THE “ YOU BOYS “

CHALLENGE

Bill Treadwell wins a Thriller

Bromsgrove welcomed us with a good day’s weather for our 24 golfers. This was reflected in some good scoring by most of the players in the morning round.

Lord Lucan was again missing for the morning round, his place temporarily taken by Gordon Allen. He did turn up for the afternoon. Thommo tried to sabotage the playing order arriving late on the tee, was it because he heard he should be playing with the missing Lord? ( He will be in a later group next time)

At the halfway point Leighton lead the field with 41 points just ahead of Bill Treadwell 40, Alan Hanlin 38 and Andy Mcleod & Dave Evans 37 with at least 6 more players in close contention. The Donkey Stakes was easily lead by the Grenfell brothers.

The Donkey Stakes provided an intriguing & closely fought contest and even though Rick Shaylor was obviously reluctant to relinquish it with his afternoon low score, Chris Grenfell successfully held off all challengers to win The Donkey this year. Well done Chris!

The 2^nd round saw a good score by Thommo 39 points, total 73 points and for a long time was “ Leader in the Clubhouse”

5 blobs by Alan Hanlin, reduced his total to 69 points and out of contention. A disappointing front 9 reduced L.R. to 34 points, totalling 75 points and 3^rd place. A great front 9 by Andy Mcleod 23 points pushed him to the front, but only 15 on the back, condemned him to 2^nd (on count back) with 75 points.

Debutant Bill Treadwell put together two outstanding rounds, both in the 40’s, to storm to a comprehensive win with a total of 81points, 6 points ahead of his nearest rivals.

As a departure from the previous award to “The Best Dressed Man on the Tee,” who obviously has no need for a grooming pack, it was decided to award it to The Worst Dressed Man on the Tee. There was little hesitation in naming Tony Painting as the outright winner.

The Longest Drive in the morning on 18^th saw Chris Grenfell outdrive Pinkman, but in the afternoon Pinkman took his revenge passing Steve Tremble and Alan Rogers on the 8^th.

Nearest the Pin on the 7^th in the morning saw lots of contenders with Nigel Jarman closer than the rest, and in the afternoon on the 11^th  Roger Dunmore beat all the others.

The Winners enclosure:-  Winner    Bill Treadwell         81 Points

                                               2^nd       Andy Mcleod          75     “

                                               3^rd       Leighton Rickards  75     “

Well played Boys!  A good day’s Golf, enjoyed by all.