Brean Golf Club Blog

April's monthly stableford took place on a cold and windy Tuesday morning. Overall the scores reflected the tough conditions apart from two players. Brian Waite posted a score of 42 points and 2 shots behind him at 40 is Mike Short. There was a 3-way tie for third at 32 points with Dave Mann edging out Tony McCann and Barry Brindley on countback. No 2's were made today so that pot will carry over to the next seniors event.

The Seniors Captains Cup at Brean consists of 3 rounds of singles medal play in which a players best 2 nett scores count towards their placing. Round one of three took place Thursday morning and 25 gentlemen took to the course. Out to a 3 shot lead with the gross and nett round of the day is Steve Mason's 80 nett 65. Three shots back is Dave Mann at nett 68. Mike Hurman comes in with another nett 70 to sit in third and Graham Exton at nett 72 sits in 4th. Two players tied at

The John Heath Memorial Trophy is played for as a singles stableford. Our first competition with the new course rating saw 17 seniors compete for the trophy. Taking 3rd place with 33 points is Dave Mann besting Dave Cogger on a back nine countback. In second with 34 points is John Govey. This weeks trophy goes to Nick Rich who came in with 37 points, 3 shots clear of second place. No 2's were made today so that pot will carry over to Thursday's event.

Saturday's format was a 4-ball texas scramble with 10 teams entering the event on a sunny but very windy morning. In first with a nett 56.5 is the team of Mike Mullin, Mitch Cracroft, Chris Baker and Jake Dade. Finishing second is the team of Steve Barker, Nigel Ellis, Mark Elvins and Mark Jenkins with a nett 57.7. Finally in third is the team of Simon Prior, Gordy Wheelaghan, Martin Kennelly and Brian Read who closed with birdies on 17 and 18 to finish with a nett 58.1.

The seniors section held their April medal event on Thursday and once again mother nature played a big part. The players battled cooler temperatures, strong winds and light rain throughout the morning. Scoring was tight at the top with the three best scores separated by just a shot each. Nigel Ellis fired a nett 68 to take 1st place. Graham Exton at nett 69 finishes 2nd and Mike Hurman's nett 70 is good enough for 3rd. Mark Elvins nett 72 ties for 4th but his birdie on the 11

The seniors roll up on Tuesday ended up being played as a singles medal due to lower participation and odd numbered groups. Mike Allen and Roger Hurrell battled in the same group to a score of nett 68. Both players were tied on a back 9, 6, 3 and 1 countback. Unsure how to settle the tie, we elected to use the Canadian format of "retrogression". This takes the two players net scores counting back from the 18th hole to the 1st. Both players tied 18, 17, and 16 and this event w