Quill & Club Tournament 2021

QUILL & CLUB

7 Oct 21 Mill Ride Golf Club

T

he annual AGA Quill and Club event

30+.

The course stood firm and proved a

is organised by the AGA committee

good test for everyone and with a few “risk

as the season’s close for all the

and reward” holes that favoured the brave it

current and past organisers of AGA

kept all players honest, although there were

events at Army, Corps and Regional level.

some impressive scores posted by a few of

This year it was hosted for the first time at

the brave.

Mill Ride Golf Club, Nr Ascot, and took place

the front 9 with Marcus Murcott and Mark

on Thu 7 Oct 21 following the Annual General

Nowosielski hitting 20, compared to the back

Committee Meeting (AGCM). The event was

9 where only 2 shot 18+ with Matt Priston and

once again most generously sponsored by Mr

Mark

Geoff Hill, Astute, we remain grateful for his

respectively.

Only four players posted 18+ on

Nowosielski

shooting

20

and

21

continuing support, although unfortunately Geoff was unable to attend this year.

Results in the overall competition proved

fairly close with only 4 points separating the Given the COVID restrictions of the previous

top three. Thereafter we had 3 players tied in

18 months, our expectations of a large

fourth place. So, in third place with 37 pts was

turnout were not high. The field was indeed

Marcus Murcott on his debut Q&C event,

significantly smaller than our last outing to

then in second place with an excellent score

say farewell to Martyn Allen in 2019.

The

of 40 pts was Gina Smith, and taking the

Chair was again unable to travel from

spoils and retaining the trophy for the second

Belgium owing to COVID restrictions and the

year running, with an outstanding 41 pts was

new Vice Chair was tied to his day job with

Mark Nowosielski.

the RBL.

All things considered we had a

reasonable field of 14 players; 13 men, 1 lady,

It should be noted that no guest prizes were

Gina Smith, and it was good to see the AGA

presented but Mark Snape from Thales,

Headline Sponsor Thales, supported by Mark

posted a very credible score of 33 pts off his

Snape.

+2 handicap.

We played the usual format of 18

holes Stableford played off full handicap from the yellow/red tees.

It must be said the

As usual a great time was had by all and this

course was in excellent condition given the

event was a fitting close to the AGA season.

particularly wet weather we had experienced

We are indebted to Mill Ride GC, who hosted

in the led up to the event. The greens ran

the event impeccably. Next year we have a

steady and true which is all we could ask for.

new venue, the Army Golf Club and the competition will take place on Wed 5 Oct 22.

The weather followed a similar pattern to most of the year’s competitions; unsettled, overcast with a little rain but still relatively warm.

Summary of Main Results:

With not having what we would

normally call a hot summer the fairways were

Winner - Maj Mark Nowosielski 41 pts

lush and with little wind or breeze there

Runner-Up - Maj Gina Smith 40 pts

wasn’t much to affect play other than one’s

Third Place - Sgt Marcus Murcott 37 pts

ability to stay straight off the tee; any unwanted play was definitely self-generated.

In fairness to all players there were some very steady scores carded, just over half scoring

Maj Mark Nowosielski and Mark Snape