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THE 3^rd LES MIELLES FORD OPEN

Sponsored by Ford, a full field of 216 entrants took to the Les Mielles course on Saturday, 19^th June, between 5.50am and 2.40pm with the hope of winning a new Ford S-Max if they could get a Hole in One on the 8^th!

In bright but blustery conditions 136 gentlemen entered the Strokeplay Competition.  Gavin O’Neill set a confirmed course record with a GROSS 64 (par 70) 7 pars 7 birdies & 1 eagle on the 13th, despite having had 3 bogies on the front nine, he came back in 28 shots!!

Clinton Meyer (Hcp 15) won the Strokeplay section with a nett 65 having had 9 pars and a birdie on the 1^st hole. Second place on countback went to Ashley Reddyhoff (Hcp 7) with a nett 67.  Third place was taken by Robert Jones (Hcp 17) also with a nett 67.

In the gentlemen’s Stableford event, first place went to junior Leo Loftsson (Hcp 19) who despite a slow round in the final group carded 40 points with 7 pars.  Second place was taken by Eddie Burns (Hcp 20) with 38 points on a countback from 3^rd placed Maurice Trigg (Hcp 24) also with 38 points.

Annette Laffoley (Hcp 17) was the winner of the Ladies Stableford event with an excellent 41 points, some 6 points clear of the rest of the field.  In second place relative newcomer Brona Lambert (Hcp 15) with 35 points on countback, from third placed Sue Evans (Hcp 7) also with 35 points.

The Presentation was made in the Clubhouse and the value of any unclaimed prizes was sent to Jersey Hospice.  Players and guests enjoyed a BBQ spit-roast with music from local band “24/Seven” after the tournament and a great time was had by all.

Ford’s partnership with Les Mielles has been very successful and their ongoing Hole-in-One sponsorship is proving extremely popular. Iain Carse, Managing Director of Ford in the Channel Islands, said:  “It is a pleasure to work with Les Mielles in staging what we believe to be the biggest and best Open in the Channel Islands.  It is due to the great teams in both organisations that makes the event such a success.  It was particularly pleasing to see a junior coming through to win the Stableford event and shows what great opportunities there are for junior golfers in the Channel Islands.” …………………………………………………………………………………………….

FULL RESULTS

Strokeplay

Best Gross       :           Gavin O’Neill               +2                    64

1^st                    :           Clinton Meyer              15                    65

2^nd                    :           Ashley Reddhoff           7                      67 c/b

3^rd                    :           Robert Jones                17                    67

4^th                    :           Philip Grehan                12                    68 c/b

5^th                    :           Bob Dawson                10                    68 c/b

6^th                    :           David Morley               13                    68 c/b

7^th                    :           Richard Taylor  11                    68

8^th                    :           John Beattie                  5                      69 c/b

9^th                    :           Denzil Boschat  11                    69 c/b

10^th                  :           David Ng                     15                    69 c/b

11^th                  :           Danny Dawson 18                    69

12^th                  :           Colin Jones                   9                      70 c/b

Gents Stableford Trophy

1^st                    :           Leo Loftsson                19                    40 points

2^nd                    :           Eddie Burns                  20                    38 c/b

3^rd                    :           Maurice Trigg               24                    38

4^th                    :           Roy Blaby                    19                    37 c/b

5^th                    :           Stefan Le Brun 22                    37 c/b

6^th                    :           Paul Mottram               23                    37

7^th                    :           John Harte                    26                    36

Ladies Stableford Trophy

1^st                    :           Annette Laffoley           17                    41 points

2^nd                    :           Brona Lambert 15                    35 c/b

3^rd                    :           Sue Evans                    7                      35

4^th                    :           Jane Osborne               35                    34 c/b

5^th                    :           Isobel McCreath          15                    34

6^th                    :           Irene Griffiths                20                    32 c/b

Ford Owner Trophy

                                    Philip Grehan                12                    38

Nearest the Pins

Hole 6              :           Richard McCann          14’  6”

Hole 8              :           Simon Chard                4’ 3 ¾ “

Hole 12            :           Craig Hartley                5’  9”

Hole 16            :           Mick Miere                  4’  3”

Hole 18            :           Neil Le Boustouler        2’  3”

Longest Drives

Ladies              :           Frances Shaw

Gents               :           Scott Henry

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