36 Hole Season Starter 2014 - The results!!!!

It's back!!! Again!!! 1 golf club, 2 courses, 36 holes, 1 day

The 36 Hole Season Starter has been well received in previous years so will take place again in 2014. The event will take place at Minchinhampton Golf Club again and will take place on Monday 14th April 2014. This is a week later than 2013 but there are three key reasons for this: -

• it's the day after the final round of The Masters
• It's after the clocks have gone forwards so we have more daylight towards the end
• It's during the school holidays

The general scope will be the same as before; bacon rolls and tea/coffee on arrival, 18 holes on one of the courses, lunch (likely to be soup and sandwiches), 18 holes on the other course, prizes. Cost will be £45

There is a restriction on the number of players with a 36 player maximum so get your name down quick if you want to play. The comp is on the link below: -

http://www.golfshake.com/golf/view/8678/

I'm in but yet to receive info regarding payment? Shout when you want some money and I'll send it

I'll be sending the info out in a week or so Bob. Just giving everyone a chance to get over Christmas before asking for money!

Only 2 spaces left before we start on a waiting list. Get your name down quick if you want to play

Now only one space left. Get in quick to guarantee a place. I'll be running a waiting list in case of drop outs

Details of how to pay now sent out by DM. Payment is due by 16th March, four weeks before the comp.

If anyone wants a buggy, to rent a trolley (pull or electric) or to upgrade their bacon roll to a full English please let me know

Chris I know it's full but I have registered anyway so throw me on the waiting list and let me know if anyone drops out

Good news Chris, your timing was perfect. An hour after you registered we had a drop out. Looks like you're straight in!

Always worth going on the waiting list guys

Stupendous

Was that Bomber??

Afraid so John, that's going to be a sad day at work!

Didn't want to say anything

But yes it's Dave

2 spaces have now become available due to withdrawals. Put your name down if you want to join in

Just so you know how the courses are coping, the status today was; both courses open, full tees, trollies permitted, 2 temp greens across the 36 holes. No temps were on yesterday. This is a club that isn't afraid to close the courses to protect them, we just drain very well

Good evening everyone

Just a quick update for the 36 Hole Season Starter. The courses have coped with the weather quite well and been open through most of the bad weather. We have had a few temporary greens during the worst of it but other than that the courses have stood up well. Greens are being aerated this week to help them to recover quicker and prepare them for the season. With a couple of warm dry weeks the rough will spring up and the courses will be in good condition

As a reminder the deadline payment is less than three weeks from today. So far I have received 9 out of 34 payments (2 spaces are still available) and those that have paid have received a confirmation from me. If you have paid and I haven't sent you a message confirming payment please let me know. Please make sure I receive your payment before 15th March. Failure to pay will result in removal from the competition

I can now confirm that as well as the upgrade to a full English, the lunch upgrades offered last year will also be available this year. Upgrade costs are: -

Breakfast - extra £3:50

• Full English, orange juice, toast & marmalade on arrival

Lunch - extra £2:50 for one of the following

• Butchers Sausages On A Bed Of Mustard Mash With A Rich Onion Gravy
• Pan-Fried Steak Served In A Warm Baguette With A Side Order Of Fries
• Chicken Tika Masala With Basmati Rice, Popadum & Mango Chutney
• Traditional Fish & Chips With Mushy Peas
• Ham & Brie Ploughman’s With Chutney, Crisp Salad, & Rustic Bread
• Ravioli Filled With Spinach & Ricotta With An Italian Tomato Sauce
• Home Cooked Ham With A Brace Of Eggs & Fries

Please make your payments to the account details in the PM I have just sent. Please put in the reference your name and "36H SS", for example "C Perry 36H SS" so I know who has paid and why. If you want to upgrade please let me know and include this cost in the payment. I'm now starting to take requests for the day, including starting to put groups together. If anyone has anything in particular please let me know.

I hope you're looking forward to this as much as me and that the weather is good. If you have any questions please get in touch by PM or on twitter at @C_S_Perry

Chris

Hi Chris. We're both looking forward to visiting Mincinhmapton again this year. Payment will be in your account tomorrow. Richard & Daniel

hi how longs the waiting list

Hi Chris. Currently no wait list, 3 spots available

All, I've just sent a PM to all those who haven't paid for the 36 Hole Season Starter yet (you know who you are!)

Payment is due by no later than Sunday 16th March, meaning you have exactly ONE WEEK to pay. Failure to pay will result in removal from the event. How to pay and costs are as follows: -

Bacon roll & tea/coffee on arrival, 18 holes on Avening or Cherington, lunch of soup & sandwiches (rolling basis), 18 holes on other course, prizes. Total cost = £45

Please make your payments to the account details in the PM

I can now confirm that as well as the upgrade to a full English, the lunch upgrades offered last year will also be available this year. Upgrade costs are: -

Breakfast - extra £3:50

• Full English, orange juice, toast & marmalade on arrival

Lunch - extra £2:50 for one of the following

• Butchers Sausages On A Bed Of Mustard Mash With A Rich Onion Gravy
• Pan-Fried Steak Served In A Warm Baguette With A Side Order Of Fries
• Chicken Tika Masala With Basmati Rice, Popadum & Mango Chutney
• Traditional Fish & Chips With Mushy Peas
• Ham & Brie Ploughman’s With Chutney, Crisp Salad, & Rustic Bread
• Ravioli Filled With Spinach & Ricotta With An Italian Tomato Sauce
• Home Cooked Ham With A Brace Of Eggs & Fries

Please put in the reference your name and "36H SS", for example "C Perry 36H SS" so I know who has paid and why. If you want to upgrade please let me know and include this cost in the payment.

Just so you know, payment is required in advance to guarantee tee times and allow the catering team to plan to feed us all. They actually bring the kitchen staff in early to support our start time so they need to know how many to cater for.

Finally, there are now 4 places still available due to late withdrawls. Please put your name down if you want to play

By the way, there are 16 people still to pay. No payment will mean I won't be able to secure the tee times. Please make sure you pay promptly

FINAL REMINDER!!!!!

Payment is due by tomorrow. 11 people still to pay. Very disappointing since there's been 10 weeks to pay

If I don't have payment I can't guarantee the tee times

Name and shame mate. If, like last year I had a problem with transferring cash at least I let you know. No excuses, sorry, it's just selfish.

A couple have contacted me Tim and I'm happy to help where I can

If the funds haven't appeared in my account by tomorrow (I accept they won't show up if transferred over the weekend until then) they will be put onto the waiting list. I will only guarantee a game for those that have paid on time or made arrangements as I'll only secure tee times for them. Anyone paying late wil, only get a gam if the club allow me extra tee times

Right, it's name and shame time. The following people are onto the waiting list as I haven't received payment or contact

• Danny Alvarez
• Ben Brooke

Also added to the waiting list but not in trouble because he only joined at the weekend is Alex Clark

If those on the waiting list pay (along with those who have contacted me and made arrangements) we will have 32 players. That means there's room for 4 more players

Does Danny know it's not a match play event so there's no chance of him being beat 6&4??

I think he's worried it's Stableford and he won't get to 64!

Can everyone who's playing check the details in the table below and confirm that everything is correct. The only request (other than preferred playing partners) is a buggy for John Flood. If anyone else wants a buggy, electric trolley or has any other requests please let me know asap

Name Breakfast Lunch Requests

Chris Perry Full English Soup & Sandwiches

Matthew Wabe Bacon Roll Steak Baguette

Tim Hawkins Full English Soup & Sandwiches

Richard Lane Bacon Roll Fish & Chips

Alan Davison Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Chris Millichip Full English Soup & Sandwiches

Tim Greaves Full English Fish & Chips

Matt Holbrook Bacon Roll Fish & Chips

Allan Bisby Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Dave Ley Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

John Flood Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches Buggy

Darren Millichip Full English Soup & Sandwiches

Shaun Bethell Full English Soup & Sandwiches

Mark Drew Full English Soup & Sandwiches

Kevin Hewitt Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Mike Smith Full English Soup & Sandwiches

Adam West Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Robert Nutt Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Daniel Lane Bacon Roll Ham & Egg

Stewart Robertson Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Steve Johnson Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Owen Davies Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Mike Prins Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Chris Bolton Bacon Roll Steak Baguette

David Ball Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Alex Clark Full English Steak Baguette

Mark Peakman Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Adam Trett Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Michael Hopkins Full English To be confirmed

Adrian Fallon To be confirmed

Daniel Alvarez Waiting List

Ben Brooke Waiting List

Can I request a 20 point head start?

Groups and tee times are now out. Please check your details below and let me know if there are any final requests, such as an earlier/later tee time or changes of playing partners

Name Group AM Time PM Time Breakfast Lunch Requests

Dave Ley Group 1 09:36 14:36 Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches Buggy

Richard Lane Group 1 09:36 14:36 Bacon Roll Fish & Chips Buggy

Nick Wright Group 1 09:36 14:36 Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches Buggy

John Flood Group 1 09:36 14:36 Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches Buggy

Paul Guest Group 2 09:42 14:42 Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches Buggy

Gary Thompson Group 2 09:42 14:42 Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches Buggy

Kevin Hewitt Group 2 09:42 14:42 Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Owen Davies Group 3 09:48 14:48 Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Daniel Lane Group 3 09:48 14:48 Bacon Roll Ham & Egg

Chris Perry Group 3 09:48 14:48 Full English Soup & Sandwiches

Adam Trett Group 4 09:54 14:54 Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Darren Millichip Group 4 09:54 14:54 Full English Soup & Sandwiches

Mike Prins Group 4 09:54 14:54 Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Michael Hopkins Group 5 10:00 15:00 Full English Steak Baguette

Matthew Wabe Group 5 10:00 15:00 Bacon Roll Steak Baguette

Stewart Robertson Group 5 10:00 15:00 Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Daniel Alvarez Group 6 10:06 15:06 Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Robert Nutt Group 6 10:06 15:06 Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Chris Bolton Group 6 10:06 15:06 Bacon Roll Steak Baguette

Tim Greaves Group 7 10:12 15:12 Full English Fish & Chips

Alex Clark Group 7 10:12 15:12 Full English Steak Baguette

Matt Holbrook Group 7 10:12 15:12 Bacon Roll Fish & Chips

Chris Millichip Group 8 10:18 15:18 Full English Soup & Sandwiches

Adrian Fallon Group 8 10:18 15:18 Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Alan Davison Group 8 10:18 15:18 Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Steve Johnson Group 9 10:24 15:24 Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Adam West Group 9 10:24 15:24 Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Mark Peakman Group 9 10:24 15:24 Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Shaun Bethell Group 10 10:30 15:30 Full English Soup & Sandwiches

Mark Drew Group 10 10:30 15:30 Full English Soup & Sandwiches

Tim Hawkins Group 10 10:30 15:30 Full English Soup & Sandwiches

David Ball Group 11 10:36 15:36 Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Mike Smith Group 11 10:36 15:36 Full English Soup & Sandwiches

Allan Bisby Group 11 10:36 15:36 Bacon Roll Soup & Sandwiches

Chris, Better make sure that the buggy me & Dave are sharing has pretty good suspension!

I'd just make sure it's got a decent battery Floody. The two we had last year nearly managed 30 holes between them....

I thought you were a carry bag man all the way! They better have good batteries with all the balls I'll have in my bag just in case.

Was having a bit of trouble with the knees last year so went with a buggy. Back to normal this year though.

UPDATE

• We will be on Cherington in the morning and Avening in the afternoon
• First tee times are confirmed as 9:36 and 14:36
• Numbers are confirmed with the course
• Breakfast will be available from 8:30
• Soup & sandwiches will be available from 1:30pm
• Tee times have been provided to the catering team. If you have asked for an upgraded lunch it will be ready 4 hours after your morning tee time
• Jeans, trainers, hats and wet waterproofs are not allowed in the bar/restaurant. There is no spike bar
• Lockers are available. A returnable £1 coin is needed
• Showers are available and towels are provided free of charge

Advance warning. It is important that a good pace of play is kept. The club expect a 3 ball in a club medal to finish their round in 3h 50m; we are expected to complete our rounds in 4 hours maximum

If anyone needs any extra information, such as directions, please let me know

Just a couple of days to go. Weather forecast is cracking (15*C, no rain, next to no wind) so I'm expecting some good scores. Looking forward to it, hope you all are too

Thank you everyone for coming yesterday. Hope you all enjoyed yourselves and the courses. I've managed to finalise the scores in the group (some feedback coming to Darren on that!) and you can see the final overall scores via the links below

Congratulations to Mike Smith on the win with a great 43 points in the morning to set the foundations. Also congratulations to Alan Davison not only for coming second but for securing top three finishes on both rounds

For the Overall score -> http://www.golfshake.com/group/view/5780/events/leaderboard/

For the morning round -> http://www.golfshake.com/group/view/5780/events/8678/scores/

For the afternoon round -> http://www.golfshake.com/group/view/5780/events/9372/scores/

For the stat geeks like me, if you click on the blue "Event Analysis" button you can see which holes saw the best and worst scores. In summary

Morning Round

Eagles 1 0.03 0.17 %

Birdies 19 0.59 3.30 %

Pars 138 4.31 23.96 %

Bogeys 227 7.09 39.41 %

D Bogeys 110 3.44 19.10 %

+++ 81 2.53 14.06 %

Afternoon Round

Eagles 0 0.00 0.00 %

Birdies 22 0.69 3.82 %

Pars 123 3.84 21.35 %

Bogeys 232 7.25 40.28 %

D Bogeys 102 3.19 17.71 %

+++ 97 3.03 16.84 %

just seenn the cards have been put on our pages. afternoon round showing 37 points, I only had 35, so somewhere along the line an error has occured.

Error found and corrected Robert. Sorry about that

Handicap corrections have now been applied to everyone's profile