Before the heavy rains came, eighty four men were able to play in the March Weekend Stableford.

Gary Quin won Division One with 35 points after a triple countback, with Phil Leadbeater second and Simon Grant third. Division Two went to James Richards again with 35, Ken Webster was second with 34 and Clive Copp was third with 33. Best score of the day came from Paul Taylor winning Division Three with 36. Spencer Pocock again won the Pro Shop Nearest the Pin event with Phil Bendall second and Jack Hayes third.

Mendip’s clubhouse was full for the AGM. Those present received excellent presentations from the club’s Chairman Alan Edwards and Finance Director Alan Kay. They were delighted to report that the club is presently in a strong financial position following a particularly difficult period in 2019.

Alongside the improvement in the club’s finances, great improvements had been achieved on the course and the club was delighted to have finished runners up in England Golf’s Sustainability Award, achieved through efforts on the course to reduce chemicals and fertilisers and return parts of the course to a more natural state which has encouraged a return of a lot of wildlife. In addition the club has invested in a biomass boiler system and has a borehole which proved a godsend during the very dry summer in 2022. The two new holes are bedding in well and the opening of the driving range is imminent. No-one is in any doubt that with high inflation and an uncertain financial climate there will be difficult times ahead for many people. However with high membership numbers, an excellent course ever improving and being in a sound financial position, Mendip can look to the future with a fair degree of confidence.

Tony Williams