With the Cats holding a 4 shot lead going into the final day yesterday (leading 133 to 129), the Hawks certainly had the job ahead of them to match their score.  They tried hard, but failed to do that. Only Jon Smith and Ian Watson  were able to improve on their previous scores for the Hawks, and they posted a final team score of 131.

The Cats put the issue beyond doubt by having Doug Clemann post a 33 to take them to 135, and Colin Bear rubbed salt into the Hawk’s wounds by then cruising around for another 33 to give the Cats a final team score of 138! Well done Cats, you performed well when it counted – in the final!!!

The Final scoreboard was as follows:

Congratulations also go to Ian Barlow who posted the best score in the final by far, with a fine 38 points! In fact, Ian posted the best 2 scores of the final by also posting a 35 point score after he had dropped a shot in handicap! Ian wins a Voucher from the Esplanade Hotel Inverloch for his fine effort.

We remind you that we will be having a cerebratory dinner at the club this coming Friday 24th June to celebrate the completion of the 2016 Esplanade Hotal Super League. We hope to see you all at the event! In addition to the winners and runners up receiving their prizes, the Col and Nancy Sperling Awards, for the best Male and Female players of the regular season will be announced.

Finally, our thanks go to Dylan Clark of the Esplanade Hotel Inverloch for generously sponsoring the event this year. The vouchers Dylan provided were used to reward the best player from each of the 7 regular season rounds, and the 2 finals rounds and added significant interest to the event.

Thanks also go to George Misson who helped me keep the scores during the event. It is not a simple matter to keep tabs on 64 players during the regular season, particularly when they play as often as Wendy Parker did! George missed the final due to work commitments, but I can assure you kept a close eye on proceedings, emailing me regulalry duing the past fortnight.

We hope that you enjoyed the event. We plan to make this, and Top Gun regular events at the Club, but need your continuing support to do so. We plan to run Super League earlier in the year next year, probably from March to May, so that we can have it completed in good weather.

Peter Waters

With a Family Ambrose event scheduled for Sunday 19th June, Saturday’s 4BBB stablefrod events (the Tom Welsford Board Event and the ladies event) will be  the last opportunity players involved in this year’s Final of the Esplanade Hotel Super League will have to post a score that will count for their teams.

After yesterday’s and today’s events the Cats are sitting in the box seat over the previously undefeated Hawks. They lead the Hawks, 133 to 129, and the Hawks have some heavy lifting to do to keep their undefeated record intact and take out the title!

On Tuesday Ian Barlow improved on his previous best score of 34  with a great 38 points, and followed up today with a fine 35 for good measure! He really is proving to be a thorn in the Hawks side!

Like they say in the classics, it ain’t over till the fat lady sings, but I can see her warming up!

For those involved in the final and down to play on Saturday, please remember to keep a separate card for your score, particulalry you Hawks!!!

Also, another reminder that we will be having a presentation night for Super League at the Club on Friday 24th to celebrate the winners for this year. You can put your name down on the booking sheet in the foyer. Hope to see you there!

Results of stableford competitions held over the Queen’s Brithday long Weekend:

Sunday 12th June  (14 players)

Winner: Ian Baker 36 (on c/b)

DTL Balls: Bryan Sword 36, Denis Wallace 35, Mark Anderson 32.

Monday 13th June (25 players)

Winner: Bryan Sword 35 (c/b)

DTL Balls: RUFFIN, DANIEL 35, BAKER, IAN  34, HASSETT, JOHN 33, THOMAS, RYAN 32 C/B,MARTIN, COLIN 32 C/B, SHARROCK, LEROY 32

Nearest to Pin Hole  7 WARDLE, NATHAN Glass & Ball 8.05m

14 HUTTON, BRUCE Glass & Ball 5.10

At the completion of the first week of the two-week 2016 Esplanade Hotel Inverloch Super League final, the underdog Cats have set the previously high-flying Hawks a task. With wet weather causing competition cancellations and some team events scheduled during the first week, there has been little opportunity to post a score. However the Cats have made the most of their opportunities and lead 126 to 116, with Ian Barlow’s 34 points for the Cats being the best score so far.

Members of both teams will have several opportunities to score this week, with the final day of competition being Sunday 19th. We will be celebrating the season completion with a presentation dinner to be held at the Club on Friday 24th June. We encourage you to get a table together and enjoy the presentations to the winning team members and witness the count for the best players, both male and female.