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Archive for December 17th, 2012

Round 1 – Golf Inc Trophy (16th March 2012)

The third event of the 2012 season was held over the parkland course of Llanwern in Newport. Another good turn-out for the first round of the Golf Inc Trophy saw 32 players take to the tee.

The event saw a first win for Ajay Misra whose score of 38 points just pipped the 37 scored by Ged Wrench into second. Third place was decided on count-back with Adrian Jones getting the decision over Derek Freeman-Jones who both scored 36 points.

The other prizes went to Derek Freeman-Jones (Nearest the Pin, a share of the Par 3 competition and Division 1 winner), Jon Ager (Longest Drive), Adrian Jones and Mark Willicott (share of the Par 3 competition), Damian Orton (Division 2 winner), James Farley (Division 3) and Dave Curtis (Division 4).

The day ended with a meal and the presentation of the prizes which included the monthly raffle prize of a club cleaning kit, which was won by Gary O’Connell.

Scores:

On a cold but dry day, the second round of the 2012 season was played over the magnificent Manor Golf Course at Castle Combe, in Wiltshire.

The event was won by Mike Simpson whose 39 points just edged out Manny Virdi on countback with Mike Woodman in third position with 37 points. The society welcomed two new members in Paul Irwin and Steve Keable and it was a welcome back after a few years for Rob Eadsforth. Paul got into the prizes by taking the Nearest the Pin award, with the Longest Drive won by Damian Orton and the Par 3′s competition was headed by Gary O’Connell. The divisional prizes were won by Darren Williams (Div 1), Damian Orton (Div 2), James Farley (Div 3) and Dave Curtis (Div 4).

The day ended with a meal of pork steak in peppercorn sauce and vegetables, and the first place raffle prize of a nights stay at the Manor Hotel, with breakfast and dinner for two was won by Steve Keable, with the second prize of a ball retriever won by Paul Irwin.

Scores:

Over the stunning hill-side course at Woodlake Park near Usk, with magnificent views over the Llandegfed Reservoir and the distant snow-capped mountains of the Brecon Beacons and the Black Mountains, the first event of the Nomads season took place.

Thirty players braved the treacherous slopes on a sunny day on this magnificent course which proved a stern test for the golfers, with only one player breaking the 30 point mark.

That achievement went to Rowland Joyce whose 30 points was just enough to beat Michael Griffiths on 29 who was second on countback from Darren Williams.

The divisional winners were: – Derek Freeman-Jones (1), Mark Willicott (2), Wayne Stewart (3) and Dave Curtis (4).

Other prize winners were for Longest Drive. Gary O’Connell, Nearest the Pin, Derek Freeman-Jones and Par 3′s, Mark Willicott.

The day was ended with a nice meal of Leek and Potato soup, followed by Gammon and Chips. The monthly raffle was won by Mark McGirr.

Results

The 2011 Order of Merit – Final

(Best 6 scores counting)

(* new players in 2011)

The final event of the 2011 season was held on a cold but sunny day at Bristol Golf Club. The event was billed as ’2011 Finals Day’, with every group having pre-qualified had something to play for.

The overall event was won by Adrian Jones, with a stunning score of 43 points ahead of Peter Horlock with 36 and Stuart Perry on 35 points. The nearest the pin was won by Derek Freeman-Jones and the longest drive by Ajay Misra.

The first group was contested by the current captain, John Thomas, and three former captain’s, Stuart Perry (2002), Peter Horlock (2006) and Simon Howlett (2010), who played for a bottle of Glenfiddich Whisky, which was won by Peter Horlock.

Group two saw the season long final of the Guillotine event, with a prize of £50 and was won by James Farley.

The third group involved the top four players from Division 1, and the cash prize of £10 was won by Bob Hale. Group four for Division 2 players likewise, saw Jon Ager take the prize, Group five for Division 3 players won won by Ajay Misra and finally Group six for Division 4 was won by Gurdeep Litt.

For those attendees who were not qualified for the finals, there was a prize of a bottle of wine,  in Group seven the award was won by Carolyn Griffiths and in Group eight by Adrian Jones.

Following the meal and the extended presentation for the seasons winners, there was the traditional Nomads Christmas Raffle with the top prize of a wedge being won by Darren Williams, after which much merriment was had with the large array of prizes.

2011 has been a vintage year with very good attendances at the events, so looking forward to 2012 with two new courses to start off with, Woodlake Park and Castle Combe.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone.

Here are the scores:

The penultimate round of the Nomads season was held at the wonderful Rolls of Monmouth on the 7th November 2011 in surprisingly fair weather until the last couple of holes.

Star-man on the day was Derek Freeman-Jones with a storming round of 42 points which puts him an almost unassailable lead in the 2011 Order of Merit.

Second place went to yours truly, Tony Griffiths with 37 points whilst Mark Graham beat John Thomas on countback with 36 points for third.

There were prizes for the best placed players in each of the four divisions (provided they weren’t in the top 3), which went to Darren Williams (Div 1), Bob Hale (Div 2), John Thomas (Div 3) and Pramod Mistry (Div 4).

Nearest the Pin was won by Gavin Williams, the Longest Drive by Manny Virdi and there was a tie for the Par 3 prize between Jitest Mistry, Gary O’Connell and Adrian Jones.

A new concept to the Nomads events is  a monthly raffle draw which this time was a box of golf balls which was won by Keith Williams.

After the meal of fish and chips or Ham, Egg and chips, captain John Thomas made the presentations to the winners on the day.

Scores

The tenth event of the 2011 season saw thirty-one members take on the Mathern Course at St. Pierre on a bright sunny Autumn day.

The event was won by first time victor, James Cowling with 38 points just beating Manny Virdi on countback, with vice-captain Steve Graham third with 35 points.

There was a warm welcome for two new members, Adrian Jones and John Essom who both enjoyed the day.

The day was completed with a nice meal of garlic mushrooms followed by braised beef and vegetables.

Twenty eight members enjoyed a day at the seaside with the latest round being played over the links course of Weston-Super-Mare. Fortunately for the players, the weather was calm and the rain stayed away.

This event was for the ‘Links Pairs’ which saw Jon Ager and Darren Williams take away the pairs first prize with an average of 36 points, second were Steve Graham and Simon Howlett with an average of 35.5.

On the individual front, Jon Ager took the money with an excellent round of 40 points beating Mark Graham on countback with Steve Graham third with 39 points.

After an excellent meal of steak pie and apple tart, the presentations were made by vice-captain Steve Graham with a cap being awarded to Bob Hale on his 50th appearance.

The event also saw Mike Woodman and Scott Curtis make their first appearance with the Nomads – welcome boys!

Here are the results:

16 members went on the annual tour which again was at the Forest of Arden.

Here are the results.

The average of these scores will be assigned to the 2011 Order of Merit.

The sixth event of the 2011 season saw 27 players attend the all-day event at Dewstow.

The first session was a Texas Scramble over 9 holes of the Park course with the team of Darren Williams, Rich Allen, Jitesh Mistry and Tony Bourne taking the honours with an excellent score of -3. There were two nearest the pin competitions which were won by Gerry Ray and James Cowling.

The afternoon was an individual Stableford competition on the Valley course which saw a maiden win for Derek Freeman-Jones with 39 points, with Rich Allen beating Tony Bourne on countback with 36 points for the minor placings. The longest drive was won by Rich, the 18th hole nearest the pin by Mark Graham and the par 3 competition won by Derek. Best team was made-up of Derek Freeman-Jones, Mark Graham and Tony Bourne.

The event was concluded with a meal and presentation by captain John Thomas who also awarded a Nomads cap to Matt Freeman on achieving over 50 appearances, and announced the vice-captain for 2012 which will be Gary O’Connell who will lead the ‘Celts’ team in the 2012 Newton Cup. It was also good to see 2002 captain, Stuart Perry back with the society.

Here are the results: