Team Swindle on August 27th - Results

Despite being warned that 5 holes would be closed, it transpired all holes were playable albeit there were 2 temporary greens. The team competition was therefore played over 16 holes, with individual scores counting towards the team prizes but not for the leaderboard averages. Which was just as well for some!

First things first - congratulations to Iain Pritchard, who joined the Hole-in-One club by sinking his tee-shot on the 7th. That makes him the 8th Wednesday Swindler to achieve the feat.

In the main event, the overwhelming winner was Team H, comprising Tony Coomber, Dave Smith and Iain Pritchard, with Chris Butler as score helper. A fiver each for the four of them. The team scores were:-

Team H - 96
Team A - 86
Team D - 85
Team B - 84
Team C - 83
Team G - 77
Team F - 76
Team E - 75

Not even close! Jimbo scooped a fiver for another fine 40 point score for the stapleford prize, with Colin Stickland winning £4 for nearest-the-pin-in-2 on the 18th green. Colin tells me he even hit the flag. Ever the lucky one our Colin - we're assuming it would have otherwise ended up in the water...

Hall Trophy

With Kim defeating Dave Clarke by a comfortable margin, the semi-final lineup is now complete. Kim will play Steve Mummmery, while Ali will play Chris Manners. A great couple of match-ups!

Stop Press - upcoming Swindle on Wednesday August 27th

The club has announced that the 5 holes with the fancy new bunkers will be out of play completely next Wednesday to allow the concrete bunker liners to cure properly.

We will still play a team swindle on Wednesday, albeit over only 13 holes. The Boss will confirm on the day but most likely it will be only £1 to play and the scores won't count against averages. So just a bit of fun, and the 19th will be an extended affair!

Wednesday Swindle Results for August 20th

Another high-scoring day, with an average of over 35 points, saw Jeff Titman take the honours with a splendid 44 points, giving him £20 and a 3-stroke cut. Jeff was closely followed by Paul Berendt and Colin Stickland on 42 points for £5 each and a 4-week cut of 1 stroke. All 3 rounds were notable for their somewhat lopsided nature - Jeff and Paul both scored 25 points on the back nine, while Colin got 24. That is some serious scoring!

Fresh from his Andlaw Trophy glory as skipper of the Grands Crus, Dave The Sommelier blasted 22 points on the back nine for a fiver. The front nine was won on 20 points after a count-back, Dave Robson just easing out the Brynmeister.

Temporary greens on the 14th (where Bryn very nearly managed to nail one of the diggers) and on the 16th (where there was no work at all going on - hmm...) added an extra dimension to the round. Some took it in their stride - there were birdies for both Daves, Smith and Reynolds, on the 16th. For others, let's just say there were some choice words uttered about the state of the temporary "greens". Nuff said.

The leaderboards have now been updated, with little change at the very top. Ali is still way out in front in RED, whilst in BLUE the battle royale between Robin Bull and Jimbo continues unabated. Robin currently has the lead by a hundredth of a stroke! Dave Reynolds' recent run of form has seen him surge up the BLUE leaderboard to be hot on the heels of Kelvin who retains 3rd place, but only just.

One Hall Trophy result to report was a 2-up victory for Chris Manners over Dave Reynolds. Chris becomes the second confirmed semi-finalist.

Finally, the day also saw us welcome 5 potential new swindlers. We trust they enjoyed their day, and will be back!

 Robert Andlaw Trophy - Wed 13th Aug

The annual trophy was up for grabs again on this occasion contested between the vintage Grand Cru and the unrefined Plonkers! Although a welcome attendee JC (Irn Cru) had passed the corkscrew to the Sommelier for 2025 and what a fine job he made of it. The organisation was great and £450 was collected toward the nominated charities - thanks to everyone for your contributions and to Kelvin for donating the wine for the 'nearest the pin' on the 3rd and 17th holes won by Eugene and Kim respectively. 

The golf was split into 9 hole Greensomes in the morning then singles match play (90%) in the afternoon. Some of the highlights for the day were:

Greensomes: Grand Cru 1 Plonkers 4

The Grand Cru teams were poorly blended and bottled it badly.

Singles Match Play: Grand Cru 8, Halved matches 2, Plonkers 3.  

The Hick-meister defends a 20 shot difference against Iain.

Kelvin scores 46 stapleford pts to ease past PBI.

David Cheek defeats Peter Miller in mystery game.

Colin Stickland 7 up after 9 holes against JC (maybe 27 HC was right!!), game over after 11th hole!

Bribery with Hobnobs just doesn't work! The Boss nips in on the 18th despite DD's 2 net 1 on the 14th. 

Bob Bright (17 HC) plays a blinder but loses out to Jeff winning his 5 shot holes. 

The overall result went the way of Grand Cru by 10-8 leaving the Plonkers well and truly corked.

Fancy dress outfits were rewarded with new golf balls with the usual contenders Bob B, Iain P, Kelvin S putting on a good show. An enjoyable day attended by 26 Swindlers.

 

 Eugene, has been tasked with organising a Swindle challenge between the Monday and Wednesday swindle groups. A date will be advised asap, likely a Tues or Thurs in Sept. 

 

 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.