v SAY YOU SAW IT IN THE HERALD v Page 72 • The HERALD • 9th January 2025 SPORT IN THE HERALD Dibden Open Golf Society (DOGS) Results 19th November the ‘DOGS’ celebrated their 10th Anniversary year with a 3 Ball Scramble Competition, 30 players braved the wet and cold wintery weather with a well-deserved celebratory drink for all ‘DOGS’ members a er the golf in the bar. Winners: G O’Connor, D Thorpe & A Turnpenny (47.7), 2nd: D Webster, S Lawson & M O’Brien (48.6), 3rd: S Raynsford, Gail Feary & T O’Connor (50.7). Nearest the pins: G Tourle (2nd/18), R Short (4a/18) and G O’Connor (4th/ (9th). 26th November the ‘DOGS’ played a team 3 Ball Bowmaker Competition using the winter card, Stableford format, best 2 scores counting plus those other add ons. Winning team: D Thorpe, D Wilkins and M O’Brien (69), 2nd and also wine winners: D McManus, S Raynsford & M Drodge (68C/B), 3rd: G O’Connor, D Wilson & B Cox (68C/B). 3rd December Founder Members of the ‘DOGS’ (Dibden Open Golf Society) Dave Lowman and Colin Peall welcomed golfers and guests to celebrate the 10th Annual Golf Presentation and Christmas Lunch in the Dibden Solent Suite. e day started with an individual Stableford competition played with the ‘DOGS’ winter scoring card and wine presentations for all those nearest the pins on par 3’s. Stableford winner: R Short (37), 2nd: W Hooper (34C/B), 3rd: B Cox (34C/B), 4th: A Mitchell (33C/B), 5th: C Bray (33C/B), 2’s winners: C Bray & S Bulbrooke. Nearest the pin winners: D Webster (2nd/18), T Oliver (4th/18), B Barnard (4a/18), A Mitchell (2nd/9), T O’Connor (3rd/9), J Stoker (6th/9), Jo Renyard (7th/9), L Jones (9th/9). Adam Freeman: 4 nearest the pins and almost a hole in one, only one to count (5th/9). Dave Lowman gave thanks to, Mytime Sta , Colin and Richard, Viv Parsons (who could not attend on the day), Terry Oliver, Dennis orpe, Jamie Stoker and all those others who assist throughout the year, prizes were e Solent Circuit, hosted by Lymington Town Sailing Club (LTSC), is a staple xture in the Western Solent, providing a challenging nal series to keelboat racing each year. Sponsored by Luxury Property Projects, the 2024 Solent Series had an excellent turnout, with 40 boats registered over four classes for six Sunday races in October and November. As can o en be the case in autumn, weather conditions were challenging, with either no wind or 50 knots, resulting in just two Sundays where the weather gods played ball. At the helm of this extremely well-run series is Nick Hopwood, who for 15 years has led the LTSC race team to deliver excellent racing in o en di cult conditions for a eet of hardy racers determined not to give up racing for the year just yet! e nal scheduled day of racing, Sunday 24th November, came up trumps with su cient wind to enable IRC1 and Sports Boats to complete ve out of six races in the series, with YTC and Nordic Folkboats completing four races overall. In IRC1, Team Boomerang dominated, a regular to the series and packed with talent. Ducking it out for second and third position were Gin Tonic and Jelly Baby, both nishing on 11 points net, with Gin Tonic taking 2nd overall on countback. Juno took the Endeavour Trophy for the highest-scored boat that took part in all races. In YTC there was tight racing and stiff rivalry between White Mischief and Colleen, both of whom have been competing in the Solent Circuit for many seasons. e nal position was decided over a single race as scores were identical in all but Race 3, with White Mischief winning the class. In the Sports Boat Class racing was equally as tight, but the RS21 Dark & Stormy dominated the eet with three bullets and a second to close out the series. e J80 Traffic Jam kept them honest with J70 Escape also pushing hard close behind. e Nordic Folkboats experienced excellent one-design racing. It was tight at times but overall Team Gybe n’ kept ahead with three bullets and a second. Despite the results there were lots of lead changes, particularly in the last race of the series when Nick Ingram on Otter sailed an outstanding rst two legs, only to be overhauled in the second beat by Gybe n’. e overall winner of the 2024 Solent Circuit, sponsored by Luxury Property Projects, for the second consecutive year, was Gybe n’. Simon Evans, owner of the series sponsor, Luxury Property Projects and A CHALLENGING 2024 SOLENT CIRCUIT presented to the 2024 winners by trophy man Jamie Stoker, (photos can be found on the ‘DOGS’ website) the main winner for 2024 was the overall Stableford and Medal Winner Sue Hallett. anks again to their very own lmmaker Steve Lawson who followed on from last year with another brilliant DVD of the 2024 year of the ‘DOGS’ which included a quiz for those intelligent enough among the attendees of 60 plus to answer. An excellent 10th Anniversary a ernoon, with an excellent Christmas meal served by Ellie and the Mytime catering and waiting sta , thank you to Mytime Management for the use of e Solent Suite. For all the DOGS winners and Christmas dinner photos visit the ‘DOGS’ website: dibdenopengolfsociety.uk/ 3rd December winners: 1st R Short, 2nd W Hooper, 3rd B Cox, 4th A Mitchell, 5th C Bray 3rd December Wine Winners 2024 Championship Winner Sue Hallet Lymington & District Sea Fishing Club Results On ursday 14th November Lymington & District Sea Fishing Club held its 22nd Recreational Mid-Week Fishing Trip aboard “Ocean Runner” skippered by Ryan Jones out of Poole. 6 Anglers set o primarily shing for bass. With a few dri s on the way for live pouting they soon had enough live bait to dri the Ledge for bass. A er several dri s Paul Ibbersongrove caught what was to be the only bass there. With a move next up towards the Isle of Wight shing the Bridge, everyone had plenty of hits but the bass just didn’t seem to be feeding. Mark Boldick did eventually catch one. With the last of slack water and then the beginning of the ood, the decision was to move back to the Ledge in search of bass. Unfortunately, no more were caught. ey then moved back towards Poole to try their hand at squid shing. In the short period of time, they managed to get 10 good size squid onboard. Whilst the bass shing wasn’t great, a good time was had by all and the day made complete with a few squid being caught. Mark Boldick a key member of Team Gybe n’ was delighted to be sponsor, Folkboat class winner and Overall series winner! He said: “Luxury Property Projects is proud to have sponsored the 2024 Solent Circuit. Many thanks to Lymington Town Sailing Club for hosting, once again, an excellent autumn keelboat series on and off the water. This year conditions have been particularly challenging, our thanks to the Race Management Team for all their hard work. Rumour has it that this is Nick Hopwood’s last year as Principal Race Officer for the Solent Circuit. We hope he will reconsider, and I would like to thank him for his dedication, pragmatic approach, and hard work over the years.” Heather Chipper eld of Lymington Town Sailing Club said: “We love the Solent Circuit, a great end to the Western Solent yacht racing year, with true bonhomie. It makes a massive difference to have the sponsorship of a local company and we thank Luxury Property Projects for their support.” Final results: IRC 1: 1st Boomerang - Team Boomerang Net 5 points, 2nd Gin Tonic - Andy Roberts Net 12.0 points, 3rd Jelly Baby - William Newton Net 12.0 points. YTC: 1st White Mischief - Andy Hind Net 6.0 points, 2nd Colleen - Alan Hill Net 8.0 points, 3rd Strega - Matt Perkins Net 4.7 points. Sports Boats: 1st Dark & Stormy - Liam & Keith Willis Net 5.0 points, 2nd Traffic Jam - Toby Collyer Net 8.0 points, 3rd Escape - Giles Chipperfield Net 13.0 points. Nordic Folkboats: 1st Gybe n’ - Cy Grisley & Simon Evans Net 5.0 points, 2nd Mistral - Claire & Julian Sowry Net 8.0 points, 3rd Jen - John Cooper Net 20.0 points. Full results can be found at: www. sailwave.com/results/LTSC/2024_ SolentCircuit.htm Solent Circuit Prize Winners 2024 Solent Circuit Racing
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