Match & Competition

Annie and Bob Cruse

Yesterday saw some of our Members compete for the Bray Bowl on the Church Course. These brave pairings dared to play one of the toughest formats in golf – a mixed foursomes medal! Their efforts were rewarded by a stunning day on the Links but those who were directionally challenged found themselves punished by some gnarly rough, just as it should be at this time of year. Runners up, on count back from John and Sharon Twiggs, were Jeff & Maria Buckley with a nett 75. Winners by 4 shots (nett 71) were the formidable Cruse team – congratulations Bob and Annie, thoroughly deserved.

Louis Archer above with fellow Club Member and Ladies County Champion Kira Barnes – Dare we dream of the Double ?

Louis Archer after two hard fought matches today is through to the 36 hole final tomorrow (0845 tee off) of the Cornwall Golf Union 2023 Amateur Championships. In this morning’s quarter-final Louis was 4 down after 14 holes but fought back to win by 1, this afternoon his match again went to the last hole.

Playing at Newquay GC Louis will be trying to emulate Joe Cruse who won at the same venue in 2016.

Louis Archer teeing off

It’s quarter final day at the County Champs in Newquay.

Good luck Louis.

Congratulations to Joe Combellack on winning the Lawrence Cup today with 37 points during County Week at Newquay

The St Enodoc Annodata B Team played host to the ‘B’ Team from St Mellion on a clear and calm day at St Enodoc.

The course was in great condition and the matches were played in great spirit. A credit to all involved.

Neil Robinson earned a hard-fought win to give us an early lead but not everything went our way. After the first four matches we were 2-2 so it all came down to the final match and Dave Lupton turned on a stellar performance to give St Enodoc the win.

Thank you to the St Mellion team for being great competitors and to the clubhouse staff for the usual great service before and afterwards.

St Mellion: Carl, Steve, Jordan, Adam and Lewis. St Enodoc: Dave Lupton. Greg Mather, Matthew Warr, Neil Robinson, Dennis Brown

On Sunday the 7th May, the first of two teams from St Enodoc made a short journey across the valley to The Point at Polzeath for the 1st round of this year’s Annodata Matchplay.

The competition is a 5 man team event, each man playing individual matchplay against a drawn opponent.

The course at The Point was presented in immaculate condition and the weather warm and sunny.

The St Enodoc Team comprised of John Rowe, Richard Blake, John Twiggs, David Collick and Lewis Bradley, Lewis standing in as replacement at the last minute.

Despite some really good golf from both sides the deciding factor was the green speed, St Enodoc’s team to a man being unable to adapt to the true but much slower green speeds on the day.

The Point won the match with a convincing scoreline 4.5 / 0.5, St Enodoc’s John Twiggs securing the only half point.

Thankyou to The Point for such an enjoyable afternoon and best wishes for the next round.

Team photo L/R: Richard Blake, Lewis Bradley, John Twiggs, David Collick (John Rowe not pictured)

This years Open Mixed Greensomes was held on Sunday 23rd April. Predictably there were plenty of April showers for the 68 pairs to cope with on the Church Course.

In the worst of the weather and first group out were Tim & Mary Green from Chelsfield Lakes and High Elms Golf Clubs with an excellent 42 points which,  by way of a better back nine from Alun George (Kingswood G&CC) and Wendy George (Tavistock Golf Club) was good enough to win the event.

Third place (39) went to Nick & Kath Farrant from Weston Super Mare with 4th (38) going to Alex & Jenny Glover from Tavistock GC & St Mellion GC.

Pictured are the winners with Club Captain – Caroline Hume-Kendall

Ian Waters Trophy on the Church course and Mixed Greensomes on the Holywell

Mr Chairman Martin Biddle presented Trudy and Roger Tremain with the Ian Waters Trophy with a fantastic score of 42 points; in 2nd place Di Dingle and Kevin Preater with 40 points and 3rd place Chris and Carole Waights with 39 points. The Holywell Mixed Greensomes was won by Tony and Di Mindel with an amazing 49 points, 2nd place Andrew and Joanna Carthew with 44 points.

Thank you to the green staff for presenting two beautiful courses and to Nicki and Chris for all their help with the competition and as always the food in the clubhouse was exceptional.

Some updates have been made to the Competition Rules following a review by the Captains Committee

Update to Competition Rules- March 2023

The principle changes include:

• Members must have an official Handicap Index (H.I.) to compete in any Open or Domestic competition organised by St Enodoc Golf Club
• Terms and Conditions for competitions that award a Trophy include a minimum requirement of 54 holes recorded scores (WHS) within the last 12 months.
• a Clarification of payment and score intent – all members must pre-register on either the app or psi screen before commencing their round, failure to check in will result in disqualification and forfeit of entry fee.

St Enodoc Competition Rules Final 02-03-2023

On Sunday 19th February our Ladies take on East Devon GC to battle for the Tamar Trophy. The Trophy is played between the winners of the County Scratch Knock Outs in Devon and Cornwall. By winning the Gammon Trophy in September last our Ladies have the honour of representing Cornwall. The match is being played at St Enodoc, first tee time 1130. Supporters are most welcome and very much encouraged.

A sun blessed day for the Annual Valentines Greensomes

Above Jamie Beare and Bev Vann

On Sunday the sun shone as 4 Couples on the Holywell and 12 on the Church went out to compete in the annual Valentines Greensomes.

The winners were as follows:
Holywell – Terry and Cath Buscombe with 37 points
Church – Jamie Beare and Bev Vann with 40 points
2nd place went to Martin and Kath Biddle with 39 points and 3rd place was Richard Hawken and Celia Jarvis with 37 points.

Thanks to all who entered the competition and to the greenkeeping staff for the excellent presentation of the courses and to the clubhouse staff for their attentive service and lovely food.