Lawrie gives Jon the chop and moves to No 1

Jon Osborne’s lead in the ladder lasted one week as he was beaten by Lawrie Richards 3 & 1. Lawrie Richard’s who is a black belt in origami played brilliant golf with 5 birdies in a row from the 5th to take a 4 hole lead and then finished the game with his 6th birdie of the round.

Moving into 2nd place is Liam Baitup , last year’s league winner who defeated Neil Gray 2&1.

Players to watch are Reece Head (3) , Simon Blakeney (5) & Jack Divall (8)
Donal McCarthy & Jack Divall needed a calculator on the 10th as they halved the in 9’s.

Marcus Opoku staged comeback of the day against Carlo Mendes , trailing 4 down with 6 to play reeled off an eagle and 2 birdies to win the match on the 18th.

Brilliant to report that there have been no pace of play warnings , groups getting round in around 4 ½ hrs, well done to all.

League positions – too early for any clear leaders with 9 players winning both their matches and Joint first on 6pts.

There was a rollover of £180 with a total 2's pot of £390 for a 2. There were 11 x twos in total paying £35 each.

Nearest the pins

4th - Simon Blakeney
8th - Dean Plant
13th – Homi Falak
16th – Kim Horsted


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