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April 2002
WELCOME to SHACKLE DAY MkXII. Neil's first mention in FOL was in Feb '83 when, as a visitor, he carded 50 points off 35. Over the next 69 months he became our most constant and longest running visitor - eventually selecting a sheet of butcher's paper and taking out Lizard citizenship in Nov '88. We thank him for his donorship and consider him a good each-way bet to win the event.
DAVID RAYNER MEMORIAL DAY, with 22 members and 4 visitors, produced the
following results:
LIZARDS 1st Michael Harrison 38 points off 7 handicap
LIZARDS 2nd Jim Small 28 points off 15 handicap
VISITORS 1st Gerry Manderson 40 points off 25 handicap
VISITORS 2nd Phil Peddar 35 points off 20 handicap
BEST SCRATCH SCORE none
BEST FRONT NINE Glen Castle 23 points off 29 handicap
BEST BACK NINE Dawson Carroll 21 points off 15 handicap
NEAREST THE PINS
19+ Handicap: 1st A. Skinner
9th Dennis Castle
18- Handicap: 1st Neil Winterton
9th Neil Shackle
LONGEST DRIVES 19+ 8th Gerry Manderson
18- 8th John O'Meara
BRADMAN Lizards David Gilchrist 26 points off 14 handicap
Visitors Enzo Toppano 29 points off 32 handicap
RAFFLE Hart Schwarz
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY coincided with our 3rd Sunday so President John O'Meara
opened the meeting by giving the Lizard a good shot of Guinness.
JIM SMALL welcomed the visitors and then imparted a few kind thoughts about the GRIZZ.
GORDON DONALD, our new octogenarian, was called on stage to receive a cake with candle - whereupon the Pres got on with the prize giving.
MICHAEL HARRISON had one of his rare wins. He had to shoot 7 over the card to earn 36 points and a 36 pointer has not won the day since Neil Shackle beat Dave Rayner on a countback in July '90. Michael's previous success was in Oct 2000 when he came in with 45 points off 6 - a round of TWO UNDER THE CARD!
VISITOR Gerry Manderson cruised to the pay window on day one.
ENZO TOPPANO, Bradman the previous month, qualified for the title again by losing on a countback with Barry Winterton.
FINES, some were:
Dawson Carroll Booking this return flight to Ireland without permission from the committee.
Gerry Mander For his contribution to the Zimbabwean election.
John O'Meara Causing a major traffic jam when he stopped his car in peak hour to challenge a pedestrian to produce his Lizard.
Geoff Warren Following another stint in New Zealand, was fined for coming back - but was thoughtful enough to bring back a fresh supply of NZ 5 cent pieces.
THE JAMBEROO - CALDERWOOD weekend has been run and won
Results of Lizards: Gordon Donald Plate - at Calderwood - 7th April
2002
ATTENDANCE 13 Lizards
2 Visitors
1st LIZARDS
Glenn Castle 49 points off 36 handicap
2nd LIZARDS Jim
Small 44 points off 20 handicap
3rd LIZARDS
Hartmut Schwarz 41 points off 36 handicap
1st VISITORS Peter
Kiely 35 points off 18 handicap
BEST SCRATCH Michael Harrison 31
points
BRADMAN
Lizards
David Gilchrist 26 points off 15
handicap
Visitors
Dennis Gorman 32 points off 23 handicap
BEST FRONT NINE Manfred Wagner 23 points off 31 handicap
BEST BACK NINE Michael Harrison 22 points
off 9 handicap
NEAREST THE PINS
Handicap of 19 or more 4th Dennis Gorman
13th
Jim Small
Handicap of 18 or less 11th John O’Meara
13th
Neil Winterton
LONGEST DRIVE
Handicap of 19 or more 7th Glenn Castle
Handicap of 18 or less 7th Neil Shackle
THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP points meter, with 3 matches to play, is registering
the current state of affairs:
Manfred Wagner 73 Andrew
Warner LM 60
John O'Meara 72
David Gilchrist 59
Michael Harrison 70
Michael Morgan 58
Chris Mooney 65
Glen Castle
58
Jim Small 61
Neil Winterton
56
With 14 points for a win and 13 for second etc., it is still anyone's game - today's result will clear the air for late predictions.
Results of 1st round of the Lindenberg
Hartmut Schwarz d Garry Bird
3/2
Neil Winterton d Manfred
Wagner 1 up
Jim Small d
Wal Hill
7/6
John O'Meara d Colin
Lacey Default
Glenn Castle d
David Gilchrist 8 up
Michael Harrison d Tony Della
1 up
Chris Mooney d Michael
Morgan 4/3
Andrew Warner d Neil Shackle
Walk Over
TODAY'S PLAY
Quarter Finals of Lindenberg:
Hartmut Schwarz vs Neil Winterton \________
Jim Small vs John O'Meara
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\________
Glenn Castle vs Michael Harrison \________/
Chris Mooney vs Andrew Warner /
Handicap Adjustments:
Gerry Manderson -2
Glenn Castle -1
Garry Bird LM, David Gilchrist, Wal Hill, Michael Morgan, John O'Meara,
Hartmut Schwarz, Geoff Warren all + 1
NEAREST THE PINS
19+ Handicap: 1st & 3rd
18- Handicap: 1st & 3rd
LONGEST DRIVES
19+ 7th
18- 7th
NEXT MONTH is PRESIDENT'S DAY, bring a visitor or two.
Good Golfing……….Bill Epps, Editor
