Swindle Results Wednesday 6th Aug

Firstly well done to Steve Mummery who beat Tony Coomber on the 18th hole to be the first player through to the Qtr Finals of the Hall Trophy.

In the Swindle the day was dominated by our resident Sommelier cruising home with a mighty 46 points!! The disappointment of blobbing the easy 12th hole was made up by birdies on the 17th and 18th holes. Well done Mr Reynolds, £22 - another entry in the Hall of Fame.

Sameer nipped in with 39 pts for 2nd place and £14 - it's been a long wait to get on the rostrum. He was so excited he nearly bought a drink with the winnings! The third placers Steve Mummery and Jim Morrison just missed out on 38pts but were happy with the ' more money and no cut approach'.

The front 9 was won with 21pts (Robin) and the back 9 with 22pts (Jeff T) his 5th front or back 9 win this year.

Next week we have our annual Robert Andlaw Trophy day. All the matches are loaded on the Swindle spreadsheet so tee times and opponents can be seen. The first Greensomes match starts at 10.36. Well done to David for organizing the event and we look forward to a visit from JC. Don't forget to empty out your piggy banks so we can try and beat last year's charity fund raising.  

Team Swindle July 30th - Results

Results from the Team Swindle were as follows:-

    Team C - 135 points
    Team E - 131 points
    Team A - 130 points
    Team B - 126 points
    Team F and Team H - 122 points
    Team D - 116 points
    Team G - 103 points

The winning team comprised Trevor Pine (43 points), Dave Robson (39), Don Dobbs (34) and Tony Coomber (30). With scores like that they were going to take some stopping. £11 each to the victors.

Best stapleford score for £6 (and an entry on the Hall of Fame to boot) was Kelvin with a stonking 44 points.

Rather embarrassingly to report, not a single swindler managed to even land on the 16th green in 3 shots so the nearest-the-pin prize rolled on the the next best overall stapleford score which was Gus with 41 points. In my defence I only missed the 16th green by about a foot, and made the par!

Stop Press - Robert Andlaw Trophy Extra Prizes

Our very own bionic man Kelvin has kindly put up 2 prizes for nearest the pin on 2 of the par 3 holes for the afternoon matches. The holes will be nominated so that one prize will be up for grabs for each team - details of which holes to be announced on the day.

Since the Andlaw Trophy is a charity event, entry for the nearest-the-pin challenge will be an optional extra £2 for each player, to be collected on the day. The prize for each hole will be a bottle of wine. If I know Kelvin's taste these bottles are going to be absolute belters, so be sure to bring along your coinage and have a go!

Swindle Results, Wednesday July 23rd

28 swindlers crossed the finish line and there was a clear winner. David Cheek finished 4 points ahead of the field with an excellent 43 points, playing off a handicap of 18. That equates to a gross 83 - a splendid effort. David took home £22 and a 2-shot cut for his trouble.

There was a 3-way tie for second place, on 39 points. Steve Mummery continued his run of blistering form while Pete B Ibbetson made light of his 15 handicap to post his best score of the season. Pete's round was a gross 84 - another fantastic performance. Gus finished the round with successive birdies at holes 17 and 18. Scooping 8 points on the last 2 holes doesn't half repair some earlier damage! The trio won £7 each and a temporary 1-shot cut.

The front nine fiver was won by Sameer with a ridiculously good 24 points (shame about the back nine...) and the back nine by Dave "the Sommelier" Reynolds with a more manageable 19 points.

On the leaderboards, Ali continues to pull away from the pack at the top of RED, with David Cheek's stellar round seeing him sneak onto the board in 5th. In BLUE, Robin hits the top again owing to his inactivity coupled with Jimbo dropping a whisker. In 5ht and 6th, Malcolm Proudley and Dave Reynolds have edged out Peter Miller and Iain Pritchard. For the time being at least!

Next week is team competition week, so have a look at the spreadsheet to see what fiendish concoction the Boss has come up with this time...

Wednesday Swindle Results for July 16th

Conditions were again favourable for scoring well and the Swindlers made the most of it with an average score of 34.3, not quite up to last week's record but still pretty impressive. Not as impressive as the combined 9-shot cut handed out to the day's two winners; 5 to Rory and 4 to Malcolm. Just reward for 42 points and £18 each.

In the money again in joint 3rd with 40 points were Jimbo and Robin - £7 each. Chris trousered the fiver for the front nine with 21 points and Alan Wright the back nine with a magnificent 23 points. I reckon that means Alan played the back nine in 40 shots. Very well done that man!

In the Hall Trophy, Kim beat Andy Wray to reach the quarter-finals, which line up like this:-

    Tony Coomber v Steve Mummery

    Dave Clarke v Kim Nguyen

    Mike Crofts v Ali Robertson

    Dave Reynolds v Chris Manners

Not much else to report this week save that Andy Wyatt has snuck on to the RED leaderboard in 5th, and Robin has closed the gap at the top to within a whisker of Jimbo on the BLUE leaderboard.

Robert Andlaw Trophy 2025 – 13 August 2025

·    Team Event for Charities, proceeds split equally between Pancreatic                 Cancer UK and Captains Charity, ORCHID (Prostate Cancer)

·    Entrance fee for the day is a minimum £5 but please give much more

·    Fees and donations will be collected on the day

·    Format: 9 hole Greensomes (from 10:36). Lunch. 18 hole Singles Matchplay (from 14:04)

·    Book to play on the Wednesday Swindle Website as usual

·    Importantly, please also complete the online form

·    The draws will be made on or before 8 August 2025

·    Pairings and tee times will then be posted on the Swindle website entries tab as usual

·    Greensome pairs will be selected with roughly matching handicaps for scratch play

·    Singles will be drawn at random and 90% of swindle handicap difference will apply

·    Team Captains: David Reynolds (for The Grand Crus) and Keith Martin (for The Plonkers)

·    Team Colours: Red (Grand Crus), White (Plonkers)

·    Fancy Dress: Encouraged. Organiser will award prizes for the most interesting

·    Let’s make it a really good turnout for this fun event in the Swindle calendar!

Swindle Results July 9th

The warm weather was clearly to most people's liking as the Swindlers posted the highest average score on record - a quite staggering 35.3 points! There was a good sub-plot to boot, with two closely matched Hall Trophy encounters taking place at the same time. And what matches they were! Dave Reynolds, despite being outscored by a fistfull of points by Andy Wyatt, took the match to overtime and won on the 20th hole. To cap that, in an absolute thriller, Steve Mummery and Peter Miller both scored a magnificent 43 points, with Steve only finally triumphing on the 19th hole. What a match - the Thriller in Manilla replayed!

Steve and Peter not surprisingly topped the scoreboard, but they were not alone - Don Dobbs also scored 43 points. A hat-trick of 3 shot cuts ensued, which made the Boss very happy. Nearly as happy in fact as when he EAGLED the 12th hole. For the record, a 6-iron followed by a 5-iron followed by a 15 foot putt. Well done sir!

The winners took home £14 each with Malcolm Proudly scooping £7 for 4th with a mere 41 points. The front nine was won in a frankly ridiculous 23 points by Jeff Titman for a fiver, with Tony Coomber taking the back nine with 22.

Spare a thought for David Cheek and Andy Wyatt who both scored 40 points and won... diddly squat. It's tough at the top!

The only other item to report is that we have a new leader on the BLUE leaderboard. Jimbo has snuck just ahead of Robin. But it's mighty close!

Wednesday Swindle July 2nd

A drop in temperature of about 10 degC from the recent hot spell was very welcome, not least by the course itself, which is looking very parched and brown. I hope everyone took note of the announcement by the club that preferred lies (fairways/close-mown) have been reinstated until further notice. If you missed this... oh dear, how sad, never mind.

I had the pleasure of playing with the Hickmeister today and he gets a special mention for shooting 3 birdies in his round for the 2nd time in 3 swindle outings. Even more impressively, I swear he never missed a single putt from within 15 feet. And he holed a few long ones as well. Seriously, I've never seen anything like it before first hand. Outstanding! It still wasn't enough to win though - that honour went to Rory with a handsome 41 points. Rory has in fact averaged 41 points over his last 4 swindles but 2 of those were in team competitions so this is his first permanent cut, of 4 shots, to go with his £21 winnings. Well deserved.

Joint 2nd with 38 points for £9 each were Dave "The Sommelier" Reynolds and Peter "Mick" the Miller. Well done them. Jeff took the fiver for the front nine in 19 and Chris the back nine in 20.

Finally, Ali prevailed over Kelvin in the Hall Trophy on the final hole. A valiant effort from Kelvin to take it to the last, having been dormie 4. Ali is having a strong season, still leading the red leaderboard, and looks the man to beat in the Trophy too. Next up for him is Mike Crofts. Should be a cracker!

Robert Andlaw Trophy 2025

Just a quick reminder that this year's event will take place on Wednesday August 13th. If you haven't done so already, please enter your name on the weekly spreadsheet in the normal way and also pick which team you would like to play for by filling in the online form.