Results from Golf Days

Our results for the 2024/2025 season are as follows

(most recent event first):

Challenge Trophy
Beeston Fields Golf Club - 24th October 2025
26 hole stableford (95% handicap)

Write-up by Steve Lloyd
28 players made their way to Nottingham for the final event of the 2024/25 season, the Challenge Trophy. The weather on the day wasn't too bad considering the time of year, but we had to endure rain for a few holes which was a little unpleasant, but it soon passed over.

After bacon cobs, it was on to the course for the first eight holes of the 26 hole competition and then back in for soup and sandwiches for lunch (with some very strange fillings in the sandwiches, Tim Thacker loved the hummus and shredded betroot, NOT).

Back out on to the course for the afternoon 18 holes and the course was surprisingly wet and muddy considering there's not been much rain recently, and it played a lot longer than expected. It was a very good test of golf though with hardly a straight putt on the greens.

Onto the prizes:

Gross 2s
Just the one surprisingly which went to Bob Stretton

Nearest the pins
3rd hole AM : Pete Meaney
8th hole AM  : Howard Holliday
3rd hole PM : Daz Penny
8th hole PM : Ian Ronson
11th hole PM  : Howard Holliday
14th hole  PM : Pete Meaney
Nearest the pin in 2 (18th hole) : Wayne Taylor
Longest Drive (16th hole ) : Steve Lloyd

Captains Par 3 Charity Challenge was not won on the 14th, so a rollover to Bull Bay in November. 

Onto the main prizes for the day
4th place : Wayne Taylor with 44 points (7 shots)
3rd place : Steve Lloyd with 45 points (8 shots)
2nd place : Howard Holliday with 45 points (10 shots)
1st place : Peter Meaney with 49 points (7 shots)

Best of the Rest:
1 to 18 shot category : Daz Penny with 44 points (13 shots)
19 to 28 shot category : Steve Gibbons with 42 points (20 shots)

Pete Meaney took his first BUNGS title for six years finishing four points clear of second place, an excellnt performance from Peter, well played.

 View full results and handicap adjustments from Beeston Fields

Gross 2's Scored by the following

Annual Competitions round-up:
League Cup winner: Kev Armitt had this sewn up already despite not being in attendance
Gross Birdies League : Pete Meaney
Nett Birdies League : Darren Penny
Matchplay Knockout Champion : Maria Perkins

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Captain's Trophy
Rufford Park Golf Club - 26th September 2025
18 hole stableford (95% handicap)

Write-up by Graham Thorpe (Captain)
My main event of the year Captain's Day for BUNGS, was held at Rufford Park, inside Clumber Park in North Nottingham.  It was the first time BUNGS had held the event at this course and although it was possibly further to get to it was well supported with 31 members and my guest son Richard who was my driver for the day and main points scorer for the Thorpe family!  

The day was a long day starting early, filled with tension, hoping everything ran smoothly as I had planned it, with a Quiz as usual , a yellow ball competition for the afternoon and an auction to finish the day. I hadn't bargained for the my "crap golf" on the day.  

Kevin Morris arrived on time but he was sure he had seen the sea on his travels!

The morning 9 hole team competition in the morning was close, with two teams finishing on 42 pts.  The winning team ,was the first one out which was John Haley , Anthony Jackson , and Wayne Taylor.  

In the afternoon the clouds rolled in, but it was still quite warm.  

There were ten groups with a yellow ball,  only 4 balls returned.  Two of these hardly scored any points anyway .  The Captain's yellow ball was lost on the 8th by my driver (Richard), who managed to find a stagnent pond by the green.  The Yellow ball winners with 38 points, were the lthat leading  trio of  John Haley, Anthony Jackson and Wayne Taylor.

Onto the prizes:

Gross 2s
Pip Dean and Anthony Jackson 

Nearest the pins
5th hole  : Pip Deab
7th hole  : Howard Holliday
15th hole  : Mick Clempson
17th hole  : Howard Holliday
Nearest the pin in 2 (8th hole) : Clive Copeland
Longest Drive (13th hole ) : Kevin Morris

Captains Par 3 Charity Challenge was not won on the 17th, so a rollover to Beeston Fields 

Onto the main prizes for the day
5th Place : Wayne Taylor with 35 points (8 shots)
4th place : Howard Holliday with 36 points (10 shots)
3rd place : Anthony Jackson with 37 points (19 shots)
2nd place : Kevin Armitt with 38 points (14 shots)
1st place : Clive Copeland with 40 points (15 shots)

Best of the Rest:
1 to 18 hcp : Mark Johnson with 33 points (10 shots)
19 to 28 hcp : John Dean with 32 points (20 shots)

The evening finished with an auction for 5 items with all proceeds to go to my charity. Prostate Cancer.

Item 1 - A 4 ball voucher for Copt Heath went to Anthony Jackson
Item  2 - A 4 ball voucher  for Coxmoor  went to John Dean
Item 3 - 4 lessons with the pro at Druid's Heath went to Alan Tolley
Item 4 - A 4 ball voucher for Rufford Park went to John Haley
Item 5 - Canteen of Steak Knives went to  Bobby Ho.

Total raised  £ 575.00. Thank you all for your generosity to my Charity, from an exhausted Captain on the day.

 View full results and handicap adjustments from Rufford Park

Gross 2's Scored by the following

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Summer Shield
Fulford Heath Golf Club - 28th August 2025
36 hole eclectic stableford (85% handicap)

Write-up by Steve Lloyd
28 BUNGS members arrived at Fulford Heath with some trepidation for the heavy and thundery rain showers that were forecast later in the day. We were greeted by a course, like many, in a very dry and 'burnt' condition in places and preferred lies wre in effect to help protect the course. The greens were like lighting though with many slopes, so putting was going to be tricky.

After bacon baps, it was onto the course for the for the first 18 holes of this season's eclectic competition. The weather stayed pretty decent with a fair wind to contend with at times, with only one heavy shower for 10-15 minutes to deal with. Heather Marchant hurt her back towards the end of the round and popped some pills to help her for the afternoon, but unfortunately had to walk in after the first hole of the second round due to the pain. The afternoon weather remained similar with just one shower towards the end.

Onto the prizes:

Gross 2s
Daz Penny (5th and 16th), Adam Thompson (5th), Kev Morris (5th), Wayne Tandy (8th and 11th), Peter Meaney (11th), Tom Revitt (11th), Ian Ronson (11th), Peter Whittingham (11th), James Shipman (16th), John Foxley (16th) 

Nearest the pins
5th hole  : Andy Whittingham
8th hole  : Anthony Jackson
11th hole  : Anthony Jackson
16th hole  : Howard Holliday
Nearest the pin in 2 (4th hole) : Kev Morris
Longest Drive (18th hole ) : Peter Whittingham

Captains Par 3 Charity Challenge was not won by the group of Howard Holliday, Ian Ronson, John Foxley and Jeff Sackett, pocketing £15 each 

Onto the main prizes for the day
4th place : Anthony Jackson with 39 points (18 shots)
3rd place : John Haley with 40 points (22 shots)
2nd place : Steve Lloyd with 41 points (9 shots)
1st place : John Foxley with 42 points (24 shots)

Best of the Rest:
1 to 18 hcp : Daz Penny with 39 points (12 shots)
19 to 28 hcp : Bob Stretton with 34 points (20 shots)

 

 View full results and handicap adjustments from Fulford Heath

Gross 2's Scored by the following

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Pairs Championship
Lingdale Golf Club - 30th July 2025
18 hole fourball-betterball stableford (85% handicap)

Write-up by Steve Lloyd
26 BUNGS members plus one guest made their way to Lingdale Golf Club for the 2025 Pairs Championship. As usual, the pairs were drawn out of the hat over the morning coffee and bacon rolls. With an odd number present, John Mansell was the lucky person to receive two partners for the day, "it's only John though, he won't take advantage of that" was said. We'd see...... and it was on to the course for the morning 9 holes.

The morning money was won by Alan Perkins and Bobby Ho in first place with 21 points, the same score as Adam Thompson and Kevin Armitt but with a better countback. First place taking £15 each and second place taking £10 each.

After lunch it was back onto the course for the main competition with the course in good condition on a bright, warm day.

With no buggies available, Captain Thorpedo struggled and had to give up after nine holes, Heather Marchant 'partnerless' for the back nine.

Third place went to James Shipman and 'double entry' Mansell with 22 points on the front nine and 18 on the back nine for a 40 point total. Also on 40 with a very steady 20 points on each nine was Kev Armitt and Adam Thompson and this put them in second place.

The winners, two points further ahead were Jeff Sackett and that man John Mansell again, scoring 20 on the front nine and 22 on the back for a 42 point total and the 2025 Pairs Championship title. Well played fellas!

Gross 2s
Steve Gross (16th) and Shaun Mullaney (18th)

Nearest the pins
3rd hole  : James Shipman
7th hole  : Mark Johnson
16th hole  : Adam Thompson
18th hole  : Shaun Mullaney
Nearest the pin in 2 (12th hole) : Adam Thompson
Longest Drive (14th hole ) : Andy Whittingham

Captains Par 3 Charity Challenge was not won so the ‘pot’ carries over to the next golf day 

 View full results and handicap adjustments from Lingdale

Gross 2's Scored by the following

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BUNGS Championship & BUNGS Masters
Glen Gorse Golf Club - 4th July 2025
18 hole stableford (95% handicap)

Write-up by Steve Lloyd
29 BUNGS members plus three guests headed east to Glen Gorse Golf Club for this year's BUNGS Championship & BUNGS Masters. After bacon rolls it was onto the course for the morning team event over 12 holes, with the BUNGS Masters qualifiers also counting their individual scores for their morning round. The course was in good condition but was hard and fast running so playing short, our goup commented that the day would be won by a high handicapper with so much 'run' available, let's see if we were correct.

The weather was bright and dry but there was a testing wind that made you think carefully about club selection. The morning cash for the team event was won by Steve Lloyd, Adrian Marchant and Kev Armitt with a very high 58 point total. In the Masters, there were nine qualifiers and leading in the clubhouse after the morning 12 holes were Steve Lloyd and Kev Armitt on 26 points, with Adam Thompson in third on 24 points and Bobby Ho in fourth on 23 points.

After sandwiches and chips at lunch it was back onto the course where the wind had increased to make it a very good challenge.

Before I get onto the top five finishers, a mention for guest Kjurste Whittingham who scored 38 points off 27 shots which would have been enough for second place, but guests cannot take one of the top five prizes.

Fifth place went to Steve Lloyd on 34 points (10 shots) and with a better back nine, John Dean took fourth (19 shots). In third and in the prizes for each of his BUNGS appearances was Mick Clempson on 35 points (9 shots). With a better back nine and in the prizes for the first time was Pip Dean with 35 points (39 shots). Taking the trophy though was our very own Captain Thorpe, a full four shots clear of the rest on 39 points (29 shots).

Well played Thorpey.

In the Masters the afternoon 18 holes saw Mick Clempson jump up to third with 56 points in total but the top two couldn't be separated as Steve and Kev once again matched each other in the afternoon with 34 points, both having 17 on each nine for a 60 point total. It was Steve's better last six holes that took him the Masters trophy for the second year in a row.

During the presentation, Adrian Marchant gave a special shirt to Bobby Ho for his 5-0 winning effort on the recent Yorkshire tour.

Onto the prizes:

Gross 2s
Steve Lloyd (4th) and Mick Clempson (15th)

Nearest the pins
3rd hole  : John Haley
9th hole  : Steve Raji
11th hole  : Howard Holliday
15th hole  : Mick Clempson
Nearest the pin in 2 (7th hole) : Steve Gibbons
Longest Drive (13th hole ) : Darren Penny

Captains Par 3 Charity Challenge was not won so the ‘pot’ carries over to the next golf day 

Onto the main prizes for the day
5th place : Steve Lloyd with 34 points (10 shots)
4th place : John Dean with 34 points (19 shots)
3rd place : Mick Clempson with 35 points (9 shots)
2nd place : Pip Dean with 35 points (39 shots)
1st place : Graham Thorpe with 39 points (29 shots)

Best of the Rest:
1 to 18 hcp : Kev Armitt with 34 points (15 shots)
19 to 28 hcp : Mike Fox with 34 points (24 shots)

 View full results and handicap adjustments from Glen Gorse

Gross 2's Scored by the following

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BUNGS Memorial Salver
The Shropshire Golf Club - 23rd May 2025
18 hole stableford (95% handicap)

Write-up by Steve Lloyd
A much reduced field of only 21 players compared to last month's event at Coxmoor headed West to The Shropshire for this years BUNGS Memorial Salver.

The weather was dry and bright with a touch of breeze and the course wasn't too bad, a few 'mickey mouse' holes as people were calling them, but overall a decent test for us all.

After the usual bacon butties, we took the long walk to the first tee of the 'silver' course for the morning practive/team competition which was won by John Haley, Bobby Ho and Paul Jobbins on 40 points.

After a nice lunch it was back out there to play the golf/blue courses for the afternoon competition.

Onto the prizes:

Gross 2s
Adam Thompson (3rd), Mark Johnson (18th) and Wayne Tandy (18th)

Nearest the pins
3rd hole (Gold) : Alan Perkins
8th hole (Gold) : Paul Jobbins
4th hole (Blue) : Paul Jobbins
9th hole (Blue) : Wayne Tandy
Nearest the pin in 2 (7th hole Blue) : Peter Meaney
Longest Drive (6th hole Blue) : Steve Lloyd

Captains Par 3 Charity Challenge was not won so the ‘pot’ carries over to the next golf day 

Onto the main prizes for the day
4th place : Darren Penny with 34 points (14 shots)
3rd place : Mark Johnson with 34 points (11 shots)
2nd place : Graham Thorpe with 36 points (33 shots)
1st place : Kev Armitt with 36 points (16 shots)

Best of the Rest:
1 to 18 hcp : Adrian Marchant with  33 points (6 shots)
19 to 28 hcp : Steve Gibbons with 33 points (22 shots)

 View full results and handicap adjustments from The Shropshire

Gross 2's Scored by the following

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Enterprise Cup
Coxmoor Golf Club - 25th April 2025
18 hole stableford (95% handicap)

Write-up by Steve Lloyd
36 BUNGS members and two guests headed North to Sutton in Ashfield to arrive at Coxmoor Golf Club, and were greeted with a golf course in excellent condition, fast difficult to read greens and a fantastic new clubhouse since our last visit. The weather was dry and bright so a good day was expected and it didn't disappoint.

After some delicious bacon cobs it was onto the course for the morning team event which was won by Tim Thacker, Anthony Jackson, Paul Jobbins and Darren Penny with a whopping 44 points.

Onto the prizes:

Gross 2s
Tim Thacker and Gary Tyler (both on the 10th)

Nearest the pins
2nd hole : Tim Thacker
7th Hole : Kev Armitt
10th hole : Gary Tyler
17th hole : Peter Meaney
Nearest the pin in 2 (4th) : Howard Holliday
Longest Drive (13th) : Anthony Jackson (for the third BUNGS event running)

Captains Par 3 Charity Challenge was not won so the ‘pot’ carries over to the next golf day 

Onto the main prizes for the day
5th place : Steve Gross with 35 points (20 shots)
4th place : Darren Penny with 35 points (12 shots)
3rd place : Tom Revitt with 37 points (8 shots)
2nd place : John Haley with 37 points (23 shots)
1st place : Craig Fallon with 40 points (9 shots)

Congratulations to Craig taking his maiden BUNGS victory with an excellent 39 points and a rather hefty handicap cut I'm afraid Craig.

Notable mention to Steve Gross who scored three gross birdies in his round, I doubt he's had three birdies in his life (some would say, not me Steve).

Best of the Rest:
1 to 18 hcp : Paul Askew with  33 points (11 shots)
19 to 28 hcp : Heather Marchant with 33 points (24 shots)

After the meal, as time was getting on, Captain Thorpe (thankfully) gave a shorter presentation than he did at Copt Heath where he also awarded trophies to Marcho (for the 2024 League Cup) and Paul Askew (for the 2024 Matchplay Knockout) before everyone set off on the journey home.

 View full results and handicap adjustments from Coxmoor

Gross 2's Scored by the following

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Ballesteros Bowl
Copt Heath Golf Club - 27th March 2025
18 hole stableford (95% handicap)

Write-up by Alan Tolley
33 players turned up at Copt Heath Golf Club to contest this year’s Ballesteros Bowl. The course is one of the best in the West Midlands but it wasn’t in its best condition after a fairly rough winter weather-wise, the saving grace being the greens which were excellent, and rather tricky in places.

Considering we were still in March and the clocks hadn’t even gone forward yet, the weather conditions were wonderful. It was a dry day  with a hint of a breeze to start with, not too cold for the time of year, and with the sun warming things up once the initial cloud cover had gone, it was no surprise to see one or two of the braver members of the Society venturing onto the course in shorts. Indeed, sun cream proved to be an essential ingredient for some as the day wore on.

Before play got under way at 11am a good crowd gathered round the first tee to witness this year’s Captain, Graham Thorpe, hit his opening drive. Despite some friendly heckling ,(remember, “length isn’t everything Thorpy”), the Captain managed to get his tee shot away in the general direction of the fairway to an enthusiastic round of applause. The competition to guess the length of Thorpy’s drive drew 123 entries which meant the Captain’s charity got off to the perfect start with £63 going into the kitty before we even began.

Former captain, Alan Tolley, was the lucky contestant who correctly guessed 154 yards and, having earlier put in place arrangements for a donation of £50 to the charity to get the ball rolling, he at least walked away as a winner, something he was never going to achieve through his efforts on the course !

Last year’s Captain, Ian Ronson, came up with his own Captain’s ‘challenge’ at each golf day during the year. This year’s skipper has decided on a quiz for his personal challenge at each of our golf days this year. No sooner had players showered and changed after their rounds, they were met by Thorpy in the bar handing out the quiz sheets. To say that the questions were difficult is an understatement, especially trying to identify past captain’s from their photos from primary school days, but the eventual winner was,  as we all expected, the man with the most knowledge of the inner workings of the Society, secretary Steve Lloyd.

Onto the prizes:

A dose of the early Spring sunshine certainly helped with the scoring overall with one or two excellent scores - and, no doubt, subsequent handicap cuts for some.

Gross 2s
Heather Marchant (5th) and Wayne Taylor (13th)

Nearest the pins
3rd hole : Peter Meaney
5th Hole : Phil Latham
13th hole : Bobby Ho
Nearest the pin in 2 (18th) : John Dean
Longest Drive (15th) : Anthony Jackson (Jacko needs watching now as this was the 2nd golf day in a row that he won the prize for the longest drive : anyone happy to ‘nobble’ him in advance before the next one ?)

Captains Par 3 Charity Challenge was not won so the ‘pot’ carries over to the next golf day 

Onto the main prizes for the day
5th place : Tom Revitt with 35 points (10 hcp)
4th place : Bob Stretton with 35 points (22 hcp)
3rd place : Heather Marchant with 36 points (28 hcp)
2nd place : Paul Jobbins with 37 points (12 hcp)
1st place : Mick Clempson with 40 points (18 hcp)

Congratulations to Mick for his ‘whopping’ 40 points – and no doubt saying goodbye to that 17 handicap for a while !

Paul Jobbins can consider himself unlucky on the day, coming in with 37 points, normally good enough for a winning score but, like everyone else,  he hadn’t catered for Mick’s stunning performance.

Heather too, can consider herself unfortunate, playing really well and scoring an excellent 36 points - despite Marcho elsewhere, sunning himself out in Portugal by all accounts.

Bob Stretton in 4th place showed a nice return to form in a BUNGS event, edging out newcomer Tom Revitt, who was playing in his very first BUNGS event and finished a distinguished 5th.

Finally, with Mick and Tom both in the prizes and Steve Gibbons and Alan Perkins in the field too, a warning perhaps to the rest of us to watch out for the growing influence of the Druids Heath ‘mafia’ …

Best of the Rest:
1 to 18 hcp : Paul Askew with  34 points (14 hcp)
19 to 28 hcp : John Dean with 30 points (21 hcp)

NB 3 trophies from last year were still to be handed to the respective winners so, after dinner the following were awarded :
Nett Birdies League : Ian Ronson
Matchplay Knockout Champion : Paul Askew
Most Improved player : Ian Ronson
(Yes, Ian had a fantastic year as our Captain but his golf wasn’t too bad either – it helped that he got off to a great start by winning the very first event last year, the Ballesteros Bowl at Kilworth Springs in March 2024)

 View full results and handicap adjustments from Copt Heath

Gross 2's Scored by the following

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Christmas Cup
Maxstoke Park Golf Club - 12th December 2024
18 hole stableford (95% handicap)

Write-up by Alan Tolley
24 players turned up at our usual venue, Maxstoke Park Golf Club to compete for this year’s Christmas Cup over 18 holes.

It was mid-December and playing conditions weren’t great after weeks of wet weather, but we had the added complication of it being cold with some mist and fog swirling round at the start. Because of the damp conditions the first tee had been moved up slightly but it didn’t appear to have any advantage to the early starters with a fair percentage of balls heading over the trees on the right, or worse, balls struck left and consequently out of bounds. Certainly a fairly inauspicious start for most it has to be said.

The course proved to be wet and muddy in places as expected so scoring proved to be difficult but it is worth crediting the greens staff at Maxstoke because the greens themselves, in spite of the conditions, were excellent.

Onto the prizes:

Gross 2s
Gary Tyler and Andrew Whittingham (both 2nd hole)

Nearest the pins
2nd hole: Kevin Morris
9th Hole: Heather Marchant
16th hole: Steve Allin
Nearest the pin in 2 (14th): Wayne Tandy
Longest Drive (7th): Anthony Jackson : yes, Jacko actually hit the longest drive of the day – and that was with Kev Morris in the field. Worse, for Kev at least, he was in the same group as Jacko so had to watch his playing partner, playing off 19, hit the best of the day on the 7th hole.

Captain’s Par 3 Charity Challenge (16th Hole) was won at last by the threesome of Phil Latham, Andrew Whittingham and Steve Allin  … and no, they didn’t need a Securicor van to take their cash away but, they did manage to walk away with £40 each.

Guest Steve Allin turned up for his first BUNGS golf day and did rather well, winning a nearest the pin prize and pocketing £40 for being part of the trio that finally won the captains par 3 challenge. As a guest he was unable to win one of the main prizes but credit where credit is due and Steve managed to shoot the lowest score of the day, with 37 points off his 22 hcp.

Onto the main prizes for the day
3rd place : Kevin Morris with 31 points (-3 hcp)
2nd place: Gary Tyler with 32 points (16 hcp)
1st place : Adrian Marchant with 32 points (7 hcp) (better back 9)

Now this may be a little confusing for those that attended the day as everyone thought that Kevin Morris had won, but once the scores were run through the computer by Steve after the event, that turned out to not be the case. It seems that in some confusion as to what tees everyone was going to play off (the whites suggested by the professional, but the yellows eventually), Kev's handicap was adjusted on his card by a committee member to show he was to play off +1 and not +3, so that is duly how Kev's card was marked and gave him 33 points. Unfortunately, it was only Kev's handicap that was amended and no-body else benefitted from the extra shots they would have received from the handicap adjutment from yellow to white tees. So the difficult decision was taken after the event by our secretary to amend Kev's score back to 31 points which eventually put him in third place. None of this was Kev's fault, and it's a shame he's had to lose out on (another) victory, but he's totally fine with it all and will be thankful of not receiving the additional 1 shot handicap cut for winning (although you're still going to +3.5 Kev). I am delighted to say though that the extra handicap cut will now go to Marcho for this 'belated' victory, with his 32 points taking the trophy by a better back nine over Gaz Tyler, also on 32 points. Well played Marcho, you'll have your cup and extra prize vouchers at the next event.

Best of the Rest : 1 to 18 hcp: Wayne Tandy
19 to 28 hcp: Anthony Jackson

Blackout was won by Marcho with ‘Ipswich’ : surely the only thing they’re going to win this year!

Captain’s Charity Competition winner was Anthony Jackson who successfully drew the slip of paper with the name of Steve Allin on it, Steve being the lowest scorer on the day.  

Traditional Xmas Dinner and Ian Ronson’s ‘last stand’ as Captain  

Over the dinner later Xmas jumpers were out in force – some more outlandish than others it has to be said – but it at least generated a ‘festive’ swing to proceedings.

This was Ian Ronson’s last golf day of the year as captain and all agreed he had done a fantastic job during his term of office, coming up with additional charity competitions’ on each golf day, all of which generated a lot of fun between participants, whilst at the same time adding to the charity ‘pot’ itself. Ian spoke about his year as captain and went on to thank the following:
Julia, his partner who, as his IT ‘expert’,has been jointly responsible for the various captain’s charity challenges
All BUNGS members, and their guests, who have been to golf days during the year and donated so generously towards raising £2837.95 for Leukaemia UK
His two vice captains in particular, Darren Penny and Graham Thorpe, for all their help, assistance and guidance
All fellow committee members who have helped at golf days and on tour
Alan Tolley for his entertaining golf day reports
Everyone who purchased a raffle ticket to the Xmas Hamper
Finally, to society secretary Steve Lloyd for his exceptional organization, arranging golf days and tours, and enabling everything to run so smoothly

Next year’s captain, Graham Thorpe then spoke about his chosen charity for 2025 and mentioned a few ideas he intended to introduce, for instance having a quiz at some stage.

Thorpey also got the biggest laugh of the evening, albeit unintentionally, in response to Ian Ronson highlighting his thanks for the help Graham and Darren had given him throughout the year, Thorpey’s comment about him and Darren ‘doing it together’ had more than a few heads turning before order was restored !

Maria Perkins then thanked other BUNGS members for welcoming and accepting both her and Heather into the society. I’m sure other members will agree that both have been a joy to play with this year and are terrific additions to our ranks. Reflecting afterwards, Ian Ronson added that he “thought it was really nice that Maria had said how welcoming everyone had been to her joining, and I would like to think all the other new members will feel the same”

Ian also auctioned a voucher for a fourball at Willesley Park, the highest bidder being Wayne Tandy – and no wonder he’s looking to play there again. When the society was there last summer, Wayne somehow reached the giddy heights of 53 points !

Finally, the winning ticket in the raffle for the Xmas Hamper was won by Adam Thompson – his only problem, the hamper was so heavy it looked like it would need at least 3 people to carry it for him to his car afterwards. Thommo was last seen struggling under the weight of it all on his way in the dark from the clubhouse to his car. Bet he and his family had a great Xmas though !

 View full results and handicap adjustments from Maxstoke Park

Gross 2's Scored by the following

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