{"id":256,"date":"2015-06-23T12:44:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T12:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oldtauntoniangs.org\/golf\/?p=256"},"modified":"2015-06-23T12:44:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T12:44:22","slug":"june-2015-otgs-golf-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oldtauntoniangs.org\/golf\/june-2015-otgs-golf-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"June 2015 &#8211; OTGS Golf Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0June 2015 \u2013 OT Annual Golf Championship<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A field of eight players fought for the two cups at Burnham and Berrow GC in a fresh breeze, according to the Beaufort scale, which to golfers with a handicap of more than ten seemed like a hurricane at times.\u00a0 Fortunately we avoided the thundery showers in the locality.\u00a0 The players were a mixture of youth and experience, with a 50 year age gap between the oldest, Richard Norris and the youngest, Phil Stickler.\u00a0 It was also pleasing to be able to welcome along a lady OT golfer in Jeanne Leader, the Head of Geology at school.\u00a0 She would go on to gain a creditable 22 points.<\/p>\n<p>Given the conditions, low gross scores and high Stableford scores were unexpected and in general most players played the back nine holes better with the wind behind than the front nine holes.\u00a0 Phil Stickler played some excellent golf to win the scratch championship with a score of 84, four shots ahead of last year\u2019s winner, Tim Blood.\u00a0 The O50s Stableford competition was a much closer hard fought affair, with David Kinnear on 24 points being tipped by Tim Blood, Terry Davidge and Iain Westwater on 25 points each, with back nines of thirteen, fourteen and fifteen points respectively.\u00a0 Just as Iain was about to be pronounced the victor, it was brought to everyone\u2019s attention that his 50<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0birthday was next March and he was therefore ineligible to win.\u00a0 Consequently Terry won the O50s Stableford cup.<\/p>\n<p>In the evening many of the players were treated to a excellent and much appreciated barbecue dinner chez Richard and Gill Jowett.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sunday 21<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0June \u2013 Annual OT match versus the school<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0 OTs fielded a strong side this year, as they endeavoured to win the match for the first time in six years.\u00a0\u00a0 The teams were nine-a-side and the match was played as an aggregated Stableford competition at Oake Manor GC in sunny and calmer conditions than the day before.\u00a0 The leading pair of OTs, Phil Stickler and Richard Willacy got the OTs team off to a strong start with 40 and 35 points respectively.\u00a0 Phil played exceptionally well carding a gross 68, two under par for the round.\u00a0 Although there were some strong performance form some of the younger, Yr10, students, the OT team hung on to score a well-earned victory by 26 points to win the Harold Williams shield.<\/p>\n<p>The scores were as follows:<\/p>\n<p>Old Tauntonians \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Taunton School<\/p>\n<p>Phil Stickler \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a040 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Andy Pring (staff) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a039<br \/>\nMax Kelly \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 40 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Patrick Lee \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a038<br \/>\nClive Large \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a037 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Stewart Cooper \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 37<br \/>\nTerry Davidge \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 37 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 James Spackman (capt.) \u00a030<br \/>\nRichard Willacy\u00a0 (capt.)\u00a0\u00a0 35 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Mark Chatterton (staff) \u00a0 29<br \/>\nTony Howe \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 33 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 James Gamble \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 28<br \/>\nOlly Hyland \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a030 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Harry Aziz \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 27<br \/>\nTim Blood \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 27 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Henry Lee \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 27<br \/>\nRichard Norris \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 23 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Dominic Drew \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 21<\/p>\n<p>Totals \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 302 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 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