Status: Completed
Welcome to the second Member and Guest MTGS meeting of 2024.
It is being held at the oldest heathland course in the UK - Woking Golf Club ( Pond Road, Woking, GU22 0JZ - 01483 760053 ) - on Friday 17th May 2024
The format of the day will be:-
7.30 Clubhouse opens
8:15 Bacon Rolls & Coffee available
09:00 Shotgun Start, 18 Hole Stableford, off 95% Course or Social Handicaps
14:00 3 Course Carvery Lunch followed by prizegiving
Division 1 players will be competing for the Mercantile Salver and Motor Trophy
Division 2 players will be competing for the John Hopkins Trophy and Wentworth Cup
There will be NTP and LD Competitions
Stableford points will contribute to the Player of the Year prizes at the end of the year.
We would like to welcome participants from the Fellowship of the Motor Industry as our guests.
A massive "Thank You" to Autoprotect for their continued sponsorship of this event
News and information from this event
Thank you to the 41 members and 33 guests (8 from the FMI) who came along to our 2nd Member/Guest Day of 2024 at Woking Golf Club yesterday. We were blessed with one of the best weather days of the year so far, with sunshine and temperatures reaching 22 degrees. Woking has always been a lovely course, but this year it was really in exceptional condition. The tee boxes and fairways were manicured, to the extent that divot marks were filled in with green coloured sand to make them less obvious. The greens were incredibly fast, with many putts resulting in balls sailing past the hole. Just to make sure our golfing skills were challenged, the pins were once again set up ready for a club championship this weekend. Only one golfer broke handicap this year. Well played Gordon Watt!!
Following a welcome shower, everyone enjoyed a drink on the veranda. Thankfully they opened up the Club Members changing rooms to us this year, so changing was not quite as cosy as last year.
Following a fine 3 course carvery, our President, Gerry Lynch, gave a short speech thanking the club for looking after us so well, AutoProtect for kindly sponsoring the event, the FMI for co-hosting with us. He expressed some disappointment that several Members were not wearing Society clothing, either on the course or at lunch, and warned that he would ask for charitable donations at the next event for those caught. Gerry and AutoProtect’s Alex Lugt then gave out to prizes to the MTGS Members and Guests. This was followed by Ray Sommerville thanking the Club and the MTGS and giving out the prizes to the Fellowship.
The winners were
Division 1
Winner Gordon Watt 39 points
Runner Up Johnny Latimer 33 points (countback)
3rd Place Alex Lugt 33 points
NTP Gordon Watt
NTP in 2 Matt Edwards
Division 2
Winner Stuart Noakes 36 points
Runner Up Ian Haddon 34 points (countback)
3rd Place Roger Prowting 34 points
NTP Michael Thorp
NTP in 2 Peter Featherstone
Guests
Winner Nick Lyall 34 points
Runner Up Michael Thorp 33 points
3rd Place Charlie Holland 32 points
Well done to all our winners today.
Thank you, once more, to AUTPROTECT for their continued sponsorship of this event.
