AARON Puckett (9hcp) held off 114 rivals to win the annual President’s Trophy competition at Calcot Park on Saturday.

He secured victory with 43 stableford points, earning a comfortable win from runner-up James Bolton (15hcp), who totalled 39. Third on countback was Nigel Clark with 38 points.

There was also a President’s Prize for the club’s junior section, which was held on Friday.

It was won by 16-year-old Joshua Chapman (16hcp), who scored 38 points.

Runner-up was Nicholas Sullivan with 36 points, while 11-year-old Drew Rolfe, who played but could not win the competition due to handicap restrictions, was given a special mention in scoring 42 points in his very first full 18-hole round of golf.

The ever-improving Rolfe has a junior handicap of 45.

Caversham Heath

THE midweek stableford at Caversham Heath provided another tight finish.

Only two points separated the top three in Division One, with just one point between the top two in Division Two.

James Millard (5hcp) was in sensational form in Division One, recording 13 pars, one birdie and one eagle in his tally of 41 points (halves of 18 and 23 points).

Runner-up with 40 points was Jonathon Fleming (4hcp). He scored 12 pars and three birdies in halves of 21 and 19 points.

Third was Adam Paul Baker (18hcp) with 39 points after halves of 20 and 19 points, but a blank on the 10th proved costly.

In Division 2, John Holdsworth (28hcp) recorded four points on five holes, however, this was offset by three nil returns.

But his 41 points were still enough to hold off the challenge of Andy Ward (28hcp) who scored 40 points, also with three nil returns. Third was Jeannette Taylor (31hcp) with 37 points.

  • The team of Mathew Brakspear (6hcp), Stuart Adamson (19hcp, Tim Bicknell (13hcp), and Luke O’Brien (13hcp) claimed the Joe Melling Classic played off nine-tenth handicap with two scores counting in each hole.

They won by virtue of countback, after collecting six points on the last hole.

Second were Christopher Bennett (16hcp), Mike Capaldi (9hcp), Duncan Peart (14hcp) and Nick Wilson (20hcp), who, despite picking up seven points on the 17th hole, only scored five points on the last.

Third were the team of Andrew Parker (7hcp), Chris Parker (19hp), Jonathan Burnett (14hcp) and Simon Read (18hcp).

All three teams finished with 88 points.