Good Afternoon,

A good mornings golf with the temperature a little better than Tuesday

The overall winner was Richard Gent just ahead of Ken Gregory.
They were both tied on 40 points, their back 9, back 6 and back 3 were identical, so we had to go to the highest stableford on the hardest hole where Richard scored 3 points to Ken's 2.
The rules for this are shown below

With the numbers playing today we have a first and second in both divisions. 
Please note Division 1 is handicaps 21 and below and Division 2 is 22 and above

Division 1
1. Ken Gregory - 40 points
2. Mike Twyman - 36 points

Division 2
1. Richard Gent - 40 points
2. John Watt - 35 points

Winner of the bottle of wine on the 16th - Chris Hatherly

COUNT-BACK


Typically, Count-Back is invoked only if there is a tie among the competitors finishing with the most points. Ties between (say) fourth and fifth place finishers remain ties and their spoils are equally divided. However, Count-Back may be used to resolve all ties if this is established by the competition officer before the event.

To perform a Count-Back, sum up the Stableford Point totals for everyone sharing the tie over the final nine (9) holes of the event. If this results in a single competitor having the largest point total, then he/she is the victor and the process stops.

If multiple competitors share the largest point figure after the initial Count-Back, then continue the Count-Back process by eliminating any competitors whose back-nine totals were less than that largest amount.

Then perform a Count-Back of the remaining competitors over the final six (6) holes played. If this fails to resolve a single victor, then repeat the process over the final three (3) holes. If still necessary, then resort to the final hole.

If an outright victor cannot be resolved after all four stages of Count-Back, the process continues as follows:

1) Best Stableford score on the single most difficult hole of the course (to make par). This will be the hole designated with a "1" in the line bearing the label "HCP" or "Handicap".

2) Best Stableford score across the three (3) most difficult holes of the course.

3) Best Stableford score across the six (6) most difficult holes of the course.

4) Best Stableford score across the nine (9) most difficult holes of the course.

If there's still a tie after all eight stages of Count-Back then you'd simply arrange a fight to the death using broken golf club shafts because you're pulling my leg. Nobody has a tie after all these machinations. It just doesn't happen.