The RAC Club at Woodcote Park was in lush condition on Captain's Day, with rough thick enough to punish any wayward shots and slick greens with some interesting pin positions. The weather was glorious and hardly a cloud dared show its face.
The breakfast reception in the Derby Room was followed by 18 holes singles stableford over the Old Course, played in fours with thirty-six players turning out. Steven Smith, going out in the opening fourball with Captain, Allan Kerr, came in with an astonishing 40 points - 21 on the back nine with seven pars and a birdie overall - and was the leader “in the clubhouse” as he watched the rest trail in. Bill Green following Steve in the next fourball came in second with 36 points and Rakesh Gupta, straight off a plane at Heathrow, was a late challenger with 35 points. Steve Smith thus wins the Silver Challenge Trophy, the gigantic silver cup dating from 1905 that sits in the Gallery at the London Metal Exchange. Steve also takes the Carr Sargent trophy for Cat1 and Cat2 members for AMT, and Martin Abbott picked up the Directors Cup, for directors of Cat1 and Cat2 members for Mitsui on a countback from Bill Smit. The Captains Cup was won by Bill Smit with 32 points.
(Photo - Tanya Epshteyn, Yang Liu, Jan Rommer, Edward Sawbridge)
(Photo - Tanya Epshteyn, Yang Liu, Jan Rommer, Edward Sawbridge)
(Photo: Steve Smith (right) wins the Silver Challenge Trophy with Bill Green (left) runner up)
Among the other trophies played for in the morning, the Scratch Prize went to Jan Rommer and the King Cup for 24 handicaps to Ashok Singhania. The guest prize went to Phil Beck with 31 points, who also won the nearest the pin, while Charlie Richardson hit the longest drive.
Among the other trophies played for in the morning, the Scratch Prize went to Jan Rommer and the King Cup for 24 handicaps to Ashok Singhania. The guest prize went to Phil Beck with 31 points, who also won the nearest the pin, while Charlie Richardson hit the longest drive.
The club provided an excellent lunch and, duly fortified, the players went out to play the afternoon round, which was split into two competitions; The Charles Davis Salver foursomes for Cat1 and Cat2 member companies over 14 holes of the hilly Coronation Course and a greensomes competition over nine holes of the same course.
(Photo: Seamus O'Connell, Steve Smith, Paul Day, Colin Griffith, Alex Heath)
(Photo: Seamus O'Connell, Steve Smith, Paul Day, Colin Griffith, Alex Heath)
The Charles Davis Salver went to Alex Heath and Steven Spencer for Lonconex with 26 points, in a close finish from Tanya Epshteyn and Edward Sawbridge for Natexis with 25 points. The greensomes was won by Martin Abbott and Bill Green with 22 points from two guests, Tom and Charlie Richardson with 20 points.
The prizes were generously provided by the Captain, Allan Kerr and your Hon.Sec. is deeply grateful to Bill Smit for his help in the scoring of the results.
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