Thursday 26th April

Anyone who enjoys playing in a strong north wind with the constant threat of rain would have felt at home today. Eight of us did turn out and Harry Wright took the pot with 34 points.
Next Tuesday is the George Doughty Cup, a handicap qualifying competition. On Wednesday some of us are visiting Thornhill GC and Thursday is in the calendar as a 4BBB competition.

John Cooper Trophy

Twenty four players turning up allowed the unusual format of drawn pairs adding their individual stableford scores together to decide the winners.
Joe Campbell (43 points) and Jim Gilfillan (32 points) won the trophy as well as a pound each off Willie Smith and myself!!!
Geoff Waite and Trevor Wilson were just 3 points behind them.

Seascale v Sandpipers

Tuesday 8th May

Dress: Jacket and Tie

10.00- G. Waite (C) / J.Holmes
10.07- J. Gibson / G. Anderson
10.14- D. Wood / J. Campbell
10.21- B. Taylor / R. Williams
10.28- I. Porter / S. Tonner
10.35- T. Davis / H. Wright
10.42- T. Stubbs / R. Cutts
10.49- J. Gilfillan / M. Mapleton
Reserves:
B.Bedford; E.Harle

Thursday 19th April

Brian Taylor headed the 21 strong field with 36 points and myself second with 35 after heading back into a strong northerly wind.

Tuesday 17th April

Only seventeen turned out in windy conditions.
Geoff Scott took 1st prize with 36 points, Tony Davis second with 34.

Workington Match Result

After losing brownie points for playing on his wedding anniversary, our 6 - 4 win for Captain of the  Day Brian Taylor must have been some compensation.
Once again we were lucky with the weather and finished off with a good meal.

Tuesday 10th April

25 points was enough to secure the 16th place for the championship play offs and will give an idea of the difficult conditions today. Strong winds and a couple of heavy showers didn't hold back David Low with 38 points and Geoff Waite with 37, first and second respectively.
The fees from the twenty two entries will be donated to Allonby First Responders to assist them to purchase necessary equipment.
Qualifiers:
D.Low, G.Waite, A.Tonner, E.Varah, J.Campbell, A.Heywood, D.Wood, J.Thompson, J.Dixon, T.Stubbs, I.Porter, M.Mapleton, G.Anderson, R.Cutts, E.Malik and J.Gilfillan.
The draw will be published on the notice board in due course.

Thursday 5th April

A much better day which was reflected in the scores, 40 points for Ejaz Malik and 39 for Joe Campbell in a field of twenty two.
Next Tuesday is our championship qualifier with the entry fee being donated to the charity of last year's winner's choice so we hope for a good turn out.
Also we play Workington at home on Thursday commencing at 10.30am.

Tuesday 3rd April

Today fourteen Sandpipers took part in the new sport of 'Extreme Golf' and everyone stayed the course.
Harry Wright won with 28 points, just ahead of Mike Mapleton.
For those who thought better of turning out, you missed a howling, bitter cold gale.

Sandpipers v Workington Team

THURSDAY  12th APRIL  2012
10.30- B. Taylor ( C ) / T. Wilson
10.37- R. Williams / T. Stubbs
10.44- W. Smith / J. Tudor
10.51- J. Campbell / G. Anderson
10.58- J. Gilfillan / D. Barnes
11.05- B. Bedford / M. Mapleton
11.12- T. Davis / S. Tonner
11.19- D. Wood / I. Porter
11.26- J. Holmes / J. Gibson
11.33- R. Cutts / J. Dixon