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