DAY 2 – SLAYLEY HALL – HUNTING COURSE

After a very enjoyable Friday night and then fortified by a very tasty cooked breakfast,
we got down to the serious business of Day 2 of the competition.
The Hunting course opened for play in 1989 and is a long golf course, carved through a dense pine forest.
Rhododendrons provide welcome seasonal colour, but it’s the pines that will punish the wayward shot.
As on the Priestman, the bunkering design is masterful.

Rain threatened at times, but never really spoilt the day, allowing some decent scoring to be done.
This time the indomitable Erdall rallied and left Monaghan trailing well behind,
while it was perhaps the length of the course that meant a whole batch of players were clustered about 23.
At the end of the day, no one managed to play to their handicap, so no scores of 38 points or higher.
Andrew Scott was the closest, finishing at the top of the leaderboard on 35 points, well clear of McClelland on 31.

Round 2 – Hunting

A. Scott	35
B. McLelland	31
A. Harper	30
G. High	29
A. Jago	28
A. Peters	27
P. Jaco	27
D. Cramb	25
S. Johnson	25
V. Bates	23
D. Graham	23
J. Rooney	23
B. Wilson	23
S. Robertson	23
R. Erdall	21
D. Sparks	21
N. Smith	20
A. Monaghan	13

This left the overnight leaderboard incredibly tight towards the top, with 6 players positioned on a spread of 41-43 points.
Despite Scott’s sterling efforts, the steady play from McClelland was rewarded with a score of 44 points,
with Jago snapping at his heels on 44 and three others just one point behind that.
Even the battle for the wooden spoon was starting to look a very close run affair!

Overnight leaderboard – Day 2

B. McClelland	44
A. Jago	44
A. Harper	43
D. Graham	43
S. Johnson	43
S. Robertson	42
G. High	42
A. Scott	41
D. Cramb	39
A. Peters	37
V. Bates	35
B. Wilson	35
N. Smith	34
P. Jaco	34
J. Rooney	34
D. Sparks	34
R. Erdall	31
A. Monaghan	29

That evening saw a little “misunderstanding” about meal arrangements,
but this was quickly forgotten thanks to the liberal supply of free drink organised by Mr Rooney.
So a good time was had by all.

(Cheers John!)