Women best weather

Noel is away this week and, after some negotiation, has asked me to do this week's report. This is a bit of treat as on Sunday there were the finals of the men's club championships.
I gather they were also meant to be the women's championships final but, because of inclement weather, this did not happen.
Before you start muttering about the weaker sex, you may care to read the report from the Wednesday 9-holers, "A great effort on a truly awful day."
Six intrepid 9-holers, Lorraine Jones, Gill Neal, Jane Watts, Rosey Wellbrock, Ruth Wiley and Di Herbert, all declared themselves winners for braving the elements on Wednesday. The snow on the hills was spectacular, the wind icy, so they had to retire early for coffee.
Anyway back to the men's club championships.
The results were:
Junior A: A result which owed more to style than to skill. In the morning round, Ray Verhaart was one ahead of the sartorially elegant Daryl Hart in a bilious green top. In the afternoon, Mr Hart emerged in a shocking pink shirt. Ray held the early lead but then the sun came out and Ray was blinded by the pink. He lost two golf balls and six holes in a row. Daryl won 5 and 4.
Intermediate final: Ash Petersons started with a win because George Deans had forgotten about daylight saving. He covered the journey from home to course at speed, so he only lost one hole. Ash's back has been giving him trouble so, after 18, he was 4 down and, in the end, lost a brave battle to George 5 and 4.
Intermediate B: Between Hira Renata and Colin Hicks. In the morning, Hira had the benefit of Phil Rutene's advice so Colin always had the edge. In the afternoon, Phil departed and Hira without his jockey dragging him down, played much better to win 5 and 4. He did not even try to hit off the white tees in the afternoon.
Senior final: This was an excellent match between Sam Forrester and Troy Shaw. In the morning round, the conditions were difficult and Sam had a bad start losing holes 2, 3 and 4. In the high winds, he had trouble finding the fairway. By the end of the first 18, he had fought back from 5 down to 2 down.
In the afternoon, he won the first, lost the second and third, and won the 4th to remain at 2 down. On 8, he was back to square, halved 9 and won 10. There was a lucky half on 11 and then a win on 12. Troy was not going to give up so he won 13. Fourteen was halved, but on 15 Troy played a superb second to within a few feet of the hole and it was back to square. Sixteen Sam won with a superb birdie and made a 20-foot putt. On 17, Sam did not have a good second and it was back to square. On 18, the drives were about equal as were the seconds. Sam's chip was a bit short of the green, Troy's wasn't. Sam missed the putt, Troy didn't. Troy won one up.
Troy said his scores were 73 and 72, which were very good scores. Well done Troy and bad luck Sam, but a good match in testing conditions.
While all the attention was on the championship, just ahead of them were the senior flight finalists. Kevin Mackay and Peter Jackson had a titanic match. Kevin had the edge on the first 18 but, after lunch, Peter fought back and was 3 up with 4 to go. Kevin won 15 and they halved 16. With 2 holes to go, Peter was 2 up. All he needed was a half. Kevin fixed that with birdies on 17 and 18. They went up the 37th and the 38th until, eventually, on hole 39 Kevin won.
After all the wind, Monday dawned fine and still for the vets and 43 players came out of hiding to play an Ambrose.
Results: 1 C. Anderson, R. Fowler, H. Buchanan, P. Sutherland 34, 2 B. Smith, P. Cameron, P. Andrews, J. Richmond 32, 3 K. Biggs, K. Hooper, D. Logan, H. Falloon 30.
Roy Mahood was closest to the pin and scored the only 2.
The masters final championship between Kelvin Biggs and Steve Hemingway got off to a stunning start with Steve winning the first 7 holes. By 9, Kelvin had won 2 back but was looking thunderstruck. Steve held on to win 5 and 4.
On Tuesday, the women played the first day of the championships in glorious weather. The finals were on Wednesday and will be reported next week.