubhouse chat and on the internal competitions web page here. On the Spaces app, you can scroll along to the Internal Tournaments tab.

Please note that rink 1 is a pairs game so players will need 4 woods. The remainder are rinks; dress is whites. Please arrive for club photos at 2pm and the game will begin at 2.30.  There will be a match tea after the game and maybe a drink or two!

See you in the bar afterwards.....

Quiz Night

Don't forget Trevor's Quiz on Sat 20th September. You can arrange your team in advance, or pal up with spare people on the night.

Let us know if you are coming, so that we can plan tables, etc; click here to RSVP on the website, or scroll along to the Events tab on the app. If you want to sign up more than one person, click the down arrow to set the number of people (up to six per team).

Come early to get a good table, and don't forget to bring your snacks! Just a reminder to please bring a prize if you can.

Other dates for your diary

This year's Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be on Friday 21st November at 6pm in the clubhouse. Please make sure you have all your nominations, seconds, etc and anything for the agenda into Wendy by 30th September, as after that date they cannot be included.

The annual dinner and presentation evening is on 29th November at Worlebury Golf Club.

It is £31 per person, payable to Chris via bacs or by cheque.

The menu and attendance list is up in the clubhouse. Alternatively, click the picture below to complete your menu choices. You can also sign up online - click the same picture on the home page of the website and the Spaces app.

Match Report

Mixed friendly away to Bridgwater, Thurs 4th Sept

Its been a small while since we played Bridgwater in any capacity, so it was nice to have a game with them. The weather was threatening, but a couple of small showers didn't dampen the enthusiasm or the green - neither did the dust storms from the tractor in the cricket ground.

One or two of our players had not played at this venue at all; Angie Merchant almost missed the start, but got steered back in the right direction at the last minute.

Banwell played triples to Bridgwater's rinks. Wendy Coleman had a small lead at tea but, as these things go, it all changes and they lost by 7.

Gerry Bean and John Wright skipped both their respective sides to 14-14 draws, whilst the stars of the day were Alan Cockayne, Doreen Dickinson and Angela Merchant, who went in to tea with a huge 22-3 lead, and sustained it second half coming out 32-7 winners.

Result 76-54 to Banwell.

John Wright