Eighteen of us turned out for this postponed event which allowed us to introduce an Irish twist to the day in the form of Shane Cotter, our man in Co Clare, ghosting in each team. Not a format that we have experienced a lot previously but Shane assures me that it is frequently played over there when ‘ya man’ is needed. In fact, he claims that he has known 4Bs to have two or even three ghosts on occasions but never four of course as this would be taking it just too far.

Whatever, it proved a lot of fun and may well be used again in the future – like next March.

Our thanks also go out to Shane for his Cheltenham tip – Presenting Percy racing home at 11-1 much to the satisfaction of messrs Strudwick, Thompson & Hine who all invested a few shekals.

Finally, thanks again to Strudders & Gelly for their organisation and contributing to the prize table. Much appreciated chaps.

Follow that Bill.

Regards,

Nick Maltby

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Newark RFC Golf Society 2017
The Pratt Trophy Competition.
St Patrick’s Day – 17th March.
Hosted by Paul Strudwick & John Gelsthorpe
The Shane Cotter Irish 4B Stableford
Teams of 3 all to score + Ghost Shane who scores double the lowest Stableford score per hole!
Results:
* Teams to 3rd place. 1: John Gelsthorpe, Paul Strudwick, John Rimmer .
2: Nick Maltby, Ian Ritchie, Barry Thompson.
3: Pete Barson, Andrew Hounsfield, Chris Ward.
+ Nrst pin- holes: 15th : Simon Smellie. 17th : John Rimmer.
In 2 on 18th : Andrew Hounsfield + Longest drive – Pete Barson.
+ The Strudders Challenge – Best par 3s: Josh White, Mike Daniel, Stan Hutchinson.
+ The Strudders Award for all round performance and turnout : John Rimmer.
Teams: Pts.
Paul Strudwick John Gelsthorpe John Rimmer Shane (34) 127
Nick Maltby Barry Thompson Ian Ritchie Shane (30) 110
Pete Barson Andrew Hounsfield Chris Ward Shane (24) 101
Marcus Wallis Jim Sneddon Simon Smellie Shane (18) 96
Dick Neal Alan Bishop Dicky Marshall Shane (26) 96
Josh white Mike Daniel Stan Hutchinson Shane (20) 84