Haverhill Ladies competed in their Stableford competition on Saturday 29th August. The winner,

with a fabulous score of 41pts was Mandy Williamson, a former Parklands Academy Member, who

has recently upgraded to full membership. Due to her recent competition success, Mandy has

reduced her handicap by 3 shots to 17 under Exceptional Score Reduction. The runner up was Lyn

Fish with 35pts and in 3rd place was Lady Captain, Sheila Price with 34pts.

The Hambro Final was played between Haverhill and Newton Green on Sunday 30th August at Bury

Golf Club. Haverhill qualified through to the final, having beaten Brett Vale, Halesworth, Bungay &

Waveney and finally Gorleston in the semi final. They faced tough opposition in Newton Green, who

were defending champions. Although Haverhill were five down at lunchtime, they fought back

during the afternoon and after 15 holes the teams were neck and neck. Newton Green's Simon

Bearman and Mike Polley were 13 up on the day against different opponents. Haverhill’s Dave

Spittle and Jack Bligh were one down at lunch to Russell Oakey and Harvey Watts but were four up

in the afternoon. However the win by Newton Green's pairing of Watts and Oakey on the 16th,

when they were giving a shot, came at a crucial time in the overall match. Despite the valiant efforts

of the Haverhill Team, it was not enough and they lost overall by 6 holes. After the match,Team

Captain Chris Vince congratulated the Newton Green team and went onto thank the Haverhill

caddies and all the Haverhill Members who had travelled to Bury and had given tremendous support

to the team throughout the day. He also thanked Haverhill President, David Chapman, Club Captain

Rob Viney and his Vice Captain James Lay for giving their support on behalf of the Committee.

The results of the matches were (Haverhill names first) Morning: Dave Spittle & Jack Bligh lost to

Russell Oakey & Harvey Watts by 1 hole; Gerry Scott & Matt Farlie beat Connor Talbot & Bob Talbot

by 3 holes; Andy Fish & Paul Bartlett lost to Simon Bearman & Mike Polley by 5 holes; Chris Vince &

Jack Warwick lost to Jed Seeley & Greg Hills by 2 holes. Afternoon: Spittle & Bligh beat Oakey &

Watts by 4 holes; Fish & Bartlett beat C Talbot & Lewis Woodhead by 2 holes; Scott & Farlie lost to

Bearman & Polley by 8 holes; Vince & Warwick beat Seeley & Hills by 1 hole.