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Very difficult conditions for the 36 golfers playing in pairs this week, with extremely strong winds (but so lucky we missed the heavy rain the day before). Hard against the wind but not always as easy as you think with the wind behind. I think Neil and Mark only played the holes downwind, looks like they played a different course to anyone else! Thanks again to Tanya for taking care of the starting duties.
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1st Neil Simpson & Mark Ambridge……………………………………48pts
2nd Pat Whitty & Bob Whitty………………………………………………….41pts (on countback)
3rd Chris McAllister & Kevin Smith……………………………………….41pts (on countback)
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Next week is the Clover Xmas individual stableford – a bit of fun when the gents play from the whites and the ladies play from the yellows………………….
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In January 2019 the new rules of golf will be implemented by the R & A and the USPGA. From January 2019 ‘Ready golf’ is the new name of the game. The aim is to speed up play. (But not all the changes are about speed).
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The link below covers some of the changes, too many to list here, so familiarize yourself with what is different – there are some radical changes!
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The new rules are also shown in our link to them on this blog – go down to ‘Pages‘ at the bottom right and the videos explain the main changes, instead of trawling through 200 pages in a book! However, keep up to date with our local rules which may vary from the R & A rules – they can be found also in ‘Pages’.
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Late information – just received some very sad news. Dave Griffiths, one of our members, (on-site painter) has collapsed and passed away in the last few hours. His son Wayne is also a society member. We pass on our deepest sympathy to his wife Chris, sons Wayne and Kirk all the other members of his family. God bless, rest in peace Dave.
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Barry