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The winner of the member / guest pairings was Mike Davies and his partner Nick Turner with 42 points, with Mike Easton / A Morris second on 40 and Keith Doyle / S Smith third on 38.

A keenly fought member / member first prize was won by Matthew Hodgson / Paul Mason on a card playoff with 45 points, edging out Ian Pearce / Ben Gaunt into second place. Pete Burns / Simon Barber (Vice Captain) came third on 44 points, with Gerald Tatlock / Paul Ellis being nudged into fourth with 44 points on another card playoff.

Paul Gosling won the Stableford on Saturday with a stunning score of 45 points off a 22 handicap.  He's clearly seeing the rewards for the work he's put into his game this year.  His new handicap is 18.  Well done Paul. 

Nigel Howells came 2nd with 40 points, followed by Steve Corfield with 38.

Congratulations to Max Ekstein, who won the 1st division and overall monthly medal on Saturday with a superb 73-13=60 and qualifies for the Medal Final in September.  Mark Walker won the 2nd division with an excellent 77-15=62.

With three excellent scores of 45 points countback was needed to determine the winners of the Comedian's Cup.

Barry Lewis and Paul Ellis won on countback from Nigel and Dan Fetherstone (second) and Gordon Stewart and Duncan MacPherson (third).

7 players with twos won £14.78 each.

Many congratulations to Nigel Featherstone for winning the Hospital Trophy with nett 62+67=129 off 13, weathering the worst of the torrential showers in the afternoon.  Nigel's handicap is now down to 11.  If his run of form continues, it won't be long before he's down to single figures.  Gary Johnstone came 2nd, with 67+66=133 off 6, although Gary is now back down to 5. Andy Boyle & Dave Snell took the day prized with 63 & 62, respectively.

Perhaps shock is overstating it slightly, possibly just a mild surprise.  The winner of the May Monthly Medal on Saturday was past-Captain Pete Wood, with an excellent nett 66 on a card play off from Steve Corfield.   Ollie Lane won the 1st Division with 67.  Dan Featherstone took 2nd place with 68. Pete, Steve, Ollie & Dan all qualify for the Medal Final in September.

The Hospital Trophy is contested over the next 2 weeks, so there is no presentation on Saturday 13th.  The trophy was first played for in 1931 and is a beautiful piece of classic art deco.  The original tradition of donating the 1st week's match fees to the Alderley Edge Cottage Hospital continues, although the recipient is now the Captain's Charity, this year its the East Cheshire Hospice.