Sunday 5th October

Our winner this month was Adam Johnson Gross 84 Nett 70

The result was of particular note as three members completed with same nett result. On count back the winner was announced.

Competition was completed using White Tees.

There was high expectation, as a consequence of the adverse scoring due to the strong winds, that WHS would issue overnight a PCC score adjustment for HCP purposes. This did not appear.

Weather on Sunday was dry but very windy with strong gusts.

Background to the severe weather:

In England, damage was less severe than the rest of the country, although the River Duddon flooded part of the A595 road and over 1,000 people lost power across Cumbria on 4 October. At Gatwick Airport, strong winds led to 153 flights being delayed, whilst some ferries between Dover and Dunkirk were cancelled. A tree blocked the railway line between Rye and Ashford International and heavy rain led to flooding at Earlswood railway station. The Patterdale mountain rescue team spent five hours rescuing a group of 13 people from Great Dodd amid winds of up to 80 mph (130 km/h), during which two people were injured; three men were trapped in a cave in the Yorkshire Dales due to flooding for over 30 hours before being rescued by over 100 volunteers with a number of rescue teams.