Learmonth Bowl 2015 

Sunday saw the Learmonth Bowl at West Cornwall Golf Club. The 36-hole medal event is a tough format but early conditions were good and scores were expected to be reasonable. 

However the wind soon picked up and with the course playing firm and fast, scoring proved to be harder than expected. Home player, Christian Bowden however shot a nett 65, which remained the only score under par until Tony Watling, in the last few groups managed a 68. Ben Andrew managed to play to his handicap carding 69 and then previous winner, Mike Kent from Radnor was the best of four on 72.

In the gross competition Alex Glasson lead on 74, Neil Holland of Sidmouth was second on 75 with Seamus Stevens third on 76, one ahead of Richard Bunch.

With the wind getting stronger in the afternoon, Bowden was unable to keep it together and carded a 'no return'. It was Richard Bunch who then took the lead with an afternoon 74 to total 146. In the gross, Glasson also had a 'no return' and with Stevens managing 80 for 156 it was Sidmouth's Holland who took the scratch competition with an afternoon 76 to total 151.

Watling was also unable to keep his score going, managing a nett 81. Meanwhile Andrew carded 78 to finish on 147, this was then beaten on count back by Joel Cameron who managed an afternoon 71 but it was Richard Bunch who followed up his morning 72 with a 74 to win on 146.

Full Results (WCGC unless stated) 

Overall - Handicap

1st - Richard Bunch - 72 + 74 = 146 
2nd - Joel Cameron - 76 + 71 = 147 
3rd - Jordan Musitano - 74 + 73 = 147 

Overall - Scratch 
1st - Neil Holland (Sidmouth) - 75 + 76 = 151 
2nd - Seamus Stevens - 76 + 80 = 156 
3rd - Luke Stevens - 80 + 80 = 160 

Best am

1st - Christian Bowden - 65 
2nd - Tony Watling - 68 

Best pm

1st - James Davidson (Perranporth) - 75 
2nd - Jon Musitano - 75 

Best Visitor - Mike Kent (Radnor) - 72+76 = 148 

Wednesday Medal - 29th July 2015 

Entry 76 

Division 1 H/caps (0 - 10) 26 

1st - Peter Verran - 72 (6) 66 - £24.00 voucher 
2nd - Seamus Stevens - 72 (4) 68 - £20.00 voucher 
3rd - James Franklin - 78 (9) 69 c/b - £13.00 voucher 

Division 2 H/caps (11 - 17) 26 

1st - John Turner - 83 (15) 68 - £24.00 voucher 
2nd - Gary Angove - 84 (13) 71 c/b - £20.00 voucher 
3rd - David Bishop - 84 (13) 71 - £13.00 voucher 

Division 3 H/caps (18 - 28) 24 

1st - Lee McGarraghy - 88 (21) 67 - £24.00 voucher 
2nd - Ian Fleming - 92 (22) 70 c/b - £20.00 voucher 
3rd - William Veal - 89 (19) 70 c/b - £13.00 voucher 

Lowest Gross 
Peter Verran - 72 (6) 66 - £4.50 voucher each 
Seamus Stevens - 72 (4) 68 - £4.50 voucher each

 

The Ladies of West Cornwall were lucky to be able to play their Ladies Invitation (to members of other clubs) competition on Friday, 24 July in what were challenging conditions. 

The winners were Anne Uren and C James with a good score (for 15 holes) of 33 points, followed in 2nd place, by Viv Rowe and A Anderson on 28 points. Judy Ryder and L Shrivall were on 27 points in 3rd on a countback form Yvonne Walker and S Markham. 5th place went to Antoinette Richards and Fiona Grosse with 26 points. 

The Miss Roscrows' '3 Clubs & a Putter' competition was played on Tuesday, 28 July. 

The overall winner was Christine Marenah on 35 points. In thesilver division, the winner with 33 points was Gill Embley on a countback from Gill Cattran, with Yolanda Drinkwater in 3rd place with 31 points. 

In the bronze division our summer visitor, Bev Bell, was in 1st place with 31 points followed by Min Min Payne with 27 points in 2nd place , with 3rd place being taken by Donna Gibson.

Our best wishes go with Donna Gibson and Mandy Stevens who are off to Cirencester at the beginning of August to play in the next round of the national Coronation Foursomes competition. Good luck to you both.