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!