{"id":2903,"date":"2013-11-12T14:09:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T14:09:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=2903"},"modified":"2013-11-18T19:19:14","modified_gmt":"2013-11-18T19:19:14","slug":"horsington-open-is-a-great-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/?p=2903","title":{"rendered":"Horsington Open is a great success"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first ever \u201cHorsington Open\u201d golf tournament to raise money for the church roof, was held on Monday November 11 at Henstridge Golf club. The 22 competitors braved a light drizzle to compete over 9 holes for the coveted Horsington Claret Jug trophy, kindly donated by Charles James of Ottery Antiques, and Richard Gaunt.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In fact \u201cThe S & D\u00a0Open\u201d, after the closed railway line,\u00a0might have been a more appropriate title, as competitors came from Wincanton, to Stalbridge and all stations in between. One player was from Warminster, another from Lincolnshire (which also boasts a Horsington).<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Winner! Chris Dibben of Wincanton Seniors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the top of the leader board it was a tight competition between some very good low handicap golfers. Peter Gripper and David Blake\u00a0 from Horsington narrowly failed to beat a challenge from George Wagland from\u00a0Henstridge (playing for the Half Moon), and the eventual winner,\u00a0 Chris Dibben from Wincanton, who won the competition overall with a stunning 26 points, which will no doubt be of interest to the handicap secretary at his home club!<\/p>\n

Chris Bennett from Lincolnshire, David West from Yenston, Phil Bennett and Andrew Tarling from Horsington all put in creditable scores.<\/p>\n

\"Frank<\/a>
Frank White of Winky Seniors gets his mind in gear for the longest drive<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n


\nBest Team <\/strong>The Winky Seniors, Wincanton
\nBest lady golfer<\/strong>\u00a0 Ginty Malcolm, Templecombe
\n<\/strong>Nearest the pin on the\u00a0 3rd hole<\/strong> Graham Soper, Stalbridge
\n<\/strong>Longest drive on the 7th<\/strong>\u00a0 Frank White, Wincanton<\/p>\n

The fun element of the tournament was the Cricket competition on the side. If you hit your ball over the green without touching the ground, score 6. If you hit your ball across the (surprisingly fast) green, and off the other side, score 4. The Old Bakers & Bowmakers (Phil Bennett, Paul Mann, Brian Tunnicliffe and Graham Soper) scored a staggering\u00a0 98 runs, way ahead of anyone else.<\/p>\n

The individual high score went to Chris Bennett (no relation), who scored 36, but also came 4th equal in the competition. Something wrong with his range finding equipment!<\/p>\n

\"Phil<\/a>
Phil Benett, Andrew Tarling and George Wagland<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the bottom of the table (and we do\u00a0mean bottom), Horsington\u2019s three worst golfers, Ted Banks, Paul Mann and Richard Gaunt carried off the booby prizes, two chocolate golf balls and\u00a0 one Suduko Toilet roll!<\/p>\n

All in all this was a very enjoyable day, despite the weather. Henstridge Golf Club proved to be a very good venue, with excellent facilities and a very hospitable and welcoming team. \u00a3110 was raised for the Church roof fund.<\/p>\n

Thanks also to, Andrew and Philippa Tarling of the Half Moon, Steve Love of the Arch, Sherborne Paul Mann, Ginty Malcolm, Libby Gaunt, Chris Bailward, Ted Banks and Henstridge Golf Club\u00a0 for generously donating prizes.<\/p>\n

The Horsington Open Order of Merit 2013<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/td>\n<\/td>\nH\/cap<\/td>\nTeam name<\/td>\nPts<\/td>\nPos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\nDibben<\/strong><\/td>\n25<\/strong><\/td>\nWinky Seniors<\/strong><\/td>\n26<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Derek<\/td>\nKing<\/td>\n26<\/td>\nWinky Seniors<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
George<\/td>\nWagland<\/td>\n17<\/td>\nHalf Mooners<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chris<\/td>\nBennett<\/td>\n24<\/td>\nVet Veterans<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n4=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mike<\/td>\nParfitt<\/td>\n21<\/td>\nWinky Seniors<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n4=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peter<\/td>\nGripper<\/td>\n18<\/td>\nVet Veterans<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n6=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frank<\/td>\nWhite<\/td>\n12<\/td>\nWinky Seniors<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n6=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David<\/td>\nWest<\/td>\n12<\/td>\nImponderables<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n6=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
David<\/td>\nBlake<\/td>\n14<\/td>\nVetVeterans<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n9=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Graham<\/td>\nSoper<\/td>\n26<\/td>\nOld Bakers & Bowmakers<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n9=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Phil<\/td>\nBennett<\/td>\n22<\/td>\nOld Bakers & Bowmakers<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew<\/td>\nTarling<\/td>\n28<\/td>\nHalf Mooners<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n12=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Colin<\/td>\nConstable<\/td>\n28<\/td>\nImponderables<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n12=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Howard<\/td>\nBentley-Marchant<\/td>\n13<\/td>\nImponderables<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ginty<\/td>\nMalcolm<\/td>\n36<\/td>\nLegs & Co<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n15=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gail<\/td>\nGarbutt<\/td>\n36<\/td>\nLegs & Co<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n15=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brian<\/td>\nTunnicliffe<\/td>\n24<\/td>\nOld Bakers & Bowmakers<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n17=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Liz<\/td>\nBentley-Marchant<\/td>\n36<\/td>\nLegs & Co<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n17=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Libby<\/td>\nGaunt<\/td>\n36<\/td>\nLegs & Co<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ted<\/td>\nBanks<\/td>\n28<\/td>\nHalf Mooners<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n20=<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Paul<\/td>\nMann<\/td>\n26<\/td>\nOld Bakers & Bowmakers<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richard<\/td>\nGaunt<\/td>\n28<\/td>\nImponderables<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first ever \u201cHorsington Open\u201d golf tournament to raise money for the church roof, was held on Monday November 11 at Henstridge Golf club. The 22 competitors braved a light drizzle to compete over 9 holes for the coveted Horsington Claret Jug trophy, kindly donated by Charles James of Ottery Antiques, and Richard Gaunt. In … Continue reading “Horsington Open is a great success”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2763],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sport"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6glYD-KP","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2903"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2944,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2903\/revisions\/2944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/horsington.blog2.idnet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}