2010 tour - cumbria

The two teams ready for action at Silloth-on-Solway Golf Club.

Last year the Society made its first ever visit to South Wales and, likewise for 2010, it was yet another ‘first’ as 32 members made their way to Cumbria for 3 days of intensive match play golf. The annual match play challenge this year was between the Captain’s team, led by Brian Keates and the ‘Challengers’ spearheaded by David Bellamy sorry, Bill Hancock. This most north-westerly part of England is usually known for its lakes and fells, its inclement weather, and of course the odd gun-toting taxi driver, but how would the Society’s very own financial whiz kid cope against the only player on either side not to have used a razor blade since England got through to the last four of a World Cup tournament?

The two teams in full were :

Saturday 3rd July 2010

Most of the party stayed at The Golf Hotel in Silloth-on-Solway with 3 others staying at the nearby West View Guest House. The hotel’s own brochure describes Silloth as a town noted for its invigorating but mild climate, its leisurely, peaceful atmosphere and its glorious sea views and sunsets. Well, there was hardly a soul about on the day we arrived with the local ‘hotspot’ being the Chippy across the road from the hotel which appeared to be doing such a roaring trade that the queue was all the way down the street – and most of those were BUNGS members eager to get some much needed ‘carbs’ into the system before the big day on Sunday. Some felt being in the shop was like going back in time, especially with every variety of sausage you could think of on the menu – and that included the rather intriguing ‘shrek’ kebab.  Surprisingly though, no one volunteered to give it a try!

The M6 was, for once, running freely for those driving up during the afternoon but John Haley’s decision to come later (so as to play a cricket match and also avoid all the traffic) nearly backfired. Apparently, Captain Keates had asked John if he would take him to Cumbria and warned that he might have a few ‘extra’ things to bring in addition to his golf clubs etc. It’s fair to say John did not expect 2 batteries, a box of apples, a box of bananas, approximately 16 bags of mints and toffees and various other prizes – and that was in addition to his golf shoe bag, a holdall with his clothes, a 24 bottle case of water and assorted newspapers : to say they were overloaded is probably an understatement!

John Mansell was clearly missing the ‘absent’ Graham Bilsland – his ‘lap dancing’ partner in crime – and seemed extremely keen to drum up interest from anyone arriving to make up a ‘party bus’ to the local sex joints but I have it on good authority that the closest he ‘came’ (sic) was the occasional flick through a porn magazine he’d brought with him.

By the time it got to 8pm, the original cobbled street outside the hotel was completely deserted except for a ginger cat and a few discarded chip papers and you got the distinct feeling that the BUNGS contingent stood every chance of doubling the resident population, although some bright spark was determined to get Graham Adams’ weekend off to the worst possible start by stealing his cigarette lighter while everyone was watching the Spain v Paraguay World Cup quarter final on TV. Marcho had a particular interest in the outcome of this game as he had a bet riding on Spain to win the tournament and David Villa to be the top scorer so there was a good deal of excitement as Paraguay wasted the opportunity to go through by missing a last minute penalty, only for Spain to triumph in the resulting penalty shoot out.

Sunday 4th July 2010 - morning
Maryport Golf Club
8 x foursomes matches (over 16 holes)

The weather forecast was, to put it bluntly, horrible! With heavy rain and high winds anticipated for much of the day, so it was a pleasant surprise at breakfast to see grey clouds overhead but no sign of rain. Sadly, that only lasted until we got in our cars to make the short journey to nearby Maryport Golf Club and once the rain started it just kept on raining. Indeed, conditions were so bad it was impossible not to get completely soaked on the short journey from the car park to the club house as the wind was so terrific holding an umbrella was a complete non-starter. Needless to say, the traditional first morning ‘team photo’ shoot was postponed.

Maryport was billed as mixture of links and parkland with fabulous views across the Solway Firth but with the rain pelting down horizontally in a 50 mph wind it wasn’t possible to see any views at all because, if you lifted your head into the wind and rain you got an immediate stinging sensation in the face ! The first 3 holes, all downwind, were just about playable in the conditions but, after crossing the road to the 4th tee it felt as if you were in the middle of a hailstorm – the rain actually hurt that much. Most groups didn’t even make it past the first hole before calling it a day for the morning, but 2 groups hung in there, against all odds to earn valuable points for their side.

In the second match out James Shipman (who, amazingly, had forgotten to bring his waterproofs on tour), and his ‘guest’ Steve Harris took on Shaun Mullaney and Martyn Dodwell. In cold, wet and windy conditions the Captain’s side were soon 2up but were immediately pegged back to all square by the time they’d played the 8th. That was when all concerned agreed to halve the match and walk in.  As they passed the first group out playing the 9th James happened to ask Gordon Galloway if he was enjoying the conditions to which our resident Scot replied in typical north-of-the-border tones, “**** off !”. If you want an example of how bad the weather really was during the morning session, James and Martyn were both desperate for a piss on the way back to the clubhouse but neither would risk getting their dicks out in those conditions for fear of suffering the dreaded ‘tortoise hibernating for winter’ syndrome!

Praise must go though to the very first group out who tee’d off in driving rain and had to cope with those conditions all the way to the 15th where the match ended in favour of the Challengers side. Gordon Sullivan had ordered a buggy but then decided he didn’t want to drive it so Graham Adams took the wheel instead and nearly threw his toys out of the pram when he got back to the clubhouse to find that everyone, except their group had given up and walked in. The sight of Gordon Sullivan with a stream of water running down from his hat every time he got over the ball must have kept Ian and his partner entertained despite the conditions, although Steve Lloyd’s threat to tell the 4 of them as they arrived back at the clubhouse that their match wouldn’t count as everyone else’s were declared null and void never materialised thankfully.

That said, no one had the heart to tell Graham and Gordon that they could probably have shaken hands on a half after 9 holes and walked in like the rest of us!

All the other matches walked in after only a few holes (or even less).

Captain’s team 3.5 / Challenger’s team 4.5

As it was only a 20 minute journey back to the hotel Graham and Gordon decided to go back to change and dry out prior to the afternoon session. Meanwhile, the morning’s only victors, Gordon Galloway and Ian made the most of their extended lunch break and the visitors’ locker room quickly turned into a scene from ‘Beyond the Swamp’.

There was time to kill before the afternoon session began so Howard Holliday also took the opportunity to nip back to the hotel for a change into dry gear and he arrived back at the club house just as the clouds were beginning to clear, and having purchased a newspaper to read. As Howard sat back with his reading glasses for a leisurely hour’s perusal of the paper he suddenly found himself descended on by a number of BUNGS members, (John Shaw the ‘ringleader’), rather like flies round a dunghill and Howard had very little option but to ‘share’ his paper despite his understandable protestations.

Sunday 4th July 2010 - afternoon
Maryport Golf Club
8 x fourball-betterball matches (over 18 holes)

Despite the locals telling us there was no chance we would be playing later in the day, it had brightened up considerably since the morning session and, although the wind was as strong as ever it had at least stopped raining so play got under way as planned.

The weather improved enough for waterproofs to be removed but Martyn and Jeff were having trouble finding their balls.

In the second match out James Shipman was grateful to Steve Booth for the loan of a waterproof jacket. His partner, Mike Fox had suffered such a soaking during the morning he told his playing partners as he arrived on the tee in the afternoon that he was going  ‘commando’ – Steve Lloyd remarked that they really needed to know that! However, if it was an example of gamesmanship it worked perfectly as Foxy and James went 1up early on and held onto that slender lead until the 17th when Marcho won the hole after his tee shot had found the green and when the Captain’s pair capitulated on the last, the Challenger's again won the hole to go ahead for the first time in the match and secure a 1up victory.

In the penultimate match, Gordon Galloway, having dried out, was paired with Alan Tolley and, playing steadily, they were always ahead. The outcome of the match was probably sealed on the 15th when both Baz and his playing partner Gordon Sullivan drove out of bounds. Victory was assured when Alan got up and down from a bunker at the 16th. The match was notable for one thing though – Gordon Sullivan somehow found exactly the same gorse bush from the tee on each of the last 3 holes, losing a ball each time. We know he was probably getting tired by this time but, hey, it’s probably been so long since he’s been that close to a proper ‘bush’ who can blame him for losing control of his balls?

The last match out featured Graham Adams, still seeking his first ever tour victory but, in his own words, Graham ‘meshed’ with ‘The Herrmannator’ right from the off and the Captain’s pairing only lost 3 holes in total – the Birthday boy guiding Graham to his first tour win.

Captain’s team 6.5 / Challenger’s team 9.5

In the evening, back at the hotel, there was no World Cup match on TV so, after dinner it was time for the Captain’s Quiz organised at Brian’s request by Alan Tolley.

By the time the Quiz started it was 10pm and a fair amount of alcohol had already been consumed by some members of the Society. John Mansell, in particular, was clearly unable to cope with having spent most of the day in the fresh air and having then drunk the best part of a bottle of red wine over dinner. The result ? Well, we now have proof, (if it was ever needed in the first place), that John Mansell DOES indeed snore!

3 rounds into the quiz and John’s heavy breathing could be heard coming from the table in the corner. By the time we got onto round 4 it was pretty much full steam ahead and Alan, as quizmaster had to shout to have himself heard at the back. Then, the oddest thing happened as John temporarily woke up, (sending an empty wine glass crashing to the floor in the process), before almost immediately lapsing back into heavy snoring mode again ; unbelievable. How his ‘room mate’ Graham Adams managed to sleep at all later on that night is anybody’s guess !

The quiz was deservedly won by Team3 – this in spite of their constant moaning about the questions being too vague, too old etc. Excellent result though with 69 correct answers out of 100.  

It is probably worth recording some of the more memorable answers, for instance :
Quito being the capital city of Japan
Ginger Baker, a former guitarist with the Rolling Stones
Michael Barratt – instead of Shaking Stevens one team had simply put ‘house builder’

Oh, and congratulations to the team with probably the most inspired name, ‘Norfolk ‘n Good’ who managed to score 10 out of 10 in round 9 (World Cup questions). Well done !

I also have it on good authority that John Mansell’s ‘porn’ magazine was taken up to bed by Martyn Dodwell. His room mate, Steve Lloyd apparently left it a good hour before he dared venture up to their room, (I thought Martyn had already had a good ‘spanking’ in the fourball matches!)

Monday 5th July 2010 - morning
Silloth-on-Solway Golf Club
8 x foursomes matches (over 18 holes)

Silloth proved to be an absolute gem of a course and only its far away location prevents it from being ranked up there with the likes of Lytham and Birkdale etc. A classic championship links with huge sand dunes, heather and gorse, blind tee shots and tricky greens, this would undoubtedly be a day to remember whatever the result. Indeed, we had fabulous weather to greet us on arrival, although the 40 mph wind blowing straight into our faces on the 1st tee was a reminder that we weren’t going to have things all our own way. The team photo shoot, postponed from Maryport yesterday duly took place on the 1st tee in front of the club house.

Most had driven the short distance from the hotel but one or two hardy souls had actually walked there – you’ve got 36 holes ahead of you lads, take it easy!!!

The first match out saw two of our more ‘experienced’ members, John Haley and Gordon Sullivan up against what appeared to be a tough pairing of Steve Booth and Gordon Galloway but the Captain’s side found themselves dormy going down the last and, if that was enough to put a smile on the face of Gordon Sullivan it was nothing to the delight he showed when they got the better of the Challengers on the 18th to win 1up.

John Mansell showing off his personalised golf shoes. Whose that shouting "TOSSER" over there?

In the second match the ‘dream’ pairing of Paul Herrmann with Ivan Heathcote proved to be too good for John Mansell (wearing his personalised golf shoes) and Phil Latham despite the number of shots they were receiving and, although Ivan was probably none too amused when Paul’s approach shots overshot the green on at least 3 occasions they ran out deserved winners in the end.

Steve Lloyd combined with Martyn Dodwell and they were up against Dave Grubb and Foxy conceding a fair number of shots in the process. However, despite the 4 and 3 scoreline this match was always a close one and the Challengers could never really ‘get away’ until that is they managed to win 3 holes in a row midway through the back 9 to secure the victory.

In the match behind Alan Tolley and Jeff Thacker dovetailed really well and, despite some terrific iron play from Karl Hughes the Challengers got themselves into a commanding position being 3up with 5 to play. It is testimony to how well Karl played over those closing holes because Jeff and Alan shot level par (nett) but still lost 5 holes in a row. 1 down playing the last the Challengers hoped for a close finish with Baz ‘s tee shot having found a small depression in the rough to the left hand side of the fairway, but with the ball above his feet Karl somehow hit a magnificent iron shot from all of 200 yards to less than 4 feet – and the win, of course!

In the following match Neil Smith and Craig Vale were easy winners against Captain Keates and a seriously sleep-deprived Graham Adams (* Editor’s note to other BUNGS members - you ‘room’ with John Mansell at your peril!)

The penultimate match saw James Shipman in a similar position to the one he found himself in the day before, ie 1 up with 2 to play but, just as at Maryport, alongside his partner John Shaw this time, the Captain’s pairing lost the last 2 holes, not helped by an ‘airshot’ chip by James at the 18th!

The last match out saw the formidable pairing of Adam Thompson and Tim Thacker take on Ian Talboys and Adrian Marchant. With Captain Keates intending to give all his teams a bag of sweets to ‘inspire’ them to victory, Adam’s preparation wasn’t helped by Brian suddenly announcing that he had left the sweets in his bag and asking if Adam knew who had got their sweets and who hadn’t – this with all but 3 matches already out on the course ! That said, the Captain at least got his pairing right on this occasion as the Thompson/Thacker partnership triumphed by 3 and 2. On a side note, to speed up play Adam and Ian would walk ahead to watch the drives as you do. However, according to Adam, Ian has the eyesight of a badger and spotted absolutely nothing all morning long. Quite why he suddenly attracted the nickname of ‘eagle eyed action man’ from his opponents is anyone’s guess but, to top it all, while he was ‘spotting’ on the 15th, Ian thought a ball was coming his way and, even though it wasn’t, he somehow fell over backwards down a bank, completing two backward rolls before finishing on his back – absolute legend!

Captain’s team 10.5 / Challenger’s team 13.5

Monday 5th July 2010 - afternoon
Silloth-on-Solway Golf Club
8 x fourball-betterball matches (over 18 holes)

A terrific ‘pea souper’ of a lunch and suddenly we were back out for potentially another 18 holes in the afternoon. In the first match out Steve Booth and Phil Latham won against a ‘strolling’ Paul Herrmann but an in-form Gordon Sullivan.

Next up saw Steve Harris and John Haley take on the Challengers’ Captain Bill Hancock, who was partnered by Steve Lloyd and it was the Challengers who got off to a good start finding themselves 2up early on but they were unable to pull away any further and with John’s excellent birdie 2 at the tricky par 3 ninth hole the Captain’s pairing were right back in it, eventually squaring the match, despite John managing to play two ‘airshots’ at the short 12th (although we are told they were more like ‘earth’ shots as John embedded his wedge in the ground about an inch in front of the ball on each occasion!). No matter, they found themselves 1up playing the last (after both Steve's halved the 17th in birdie) but when Bill had a putt to halve the match and knocked it nearly 3 feet past, Steve Harris missed his par putt which would have given them the match. Bill held his nerve to earn the half point which was a fair result.

The 4th match out saw Alan Tolley and Martyn Dodwell dovetail really well to secure victory by 3 and 1 but it wasn’t all plain sailing. Despite winning the first hole, the Challengers were surprised at the very next hole when Graham Adams hit a 6 iron from 162 yards to 3 feet and the match was immediately back to all square. It proved to be a really good match with all four players putting in a good performance. The match also witnessed perhaps the shot of the tour at the signature 9th hole. With Martyn having come up way short and right with a 9 iron (after Alan had told him it was definitely a 6 iron into that wind), Foxy duly pulled out his 6 iron and ‘stiffed’ it to less than 3 feet. It was certainly the highlight of Foxy’s weekend, given that he didn’t manage a single point! 3 up playing the 16th and therefore dormy, Martyn and Alan thought they’d won the match with a 4 nett 3 and started to shake hands until Foxy pointed out that he had a shot on that hole and promptly rolled in his putt for a 3. The ‘respite’ was short-lived however when, on the 17th, Alan found himself 2 feet away in 3 and the match was conceded.

In the final match of the afternoon Tim Thacker carried James Shipman to yet another last hole defeat at the hands of John Mansell and Adrian Marchant.

Captain’s team 13 / Challenger’s team 19

In the evening back at the hotel, and the last night of the Tour; as it was Paul Herrmann’s birthday the following day he bought everyone a drink over dinner. A fantastic gesture Paul but you soon know who your real mates are when, instead of opting for the safety of a diet coke or something similar, Bobby Ho and Alan Tolley gleefully ordered a Jack Daniels each. The drinks having been served everyone raised their glasses and sang the traditional ‘happy birthday’ tribute to the Herrmannator and I’d swear there was a tear in his eye at the end. Well done Paul !

Having lost 3 of his 4 matches so far, Ian Talboys was so depressed after dinner he kept telling everyone that he wouldn’t be coming on tour again – watch this space!

True to form, John Mansell was at it again, this time quaffing copious amounts of Sauvignon Blanc and then seemingly spending more time asleep than awake, sweating and snoring for England! At times he was falling so deeply into his own personal coma he almost overbalanced, banging his head instead on the chair opposite. When it finally came to go to bed (in other words the barman wanted to lock up and kicked them out) John wasn’t entirely helped by his room mate Graham Adams who had been drinking 16-year old single malts with Gordon Galloway and apparently, getting John to a state of consciousness where he could negotiate a set of stairs proved to be a bit of a problem.

Tuesday 6th July 2010
Seascale Golf Club
16 x singles matches (over 18 holes)

Jeff Thacker beat John Haley	Ivan Heathcote beat Neil Smith	Brian Keates beat Bill Hancock	Steve Booth beat Mike Fox
John Shaw beat Simon Hayward	Howard Holliday beat Barry Whitmore	Steve Lloyd halved with Karl Hughes	Ian Talboys beat Dave Grubb
Craig Vale beat Gordon Sullivan	Alan Tolley halved with Paul Herrmann	Adrian Marchant beat Graham Adams	Tim Thacker beat Martyn Dodwell
Phil Latham beat Adam Thompson	John Mansell beat James Shipman	Bobby Ho halved with Shaun Mullaney	Gordon Galloway beat Steve Harris

The last day of the tour and Gordon Sullivan seemed somewhat exasperated at breakfast by John Mansell’s request that he be ‘ready in 5 minutes’ as he was giving Gordon a lift. James Shipman then remarked, ‘Don’t worry Gordon, just tell him you are having a s**t and will be 20 minutes’

It was just over an hour’s drive to the well kept, but wind-swept course at Seascale, a course that has remained pretty much unchanged since it began in 1893 with many natural features and hazards including numerous ditches, pot bunkers, streams and the obligatory gorse bushes of course.

Shaun Mullaney was seen on the practice ground giving Phil Latham one or two ‘secret’ tips, so it was going to be interesting to see whether it all worked or not.

The length of the first hole wasn’t much of a threat but with gorse bushes and a host of bunkers down the left and out of bounds all the way down the right there were one or two ‘comical’ attempts from the 1st tee to say the least. In the 4th match, even with his shots Foxy couldn’t live with Steve Booth who shot a gross 80 on the day to win 4 and 3.

The 7th match saw Steve Lloyd halve with Karl Hughes. Steve went 1up at the first but Karl looked to have squared things at the 3rd as he was 20feet away in 2 (with a shot). Whilst approaching the green, Steve had commented “I haven’t holed a decent length putt all trip” and proceeded to roll in a 40-footer for birdie and a half. Steve went on to win the 13th and 14th to go 3 up with 4 to play, but lipped out at 15, 16 and 17 to find himself only 1up playing the last. Having found the green in two he probably felt that was good enough – that is until Karl stuck his second to 3 feet and duly rolled in the birdie putt to square an excellent match. Another great comeback from Karl as he did the same at Silloth the day before coming back from 3 down with 5 to play to win his foursomes match alongside Barry Whitmore.

In the 8th match Craig Vale might have been thinking he was in for an easy time of things against Gordon Sullivan, especially being 2up early on but Gordon soon squared the match to give Craig one or two things to think about. It is worth highlighting what happened on the 9th tee. Gordon, with the honour, shanked his tee shot out of bounds over a nearby fence. Craig, having already pulled his driver from his bag decided to go with a nice ‘safe’ iron instead – and promptly ‘shanked’ it out of bounds too! In the end Gordon got into an unplayable lie 100 yards from the tee on the 16th and had to concede the match.

In the 9th match Alan Tolley was drawn against the birthday boy, Paul Herrmann but with Paul going out of bounds at the first Alan was immediately 1up. However, sloppy play from Alan and some good iron play by Paul saw him 2 up after 8, but Alan made a great 4 at the difficult par 4 ninth and promptly followed that with a 3 at the short 10th which Paul 3-putted so the match was all square again. The Herrmannator got his nose in front again at the short 13th but a tremendous 5 into the teeth of the wind at the par 5 16th saw the match level again and it stayed that way, both players halving the last in 5.

In the following match Graham Adams was really looking forward to playing Adrian Marchant. Unfortunately, Marcho was equally looking forward to playing against Graham whose round didn’t start well when he pulled his opening tee shot into a gorse bush on the left. Marcho was 3 up after 4 as they arrived at the short part three 5th. The nearest the pin marker looked pretty close from the tee but Graham challenged Marcho by saying, “get inside that then” – which he promptly did! Graham did at least manage to win a few holes along the way but, as he says himself, it was like Canute trying to hold back the tide, and Marcho eventually closed out the match on the 14th.

Towards the rear of the field James Shipman finally had a chance to get a point on the board for his team when he was drawn against John Mansell, the ‘snoring’ champ. James reckons he wasn’t as bad as the first 2 days but still played badly enough after conceding 13 shots to his opponent. What made it worse, apparently, was that James and his room mate, John Shaw were woken by the night porter the previous night at 1am as John Mansell had fallen asleep downstairs and was unrousable. However, by the time they’d got up to help,  John had somehow disappeared to bed and then flatly denied the whole episode at breakfast the following morning !

Captain’s team 18.5 / Challenger’s team 29.5

Brian presents the trophy to Bill.

So, all in all, a great Tour and a fairly comprehensive victory for ‘Wild’ Bill Hancock’s Challengers who were ahead right from the opening session at Maryport  and never lost their momentum.

Fortunately, the weather that greeted us at Maryport on that first morning did not continue and, in spite of 40 mph winds it remained warm and pleasant for the rest of the tour giving us ideal conditions to play links golf. Cumbria seemed a bit further away than previous venues but the experience of playing 36 holes at Silloth-on-Solway on the 2nd day more than made up for it

Bill enjoys his teams victory.

Brian proved to be a popular, if unconventional, Captain, who was ably supported  by Ivan Heathcote and he managed to look after his team throughout by feeding them bananas on Day 1, apples on Day 2 and water on Day 3 – yet they still couldn’t win for him! Bill’s team simply played better over the 3 days and deservedly won in the end.

Bill’s reaction to having secured victory at his very first attempt though ? He spent the next 10 days fell walking in the Lake District!

Oh and spare a thought for Graham Adams who had to ‘room’ with John Mansell and, in all probability, never slept a wink the entire 3 days. Graham would like to assure everyone that Tuesday night once he was back in his own bed was bliss with no snoring to keep him awake!

I can’t finish without giving special thanks once again to Society secretary  Steve Lloyd for a truly magnificent job in putting the whole trip together. Also to everyone who took part during the 3 days and for providing some great moments and generally having great fun at everyone else’s expense.

Quotes from the two team Captains

This report was put together by Alan Tolley with the assistance of contributions from Brian Keates, Bill Hancock, Adam Thompson, Steve Lloyd, Paul Herrmann, Gordon Galloway, John Haley, Mike Fox, James Shipman and Graham Adams.

Final Individual Win Percentages

 * From five matches played (everyone else played four matches only)

Current BUNGS tour win percentages
(after the 2010 Cumbria tour)

	TOUR WIN PERCENTAGE	No of tours attended
Hornby, Brian	100.0%	1
Latham, Phil	82.5%	2
Fairweather,Stewart	80.0%	1
Dodwell, Martyn	69.2%	12
Lloyd, Steve	68.8%	12
Holliday, Howard	68.6%	9
Booth, Steve	66.3%	4
Galloway, Gordon	64.0%	5
Hughes, Karl	63.1%	12
Shaw, John	62.0%	11
Vale, Craig	58.3%	3
Smith, Neil	58.0%	5
Weston, Paul	57.5%	8
Moore, Jamie	55.5%	5
Hayward, Simon	55.0%	2
Hancock, Bill	54.5%	5
Thompson, Adam	54.2%	6
Talboys, Ian	54.0%	12
Sullivan, Gordon	53.6%	11
Thacker, Tim	52.8%	10
Marchant, Adrian	52.5%	6
Bayliss, John	51.9%	8
Poultney, Les	50.0%	2
Smith, Andy	48.5%	10
Weston, Darren	47.9%	7
Shipman, James	47.5%	11
Thacker, Jeff	47.5%	4
Heathcote, Ivan	46.3%	8
Black, Graeme	44.3%	7
Mansell, John	44.1%	8
Tolley, Alan	43.3%	9
Bilsland, Graham	42.2%	9
Ho, Bobby	41.3%	10
Fox, Mike	40.2%	11
Craddy, Chris	40.0%	3
Keates, Brian	40.0%	9
Herrmann, Paul	37.8%	8
Haley, John	37.5%	1
Whitmore, Barry	36.0%	10
Jones, David	35.0%	2
Thacker, Mike	34.7%	5
Jackson, Anthony	30.0%	4
Mullaney, Shaun	30.0%	3
Grubb, Dave	20.0%	5
Harris, Steve	20.0%	1
Adams, Graham	13.3%	3