Page 76 • The HERALD • 28th March 2024 v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v SPORT IN THE HERALD All your cycle servicing needs for all makes and models of bikes by a qualified mechanic with over 20 years experience! Spares, accessories and good honest advice! WE ALSO SELL BIKES! JON’S BIKE REPAIR & SALES Unit 19, Glenmore Business Park, Hardley Industrial Estate, Lime Kiln Lane, Holbury SO45 2AR 023 8089 0712 EST: 2016 Monday 19th February the weather was extremely wet. Another game of Stableford played over 9 holes was the order of the day. Bramshott Hill Seniors faced the challenge undeterred and total of 27 players took to the course. e bunkers were declared out of play due to the conditions and some of the fairways were extremely wet. If the ball landed in standing water players were allowed to li and place it in a drier position. is would seem to be the case for the foreseeable future if the weather forecasts are to be believed. eir Captain Dave Wilson, introduced a side element to their game, a marker is placed somewhere on the rst fairway and the person that drives closest to the marker wins a bottle of wine. e rst winner was Jeff Andrews, who received a bottle of Baileys a er the game. e results were as follows: Division 1: 1st Adrian Mitchell 19, 2nd Steven Lawson 19, 3rd Paul Wastell 19. Division 2: 1st John Manning 19, 2nd Jeffrey Andrews 19, 3rd Phillip Lebrun 19. Where points are equal, positions are determined using the countback formula. Sadly, due to the weather and course conditions no golf was played on Monday 26th February. e weather continues to bring bouts of heavy rain but ‘MyTime’ sta managed to get the top nine holes open for Monday 4th March. irty Senior Bramshott Hill players took to the course for a Stableford game. e conditions were still very wet which made playing very muddy and balls plugged on several occasions, but it takes more than this to deter Bramshott Seniors. It is clear from the results that several Seniors have managed to adapt their game to these poor conditions and are returning some very good scores. Included in the main competition, a prize is also awarded, for the player getting nearest the pin in a single stroke on holes 4 and 4a. is is awarded monthly and the winner for February was Mike Newland. Mike was presented with two bottles of wine by Seniors Captain Dave Wilson. e results are as follows: Division 1: 1st Doug Dearden 21, 2nd Dave Wilson 20, 3rd Brian Lewis 20. Division 2: 1st David Wyatt 21, 2nd Brett Parr 21, 3rd Ronald Gooding 20. 20th February the ‘DOGS’ played a 3 Ball Team Stableford Waltz. Individual Stableford score and those other wonderful add ons were played. Winning team: S Lawson, P Mortimer & C Ellis (68) 2nd: C Bray, L Jones & N Dixon (65) 3rd: D McManus, B Baker & D Bravery (63) Pro’s Approach: G O’Connor 8th (9). Nearest the Pins: L Jones 4th (18) and B Baker 4th (9). 27th February the ‘DOGS’ played one of their favourites, a 3 Man Team Yellow Peril (Winter Card) played on the 9 hole and part 18 hole courses. Winning team: M Wells, J Manning & R Short (67) 2nd: T O’Connor, Jo Renyard & Sue Hallett (66C/B) 3rd: J Stoker, D Sly & A Turnpenny (66C/B). Nearest the Pin winners: J Stoker 4th (18) T O’Connor 7th (9) and P Huxley 7th (9). This match saw Mike Wells enjoying his return to winning ways within the ‘DOGS’! Jeff Andrews receiving his bottle of Baileys from Dave Wilson Mike Newland receiving two bottles of wine from Dave Wilson for nearest the pin 20th February winning team: S Lawson, P Mortimer, C Ellis 27th February winning team: M Wells, J Manning, R Short Bramshott Hill Seniors Results Dibden Open Golf Society (DOGS) Results HYTHE CINEMA e Hythe Cinema Moviola show lms in high de nition Blu-ray and stereo sound on a large screen at e Parish Hall, West Street, Hythe. eir next o ering is Napoleon (15) on Tuesday 16th April at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Napoleon is a spectacle- lled action epic that details the checkered rise and fall of the iconic French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, played by Joaquin Phoenix. Against a stunning backdrop of large-scale lmmaking orchestrated by legendary director Ridley Scott, the lm captures Bonaparte’s relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his one true love, Josephine (Vanessa Kirby), showcasing his visionary military and political tactics against some of the most dynamic practical battle sequences ever lmed. Sony Pictures. Tickets are £6 and available in advance from Pebbles ladies clothes shop in the High Street (opposite Costa), or on the door on show days. Railway Correspondence and Travel Society (RCTS) and Mid Hants Railway, Solent Branch meetings are held in association with Mid Hants Railway – Southampton and Waterside Group. Meetings are held at the Eastleigh Railway Institute, Romsey Road Eastleigh SO50 9FE and commence at 7.30pm. e room, on the rst oor (sorry no disabled access), is usually open from 7pm. A bar is available for refreshments. eir next meeting is on Wednesday 17th April for ‘Swindon - e Origin’ by Canon Brian Arman, RCTS President. Followed on Wednesday 15th May for ‘Southern England in the 1990’s’ by Mark Greening. A donation of £3 is usual to help with the costs of the speaker and room hire. Non-members are very welcome at their meetings. Further details can be obtained from John Godfrey on: 07850 220009 or email: solent@rcts.org.uk Swindon - The Origin Crime Talk on Cyber Scams Ashurst & District Ladies Probus are a very friendly group of Ladies and would love to see you. ey meet on the 3rd Thursday of every month at e Happy Cheese, Ashurst at 11am. ey have a speaker every month on a great variety of topics and a erwards most of the members stay for a lunch and general chat. eir next meeting will be on Thursday 18th April for a Crime Talk on Cyber Scams. ey would love you to go along, it’s a lovely way to spend the morning, with some interesting, informative speakers. If you would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact Marian Quantrell, Treasurer on: 023 8029 2381 or: 07849 410323. A Ffestiniog Railway Miscellany e Railway Club of the New Forest meet on Friday 19th April in the Exhibition Room, Brockenhurst Village Hall, Highwood Road, Brockenhurst. SO42 7RY. e talk will be preceded by a short (10 minute) AGM. Charles Clark’s talk is entitled ‘A Ffestiniog Railway Miscellany’. When Charles Clark was the guest speaker at the Club’s meeting in February 2022, he took his audience to the top le -hand corner of Wales to talk about the Welsh Highland Railway that runs from Caernarvon to Porthmadog. In April 2024 he is returning to Wales to talk about its companion railway, the Ffestiniog, and to show some vintage lms of it from his large collection of railway lms. He will later talk about the major project at the two railways’ loco works at Boston Lodge, following the receipt of a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of £3.5 million. Visitors welcome. £5 on the door. Arrive from 7pm. Start at 7.30pm. Find them on: www.railwayclubo henewforest.org.uk
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