Swindle results 2nd Sept

With a few exceptions the drizzle dampened the spirits and the scoring today. There was not a single place change in either the Red or Blue Divisions with 17 of the 26 players scoring between 30 - 35 stableford points. 20 points won the front and back 9's with £5 heading to Ali and Peter Evans.

Eugene decided winning £6 for his 3rd place 38pts was better than getting a shot back, but 77 gross equaled his best round on a Wednesday this year.

Dom scored 39 points for 2nd place and collected £12 maintaining a good run of late.

The win and a maiden 2026 one at that went to Rory on 43 points - £22. Alas a 5 shot cut takes him back to his start 2026 handicap of 39, however an excellent round nevertheless - is there more to come?

Don't forget next week to sign in on the PSI for the Wednesday 'New Starters' Swindle Stableford before play - then record your score before handing in your signed & marked card back to the Organiser (no guesses who that is!). 

 

Swindle Team Competition August 26th

The stakes were high coming to the closing 3 holes. The Boss's challenge this time out required someone - anyone - to get an actual par, otherwise no scores counted. If someone got a par, all 4 scores counted. Alas many a challenge faltered at this stage! The winning team of course scored heavily on all 3 of holes 16-18. The results were as follows:-

  Team A - 109 points
  Team C - 99 points
  Team D - 98 points
  Team H - 92 points
  Team F - 91 points
  Team E - 88 points
  Team G - 88 points
  Team B - 86 points

The winning 4 comprised Jimbo, Martin, Chris Manners and Dom, for £12 apiece. Jimbo scored a magnificent 43 points (is there no stopping this man?) but since he was already a prizewinner, the stableford prize of £2.50 each went to Steve Mummery and new boy Simon Barbett with their 42 pointers. The fiver for nearest the pin on hole 3 went to Peter Evans.

Leaderboards

In Red, Jeff's lead was whittled slightly further by Pablo, who is on a charge. The big change this week is in Blue, where we have a new leader. With a gross round of 86, Steve Mummery has stormed to the top. Steve is closely followed by Jimbo who has also overtaken long-time leader Mike Vallance. Well done chaps!

Hall Trophy

One result to report this week with Kelvin beating Andy Wray 2&1 to reach the semi-final, where he will meet one of Don, Steve Mummery or Tom. The other semi-final is between Graham Waller and PBI.

I'll be up mountains for the next 2 weeks, so those reports will come to you from The Boss. Good luck all!

5th Robert Andlaw Trophy - Sommelier's Report

The slightly cooler weather saw a field of around 34 Swindlers participating in this year’s Robert Andlaw Trophy event.

Music from West Side Story played over the club PA System as the Jets and the Sharks assembled for the morning Greensomes.  Fancy dress was in evidence although a minor miscommunication between the organisers resulted in some confusion over team colours. It was The Jets who finished the morning ahead by 4.5 to 2.5.

All the players took advantage of the break to enjoy some lunch and a fair bit of liquid refreshment, something that may have contributed to a somewhat sluggish singles competition in the afternoon.

As the afternoon results came in, it looked like The Jets were running away with it. However, The sharks came back to level the singles competition 8.0 to 8.0, a decent effort but not enough to overturn the morning rout.

Kelvin accepted the trophy on behalf of The Jets as their Vice-Captain.

 

Most importantly, Swindlers managed to smash last year’s charity tally, raising an impressive £853 for the chosen charities, Pancreatic Cancer uk and Rennie Grove Hospice.

The prize giving saw Stuart ”Chino” Insall take the top prize for fancy dress, two jars of honey from Richard Tavener’s hives! Bryn, Kelvin, PBI and Richard picked up a sleeve of balls each for their efforts.

Nearest the pin wine prizes were awarded to Tony Coomber (3rd) Mike Crofts (7th) Don Dobbs (14th) and Bryn Jones (17th). Congratulations!

A massive thank you to everyone who took part on the day, everyone who donated including those who were unable to participate, and those who put up the prizes. To quote from emails received in the wake of announcing the sum we raised…..

“Wow! Many thanks to all The Wednesday Swindlers, they are a great bunch of guys” Glen Rootman, Seniors Captain

“That’s a fantastic amount raised by The Wednesday Swindlers. With very many thanks to you” Mark Quigley, Club Captain

Report by David Reynolds

 Swindle results 12th Aug

Another day of unrelenting sunshine didn't deter the now hardened swindlers who again scored well. A first win of the year saw Stuart pocket £23 for his 43pts, the 3 shot cut takes him back to his start year handicap of 18. Closely followed in 2nd place on 41pts (£13) and a 1 shot cut was Richard Tavener who now heads the scoring averages on 36.67 after 6 rounds. The Sharks captain was less than pleased to see 2 of his players now off lower handicaps next week. 

PBI continue his good form just avoiding another cut on 40pts (£8) coming in 3rd spot.

Cleverly picking up fivers for front & back 9's comes as no surprise to Jeff & Jim the top money earners in the winners circle again. 2027 not that far away now - the handicap committee are calling an EGM!!

Everything is set up for the Robert Andlaw Trophy next Wednesday. the pairings for the afternoon singles match play ties are on the blog spreadsheet. A big thanks to David R for doing a great job in getting everything organised. Next year we are looking for a new organizer to step up.

 Robert Andlaw Trophy -19 August 2026

The draw for the morning Greensomes, tee times and rules was shown on the previous Blog. Check your entries and notify David Reynolds of any errors, omissions or anomalies, by email, to david@novatum.co.uk

Generally, the team colours will be JETS-BLUE and SHARKS- RED. Prizes will be awarded for interesting fancy dress.

For charity donations payment by bank transfer is encouraged. David has set up an account dedicated to the charitable donations, details as follows

Mr D N Reynolds

40-47-70

42561565

Reference – Your Surname

The alternative is to donate cash on the day.

Do not feel obliged to donate any more than that with which you feel comfortable. However, as requested, guidelines are as follows, Morning Greensomes £5, Afternoon Singles £10, Nearest the Pin £4 (£1 per hole), for which there will be more prizes.

Please try to arrive in good time for your tee-off times and sign in with the organisers on arrival so we know you are present.

The bar will be accepting advanced orders for food if you would like your lunch to be ready once you have finished the morning greensomes.

 Swindle Results 5th Aug

A cooler day was a pleasant change with 50% of the field playing to their handicaps or better. 41 points or less was only good enough for front & back 9's so some consolation at least for DomJ's 23pts F9 and Chris Butlers' 22pts B9 both picking up £5.

Jeff Titman cashed in yet again accompanied by Trevor Hones (maiden takings for 2026) with £6.50 for joint 3rd place on 42pts.

Peter Miller shot his best round to date (43pts) for 2nd place (£16) leaving the major prize to PBI with a mighty 44pts (gross 87). £22 prize money vs a 3 shot cut was a fair cop.

Well done to Steve Mummery who won comfortably 3&2 vs The Boss in the final 1st round match of the Hall Trophy and now plays DonD in the 2nd round.

The Ryder Cup details for Wed 19th Aug have now all been finalised by David Reynolds. 

The draw for the morning greensomes is:

                Jets                            Sharks

10.44    GaryF & KeithM vs PaulM & ChrisM

10.52    DaveS & MikeC vs AlanW & TomW

11.00    A.Wray & AlanJ vs D.Cheek & GusM

11.08    TonyC & ColinS vs KimN & StuartI

11.16    KelvinS & MichaelV vs PBI & DonD

11.24    PeterM & DomJ vs CharlesA & ChrisH

11.32    ChrisB & D.Robson vs RichardT & JimM

Rules:

All players tee off and each pair decides which ball to play next - HOWEVER the number of drives used by each player is limited to 5. The 2nd shot is taken by the player who's drive is not selected. Shots are then taken alternately. Gimmies / concessions strictly at the discretion of your opponents.

The pair with the lowest total win a point on each hole or if the scores are equal then each team gets half a point. Pair with most points over the 9 holes wins.

The winning pair records 1 point for the Jets or Sharks - if level pegging after 9 holes then half a point to each team. 

Details for the afternoon 18 hole matchplay matches will be issued in a separate blog to follow in the coming days.  

Team Event Results, July 29th

The Boss's latest machiavellian plot divided opinion. Some people enjoyed the lack of pressure, knowing that their score on a given hole was irrelevant to the team score. I confess I was one! Others missed the sense of jeopardy. Masochists, I call them!

Results were as follows:-

    Team D, Team E - 70 points
    Team G - 65 points
    Team H - 63 points
    Team B, Team C - 61 points
    Team A - 60 points
    Team F - 56 points

The winning team members all bagged £6 being Jimbo, Daves Reynolds and Smith and PBI in Team D, and David Coutts, Steve Mummery, Pablo and Chris Butler in his capacity as a ghost player for Team E.

No fewer than 5 players scored 9 points across their 3 nominated holes, which seems pretty spectacular to me! The 3 players that weren't already on winning teams and therefore trousered a whole £2 each were Martin Davies, the Brynmeister and Al Wright.

The day's best stapleford score, a splendid 42 points, was scored by Richard Taverner who took home £6 for his trouble. And remember, no cuts on team competition days so any winnings carry only upside!

The ding-dong battles at the top of both leaderboards continue, with Jeff inching past Pablo back into 1st place on red, and Jimbo almost overhauling Mike in blue.

Hall Trophy

Iain Pritchard had to retire hurt after 9 holes and ceded the game to Andy Wray, but was gracious enough to acknowledge that Andy was playing a blinder and was going to win anyway. Andy goes through to play Kelvin in a tasty-looking quarter final.

Robert Andlaw Trophy - Message from The Sommelier

We are supporting two great charities this year, Pancreatic Cancer UK and the Club’s Charity, Rennie Grove Hospice, with proceeds being split equally. I have been asked to clarify what would constitute an acceptable donation.

Let me be clear, I want everyone to enjoy the event and not to feel under any pressure to donate more than that with which they feel comfortable. However, for guidance purposes:-

    9 hole Greensomes,  £5
    28 hole Matchplay,  £10
    Nearest pin on Par 3’s (for prizes) £1 a hole

Obviously, it is also my wish to generate a tidy sum for the charities so please be generous with your contributions. £20 would take care of the whole day with entry into all the NP’s. That said, anything you feel comfortable with would be acceptable. 

I have also been asked how payment can be made with many expressing preference for electronic payment. To that end, I have set up a special account exclusively for charitable payments, details as follows

    D N Reynolds
    First Direct
    40-47-70
    42561565

Please do not forget to include you name as a reference if you choose this method of payment. 

The alternative is to pay in cash.

We have a new leader!

Having been re-instated on the leaderboard, Pablo took full advantage of Jeff's absence to post 41 points and take over the lead at the top of the red leaderboard. With both of them averaging over 35 points, we now have a battle royale on our hands. And Pablo even managed to avoid a cut! That's because scoring was stellar this week, in-form Jimbo scoring an amazing 45 points to take the win and £23. And a 4-shot cut for the rest of the season.

2nd place wasn't too shabby either, Rory returning 44 points, a mere 15 shots better than his last outing. Must have been something to do with the free balls that nice man from Titleist gave him for having his swing tested in the nets. Rory picked up £17 and a 1-shot cut for 4 weeks. I don't think his handicap will feel the strain too much!

3rd place was shared by Chris Butler and Dave Robson with 43 points, for £8 each. Honourable mentions to Pablo (see above) and Andy Wray, for each breaking 40 points and winning diddly squat.

Both nines were won on countback in 22 points, the front to Stuart Insall and the back to Peter Miller, whose cause was greatly helped by birdieing the 16th.

As well as a new leader on the red leaderboard, Jimbo continues his surge in blue and is now up to 2nd place, hot on the heels of long-time leader Mike Vallance.

In the Hall Trophy, PBI triumphed over Martin Davies and is the first through to the semi-finals, where he will play Chris Hunt or Graham Waller. Whoever wins from that pairing will have their work cut out - Pete has form in this tournament, and is hard to beat when he's within sniffing distance of a final.

Finally, please have a look at the rules for next week's team competition. The Boss has surpassed himself this week and given everyone something to think about!