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Closest To Pin (CTP)
Saturday - John Massey
Sunday - Del Robins

Longest Drive
Saturday - Jester
Sunday - Del Robins

Furthest Travelled
Richard Clegg (Edinburgh)

Spirit Award
Rob Capper

Tournament Review by Jester
Twenty three players gathered at the Green Park Centre, Aylesbury for the Bongo's first BDGA Tour event. The Green Park Centre does not have a permanent golf course so the baskets were brought in for the weekend only.
The Centre is in a beautiful setting and the terrain offers plenty of interesting features for some entertaining golf holes.

The Green Park Centre hosted its first disc golf event in March 2002 (BDGA Doubles Matchplay), also managed by the Bongos. After this successful Spring tournament some green keeping work was required to ensure the original twelve, the 'Saturday Course', was still playable. Of the original 12 only the final hole had become too overgrown to be unplayable, so was redesigned and renamed in honour of Her Majesty The Queen's Golden Jubilee - 'Luvlee Jublee'.

For this tournament a second twelve, the 'Sunday Course', was designed. The Sunday course shared five holes with the Saturday Course, modifying one and introducing six new holes. Current affairs influenced a few hole names - 'Bend it like Beckam' and 'Spiderman'. The variety of holes between the two courses meant players would need a wide range of different shots to succeed.

Saturday - Rounds 1 and 2
Windy Friday night rain cleared to calm Saturday morning sunshine and the first round got underway. Two rounds of 24 were to be played (twice round the Saturday Course). In the Open Division Derek Robins showed great form and set the early pace with an excellent 64 (course par for two twelve's 76) with Jester Wilson close behind on 67, Tom Soper on 71 and Richard Sampson on 73. In the Amateur Division, John Massey carded an impressive 71. With Sue Underwood shooting 72 (including a great run of four 2's in a row) and Robin Ailes on 73 it was tight at the top. Many players who may have been expected to place higher up the leaderboard found the tight, technical course quite testing, carding surprisingly high scores.

The second round of 24 saw Rbbins equal his morning round with another 64, meanwhile Jester lost ground shooting 73 but Soper and Sampson improved by a stroke each to 70 and 72 respectively. In the Ams, Massey slipped 2 strokes to 73 but Rob Capper improved 6 strokes to 70. Overnight the top of the leaderboard was as follows:
Op - Derek Robins 128
Op - Jester Wilson 140
Op - Tom Soper 141
Op - Ivan Bromage - 144
Am - John Massey 144
Op - Richard Sampson 145
Am - Rob Capper 146
Op - Bud Tilton 147
Am - Sue Underwood 152
Am - Bruce Webber 153
Am - Robin Ailes 156
Am - Gwyn Wilden 158

Saturday Night Players Dinner
The local Rising Sun pub (only 10 minutes walk, or 20 minutes stagger from the course) provided the players with an excellent evening meal, plenty of liquid refreshment and a welcome rest after 48 holes of golf! It was only a matter of time before the dartboard came into play and several games of killer passed the night away.

Sunday - Rounds 3 and 4+finals
Sunday morning was windy, overcast and some intermittent drizzle was falling as the third round started. This time 24 holes were played on the Sunday course. Slightly longer than the Saturday course (par 80 for two 12's), Robins again showed he had the measure of the course shooting a superb 14 under 66. Jester had an erratic 79 while Sampson, Soper and Bud Tilton both managed 77. In the Ams, Massey kept it together with a 78 and Bruce Webber with a 82. Meanwhile Capper, Robin Ailes and Gwyn Wilden were inseparable on 83 a piece.

A filling baked potato, chilli and cheese lunch later, the fourth round (12 holes of the Sunday course par 40) got underway in heavy wind and rain. In these conditions any player who could hold their game together would surely gain some ground. Robins and Sampson did just that with rounds of 37 while Jester and Soper managing 38 each. Battling for 2nd position, Jester and Soper traded birdies - Jester scoring well on the short, tight par 3's (including a run of four 2's), Soper taking shots back with pin-point approaches to birdie the long, open par 4's. In the Ams, Massey took a 42, but an excellent 38 went to Gwyn Wilden playing some of his best golf of the weekend in the worst conditions.

With all the fourth round scores in, the division leaders looked like this:
Op - Derek Robins 231
Op - Tom Soper 256
Op - Jester Wilson 257
Op - Richard Sampson 259
Op - Bud Tilton 264
Am - John Massey 264
Am - Rob Capper 270
Am - Bruce Webber 276
Am - Gwyn Wilden 279
Am - Robin Ailes 280
Am - Sue Underwood 281

With Robins 24 shots clear going into the 6 hole final in was unlikely he would lose his grip, but the race for second was very tight with only 3 shots separating Soper, Jester and Sampson. Due to Massey being tied with Tilton he took the option to play in the Open Final and settle 5th place. In the Am final with only two shots separating Wilden, Ailes and Underwood a tense finish was on the cards.

In the Open final (6 holes, par 20) Jester and Tom played as they had in the previous rounds, Jester taking shots out of Soper sinking 2's on the par 3's and Soper taking them back on the par 4's. Both players finished with a 19 as did Robins. Sampson turned on the style for the gallery to throw an excellent 17 moving him up from 4th to tie with Jester in 3rd place. Experience was on the side of Tilton who managed to beat Massey by a shot, 20 to 21 respectively, to take 5th place.

The Am Final played the same 6 holes (par 20). Unusually, the leading Am player (John Massey) did not feature in the Am final as he was playing so well he had made it into the Open Division final. Anyhow, this meant that an extra player from the Am division qualified for a taste of final action. Rob Capper was comfortably holding second place in the division behind Massey and had a clear lead over players competing for 3rd place. Capper toasted the rest of the final throwing -2 (18). Webber blew out a little to let the others catch up. Gwyn Wilden kept up his good form to finish equal 3rd with
Webber; Underwood and Ailes finished tied overall for 5th.

For many people this was the first time they had played Green Park. The feedback suggests that the course was really well received. In Robins closing speech, he complimented the course and highlighted that the course had a great blend of holes requiring a wide variety of shots.

Special Thanks
The Bongos would like to give special thanks to those who helped out preparing the course and also to players who brought baskets - Rob Capper, Darren Rose, Richard Clegg, Del Robins, Bristol Acers and Quarry Park Disc Golf Club.