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BUNGS Tour 2002 - North Wales
14th to 16th June 2002

The weekend tour for the 2002 season took us to North Wales where we played a trio of superb links courses, Royal St. David's, Nefyn & District & Porthmadog.  As usual, we were split into two teams and played a 'ryder cup' style match.

The teams and results for the weekend were as follows.

Blue Team Green Team
Steve Lloyd (4) Graham Bilsland (2)
Martyn Dodwell (6) John Shaw (4)
Howard Holliday (6) Ian Talboys (5)
James Shipman (8) John Newton (5)
Paul Weston (11) Steve Booth (10)
Karl Hughes (11) Andy Smith (12)
John Bayliss (11) Ivan Heathcote (13)
Bobby Ho (15) Chris Craddy (18)
Darren Weston (16) Mike Fox (18)
Tim Thacker (19) Gordon Sullivan (19)
Richard Stevens (23) John Mansell (27)
Barry Whitmore (24) Alan Tolley (28)
Reg Mansell (26) Brian Goroll (28)
Brian Keates (28) Mike Thacker (28)

Friday Morning
Royal St. David's Golf Club
7 x foursome-greensome matches (over 13 holes)

Graham Bilsland & Alan Tolley

beat Reg Mansell & John Bayliss

2/1

Bobby Ho & Paul Weston

beat

Andy Smith & Ian Talboys

1up

Howard Holliday & Tim Thacker half John Shaw & John Newton a/s
Steve Lloyd & Barry Whitmore beat Steve Booth & Ivan Heathcote 3/2
Gordon Sullivan & Chris Craddy beat Karl Hughes & Darren Weston 5/4
James Shipman & Martyn Dodwell beat Mike Fox & Brian Goroll 2up
John Mansell & Mike Thacker beat Brian Keates & Richard Stevens 1up

A write up will follow shortly.

Friday Afternoon
Royal St. David's Golf Club
Matches abandoned due to bad weather

Write up and quotes of the day to follow shortly.

Score after day one - Green Team 3½ / Blue Team 3½

Saturday Morning
Nefyn & District Golf Club

6 x foursome-greensome matches (over 18 holes)
1 x singles match (over 18 holes)

John Shaw

beat Karl Hughes

2/1

Andy Smith & John Newton

beat

Bobby Ho & Tim Thacker

1up

Steve Lloyd & Martyn Dodwell beat Ian Talboys & Graham Bilsland 2/1
Steve Booth & Chris Craddy beat James Shipman & John Bayliss 2up
Howard Holliday & Paul Weston beat Ivan Heathcote & Gordon Sullivan 3/2
Mike Thacker & Mike Fox beat Darren Weston & Brian Keates 5/4
John Mansell & Brian Goroll beat Richard Stevens & Barry Whitmore 2/1

A write up will follow shortly.


Saturday Afternoon
Nefyn & District Golf Club
7 x four-ball better-ball matches (over 18 holes)

James Shipman & Bobby Ho 

beat John Shaw & Andy Smith

4/2

Howard Holliday & Martyn Dodwell

beat

Ian Talboys & Mike Fox

3/2

Paul Weston & John Bayliss beat John Mansell & Gordon Sullivan 6/4
Karl Hughes & Steve Lloyd beat Steve Booth & Chris Craddy 3/2
Darren Weston & Barry Whitmore beat Ivan Heathcote & Mike Thacker 1up
Richard Stevens & Tim Thacker beat John Newton & Graham Bilsland 3/2
Brian Keates & Reg Mansell half Alan Tolley & Brian Goroll a/s

Write up and quotes of the day to follow shortly.

Score after day two - Blue Team 12 / Green Team 9

Sunday
Porthmadog Golf Club

14 x singles matches (over 18 holes)

Bobby Ho

beat John Shaw

4/3

Graham Bilsland

beat

Barry Whitmore

7/6

John Newton beat John Bayliss 5/4
Brian Keates beat Alan Tolley 1up
Steve Booth beat Darren Weston 3/1
Reg Mansell beat Mike Thacker 2/1
James Shipman half Ian Talboys a/s
Howard Holliday beat Andy Smith 6/4
Steve Lloyd beat John Mansell 3/1
Paul Weston beat Chris Craddy 1up
Richard Stevens beat Brian Goroll 6/5
Gordon Sullivan beat Karl Hughes 5/4
Ivan Heathcote beat Tim Thacker 4/3
Martyn Dodwell beat Mike Fox 5/3

Write up, photos and quotes of the day to follow shortly.

The final result after three days challenging golf on a trio excellent courses was a resounding 20½ 14½ victory for the blue team.

Final score -Blue Team 20½ / Green Team 14½

Final individual totals

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Blue Team Green Team
Martyn Dodwell 4 points John Newton 2.5 points
Paul Weston 4 points John Mansell 2.5 points
Steve Lloyd 4 points Graham Bilsland 2 points
Howard Holliday 3.5 points Steve Booth 2 points
Bobby Ho 3 points Chris Craddy 2 points
James Shipman 2.5 points Gordon Sullivan 2 points
Richard Stevens 2 points Mike Thacker 2 points
Barry Whitmore 2 points John Shaw 1.5 points
Tim Thacker 1.5 points Alan Tolley 1.5 points
Brian Keates 1.5 points Brian Goroll 1.5 points
Reg Mansell 1.5 points Andy Smith 1 point
Darren Weston 1 point Ivan Heathcote 1 point
Karl Hughes 1 point Mike Fox 1 point
John Bayliss 1 point Ian Talboys 0.5 point
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