Congratulations to all the Dabchicks who attended at the weekend for our first ‘Major’ of 2019 – the Spring Shield. Frilford Heath ‘Blue’ Course provided a very competitive challenge and the warm weather provided perfect conditions for playing golf. Our Spring Shield Champion has bounced back from a barren year in 2018, with a winning
Tiger Woods -2 to secure The Masters – Scott Taylor also shoots -2 on the day to take The Dabchick Spring Warm Up Bragging Rights! Well what can we say about Sunday 14th April 2019, not only did Tiger Woods win his 15th Major with his victory at Augusta National, a fantastic final round that
Dates for your Diary Welcome to the 2019 Dabchick Golf Season – we had a great year in 2018 culminating in a slightly adjusted Club Championship with some fresh faces and new end of year Champions – congratulations Dave ‘5’ Newham, Paul ‘Harry’ Foster and me! We also saw four new winners in the Society’s
We have Society Champions for 2018! Congratulations to our 2018 winning team Keith ‘Capt’ D’Arcy Ryan, David Newham & Paul ‘Harry’ Foster. 9 competitors made the short trip down the M4 to play at The Kendleshire Golf Club playing the Hollows & Ruffet course. With a couple of last minute drop outs it meant the
The Kendleshire 28 Oct 2018 – first tee 12:26pm The Autumn Masters at Newbury & Crookham saw Chris Faulkner & Darrell Procter win through against tough competition to qualify for finals day – the first time for both of them. The other first timer at the Club Championship is Harry and Gooders so it will
Despite the low turnout on Friday, the standard of Golf was very high. Due to the low numbers, the event was switched from North Wilts to Ogbourne. There were only six players but there were 5 scores n the 30s and the sixth placed player was on 27 points. Keith D’Arcy Ryan qualified in first
The third qualifier of the year took place on a fabulous summer’s day at Sandford Springs. After the, now usual, enormous breakfast, 9 hole warm-up then lunch – the main event took place in the afternoon under a fierce sun. The course was in great condition and produced some exceptional scoring. The spoils went to
The Midsummer Cup saw us at the Avening Course, Minchinhampton. Despite being (or maybe because it was) ‘Flaming June’ – it was windy and raining! Nevertheless we saw Carl & Lee qualifying… Player Points Carl McCulloch 35 Lee Baigent 32 Keith D’Arcy Ryan 29 (CB) Ed Pope 29 (CB) Clive Snashall 27 Doc Watson 27 Graham Cooke
The first major of the year saw of us at Donnington Grove or Bowley’s Backyard as the Dabchicks no know it. A glorious spring day saw us at a course course in magnificent condition. The qualifiers on the day were Doc and Graham Cook (the 2013 Club Champions). Player Points Doc Watson 35 Graham Cook 32 Lee Baigent 28
Happy New Year. I imagine you all got nice shiny new diaries with a little pencil for Christmas. No? Maybe a Filofax? Or perhaps one of those new-fangled computers or even a clever-phone to keep your appointments in. In any event, get your pencil/keyboard/finger at the ready to make a note of this year’s fixtures.