Parents’ and Children’s Golf Tournament

It was a perfect Midsummer evening for the annual Elstree Parents’ and Children’s Golf Tournament. This year we had a record number of entries with 16 pairs, including our first girl pupil, Kitty Butler. The course had benefited from the new mowing machine, with the greens clearly defined and ‘relatively’ smooth.

Needless to say the array of obstacles, including sightscreens, high jump mats, benches, scoreboxes and pavilions, provided a tough challenge for the competitors. The 8th hole in particular, had players hitting through the gazebo marquee towards the flag! The baked ground meant that it was harder to control the ball, but did allow for some very long drives down the 7th.

Eventually the prizes for longest drives were won by Wilf Foulds (pupil) and Mr Ward (parent). However, the most remarkable tee shot was by Mr Akinola who hit his tee shot onto the green, finishing only 15ft from the hole.

The 9th was the battleground for nearest the pin and saw some very fine shots. In the final group Mr Foulds saw his putt for a two horseshoe around the hole, but the Fawcett family reigned supreme with Hamish nearest the pin for the pupils and father, Jeremy, nearest the pin for the adults. The latter then added to the excitement by holing his putt for a two in front of the massed galleries of the other competitors.

With all the cards in, the final nett scores were very close with only six shots separating the top five places. In third were the Francis’, runners up were the Hargreaves, and the narrow winners were the Fawcetts, carrying off the very fine glass trophy.

 Thank you to everyone that took part and we look forward to another fine evening next year.

CMK