Match & Competition

L-R: Richard Blake, Nick Williams, Oli Hanton, Ben Constable, Tom Richards, Will Dingle, Keith Hawke, Andy Golding (C), Joe Tamblyn, Stuart Parkyn, Craig Allen.

On Sunday 10th November St Enodoc took on Newquay in the Cornish Bowl at The Point at Polzeath
The weather was very good, and the course was presented in excellent condition. After observing a 2 minute silence for Remembrance Sunday the match got under way. Ben and Tom leading the way. This pair performed brilliantly, giving the team a great start winning 8 & 7. The second pair of Nick and Richard had a tough task and were one down after 9 holes, however they turned on the tenth winning the next 6 holes to win 5 & 4. I could not have asked for a better start.
The next three matches were all close but after 14 holes we were 2 up, 2 up and all square respectively. The match turned at this point with Keith and Oli winning 3 & 2 and Stuart and Craig winning 4 & 2 giving us the win. Joe and Will took their match to the 15th eventually winning 1 up. So a 5-0 win against Newquay was the end result.
I would like to thank all the caddies and the members who turned up to support the team. I couldn’t be prouder of this team, especially for the last minute stand ins and the five juniors who all performed brilliantly. The team are now in the quarterfinals and will meet Porthpean on the 5th January. The venue is not yet known however any support for the team would be very welcome.

Andy Golding (CAW Cornish Bowl Captain)

On Sunday 10th November a mixed greensomes competition was held on the Church course. A small but “elite” field enjoyed glorious playing conditions and scoring was good with only four points separating the competitors. The post match convivial atmosphere was added to when it was discovered that Paddy and Barbara Graham had been awarded £80 each for second place rather than £8 – luckily this was rectified before Paddy had the opportunity to spend it!

Results

1st Stuart & Sarah Sandercock 39 pts

2nd Paddy & Barbara Graham 38 pts

Match Report – Presidents Trophy – 1st Round

Match played at The Point GC on Sunday 3rd November

After receiving a Bye in the Preliminary Round, the St Enodoc President’s Trophy Team of

Liam & Quinn Bateman, Dave Bickford, Dave Collick, Kai Dingle, Dave Hollyoak, James Hutchings, Kevin Preater and Mike Smith arrived at The Point GC to play what proved to be a very strong side from Tehidy Park GC in one of the 1st round matches of this seasons competition.

With the rain staying away, and very little wind, the playing conditions were very favourable for both teams, and with Dave Bickford returning a fantastic 7&6 win over his opponent, which was quickly followed by wins for both Kevin Preater and Mike Smith, hopes were raised that that the match maybe swinging in favour of St Enodoc. However, it was at this point that Tehidy began their fight-back, and although several games were decided on the 18th hole, very soon it was three games each.

With a lot of good golf being played by both teams, the final result of the match hinged on the last three games on the course. With the lead in some of these games first swinging one way and then the other, unfortunately for St Enodoc it was the Tehidy players that held their nerve and made the fewer mistakes on the closing holes resulting in St Enodoc eventually losing the match 6 – 3. On a positive note, whilst the match was both extremely competitive, and very exciting to watch, it was played in great spirit – a credit to both teams.

A big thanks to the players for their efforts, and to the caddies and spectators for their support on the day, it was very much appreciated.

Mike Roach – Team Captain

Sunday 20^th October saw a Rematch of last years final against West Cornwall GC at a very wet and windy Carlyon Bay GC. First match out saw Louis Archer & Brandon Armitage vs Rob Lewis and Ross Lawrence. St Enodoc would face a back nine charge from west Cornwall with 6 birdies in the final 9 holes to win the match on the 18^th. Next match would see Steve chapman & Ian Jolliff vs Ethan Tempest & Lawrie Tremlett. Steady golf saw the West Cornwall pairing win 2&1. Third out saw Joe Combellack & Charlie Runnalls vs Jordan Musitano & Luke Stevens. Trailing for most of the match the St Enodoc team fought back to win 1up. Last match out saw George Tunbridge & Richard Jones vs Phil Weaver & Jack Kevern, more steady golf from West Cornwall gave them the win 3&2. Ninth man Neil Robinson kept the team within fighting distance with a 2&1 win vs Gary Wignell.

This left St Enodoc needing 5 points from the 8 afternoon singles. St Enodoc would get off to a fast start with a 6&5 win over Rob Lewis. This was then followed with a 4&3 win for Brandon Armitage over Ethan Tempest and a 3&2 win for Steve Chapman over Lawrie Tremlett. Ian Jolliff would get St Enodoc to within 1 point of victory with a solid 3&2 win over Jordan Musitano. The next two matches would come down to the 18^th First with George Tunbridge narrowly losing 1dn to Ross Lawrence and Joe Combellack winning the 18^th to Halve his match. West Cornwall would win the final match out with Phil Weaver 5&3 win over Richard Jones. This gave West Cornwall a 6.5 – 6.25 victory, the same as previous year’s final.

Although it was not meant to be this year the team played some great golf and came very close again against a strong West Cornwall team. We would like to thank all that came down and supported.

CAW Cornish Bowl

On Sunday 13^th October St Enodoc played St Austell at Mawgan Porth Golf Club. We always knew that this would be a tough game as they beat us last year. The handicaps were well matched with two of our pairs receiving one shot and the rest were level. The weather although dry was very cold. The first point went to St Austell when our 4^th pair of Sacha Wheatman and Andy Griffiths (who was a last minute stand in) were defeated early. The first pair of Tom Richards and Ben Constable had a tough, close game but came out strong at the end and won 4 & 2. Our second pair Matt Hamley and Nick P Williams had a strong start with a birdie on the first and then going three up, were slowly brought back and were all square with three to play. They had a strong finish winning 2 & 1. Stuart Parkyn and Lee Griffin also had a tough game, eventually loosing 4 & 3. Our last pair Joe Tamblyn and Will Dingle fought hard and sealed the victory for St Enodoc by winning 3 & 2. The final result, a 3-2 win for St Enodoc. Well played all – Andy Golding Cornwall Bowl Captain.

Left to right – Sacha Wheatman, Stuart Parkyn, Lee Griffin, Andy Griffiths, Matt Hamley, Nick Williams, Andy Golding (captain), Tom Richards, Joe Tamblyn, Will Dingle and Ben Constable.

Bowl Team overcome St Austell GC 3-2. Full report to follow.

The annual mixed match against Royal North Devon took place today, Sunday 6th October. This year the venue being RND.

Goodman Trophy

The Goodman Trophy was contested today, Sunday 1st September, in benign conditions.

Congratulations to Richard Essex (Pastures GC) with a Nett score of 132.

Congratulations also to Louis Archer (St Enodoc) with a Gross score of 138, who won the Rachel Biddle Trophy. This is the second year in a row Louis has won the title!

Please click here to view the full results.

 Louis Archer, Caroline Hume-Kendall and Richard Essex pictured.

A score of 39 points sealed the win for Norman Evans and Larry Barnecutt in the Viscountess Clifden foursomes competition played on the Church Course on Sunday. In second place were Richard & Erica Emery with 37, closely followed by Chris & Carole Waights with 36 (helped with an eagle 5 pointer on the 18th. The Captain apologises for not paying attention in the photo!

Another successful Friday night competition on the Holywell, this time the format was Gruesomes! Some played kindly whilst others found their competitive spirit had the better of them.

Norman Evans hit a fantastic shot down the 3rd but, after a fruitless search, played partner Larry Barnecutt’s ball. Imagine the shock and smirk (it was Gruesomes after all) when their playing partners discovered the ball in the hole! So a hole in one, albatross, aged 80 actually turned into a 4 on the scorecard. GM George Tunbridge (keen to let people know he’s also had an albatross) kindly printed a certificate and Norm was presented with a hole in one flag whilst onlookers sipped Prosecco.

The rest of the field, the largest Friday turnout yet, all came in before the rain to enjoy a meal whilst prizes were awarded by CHK. Congratulations to Jane Bendall and David Elliot, winners with 34 points closely followed by Bob & Annie Cruse with 33 and Frank and Lorna Harper with 32.

Caroline HK

Church Course winning team l to r: Meg Godfrey, Harry Jolliff, Trudy Tremain and Bobby Godfrey.

Holywell winning team above l to r: David Elliott,Jane Bendall, Peter Bendall, Beth Elliott and Caroline Hume-Kendall

Captain’s Day 2024

The sun shone on the Members who took part in the Captain’s Day golf competition. With tees times from 0700-1500, 49 teams on the Church and 8 teams on the Holywell, all playing a four ball, 2 or 3 scores to count stableford, saw 230 Members heading out on the beautifully prepared links.

Homemade Limoncello may have hindered a few shots off the first whilst a sugar rush of Barnecutts donuts, British cherries and a drink may have helped the ball fly just that little bit further down the 10th or 11th dependent on which course was being played.

Congratulations to Church winners: Meg Godfrey, Trudy Tremain, Bobby Godfrey and Harry Jolliff (106) and to Holywell winners: Peter & Jane Bendall and David & Beth Elliott (105), and of course to all those who found themselves in the prizes. Full results are on the website and if your team got a 2 please pick up your balls from reception.

Well done to those who found some of the balls I’d thrown into the rough and claimed their free drink. I’ll keep throwing “free drink” balls out there until April 2025 so don’t despair, if you hit a shot into the rough in the next few months there may be one lurking nearby. Thank you to all those who generously brought Mulligans, you ended up raising £980 for MIND Cornwall.

The BBQ and party in the evening, attended by approximately 150 people, meant the clubhouse, decorated beautifully by Kim Lord, was heaving with much laugher and chatter resonating whilst drinks flowed from the bar. After a lovely BBQ prepared by Dave and the team, The Retrobates began singing and the dance floor was soon awash with dancers of all abilities beaming with smiles.

Thank you to everyone involved in making it such a wonderful day – to all the greenkeepers and helpers on the courses and in the clubhouse, the kitchen and bar staff, golf desk and office, and of course to all you very supportive Members who came along. Without all of you it would have been just another July Saturday, instead it is a day I will cherish forever.

Caroline Hume-Kendall

Club Captain

Congratulations to Nigel and Lynn Ashcroft winners of the Friday Night Holywell Foursomes with 37 points. Runners up were Chris and Carole Waights with 35 points. Finally a Friday night competition that wasn’t cancelled due to rain!!

Ladies Champion 2024 – Jenny Justice (l) with the Club Captain Caroline Hume-Kendall flanked by the Men’s Champion 2024 – Louis Archer

Caroline H-K presents the Woodcote Cup for the best nett score to Andrew Jones

Caroline H-K with Jules Finch winner of the Foster Centenary Cup for best nett score

The 2024 Club Championships took place on Saturday 13th July in beautiful sunshine and a refreshing breeze. The 36-hole medal is not everyone’s cup of tea but over 60 of our Members rose to the challenge, testing their mental and physical stamina. At the halfway point In the Championship (best gross), three ladies, Jan Harrison, Jenny and Holly Justice, only had three shots between them. The Men, Mark Justice, Louis Archer and Dave Lupton also found themselves in the same situation with Steve Carhart and Kai Dingle hot on their heels. The afternoon round saw some excellent golf from all contenders. Congratulations to Louis Archer winner of The Magor Gold Medal (gross 139) and to Jenny Justice winner of the Ladies Strokeplay Cup (gross 154).

In the Nett competition it was Andrew Jones who took the Men’s title, winning the Woodcote Cup, with a Nett 138, winning on count back from Shane Dingle. For the Ladies Jules Finch (who had the round of her life in the afternoon with a nett 65) won the Foster Centenary Trophy with a combined score of 142, Cath Hopkins being the runner up.

A special mention must go to Josh Taylor and Jules Finch who improved their AM to PM scores by 13 and 12 shots respectively.

I would like to thank all competitors for making the day a success and to the Greens, Bar and Kitchen teams for looking after us so well. The course played beautifully and we were very well looked after in the Clubhouse. My biggest thank you is to Chris Smyth who was there from start to finish and without whom the day would not have run so smoothly.

Caroline Hume-Kendall

Club Captain

The challenging format of mixed foursomes medal did not deter 6 couples on Sunday to play for the honour of winning the Flag competition.  A most enjoyable game where you go as far as you can with your allocated shots.  The winners (Lynn Ashcroft and Simon Trevan) managed to complete 18 holes and went all the way down the 1st to 25 yards from the 1st pin the runners up (Norman and Annie Hawkey) also managed to go down the first although not quite so far.

Thank you to all who entered and to Chris Smyth for looking after the score cards.

Carole Waights

The Captain would like to thank all those involved in her Charity Day which took place on Wednesday 14^th June. Just shy of 160 visitors were welcomed to the Club for a bacon bap before they set off on their round in glorious sunshine and very little wind. All came in smiling and complimenting the course before heading up to the dining room for more culinary delights. The course and clubhouse did us proud and somewhere in the region of £8,500 has been raised for MIND Cornwall on this day alone, thank you to everyone who contributed, players and helpers alike.

Caroline Hume-Kendall – Club Captain

Good luck to everyone playing the County Championship at Mullion Golf Club this week, including St Enodoc member and defending champion, Louis Archer!

Cornwall Amateur Championship 2024 Round 1

The Senior Golfers’ Society made their annual pilgrimage to St Enodoc this week for a match against our Seniors on Thursday and playing for the Rex Machin Salver against the Club on Friday in a match that was first played in 1946.

As seems to be the norm rain intervened and prevented the match from going ahead on Thursday morning. Luckily the office were able to fit players into tee times later in the day for some friendly games instead. Following drinks at the Gairdners who have hosted pre-dinner drinks for about 20 years, the players and their partners enjoyed a sumptuous three course meal upstairs in the dining room. Speeches from Club Captain, Caroline Hume-Kendall, Senior Golfers’ Society Captain, Andrew Gray, and Match Manager, Humphrey Claxton were followed by Roy Hunt entertaining us all on his Banjolele. A wonderful evening had by all.

The Friday morning foursomes match was played in excellent spirits with some impressive golf too. Andrew thanked the Club for its very generous hospitality and Caroline presented him with the Rex Machin Salver, the Senior Golfers’ Society having retained the Salver beating the Club 3.5 – 2.5.

Thanks to Humphrey Claxton for the organisation of the proceedings, wishing all the best to Hugh Maurice for the future as he assumes the mantle of organiser for the SEGC leg of the SGS South West trip. We look forward to welcoming Senior Golfers’ Society back in 2025.

Today we welcome the Seniors Golfing Society to the Club. Founded in 1926 and with over 750 Members SGS is itinerant playing some 140 matches per year all round the UK and abroad. Some Members of our Club are also Members of SGS and are thus faced today with a choice and potential split loyalties !

Nigel Olesen (left) receives his traditional Hole-in-One Flag from Seniors Captain Neal Jolley. This was Nigel’s third Ace of the year and was on the 11th hole of the Church Course and occurred during the recent Seniors match vs St Mellion. This was Nigel’s 6th ace of his career ! How does he do it ?

centre above: 2024 CGU Under 21 Champion Kai Dingle

The CGU Cornwall Closed Championships were held yesterday at Bude GC with a healthy list of entrants from St Enodoc. The event is open to both amateur and professional players from Cornish Clubs and once again Joe Cruse retained his professional title with a two round 4 under par total of 138.

Winner of the U-21 title was Kai Dingle with a two round 8 over par total of 150. Well played Kai !

Winner of the best net score was Bobby Godfrey with a two round net total of 136. Well played Bobby !

And in 4th place overall, just trailing the Pro’s was Louis Archer with a 1 over par total of 143. Well played Louis !

Full details may be fond here https://www.cornwallgolfunion.org.uk/competition2.php?tab=details&compid=1238

Centre above – Bobby Godfrey.

Congratulations to our CTC team for reaching the final, played against West Cornwall at Bude last weekend. This year was not our year but we put up an excellent fight, narrowly missing out by 0.25 points. The standard of golf was top class. Well done to all the team for a great season. A detailed match report can be found by visiting https://www.cornwallgolfunion.org.uk/News?newsitem=1473

Sue Roworth and Bev Vann played their first round of the Daily Mail Foursomes at the Point on Sunday 10th March

Our CTC Team play West Cornwall GC this Sunday at Bude GC. Friendly faces of support mean a lot to the team. Bude GC is 40 minutes up the road from Wadebridge – so no distance. Think how far the West Cornwall supporters will travel !

A word on parking – be sure to register your car reg number in the Pro Shop.

See you there – first tee time 0800. Morning foursomes followed by afternoon singles.

Congratulations to Bob and Annie Cruse who won the Ian Waters Mixed Greensomes competition on Sunday with 39 points. The competition was played in unusually dry conditions with three pairs scoring 37 points competing for second place which was taken by Mark and Vicki Stevenson. Also congratulations to Terry and Cath Buscombe who won the Mixed Greensomes competition on the Holywell.

Jay & Kai Dingle represented Cornwall U-18’s last week. Full results may be found here https://www.cornwallgolfunion.org.uk/competition.php?compid=1269