Bookham Amateur Golf Society

Hankley Common 21st Feb 2023

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Full Results
Novelty Prizes
Detailed Handicap Changes

1. Our day at Hankley Common was as near to perfect as you will get for golf in the winter months. Not only did we get the chance to play the course in excellent conditions with no rain, decent temperatures and not a breath of wind but the fairways and greens were as good as you could hope for in February and if the odd bunker was GUR, no one getting into them was going to moan about a free drop! Even though the testing 7^th was out of action, its replacement 9A was no pushover and a worthy alternative. Their Clubhouse is also extremely comfortable and when it comes to the food options the Hankley carvery is second to none.

2. It’s not surprising that we’ve visited Hankley on so many occasions – this was our 12^th visit in our (almost) thirty years and when the courses for 2024 were announced at the AGM, there were no dissenting voices at the news that we’ll be returning to the Club in a year’s time.

3. Chief among those cheer leaders for a swift return will be Ian Barrett who must love the course. As a Guest in 2005 before he became a BAGS member he got a hole in one at the short 2^nd, then in 2008 as a member he won with 42 points and on this occasion he scored 41 to win by three from Richard Lister and Andy Skilton. This takes Ian’s number of day wins to 9, only one behind Jon and Graham’s 10 and he goes up to sixth in the BAGS Order of Merit with 58 points. There was also extra icing on the cake because he had qualified for the Captain’s Bowl so ran out an easy winner of this Strokeplay Competition with a gross 86 (including a 10!). All this success brought him to the attention of our Handicap Secretary and Ian has been cut to 13 which has brought his BAGS figure much more in line with his Club numbers. Well done Ian and let’s see how your season progresses off 13…….

4. At the AGM it was very much the Changing of the Guard as VC Mark (after yet another solid round) took over from Kevin after his highly successful Captaincy year and Andy Martin stepped in as the new Vice. In other changes long serving (30 years no less!) Treasurer John has now begun the transition to Matt and Hedley stepped down as Chairman allowing founder member Keith Gatford to move into the role. I have one more event in the driving seat before Andy Skilton and Stuart Smillie officially take on the job though they have been working hard on the event planning for 2024. Also involved – as he has been for some time now – is Andy Harper who has already done a great job on the September Yorkshire tour and has recently returned from a Continental recce with future skipper Andy who has selected Belgium as the tour choice for his year of office.

5. Though Hedley will retain his involvement with the Charity event, Chris Presley becomes Chairman of that Committee being ably assisted by Niall and the income for The Marsden has already been given a huge boost mainly by Luke’s efforts at Hankley where he took well over £500 in the Tenners Draw for a very special prize. I gather Tom Longhurst is planning to build on this start at the RAC so let’s all help him get over the £1000. We’ve already got a target of a much needed machine to raise funds for by June so with your normal generosity we are confident of yet another successful campaign.

6. In the Majors though it’s very early days, the new Captain and VC are setting a hot pace in the Chairman’s and Memorial with 71 and 66 respectively. Ian’s 41 will naturally stand him in good stead when he adds other rounds but in the meantime he sits at the top of the Treasurer’s unofficial leaderboard as no one has yet played the requisite qualifying number of rounds.

7. All eyes are now on our next event at RAC where we will celebrate our 30 ^th anniversary. We currently have 56 members down to play with a further 14 guests also in the frame. Two of these are past members – Chris Bower (our second Captain way back) and Peter Barkham – and we also have 10 additional guests for dinner including three past Captains and John Hartnett who was the winner of our first event at Wentworth in 1993. So that’s 80 people who are currently listed to attend the dinner. It should be a great occasion on the Old Course and afterwards in the Cedar Room in the handsome Clubhouse.

8. As you will recall you have the opportunity to purchase some 30 ^th anniversary clothing suitably embroidered with the special BAGs logo. To say that so far the take up has been slow would be a huge understatement as only two garments have been ordered though I shall add to that number. No order will be undertaken without an agreed price being quoted so if you are interested please let me know what item(s) you would like to have quoted then we can move ahead. You’ll have seen other members wearing BAGS embroidered golf clothing and I am sure they will vouch for the quality and value for money.

9. Good to see Gordon winning the Captain’s Trophy for Kevin’s year of office. He showed great resilience in playing in so many events including the tour despite undergoing cancer treatment and we all wish him the very best in his continuing fight and hope to see him soon – maybe even at our 30^th

Full Results

Position	Name	Score		Notes
1	Ian BARRETT	41		BAGS Winner
2	Richard LISTER	38	countback	BAGS 2nd
3	Andy SKILTON	38		BAGS 3rd
4	Simon WINDIBANK	37
5	Tim AKERS	36
=	Matt HALL	36
=	Mark LONGHURST	36
8	James BENNETT	35
=	Andy MARTIN	35
10	Tom LANGFORD	34
=	Clive MURRELL	34
=	Andy SPREADBOROUGH	34
=	Graham WRIGHT	34
=	John McQuade	34		Guest Winner
15	Tom LONGHURST	33
=	Robin SEWELL	33
=	Kerry McKeown	33		Guest
18	Alan LANGFORD	32
=	Stuart SMILLIE	32
20	Andy HARPER	31
=	Kevin HAWKINS	31
=	Richard HOCKHAM	31
=	Gary WARD	31
=	Mark Smitherman	31		Guest
=	Tony Howe	31		Guest
=	Dave Kirby	31		Guest
=	Alex Mellish	31		Guest
=	Nick Collins	31		Guest
=	Oliver Kearl	31		Guest
30	Luke KIRBY	30
=	Gary LANGDON	30
=	Keith MARSHALL	30
=	Kevin Ingold	30		Guest
34	Mike GRIESHABER	29
=	Peter LAMBERT	29
=	Steve LANG	29
=	John RAYNER	29
38	Ian MARSHALL	28
=	Martin TERRY	28
=	Mike Lower	28		Guest
=	Darren Reader	28		Guest
=	Simon Poole	28		Guest
43	Hedley GREATBATCH	27
=	Gary LANGFORD	27
=	Chris PRESLEY	27
=	Jon STEVENSON	27
=	Alan Stevens	27		Guest
48	John HAWLEY	26
=	Geoff ROY	26
=	Glenn WARD	26
=	Martin Howes	26		Guest
52	Charlie KEARL	25
=	Steve Grimshaw	25		Guest
=	Paul Langridge	25		Guest
=	Bernie Marchant	25		Guest
56	Ian MAKEPEACE	24
=	Dougie PAULL	24
58	John DAVIES	23
59	Andy BOND	19
60	Keith GATFORD	17
=	Terry HULME	17

Captain's Bowl

The Captain's Bowl was competed for by members who had qualified during 2022. It is a stroke play competition and was won by Ian Barrett with gross 86 shots, net 69.

Novelty Prizes

Description	Name	Note
Best front nine	Andy Harper	21 pts
Best back nine	Matt Hall	21 pts
Nearest the pin (2nd hole)	James Bennett	2m 32cm
Nearest the pin in 2 (4th hole)	Graham Wright	85cm
Nearest the pin in 2 (15th hole)	Matt Hall	46in
Nearest the pin (16th hole)	James Bennett	1m 22cm
Par 3 Winner	Richard Lister	11 pts

Detailed Handicap Changes

Par for the course = 71
After adjustment for the conditions the Competition Scratch Score (CSS) was 35 points.

The detailed handicap changes from the event are shown below. This only shows the members who played at the event. For a full list of handicaps please see the Handicaps page.

Member	Previous exact Hcap	Previous playing Hcap	Points from event	Difference from CSS	Revised exact Hcap	Revised Playing Hcap.
Tim AKERS	15.5	16	36	-1	15.2	15
Ian BARRETT	17.0	17	41	-6	12.5	13
James BENNETT	6.4	6	35	0	6.4	6
Andy BOND	36.0	36	19	16	36.0	36
John DAVIES	28.3	28	23	12	28.4	28
Keith GATFORD	29.0	29	17	18	29.2	29
Hedley GREATBATCH	21.6	22	27	8	21.7	22
Mike GRIESHABER	21.7	22	29	6	21.8	22
Matt HALL	12.2	12	36	-1	12.0	12
Andy HARPER	18.9	19	31	4	19.0	19
Kevin HAWKINS	20.1	20	31	4	20.2	20
John HAWLEY	28.5	29	26	9	28.7	29
Richard HOCKHAM	3.9	4	31	4	4.0	4
Terry HULME	25.7	26	17	18	25.8	26
Charlie KEARL	23.3	23	25	10	23.5	24
Luke KIRBY	6.1	6	30	5	6.2	6
Peter LAMBERT	19.2	19	29	6	19.3	19
Steve LANG	10.4	10	29	6	10.5	11
Gary LANGDON	6.2	6	30	5	6.3	6
Alan LANGFORD	13.5	14	32	3	13.5	14
Gary LANGFORD	11.0	11	27	8	11.2	11
Tom LANGFORD	10.3	10	34	1	10.3	10
Richard LISTER	16.0	16	38	-3	15.1	15
Mark LONGHURST	21.2	21	36	-1	20.8	21
Tom LONGHURST	17.0	17	33	2	17.0	17
Ian MAKEPEACE	28.8	29	24	11	29.0	29
Bernie Marchant	20.0	20	25	10	20.1	20
Ian MARSHALL	16.2	16	28	7	16.3	16
Keith MARSHALL	9.5	10	30	5	9.6	10
Andy MARTIN	10.8	11	35	0	10.8	11
John McQuade	11.0	11	34	1	11.0	11
Clive MURRELL	9.7	10	34	1	9.7	10
Dougie PAULL	19.9	20	24	11	20.0	20
Chris PRESLEY	21.2	21	27	8	21.4	21
John RAYNER	15.1	15	29	6	15.2	15
Geoff ROY	16.6	17	26	9	16.7	17
Robin SEWELL	21.9	22	33	2	21.9	22
Andy SKILTON	22.5	23	38	-3	21.3	21
Stuart SMILLIE	29.6	30	32	3	29.6	30
Andy SPREADBOROUGH	19.0	19	34	1	19.0	19
Jon STEVENSON	6.5	7	27	8	6.7	7
Martin TERRY	14.2	14	28	7	14.3	14
Gary WARD	9.0	9	31	4	9.1	9
Glenn WARD	22.2	22	26	9	22.4	22
Simon WINDIBANK	10.0	10	37	-2	9.6	10
Graham WRIGHT	10.4	10	34	1	10.4	10