NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL A HUMPING !!!!

BRRRRREEEKKKINNNG NNEEEWS

JUST RECIEVED A TEXT MESSAGE FROM SHANKER NICHOLSON 

HE PUMPED JOHN NAE WYNN

9-8 TODAY 

THAT'S A REALLLLL RODGERING !!!!!

ST MICHAELS

GOLF CLUB

ROUND 8

March 10th

Cost £20.00 less £5.00 deposit

First tee time 10.40am

DRAW  10.20AM !!!!!

Includes bacon roll/coffee before and soup/filled roll after

Names entered

R Chalmers
C Chalmers
G Sinclair
D Stirling **
A Smart
S Jessney **
A Alexander
D Mitchell
G Leadbitter
J Byrne
P James
G Dickie
T Nicholson
R Aitken
J Wynn
I Baird
D Revie
I Hutchison
I Fox
D Drew
C Weir
N Newall
N Keir
B Murphy
J Cullen
D Graham
G Cullen  **
S McPherson **

** no deposit paid

If you cant make it let me know ASAP

CRAIL SPOON BOY

SPOON BOY

2012

Richard got only 20 points on Sunday and saved few players including myself from collecting the Spoon.

This is Richards second Spoon as he also won the Spoon at Montrose last year.

WINNERS

CRAIGHEAD WINNERS

2012

Another win for the Hutch and he becomes a 4 time winner on the Tour alongside  Ian Baird

Richard with his 20 points wins the Spoon for a second time

Tommy finished 2nd but doesn't look as tho he likes Brian's royal handshake

Brian picks up some cash for a nearest the pin and stays away from flirting with the Spoon 

LEADERBOARD AFTER 7 ROUNDS

CRAIL

CRAIGHEAD COURSE

SCORES AFTER 7

BEST 5 SCORES

I Fox               179
P James           177
A Alexander   171
M Drummond 171
T Nicholson    168
D Mitchell       167
R Chalmers     164
I Baird             162
G Dickie          159
G Leadbitter    159
J Wynn            158
N Keir             155
A Smart           153
D Revie           153
D Graham        152
C Weir             151
G Sinclair         149
R Aitken          147
S Jessney         146
J Cullen            145
D Stirling          139
B Newall          138
B Murphy         136
G Cullen           135


Players with 4 rounds

I Hutchison       137
S Gibson           118
J Byrne             116

CRAIGHEAD IN MINT CONDITION

CRAIL LINKS

A JOY TO PUTT ON

FOR 

SOME

A great day today at Crail Golf Links.

Course was in fantastic condition especially the greens which were rapid for the time of year and a joy to putt on.

Weather was great also with just the shower before we went out and the last game got caught in a shower at the last hole. Apart from that it was almost perfect conditions as you can see from the picture above.

A detailed report to follow later

FULL RESULTS

Ian Hutchison             38
Tommy Nicholson     37
Paul James                 35
Ian Fox                      35
Mick Drummond      34
Brian Murphy           33
Neil Keir                   33
John Byrne               33
Derek Mitchell          33
George Leadbitter     32
Jim Cullen                 31
David Drew              31
Gordon Sinclair        31
Alex Smart               30
Graham Dickie         29
Andrew Alexander   29
Davie Revie              29
John Wynn               28
Craig Weir               28
Craig Chalmers        26
Robert Chalmers      25
David Graham         25
Ian Baird                  24
Brian Newall           23
Richard Aitken        20

NEAREST THE PINS 

7th Tommy Nicholson

13th Brian Murphy

SPOON BOY

A 2 TIME WINNER NOW

RICHARD AITKEN 

ARE YOU A DONKEY OR A RACE HORSE ?

TIME TO 

GET 

SOME POINTS

There is only 36 holes left before the Donkey and Elite 4 balls are finalised for our Grand Final at Ladybank.

Who are the front runners for this years Championship and who are trotting up the rear ??

THE DONKEY 4 BALL

Lets look at the players who need some good scores to avoid the Donkey.

Currently propping the rear are the brothers Cullen and with Geraldo missing this weekends round he will be putting all his hopes into having a fantastic round at St Michaels.

Jim is the man on form going by his last few rounds at Cawder and having 33 points at the Kittocks even tho he started with 3 blobs. I expect Jim to jump up the leaderboard in the next few weeks and avoid the Donkey 4 ball.

Another player missing this weekend is our last round Spoon winner David Stirling and again David is a player who will now be needing a cracking score in the next round.

We have a couple of players with only 4 rounds completed but this weekend sees one of them play his 5th. Brian Murphy the man who has flirted with the Spoon at every round he has played this season and with only 103 points from 4 rounds I think he will be right in the danger zone after this weekend. He now needs 2 great rounds before the cut off. Can he do it ???

Another 2 players with only 4 rounds played are Brian Newall and Steven Gibson who are sitting with 115 and 118 points each. They are not right in trouble yet but they need to hit some good scores. Mr Gibson will struggle to get any points as he's away on holiday so yet another player putting all his hopes into a good score at St Michaels.

Simon Jessney is close by and with him also missing this weekend he better find a good round in a fortnights time.

Last year the Donkey was won with 150 points so anyone with less than 150 currently is still capable of winning the prize as the Winter Donkey.

You all know who you !!!

I can see 3 of the 4 ball being formed after this weekend.

Gerry Cullen, David Stirling and Brian Murphy. All 3 will need to play exceptionally at St Michaels to get themselves out of the second last 4 ball at Ladybank.

Flirting close by is Smarty, Sinky, Richard, Neil, Craig W and Simon all under 150 points currently and with all the players mentioned above it is a fight to stay out of the second last 4 ball of this season.

THE ELITE 

4 

BALL

At the other end of the table we have the players battling to win the overall Championship and it is looking like a race between a few.

Current leader and Mr Consistent this season is Ian Fox with 175 points and his worst remaining score is 31 points. So a solid 36 points might see him hit 180 points.

He is being chased by Andrew Alexander on 171 points and his worst score is 30 points. Andrew will need 35 points to pull ahead of Ian if Foxy doesn't improve on his tally.

Just 1 point behind Andrew is Paul James our defending Champion and his worst score to dump is 28 points. He needs 34 point to go top as long as nobody currently ahead of him scores well.

Ian Baird is currently on 138 points and with his 5 round this weekend I expect Ian to move into contention for the final 2 rounds.

Foxy
AA
Vera
Show's Ya

That is looking like the Elite 4 ball for Ladybank this year but you never know anything can happen.

On the fringes are Mick Drummond, Robert Chalmers with 166 and 164 points. Graham Dickie our winner 2 weeks ago will post his 5th round this weekend and if he gets 36+ points he will put himself in a solid position.

Just under the 160 mark is Tommy Nicholson and Derek Mitchell and they are really needing 2 very high rounds to move up into a challenging position.

There are 3 rounds to go and I suppose anyone from further back could get 40 points in their last 3 rounds but I can't see that happening. Nobody has ever done that before.

Things will change this weekend thats for sure.

It's all good fun.

WEATHER FOR SUNDAY

Weather looks good for weekend.

Draw at 9.50am !!!!

St Andrews five-day forecast

Date	Time	Weather	Temp	Wind			Visibility
				Dir	Speed	Gust
Fri 22 Feb	0900		1 °C	SSW	3 mph		Very Good
	1200		3 °C	SSW	2 mph		Excellent
	1500		3 °C	NE	3 mph		Very Good
	1800		2 °C	SW	3 mph		Very Good
	2100		1 °C	W	4 mph		Very Good
Sat 23 Feb	0000		0 °C	WNW	4 mph		Very Good
	0300		0 °C	WNW	5 mph		Good
	0600		0 °C	NW	6 mph		Good
	0900		1 °C	N	10 mph		Good
	1200		3 °C	ENE	13 mph		Very Good
	1500		3 °C	ENE	9 mph	22 mph	Very Good
	1800		3 °C	ENE	9 mph		Very Good
	Night		2 °C	NE	8 mph		Very Good
Sun 24 Feb	Day		5 °C	NNE	8 mph		Very Good
	Night		1 °C	N	6 mph		Very Good
Mon 25 Feb	Day		5 °C	NNW	4 mph		Very Good
	Night		0 °C	NNW	5 mph		Very Good
Tue 26 Feb	Day		4 °C	N	4 mph		Very Good
	Night		-1 °C	WNW	5 mph		Good
Last updated: 0701 on Fri 22 Feb 2013