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BA Golf News

BA Singles Knockout Winner - Surinder Kalsi
Malcolm Coleman and Surinder Kalsi contested the Knockout final on Fri, 8th November at Mill Ride.
The course was in fine condition, and the match was nip and tuck for the front nine.
Surinder took advantage of his 10 shots by going 4 up after 14 but Malcolm pulled 2 back to make it a nervous finish for the now four time winner Surinder.

October Monthly Medal Results
The results for the monthly medal held at South Bucks are now available to view on the website plus the overall results for the Cutler-Warrin and Rotol Shield.

Leatherhead Day Meeting Results
A long awaited return after 8 years away to an old style and well established course in the Surrey hills.

Tight and often narrow fairways required accurate rather than long drives, which coupled with very damp conditions under foot saw a challenging day for many.

Much credit must go to the green staff for managing to reopen it in time for our visit.

Fortunately mild temperatures with little wind allowed many of the members to accept the challenge and score well.

The winner Joe Tiwana amassing a very creditable 39 points, closely followed by Steve Collier on 37 in second place and in third place on count back was Colin Griffiths with 35 points.

Full results can be found on the website, Photos now added.

Strawberry Hill match result
Our annual match against Strawberry Hill ladies was yet again a very close win for BAGS.

The match was in a format which after much discussion amongst the BAGS members we got our head around, basic for four ball better ball then stableford points for each group were added to decide the overall result, you got it?

The result was BAGS 227 - SH 201, the last two groups managed to finish in the dark on a pleasant autumn day, following the match the ladies laid on an excellent curry and treacle sponge desert plus of course drinks!!    Photos now added.

BAGS vs Delta
The result after a wet week of golf was that BAGS retained the trophy winning 17½ to 9½. A detail report and individual score available on website

BA Golf - Pairs Knockout Final result
John de Rebello & Rod Wesson have won the inaugural pairs knockout competition. they won 5 & 3 over Clive & John Jones at Thorney Park on 7th October.
See Report.

October Roll up & Medal results
The results for the roll up held at a slightly muddy South Bucks are now available to view on the website

September Medal Results
The results for the September Medal held at Richings Park are now available to view on the website.

Richings Park Roll Up & Medal Results
The results for the roll up & medal played at Richings Park on Monday 23rd September are now available to view on the website

Weybrook Park results
The results from the day meeting at Weybrook Park are now on the website, Photos now added, full report to follow.

Calcot result
This was a new match for the society against Calcot members, the day started with a breakfast followed by six teams playing fourball better ball.

Well that was the good bit of the day what followed was a competitive number of games, the course was excellent so no excuses from that side but Calcot were the better team on the day winning by 4½ to 1½.

Following the golf it was drinks on the patio to round off a great day and to forget about the result!!

August Medal Results
The results for the August medal held at South Bucks are now available to view on the website

South Bucks roll up and medal results
The results from the roll up at South Bucks are now on the website

Flybe Match - Result
Well a new venue for the majority of the BAGS members and all of the Flybe players, we have discussed playing Donnington Valley in the past and never got round to going there, but what an excellent setup, the course was tight but not punishing and the hotel was very pleasent with great facilities.

Well everyone found the golf club eventually and we got to tee off on time, the first day pairs results was a win for BAGS 3½ to 2½, day two result was also a win for BAGS 6½ to 3½, giving an overall match result - BAGS 10 Flybe 8.

Results are on website, Photos now added.

Sonning Pairs day meeting
A smaller than usual entry for the pairs competition at a new venue for this event, saw 12 teams competing over 29 holes. Sonning GC provided a course in great condition and the usual all round test.

Most teams took advantage of a dry but windy morning for 11 holes, before the afternoon 18 holes.

The weather taking a turn for the worst over lunch with rain adding to the strong winds, a couple of teams mastered these tricky conditions to add to the morning round, this resulted in a tightly packed top of the leaderboard with 4 points separating the top 3.

Congratulations to Lee Carpenter and Lincoln Dowe for edging out Jim Griffiths and Roger Woof.

The excellent lunch and dinner compensating some of the teams for their on course performances, making it a day enjoyed by all for one reason or another, and a venue to look forward to retuning to next year.

Full results on the website, Photos now added.

July Medal Results
The results from the July medal held at Richings Park are now available to view on the website.

BAGS v RPGS Result
Well our captain is on a winning streak with yet another match win to BAGS, played on a very hot day at Winter Hill GC, the course was in excellent condition and everyone appeared to enjoy the day, the result was BAGS 4 RPGS 3, so we retained the trophy.

It was great to meet up with the RPGS team, who we have played against over a number of years, for a beer and meal following the match.

Full results can be found on the website.

Betchworth Park results
The annual visit to Betchworth GC near Dorking brought with it the hoped for change in weather, and a warm sunny day welcomed us to one of the best presented courses on the schedule. Set on the slopes of the Surrey hills with views to Box Hill it provides a strenuous physical work out to accompany the golf. The sunshine and dry weather combined with the challenges of this course provided the usual test.

A morning team game allowed us to see some of the challenges ahead for the afternoon's singles. The winning team putting together 58 points.

Unusually, the afternoon singles were for 2 separate trophies, one based on handicaps and the second off scratch. Tyrone Houston continued his winning streak from last months meeting winning with a creditable 41 points from Greg Lowe. Both proving the course was tameable.

The scratch trophy went to John De Rebello (27pts) who also showed the course to be a true test of all aspects of your game even for the lower handicapped members.

The good weather, great facilities and excellent lunch and dinner meant a day enjoyed by all, regardless of individual results, and everyone look forward to returning next year.

The results from the day are now available on the website, Photos now added.

Richings Park Green Fees
Please note that the green fees at Richings Park are £27 not £26 as original stated on the BAGS website.

Richings Park Roll Up & Medal results
The results from the roll up held at Richings Park on the 8th July are now available to view on the website.

June Medal Results
The results from the June medal held at South Bucks is now available to view on the website.

East Berkshire Day Meeting

Well another new course that Malcolm has managed to find and what a test for all, the weather was good, the facilities were excellent and the golf was tough.

The winner of the Bewshea trophy was Tyrone Houston with 36 points, in second place with 35 points was Surinder Bahra and in third place was Dave Skiggs with 34 points.

Full results can be found on the website, Photos now added.

SAS Match in Copenhagen results
After a very closely contested match BAGS managed to retain the trophy with a result of BAGS 12½ to SAS 11½.

Full individual results can be found on the website, the report and photos to follow

South Bucks roll up results
The results from the roll up at South Bucks are now on the website

May Medal Results
The results for the May medal held at Richings Park are now on the website

Drift day meeting results
Well after a number of years away we returned to the Drift for our May day meeting. a number of changes have taken place since we were last here, a new state of the art driving range, improved drainage and ongoing changes to a few of the holes.

The weather tried to disrupt the day but we did manage to all finish, some wetter than others!!!

Well the winner of the Lamplugh trophy was Clive Jones with 39 points and in joint second with 35 points were John de Rebello and Nigel Weldon but John had a better back 9 holes and thus taking second place.

The winners of the team event held in the morning were Nigel Finch, Stephen Collyer and Lee Carpenter.

Well done to stand in captian Manjit Bains whilst our current year captain was in Sicily tasting wine, well that what he said after the sixth glass of red.....

The full results for the day are now available to view on the website, Photos now added.