Dave Holt was the winner of the Broadwas High Bisque GC competition held at the club on Thursday.
In the final, Dave beat 2025 winner Alison Disley 5-7 in a thoroughly enjoyable, hotly contested tournament held under this season’s newly introduced target score advantage handicap rules.
Eight players entered this season’s competition, organised and run by Eileen Holt. The start of the competition was delayed until 1.00pm in order to avoid the heavy rain that had swept in from the Atlantic overnight. Eileen’s meteorological decision paid dividends. Although playing conditions were very breezy, there were no interruptions in the playing schedule due to rain.
Split into two blocks, competitors played three games each, timed at 50 minutes per game.
In the Blue Block were Debbie Kaner 12, Vivien Ellis 20, Dave Holt 9 and Derry Bancroft 20, while the Red Block comprised David Harington 11, Howard Freeman 8, Alison Disley 9 and Paul Felton 12.
As the afternoon’s blocks’ play concluded, Alison Disley topped the Red Block, while Dave Holt pipped Debbie Kaner for top spot in the Blue Block. Howard Freeman was the runner-up in the Red Block.
The final games of the afternoon were between Howard Freeman and Debbie Kaner on lawn 1, to decide third and fourth spots, while the final between Dave and Alison was held on lawn 2.
Eventually, Debbie Kaner won third place in the competition by winning her game against Howard by securing a higher percentage of her target hoops – 6/7 to Howard’s 7/9.
Many thanks to Eileen Holt for organising the competition and also to Jackie Guy for her assistance with the administration of the tournament during the day. Special thanks also to club coach David Kaner, who served as the day’s tournament referee.
Paul Felton