17 members of the Club were rewarded with fine sunny conditions for their “away-day” at Ampfield Golf Club, nr. Romsey on Tuesday 17 May, courtesy of Alan Sellwood who kindly arranged the visit.
Ampfield is one of the finest par 3 courses in the South of England and it is a great pleasure to play on such a fine but taxing course.
The day’s golf was arranged as a pairs competition with the highest handicap player paired with the lowest handicap player and so on to give some equality to the pairings.
The main competition was won by the pairing of Hector James and Peter Merry who came home with a nett score of 126 beating close rivals Roger Stevens and Lionel Whyton on 128.

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David Ayling and Robin Welland easily out-paced the field in this medal round. David's 4-under par squeezed past Robin's 3-under net par to steal the lead

In this 2-in-1 competition, players complete a medal round while counting the number of t-shots that land on the green (stars).
Tom Smith and Alan Sellwood tied the medal with equal 3-under par rounds. The countback showed  that Alan's last 9 holes totalled 30-3(hcap) = net 27, while Tom's last 9 totalled 26-3=23. Tom Smith was declared the medal winner. Alan's compensatiom was the award of the prize for most stars (8)

6 players contested the lead in this medal, only 1 shot separated them. In the end, Robin Welland and Paul Fields led the group with 1-under-par. The count-back rule was applied to separate them.
Over the last 9 holes both tied with a net score of 27.
The second count over the last 6 hole showed Fields with 22 -2(hcap) =20, and Welland with 22 - 4 = 18, so Robin Welland was declared the winner.

In April 2014, Robert Smith founded the Charlton Lakes Golf Community, supported by Valley Leisure who then managed the Andover leisure facilities. The aim was to facilitate inexpensive golf to all regardless of age, gender or ability.
The demography evolved over time into a group of males who enjoyed a weekly opportunity to have a quick game of competitive golf. Consequently, the title word “Community” was changed to “Club”.
Since 2014, Robert Smith has led the club as its chairman. He relinquished the post at the last AGM for health reasons. On 23rd April 2022 on Founder’s Day, the new Chairman, Peter Merry, presented him with an engraved golf trophy on behalf of all the members to mark those years of service.

Picture shows Robert accepting the trophy in his home.

Each year, Founder's Day commemorates the founding of the club in 2014. A shield is awarded to the winner of a medal round played on that day.
2022 saw a record field of entries and John Roberts was awarded the shield after a count-back with Robin Welland. Both players returning scores of 3-under par.

A Quota competition is variation of a stableford.
Players start with a "quota" of points equal to their handicap. The quota is incresed by the result of the player's stableford points  based  on the gross score on each hole. Alan Sellwood's 41 points beat the field in this fun game.

Medal & Putt is two competitions in one, a medal round and count for the fewest putts. Rick Poyser's 4-under- par score secured the medal, while David Ayling's 24 putts for the round beat the rest of the field.

The first Medal of the new season was won by the new Chairman, Peter Merry. He emerged the victor after a 3-way countback over the last-nine holes.
The day was also crowned by a hole-in-one on the 8th by one of our newest members, Mike Ayling. Another new member, Brian Wise, marked the day with his first par round.