Started off as an overcast day but rpidly turned into a scorcher. In all fairness, the fairways had been ravaged by the lack of rain and the club had instigated preferred lies. That said, the greens were in great condition and soetimes hard to judge (..... or was that just me?)

I have to say a slightly disappointing lunch afterwards. The club had changed caterers and the same ordered meal as last year was not what we got this time. Hey ho, you can't have everything!

We had, as always, 2 nearest the pins. This time they were on the 13th and 15th holes. Steve Grant was nearest on 13 and guest, David McGougan, was closest on 15. Well done guys.

Our best guest with 41 points, was David McGougan again, and it has to be said that his 16 handicap would be in jeopardy if he plays with us again..... testament to his skill.

In third place with 38 points, was Matt Bowles who enjoys a 1 shot handicap cut. Second place and on count-back, went to John Gornall with 40 points who also enjoys a 1 shot cut. The top placing however goes to Paul Munter who also had 40 points. Because of pauls high 28 handicap, he will be cut 3 shots to 25. Well done Gents, a great day was had by all..... even if some of the results didn't show it!

1	Guest - David McGougan	41
2	Paul Munter	40
3	John Gornall	40
4	Matt Bowles	38
5	Grahame Weir	37
6	Graham Dunhill	37
7	Terry Caister	36
8	Andy Wilton	35
9	Greg Dye	35
10	Matthew Fox	35
11	Tommy Frampton	34
12	Arron Edwards	33
13	Roy Challinor	33
14	Kevin Bascombe	33
15	Tim Sheppard	33
16	Stephen Downham	33
17	Guest - Steve Godwin	32
18	Guest - Paul Winslade	32
19	Jon Garthwaite	31
20	Mark Proudley	31
21	Iain Huxley	30
22	Guest - Matin Lambourne	29
23	Steve Grant	29
24	Guest - Tim Wallis	26
25	Cliff Chapman	26
26	Guest - Jeremy Over	25
27	Colin Parsons	25
28	Pete Stubbs	24
29	Mike Sinacola	24
30	Adrian Knight	24
31	Guest - Pete Shardlow	24
32	Ray Cook	21
33	Guest - Steve Taylor	12

The weather forecast was for a wet and windy day, but that couldn't have been further from the truth. Overcast but generally dry with a breeze wqs the reality. We played a 10 hole warm up competition in the morning (10 holes meant we were closer to the clubhouse at the end), followed by the full 18 holes in the afternoon.

The course is so different from most because the New Forest is a National Park and legislation means it's protected in many ways, and cutting fairways is one of them, however they were clearly marked out and didn't prove a problem. Staying on the relatively small greens was though!

In the morning the Competition was won by Mark Proudley, with Tommy Frampton and Pete Stubbs close behind whilst nearest the pin in 2 shots went to Brian Kirby and Graham Dunhill was nearest the pin. Best guest was Bruce Weaver.

The afternoon was the main event, as you'd expect and the results were as follows: Best guest with 42 points and overall winner was Bruce Weaver again, who afterwards joined the Hackers for a second year as a member. As far as the members go in 3rd place with 35 points was Iain Huxley, 2nd place with 36 points was Mark Proudley, both of whom are cut 1 point, whilst our winner on his first outing as a Hacker, was Grahame Weaver with 38 points, who offered to be cut to 9 from 15. Now, even our secretary isn't that Draconian.... well not quite anyway, and Graham has been cut 2 shots to 13. Nearest pins both went to Grahame Weir too..... so maybe a three shot cut is in order?

1	Guest - Bruce Weaver	42
2	Grahame Weir	38
3	Mark Proudley	36
4	Iain Huxley	35
5	Guest - Pete Prince	34
6	Steve Grant	33
7	Tommy Frampton	33
8	Andy Wilton	32
9	Graham Dunhill	30
10	Pete Stubbs	30
11	Ray Cook	30
12	Kev Bascombe	29
13	Brian Kirby	27
14	Arron Edwards	27
15	Guest - David Bailey	26
16	Guest - Barry Merridew	23
17	Roy Challinor	22
18	Adrian Knight	20
19	Andy Brown	16
20	Guest - Simon Wall	14
21	Mike Sinacola (Withdrew injured)	0

Another glorious day on the course....weather wise! The sun was definitely shining on the righteous brothers. The course played well too with only minor disruption for some works on the 6th par three. To compensate, a proper par three was set up as hole 7a and that was a good substitute.

In third place with 37 Points was Steve Grant (getting a massive 6 points on one hole for an eagle!) whilst in second place with 38 points.... Mike Sinacola. Steve gets a 2 shot cut and Mike a 1 shot cut. Our winner on his second time out with us was Matt Bowles with a solid 39 points and who also enjoys a 2 shot cut.

1	Matt Bowles	39
2	Mike Sinacola	38
3	Steve Grant	37
4	Mark Proudley	35
5	Pete Stubbs	35
6	Ray Cook	35
7	Andy Wilton	35
8	Adrian Knight	34
9	Paul Munter	33
10	Guest - Mark Humphrey	33
11	Guest - Tony Proudley	32
12	Terry Caister	32
13	Guest - David Toan	31
14	Brian Kirby	29
15	Tommy Frampton	29
16	Colin Parsons	27
17	Norman Smith	26
18	Greg Dye	25
19	Matthew Fox	24
20	Cliff Chapman	23
21	Robin Plumridge	21
22	Roy Challinor	19
23	Guest - Steve Taylor	7

In third place with 37 points was Tim Sheppard, closely nudged with a second place score of 38 to Graham Dunhill, but our undoubted winner was Brian Kirby with a worthy 41 points. Brian enjoys a 2 shot handicap cut whilst Graham and Tim enjoy a 1 shot reduction each.

1	Brian Kirby	41
2	Graham Dunhill	38
3	Guest - Mike Grieshaber	37
4	Tim Sheppard	36
5	Mark Proudley	35
6	Matt Bowles	35
7	Andy Wilton	35
8	Ed Power	35
9	Tommy Frampton	35
10	Pete Stubbs	34
11	Guest - Nick Tutton	33
12	Iain Huxley	31
13	Bob Ward	31
14	Guest - David Heda	30
15	Terry Caister	29
16	Ray Cook	28
17	Greg Dye	28
18	Guest - John Gosling	26
19	Roy Challinor	26
20	John Gornall	26
21	Paul Munter	25
22	Cliff Chapman	24
23	Mike Sinacola	22
24	Terry Higgins	21

It was a frozen landscape and to be fair the greens weren't in great condition because of it, with putting being a lottery. However, we battled the cold as the Hackers won through! Albeit, the scoring wasn't where it usually is because of the conditions.

First place went to Iain Huxley with 32 Stableford points whilst second place went to Brian Kilby with 30 and thirdplace to Roy Challinor on28. Nearest pins went to Colin Parsons and Mark Nolan.

1	Iain Huxley	32
2	Brian Kirby	30
3	Roy Challinor	28
4	Colin Parsons	28
5	Kevin Bascombe	28
6	Terry Caister	28
7	Tim Sheppard	26
8	Guest - Clive Thomson	26
9	Pete Stubbs	25
10	Bob Ward	25
11	Mark Proudley	25
12	Paul Munter	25
13	John Bayliss	24
14	Adrian Knight	24
15	Mathew Fox	23
16	Robin Plumridge	22
17	Andy Wilton	22
18	Cliff Chapman	20
19	Ray Cook	20
20	Mike Sinacola	18
21	Norman Smith	18
22	Graham Dunhill	18
23	Mark Nolan	15
24	Guest - Nick Tutton	15
25	Greg Dye	13