{"id":349,"date":"2012-12-17T15:02:16","date_gmt":"2012-12-17T15:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nomadsgolf.org.uk\/?p=349"},"modified":"2012-12-17T15:02:16","modified_gmt":"2012-12-17T15:02:16","slug":"newton-cup-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nomadsgolf.org.uk\/?p=349","title":{"rendered":"Newton Cup 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
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27th April 2012 \u2013 Forest Hills<\/strong>
\nSAXONS 14\u00bd \u2013 CELTS 6\u00bd<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The 12th edition of this friendly, but fiercely competitive event was held at Forest Hills in the Royal Forest of Dean.<\/p>\n

The day started very wet and was in danger of being cancelled but the hardy souls of the Nomads troupe donned waterproof\u2019s and headed out on to the first tee.<\/p>\n

There was much banter exchanged about the number of shots the \u2018Celts\u2019 were gaining (not that it done them much good) before the first ball had been struck.<\/p>\n

The weather cleared-up after and the \u2018Saxons\u2019 came-in for the lunch break with a 4\u00bd to 2\u00bd lead, so after filling-up on sandwiches and chips it was back-out for the afternoon singles.<\/p>\n

It was more of the same after lunch, despite giving away lots of shots the \u2018Saxons\u2019 came-in with a resounding score of 10 to 4 from the singles making the final score, 14\u00bd to 6\u00bd.<\/p>\n

The after match presentation followed a meal of pork and vegetables, with chocolate gateau for dessert, where Nomads 2012 Captain, Steve Graham took the stage.<\/p>\n

Following the recent sad death of Ben Green, Steve led a one minutes applause for the popular member and announced that the next competition at South Cerney will be held in his name, and a trophy will be played for every March afterwards as a fitting tribute.<\/p>\n

Steve Morgan achieved a landmark of 100 events and was awarded a Nomads cap as a momento.<\/p>\n

Apart from the matchplay event, there were other prizes on offer for all the par 3\u2032s and longest drive for both rounds. Nearest the Pin winners were Peter Horlock (3), Mark Willicott, Steve Graham and Adrian Jones. The Longest Drives winners were James Farley and Rich Allen.<\/p>\n

The members trundled out of the golf club, some 12 hours after arriving there tired, but all had had a good day.<\/p>\n

Scores (Saxons names first):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Greensomes<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 \u2013 Steve Graham and James Farley beat Gary O\u2019Connell and Steve Morgan 1up<\/p>\n

2 \u2013 Peter Horlock and Simon Howlett beat Wayne Stewart and John Thomas 3 & 1<\/p>\n

3 \u2013 Jon Ager and Damian Orton lost to Adrian Jones and Tony Griffiths 2 & 1<\/p>\n

4 \u2013 Manny Virdi and Rich Allen beat Ajay Misra and Jitesh Mistry 8 & 7<\/p>\n

5 \u2013 Chris Pulfree and Ged Wrench beat Derek Freeman-Jones and Pramod Mistry 2 & 1<\/p>\n

6 \u2013 Mike Woodman and Mark Graham lost to John Essom and Gurdeep Litt 4 & 3<\/p>\n

7 \u2013 Rowland Joyce and Mark Willicott halved with Darren Williams and Surj Halaith<\/p>\n

Singles<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 \u2013 Steve Graham beat Gary O\u2019Connell 3 & 2<\/p>\n

2 \u2013 James Farley beat Steve Morgan 5 & 4<\/p>\n

3 \u2013 Peter Horlock lost to Wayne Stewart 3 & 1<\/p>\n

4 \u2013 Simon Howlett beat John Thomas 1up<\/p>\n

5 \u2013 Jon Ager lost to Adrian Jones 3 & 2<\/p>\n

6 \u2013 Damian Orton beat Tony Griffiths 1up<\/p>\n

7 \u2013 Manny Virdi beat Ajay Misra 1up<\/p>\n

8 \u2013 Rich Allen beat Jitesh Mistry 5 & 4<\/p>\n

9 \u2013 Chris Pulfree beat Derek Freeman-Jones 2 & 1<\/p>\n

10 \u2013 Ged Wrench lost to Pramod Mistry 3 & 2<\/p>\n

11 \u2013 Mike Woodman beat John Essom 1up<\/p>\n

12 \u2013 Mark Graham beat Gurdeep Litt 5 & 3<\/p>\n

13 Rowland Joyce beat Darren Williams 2up<\/p>\n

14 Mark Willicott lost to Surj Halaith 3 & 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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