The Lionel Ramus Trophy

April 2004.

The 74th meeting of TIGS was held at Wollaton Park G.C., Nottingham on Friday April 16th. 29 members and 7 guests attended and we were fortunate with the weather as it stayed fine and dry until 5 minutes after the last group finished when a hailstorm covered the course.

The pleasant, peaceful, parkland course contained herds of deer that added to the setting. Whilst not of championship standard it had several testing holes, was easy walking and with a good meal afterwards proved excellent value for money.

It was unfortunate that the best score of the day, 37 pts by Gary Moffat, could not win as TIGS rule 10 had to be applied (No member or guest will be eligible to win a prize when not attending the dinner). 

This left Mick Boulton with 35pts to collect the Lionel Ramus Trophy. This was Mick’s first event win (excluding the Match Play competition win in 1995) since 1991.

Second with 34pts came Alan Overton. Third with 33pts Jamie Potts, Fourth with 32pts Tony Rogers and Fifth Russell Darlington with 31pts and a better back nine.

Mick’s handicap is adjusted from 22 to 18 and Alan’s from 23 to 20 in accordance with TIGS bye-laws.

Winning visitor was Russell Darlington’s guest Phil Bowers with 35pts. Second was Jamie Potts’s guest Simon Grainger with 33pts. Phil’s handicap is reduced from 6 to 4 and Simon’s from 6 to 5.

Yellow Ball team prize was won by Ron Austin, Peter Austin, Simon Leary and Dave Jenkins with 35pts and a better back 3.

Nearest the pin on the 2nd was won by new member Mike Dobson and on the 11th by guest Simon Grainger. 

Simon Leary won the Longest Drive competition on the 18th hole.

Golf balls were awarded to those who scored ‘2’s – Mike Dobson (2), Phil Bowers, Simon Grainger.

The next meeting is on Friday May 14th at The Vale Golf & Country Club, Worcestershire.

 

 

 

Scores
               
OLD HCP NEW HCP POSITION PLAYERS NAME FRONT 9 BACK 9 TOTAL  
22  18* 1 M Boulton 17 18 35  
23  20* 2 A Overton 15 19 34  
25 25 3 J Potts 18 15 33  
18 18 4 T Rogers 16 16 32  
18 18 5 R Darlington 13 18 31 count back last 9
15 15   S Leary 15 16 31 count back last 9
12 12   P Austin 16 15 31 count back last 9
15 15   M Dobson 19 12 31  
17 17 9 G Hammond 15 15 30 count back last 3
12 12   D Nelson 15 15 30 count bacl last 6
24 24   J Larraz 15 15 30 count back last 9
16 16   C Harris 12 18 30  
18 18 13 M Ruthven 14 15 29  
15 15 14 P Edwards 10 18 28 count back last 9
2(1) 2(2)   G Hardy 12 16 28 count back last 9
9 9   R Austin 13 15 28 count back last 6
24 24   K Smith 15 13 28 count back last 9
7 7   M Heath 17 11 28  
7 7 20 M Linwood 13 14 27  
17 17 21 I Tinling 11 15 26 count back last 9
13 13   A Heath 14 12 26 count back last 1
11 11   G Snape 14 12 26 count back last 9
28 28   S Haigh 16 10 26  
15 15 24 F Gregg 14 11 25  
16 16 25 A Craven 10 13 23  
11 11 26 D Jenkins 11 10 21  
14(3) 16 27 D Fogarty 9 10 19  
28 28 28 I Roberts 6 11 17  
7 7   G Moffat 18 19 37  
              28.28
             
GUESTS 
OLD HCP NEW HCP POSITION PLAYERS NAME FRONT 9 BACK 9 TOTAL  
6 4* 1 P Bowers 18 17 35  
6 5* 2 S Grainger 17 16 33  
18 18 3 P Aston 17 13 30  
18 18 4 K Woodwiss 14 15 29  
18 18 5 N Bateman 9 19 28  
18 18 6 D Sowden 14 12 26  
24 24 7 R Oakey 12 12 24  
            29.29 28.47
Yellow Ball Winners

 S Leary, R Austin, P Austin, D Jenkins 35 pts on last hole

 Nearest pin 2nd 

 M Dobson 

 Nearest Pin 11th 

 S Grainger 

Longest Drive 

 S Leary