AVALON GOLF LEAGUE

 

Covoid 19 and the 2020 Avalon League

 

Following on from the latest health advice regarding the Coronavirus, after much debate by the committee, the following decisions have regretfully been made.

The 2020 season will be cancelled with immediate effect on a competitive basis.  It was felt unfair to continue when some clubs may struggle to field a team due to players worries of participation.

The Mockridge Cup will not be contested this year.

There will be no Finals Day as there is no competitive season.

We still hope that the AGM will be able to go ahead but we will review this nearer the time.

We would like to encourage playing matches on a ‘friendly basis’ by agreement on both sides.  With the financial position of all golf clubs suffering under the effects of the virus restrictions, to continue playing will hopefully help matters.

For friendly matches that do go ahead, the League remove the requirement for meals but in order to help the club, the standard match fee would still be due to be paid.

It is a great shame that we have had to take these steps as we all love the game of golf and enjoy the nature of the league, but safety and our health must be a priority and common sense prevail.

Keith Parker

 

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Latest update  24th  October 2019

 

2019 Avalon Seniors Final

Congratulations to Long Sutton GC Seniors in beating Enmore Park

GC Seniors at Worlebury GC on 23rd Oct.

 

 

2019 Finals Day

 

Another very exciting day's golf at Farrington Park GC on Sunday 22nd Sept for the division champions competition and the Terry Crane Cup. Congratulations to Cricket St Thomas A team running out the winners with 202 points. Worlebury Royals were runners up with 199 points. The summary results are:-

Team Total 
Cricket St Thomas A 202
Worlebury Royals 199
Isle of Wedmore A 193
Fosseway 193
Long Sutton 191
The Mendip C 191
Tall Pines 184

 

The full results are on the Finals Day page.

 

2019 Terry Crane Cup

As usual was played in conjunction with Finals Day for the best individual pairs score. Congratulations to Ben Josham & Chris Cousins of Fosseway GC who came in late in the day with an excellent 44 points. The top 5 scores are:-

 

Team         BB Score
Fosseway Ben Josham 5 Chris Cousins 14 44
Isle of Wedmore A Dom Channon 12 Jon Thompson 11 43
Worlebury Royals Richard Exon 11 Adrian Marshall 13 43
Worlebury Royals James Marshall 5 Tom Main 12 43
Cricket St Thomas A Aaron Crabb +1 Shane Scott 9 43
 

 

2019 AGM - date change

 

This year's AGM is also being held at Farrington Park GC, now on Thursday 14th

November, starting at 19.00hr.

 

 

 

2019 Shackleford Trophy.

 

Congratulations to Isle of Wedmore A for winning the Shackleford Trophy

with an average score of 11.15 across 10 matches.

 

(Full details of the trophy and the top 5 leaderboard can be found on the appropriate page).

 

 

 

Important Notice

 

Division 1 – Vivary Park A Team Withdrawal

 

As many will know, the Vivary A team has had difficulty this season in fielding a regular team owing to some changes at their Club.   

We confirm, therefore, that the Vivary Chairman has informed us that the A team is withdrawing from Division 1 with immediate effect.  

Vivary conveyed their apologies to the other teams in the division for the disruption created this season and wished everyone the best for the rest of the season.

Consequently, the League precedent has been set in the past when a team has withdrawn from the League in mid season.  

All fixtures involving Vivary this season will be removed from the results and the remaining 5 teams will play between them for the Division 1 Championship this season.   

 

The League tables and results have been updated to represent this position.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2019 Mockeridge Cup

 

Congratulations to the Fosseway pair of Dave Josham & Lee Britten is securing a 1 point victory in this season's Mockeridge Cup played at Weston-super-Mare GC on Saturday 13th April.

 The full results table is provided on the Mockeridge Cup page.

Mockeridge Cup 2018 @ Weston-s-Mare GC: Sunday 13th April 
BB Stableford 90% Handicap            
Team Player 1 H/Cap Player 2 H/Cap Points Back 9 Back 6 Back 3
Fosseway Dave Josham 13 Lee Britten 16 44 24 15 9
Tall Pines Seniors Mark Hewlett 7 Jim Hobday 9 43 22 17 7
Isle of Wedmore B Richard Ham 13 Ian Williams 15 43 22 15 7
Weston Super Mare A Sean Frost  13 Ian Goldsworthy 16 43 21 14 7
Worlebury Allstars Andy Taylor 12 Richard Goodwin 10 43 21 12 7

2018 AGM

 

The key points at the AGM on 25 Oct are below. Minutes will be sent out to captains on 30 Oct 18 for confirmation. 

  • As the League finances are in such a healthy position, the £25 annual subscription per team will be waived for 2019.?

 

  • It was agreed that promotion & relegation in 2019 will be 1 up / 1 down between Div 1 & 2; and then 2 up / 2 down from Div 2 to 7.

 

  • A new procedure for submitting match results was agreed to a new website as avalonresults@hotmail.com  and this will be the only way of submitting results for the 2019 season.

 

  • Keith Parker will look to update results from each weekend by Wed each week. Martin Dunton will support Keith as required if necessary to ensure the results are updated weekly.

 

  • The Seniors teams will be eligible to enter a pair in the Mockeridge Cup from 2019 season.