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| By david preston on 17-Oct-2012 | |
Due to continuous problems posting news, blogs & results on the golfshake website as of the end of this season Saturday 20th October. The Crown Golf Society will no longer be using golfshake. Nine Months without any problems solved, we will be looking at alternatives! Thank you. | |
| By david preston on 29-Jul-2012 | |
THE CROWN GOLF SOCIETY ANSTEY 2011 01/08/2012 PLAYER NAME ADJUSTMENT +/- EXACT HANDICAP PLAYING HANDICAP INTER SOCIETY HANDICAP L. SMITH (President) 0.1 22.9 23 23 D. PRESTON ( V. President) 0.0 16.4 16 18 M. READ(Hon. Pres) 1.0 8.1 9 10 M. GISBORNE (Treasurer) 0.0 15.4 16 17 D. PEGG (Captain) 0.1 12.9 13 13 M. SHILLIAM (V. Capt) 0.1 18.8 19 19 S. HIPWELL(Hon. Capt)) 0.1 12.9 13 14 J. STACEY (H. Caps) 0.1 12.6 13 14 M. CARR 0.1 10.2 10 13 R. FINNEY 0.1 7.3 7 8 S. HUNT 0.1 16.2 16 18 R. COLEMAN 0.0 23.9 24 24 S. REYNOLDS 0.1 20.1 20 20 K. EDWARDS 0.0 26.2 26 27 S. POULTNEY 0.0 16.8 17 17 C. GAMBLE 0.1 27.0 27 27 D. SMITH 0.0 26.6 27 27 D. APPARICIO 0.0 13.5 14 14 G. KELSEY 0.0 15.1 15 15 R. HAYNES 0.0 18.8 19 19 R. FRIZZELL 0.8 24.2 24 25 A.DARE 0.1 9.2 10 10 S. PARKER 0.1 18.3 18 18 0 PLEASE NOTE:- THE CROWN GOLF SOCIETY HANDICAPS ARE ADJUSTED AS PER C.O.N.G.U & THE ENGLISH GOLF UNION. HOWEVER IF A PLAYER WINS A COMPETITION ON TOP OF ANY HANDICAP ADJUSTMENTS FOR SCORE ON THE DAY, THE PLAYER WILL AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE A ONE SHOT CUT TO THEIR HANDICAP. THIS WILL BE RE-INSTATED WHEN PLAYING A MATCH AGAINST ANOTHER SOCIETY. | |
| By david preston on 02-Jul-2012 | |
THE CROWN GOLF SOCIETY HAD THEIR JUNE COMPETITION AT WEST MIDLANDS GOLF CLUB NEAR SOLIHULL ON SATURDAY 30TH JUNE. A VERY NICE COURSE. NOT THAT LONG BUT AN EXCELLENT SET UP THROUGHOUT. STRATEGY WAS A KEY PART OF THE GAME HERE. CONSIDERING THE WEATHER WE HAVE HAD SO FAR THIS YEAR THE GREENS WERE IN GOOD CONDITION & VERY TRUE RUNNING. AMAZINGLY APART FROM ONE VERY STRONG SHOWER THE WEATHER HELD OFF & IN FACT IT WAS QUITE WARM, ALL BE IT VERY WINDY. A GREAT CHOICE BY OUR CAPTAIN DAN PEGG WHO UNFORTNATELY DECIDED TO HAVE A FEW TOO MANY SHERBETS THE NIGHT BEFORE & FOUND IT A VERY TOUGH DAY! CONGRATULATIONS TO 1ST PLACE DAN DARE WITH 36 POINTS, 2ND PLACE MIKE READ WITH 33 POINTS & 3RD PLACE DAVID PRESTON WITH 30 POINTS. WELL DONE ALSO TO CRAIG GAMBLE WHO FOR WINNING NEAREST THE PIN ON THE ISLAND GREEN WITH AN EXCELLENT SHOT & ALSO BARNES WALLACE BOB HAYNES FOR WINNING THE LONGEST DRIVE BOUNCING IT OFF OF THE CART PATCH BEYOND SITE! A GREATT DAY WAS HAD BY ALL SIXTEEN MEMBER & THANK YOU TO DAN HUNT FOR PLAYING AS A GUEST. THE NEXT COMPETITION IS AT COLLINGTREE PARK GOLF COURSE IN NORTHAMPTON ON SATURDAY 28TH JULY SO PLEASE GET YOUR NAMES IN EARLY TO AVOID DISSAPOINTMENT. THIS IS A TOP DRAWER GOLF COURSE! THANK YOU! | |
| Last edit : Mon 2nd Jul 2012 21:52 | |
| By david preston on 02-Jul-2012 | |
LEADERBOARD 2012 CAPTAINS DAY PRESIDENTS DAY RUTLAND STOKE WHISTON MIDLANDS COLLINGTREE TAPTON BONDHAY PRESIDENTS TOTAL POSITION PLAYER 1ST SCOTT HUNT 29 30 27 25 111 2ND JAMIE STACEY 30 27 26 27 110 3RD ANDREW DARE 28 28 24 30 110 4TH MICK CARR 25 21 29 24 99 5TH DAVID PRESTON 24 20 25 28 97 6TH LEN SMITH 27 18 28 16 89 7TH MICK GISBORNE 16 25 19 23 83 8TH CRAIG GAMBLE 15 19 23 21 78 9TH MIKE READ 22 21 29 72 10TH MALC SHILLIAM 26 22 22 70 11TH STEVE HIPWELL 19 29 17 65 12TH STEVE POULTNEY 20 23 20 63 13TH ROBIN COLEMAN 14 20 18 52 14TH DAN PEGG 17 17 15 49 15TH SEAN REYNOLDS 21 26 47 16TH ROBERT HAYNES 26 19 45 17TH KINGSLEY EDWARDS 23 16 39 18TH RACHEL FRIZZELL 30 30 19TH STEVE PARKER 24 24 20TH DAN APPARICIO 22 22 21ST DAN SMITH 18 18 22ND GRANT KELSEY 18 18 23RD RICHARD FINNEY 0 24TH 0 25TH 0 26TH 0 27TH 0 28TH 0 | |
| By david preston on 02-Jul-2012 | |
THE CROWN GOLF SOCIETY ANSTEY LEICESTER RESULT WEST MIDLANDS G.C 2012 PLAYER HANDICAP POINTS SCORED LEADERBOARD POINTS 1ST ANDREW DARE 10 36 30 2ND MIKE READ 9 33 29 3RD DAVID PRESTON 16 30 28 4TH JAMIE STACEY 12 29 27 5TH SEAN REYNOLDS 20 28 26 6TH SCOTT HUNT 16 26 25 7TH MICK CARR 10 26 24 8TH MICK GISBORNE 15 25 23 9TH MALC SHILLIAM 19 23 22 10TH CRAIG GAMBLE 27 23 21 11TH STEVE POULTNEY 17 23 20 12TH ROBERT HAYNES 19 23 19 13TH ROBIN COLEMAN 24 22 18 14TH STEVE HIPWELL 13 22 17 15TH LEN SMITH 23 21 16 16TH DAN PEGG 13 15 15 17TH 14 18TH 13 19TH 12 20TH 11 21ST 10 22ND 9 23RD 8 24TH 7 25TH 6 26TH 5 27TH 4 28TH 3 29TH 2 30TH 1 LONGEST DRIVE 30TH JUNE 2012 NEAREST PIN | |
| By david preston on 24-Jun-2012 | |
THE CROWN GOLF SOCIETY HAVE THEIR NEXT MATCH ON SATURDAY 30TH JUNE AT WEST MIDLANDS GOLF COURSE.FIRST TEE OFF IS AT 11:00AM.IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY PLEASE LET MICK GISBORNE KNOW YOU ARE PLAYING.THE ADDRESS OF THE COURSE IS BARSTON SOLIHULLPOSTCODE FOR SATNAVS IS B92 0LBMORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT http://www.westmidlandsgolfclub.co.uk GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL & MAY YOUR GOLF BE GOOD! | |
| By david preston on 27-May-2012 | |
THE CROWN GOLF SOCIETY HAD THEIR MAY COMPETITION AT WHISTON HALL STAFFORDSHIRE.13 MEMBERS TURNED UP ALONG WITH GUEST MARTIN RIDEOUT.WHISTON IS A VERY STRATEGIC COURSE WITH LOTS OF DOG LEGS WHICH MAKES IT A DECENT TEST OF GOLF. IT MAY BE A SHORT COURSE BUT WHAT IT LACKS IN LENGTH IT MAKES UP FOR WITH A VERY GOOD LAY OUT.SADLY THE GREENS WERE APPAULING, THIS MADE EVERY PLAYERS DAY BAR ONE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT & FRUSTRATING. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE PUTTING ON YOUR OWN BACK LAWN.THE SCORES REFLECTED THIS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE WINNER ON THE DAY.CONGRATULATIONS TO 1ST PLACE RACHEL FRIZZELL 40 POINTS, 2ND PLACE MICK CARR 29 POINTS & 3RD LEN SMITH 27 POINTSLONGEST DRIVE WAS WON BY MICK CARR & THE NEAREST PIN BY JAMIE STACEY.TART OF THE DAY JUST HAD TO GO TO MALC SHILLIAM FOR GETTING LOST ON THE WAY TO THE COURSE TAKING OVER TWO HOURS TO GET THERE IN THE END!!CONGRATULATIONS ALSO TO STEVE HIPWELL WHO COULD NOT PLAY AS HIS MRS GAVE BIRTH IN THE EARLY HOURS. WE ALL HOPE MUM & BABY ARE WELL!THE NEXT COMPETITION IS AT WEST MIDLANDS GOLF COURSE ON SATURDAY JUNE 30TH HOPE TO SEE MORE MEMBERS AT THIS ONE, GET YOUR NAMES DOWN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE PLEASE. | |
| By david preston on 27-May-2012 | |
LEADERBOARD 2012 CAPTAINS DAY PRESIDENTS DAY RUTLAND STOKE WHISTON MIDLANDS COLLINGTREE TAPTON BONDHAY PRESIDENTS TOTAL POSITION PLAYER 1ST SCOTT HUNT 29 30 27 86 2ND JAMIE STACEY 30 27 26 83 3RD ANDREW DARE 28 28 24 80 4TH MICK CARR 25 21 29 75 5TH LEN SMITH 27 18 28 73 6TH DAVID PRESTON 24 20 25 69 7TH MICK GISBORNE 16 25 19 60 8TH CRAIG GAMBLE 15 19 23 57 9TH STEVE HIPWELL 19 29 48 10TH MALC SHILLIAM 26 22 48 11TH STEVE POULTNEY 20 23 43 12TH MIKE READ 22 21 43 13TH KINGSLEY EDWARDS 23 16 39 14TH DAN PEGG 17 17 34 15TH ROBIN COLEMAN 14 20 34 16TH RACHEL FRIZZELL 30 30 17TH ROBERT HAYNES 26 26 18TH STEVE PARKER 24 24 19TH DAN APPARICIO 22 22 20TH SEAN REYNOLDS 21 21 21ST DAN SMITH 18 18 22ND GRANT KELSEY 18 18 23RD RICHARD FINNEY 0 24TH 0 25TH 0 26TH 0 27TH 0 28TH 0 29TH 0 30TH 0 | |
| By david preston on 27-May-2012 | |
THE CROWN GOLF SOCIETY ANSTEY LEICESTER RESULT WHISTON HALL G.C 2012 PLAYER HANDICAP POINTS SCORED LEADERBOARD POINTS 1ST RACHEL FRIZZELL 28 40 30 2ND MICK CARR 10 29 29 3RD LEN SMITH 23 27 28 4TH SCOTT HUNT 16 27 27 5TH JAMIE STACEY 12 27 26 6TH DAVID PRESTON 16 25 25 7TH ANDREW DARE 10 24 24 8TH CRAIG GAMBLE 27 23 23 9TH MALC SHILLIAM 19 22 22 10TH MIKE READ 9 22 21 11TH ROBIN COLEMAN 24 22 20 12TH MICK GISBORNE 15 18 19 13TH DAN SMITH 27 13 18 14TH 17 15TH 16 16TH 15 17TH 14 18TH 13 19TH 12 20TH 11 21ST 10 22ND 9 23RD 8 24TH 7 25TH 6 26TH 5 27TH 4 28TH 3 29TH 2 30TH 1 LONGEST DRIVE MICK CARR 26TH MAY 2012 NEAREST PIN JAMIE STACEY | |
| By david preston on 15-May-2012 | |
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