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. 

 Results 25th June - Team Event

Another warm day was good for scoring. Steve Mummery relished the conditions to produce his best round of the year. His reward for a blob free round of 43pts was only £5 but no cuts involved on a team event day. Similarly Chris Manners also had his best round this year (39pts) and picked up £5 for being nearest  the pin on the 12th in 3 also birdying the hole for good measure.

The first team out set a challenging target of 95pts that proved too good for the other 6 teams so £12 was pocketed by Ali, Peter Miller, David Cheek and Rory who averaged 36 stapleford points as a team. Bonus points for hitting and holding the ball on the par 3 greens proved hard to come by.  

A closely fought Hall Trophy match on Tuesday was eventually won my Mike Crofts on the 19th hole, the 1st time Pablo was behind in the match! Mike moves into the Qtrs.

The half year 2025 review was made after the Swindle that resulted in the following players getting shots back starting in July.

2 shots back:

Paul Berendt, Sameer Chelache, Trevor Hones and David Smith

1 shot back:

Alan Wright

No doubt you will all put the extra shots to good use in the coming weeks. 

Don't forget to reserve Wed 13th Aug for the Robert Andlaw Trophy (9 hole Greensomes in the morning and 18 hole pairs better ball in the afternoon).  

 Results 18th June

A stonking hot day suited the 40+ handicappers who grabbed the top two places. Jim Morrison won the day with 41 pts and put £22 into his bulging pockets this year, alas a 5 shot cut was less welcome, now down to 37. Rory followed up his win at Abbey Hill with a 2nd place this time and got better value from the day with £17 for only a 1 shot cut.

A dispute for 3rd place was finally settled with £9 for Tony Coomber (39 pts) who is averaging 37 pts per game since the start of May. This left Chris Butler, Iain and Peter Miller at least breaking even on the day with their £2 winnings (each scoring 37 pts).

The more profitable option was taken by Sameer and Tom with £4.50 for 21pts on each F&B 9 holes.

1 Hall Trophy match took place with Dave Clarke beating Jeff Titman 2 up. Dave is now into the Qtr finals.

We bid farewell to Geoff Tithecott (joined in May 22) who is heading back home to Devon with £23 profit I notice!! - have a few drinks on the Wed Swindle!  Good on you for retaining the Devonian accent.

A team event next Wed - you will need your passports as proof of your age! Also it will help if you can bring £2 along rather than £10 and £20 notes - you know who you are.

The Red Division is still headed by Ali with Eugene now 2nd just ahead of Pablo.

The Blue Division is remains headed by Robin with Jim Morrison now 2nd ahead of Kim.

The qualification for each Division will be reviewed at the end June and Gus will update the tables on his return from hols.

 Results 11th June

With APGC closed for the Pro Tournament 27 swindlers headed up the A5 to Abbey Hill. Conditions suited the majority so stapleford score averages were in the main boosted by the outing. Paul Matthews nabbed his fiver for 22pts on the front 9 while Don did the same (21pts) on the back 9.

A comfortable win with 46pts (£23) was secured by Rory for his first success of the year - scoring on every hole. Iain Pritchard maintained his fine run of form with 40pts (£12) for 2nd spot. 3rd place was a much tighter affair with Martin Davies outwitting a raft of 37 pointers to pick up £7.

A nod of approval to Eugene who birdied 3 holes and scored well despite the burden of his Away day management duties.

Next Wednesday it is back to home territory.