Thursday 18th October

Thick mist closed the course until after 10am and having a large visiting party teeing off before us delayed us until well after 11am. A larger than usual field of twenty two added to the problems with rounds lasting over four and a half hours.. This didn't faze Tim Herbert who returned a winning 38 points and second place Peter Taylor might have some sort of record for the longest time playing below his official handicap. At least the sun shone for the latter half of the round.