Winners of the Mixed Flag competition Richard Norsworthy and Celia Jarvis receive the new trophy donated by Charles and Mary Rayment.Due to the low number of entrants the competition was Holywell and Church combined and took place on the Holywell. A great day was had by all – the final pair left standing after the 18th was Celia and Richard who went up the 1st and finished their run a few feet from the pin.Next mixed competition takes place on Friday 7th July.
L to R: Club Captain – Caroline Hume-Kendall, Club President – Martin Gargan, Cornwall Ladies Champion 2023 – Kira Barnes, Cornwall Closed Champion 2023 – Joe Cruse, Cornwall U-14 Boys Champion – Bobby Godfrey, Cornwall Mens Champion 2023 – Louis Archer, Club Chairman – Martin Trees.
On Thursday last the Club Captain hosted a reception at the Club to recognise a unique feat in the history of Cornish golf, that of having four County Champions simultaneously. In welcoming Members and guests the Club Captain said –
“The double of having a Ladies and Mens County Champion from the same club in the same year is rare, in fact in the last 25 years it’s only happened three times and never at St Enodoc. Congratulations to Kira Barnes and Louis Archer. It is also very gratifying to St Enodoc that Bobby Godfrey has won the U14 Championship. To my knowledge, a Cornish club has never held these titles together.
Joe Cruse has retained the Cornish Closed for the third consecutive year, that’s quite something Joe and an inspiration to many and congratulations to the U14 Nett Champion, Alfie Chapman, and the U12 Nett Champion Will Dingle. It’s been quite a year so far.
The health of any golf club is defined by the excellence of its best players and to have these recognised achievements demonstrates that St Enodoc is ready to take on any challenge, against anyone, anywhere, and for that we should be very proud.
Before we raise a glass I would also like to thank some of our past county champions for joining us this evening:
Two times winner John Bradley
Two times winner Steve Chapman and of course
Two times winner Joe Cruse”
The Buse Shield is back and the weather could not have been better, Sunday 4th June.
With 11 juniors sorting their own partners out, it really was a great day out. We had Dads, Grandmas and Grandads all taking part. The atmosphere, camaraderie and competitiveness between them all, was a delight to watch, as everyone was in it to win in!
The comment of the day had to be from Samuel who didn’t hesitate in telling his dad David, ‘If you hadn’t missed that putt, Dad, we’d have won!’
Well done to Neil and Oban Robinson, winning with 38 pts.
Full results can be viewed by clicking here
Neil Robinson and Oban Robinson with Caspar Collins and Jonathan Collins
Bertie and Beryl McCormick with Lee and Quinn Bateman
Nick and Tom Richards with Daisy and Rob Lane
Norman Evans and Will Dingle, Jasmine Carter and Jeff Buckley, with Anthony and Eva Newman
Samuel Hinsley, Matthew Warren, with their dads Paul Warren and David Hinsley.
Ideal conditions … for spending a day at the beach … brought two teams to St Enodoc, both aspiring to continue the Annodata Challenge journey to the finals in Spain.
The challenge proved too much for St Enodoc and the ‘B’ team from Lanhydrock showed they know how to play links golf when the need arises, winning 3/2. Good luck to them in the next round.
Congratulations to the St Enodoc ladies who prevailed today. Keep winning!
With a 36 hole total of 3 over par Joe Cruse yesterday retained his Cornish Closed Championship at St Austell GC
St Enodoc Juniors had 2 teams playing in the Tamar Cup last weekend and both were victorious!
Kai, Jay, Henry and Quinn.
At St Mellion the team won 3-0 and, not to be out done, at Borrington St Enodoc also won 3-0.
Oban, Tom, Alfie and Bobby.
Annie and Bob Cruse
Yesterday saw some of our Members compete for the Bray Bowl on the Church Course. These brave pairings dared to play one of the toughest formats in golf – a mixed foursomes medal! Their efforts were rewarded by a stunning day on the Links but those who were directionally challenged found themselves punished by some gnarly rough, just as it should be at this time of year. Runners up, on count back from John and Sharon Twiggs, were Jeff & Maria Buckley with a nett 75. Winners by 4 shots (nett 71) were the formidable Cruse team – congratulations Bob and Annie, thoroughly deserved.
Louis Archer above with fellow Club Member and Ladies County Champion Kira Barnes – Dare we dream of the Double ?
Louis Archer after two hard fought matches today is through to the 36 hole final tomorrow (0845 tee off) of the Cornwall Golf Union 2023 Amateur Championships. In this morning’s quarter-final Louis was 4 down after 14 holes but fought back to win by 1, this afternoon his match again went to the last hole.
Playing at Newquay GC Louis will be trying to emulate Joe Cruse who won at the same venue in 2016.
It’s quarter final day at the County Champs in Newquay.
Good luck Louis.
Congratulations to Joe Combellack on winning the Lawrence Cup today with 37 points during County Week at Newquay
The St Enodoc Annodata B Team played host to the ‘B’ Team from St Mellion on a clear and calm day at St Enodoc.
The course was in great condition and the matches were played in great spirit. A credit to all involved.
Neil Robinson earned a hard-fought win to give us an early lead but not everything went our way. After the first four matches we were 2-2 so it all came down to the final match and Dave Lupton turned on a stellar performance to give St Enodoc the win.
Thank you to the St Mellion team for being great competitors and to the clubhouse staff for the usual great service before and afterwards.
St Mellion: Carl, Steve, Jordan, Adam and Lewis. St Enodoc: Dave Lupton. Greg Mather, Matthew Warr, Neil Robinson, Dennis Brown
On Sunday the 7th May, the first of two teams from St Enodoc made a short journey across the valley to The Point at Polzeath for the 1st round of this year’s Annodata Matchplay.
The competition is a 5 man team event, each man playing individual matchplay against a drawn opponent.
The course at The Point was presented in immaculate condition and the weather warm and sunny.
The St Enodoc Team comprised of John Rowe, Richard Blake, John Twiggs, David Collick and Lewis Bradley, Lewis standing in as replacement at the last minute.
Despite some really good golf from both sides the deciding factor was the green speed, St Enodoc’s team to a man being unable to adapt to the true but much slower green speeds on the day.
The Point won the match with a convincing scoreline 4.5 / 0.5, St Enodoc’s John Twiggs securing the only half point.
Thankyou to The Point for such an enjoyable afternoon and best wishes for the next round.
Team photo L/R: Richard Blake, Lewis Bradley, John Twiggs, David Collick (John Rowe not pictured)
This years Open Mixed Greensomes was held on Sunday 23rd April. Predictably there were plenty of April showers for the 68 pairs to cope with on the Church Course.
In the worst of the weather and first group out were Tim & Mary Green from Chelsfield Lakes and High Elms Golf Clubs with an excellent 42 points which, by way of a better back nine from Alun George (Kingswood G&CC) and Wendy George (Tavistock Golf Club) was good enough to win the event.
Third place (39) went to Nick & Kath Farrant from Weston Super Mare with 4th (38) going to Alex & Jenny Glover from Tavistock GC & St Mellion GC.
Pictured are the winners with Club Captain – Caroline Hume-Kendall
Ian Waters Trophy on the Church course and Mixed Greensomes on the Holywell
Mr Chairman Martin Biddle presented Trudy and Roger Tremain with the Ian Waters Trophy with a fantastic score of 42 points; in 2nd place Di Dingle and Kevin Preater with 40 points and 3rd place Chris and Carole Waights with 39 points. The Holywell Mixed Greensomes was won by Tony and Di Mindel with an amazing 49 points, 2nd place Andrew and Joanna Carthew with 44 points.
Thank you to the green staff for presenting two beautiful courses and to Nicki and Chris for all their help with the competition and as always the food in the clubhouse was exceptional.
Some updates have been made to the Competition Rules following a review by the Captains Committee
Update to Competition Rules- March 2023
The principle changes include:
On Sunday 19th February our Ladies take on East Devon GC to battle for the Tamar Trophy. The Trophy is played between the winners of the County Scratch Knock Outs in Devon and Cornwall. By winning the Gammon Trophy in September last our Ladies have the honour of representing Cornwall. The match is being played at St Enodoc, first tee time 1130. Supporters are most welcome and very much encouraged.
A sun blessed day for the Annual Valentines Greensomes
Above Jamie Beare and Bev Vann
On Sunday the sun shone as 4 Couples on the Holywell and 12 on the Church went out to compete in the annual Valentines Greensomes.
The winners were as follows:
Holywell – Terry and Cath Buscombe with 37 points
Church – Jamie Beare and Bev Vann with 40 points
2nd place went to Martin and Kath Biddle with 39 points and 3rd place was Richard Hawken and Celia Jarvis with 37 points.
Thanks to all who entered the competition and to the greenkeeping staff for the excellent presentation of the courses and to the clubhouse staff for their attentive service and lovely food.
