This year's Worthing Invitation Cup took place  on 19 September and the players could not have asked for better weather.  Heather looks back on how the day progressed under her watchful and organised eye...!

 

 

 

 

It was an early 7 am start at the golf course where I was just in time to catch the first arrivals, there was a chill, which quickly dissipated to leave a warmth in the air, and drying out the golf courses.
Very quickly, jumpers were discarded, shorts appeared in the afternoon, and everyone agreed that they had had a fine day to play.
The course was in excellent condition, with fast greens on the lower (separates the men from the boys!)
There were no complaints with the temperature which recorded 19.5 Deg.C at 17.00 h!
After the game, teams were able to have a drink on the terrace and reminisce about the ‘if we... when we …’

 

 

Heather Hilder-Darling presented a very proud Pat Colville of South Coast Nursing and his team with the Worthing Invitation Cup.
South Coast Nursing are first time winners of the cup and made an impressive 166 points over two courses to take home the cup.
The team also put in an impressive 38 point score in the crystal ball competition, but were pipped at the post by the team from Carpenter Box.
South Coast Nursing will now be organizing the event in 2009

 

1st - South Coast Nursing (166 pts)
2nd - Carpenter Box (160)
3rd - Dynamic IT (158c/b)

Longest Drive
Lower Course - Michael Goodwin
Upper Course - Gareth Halford

Nearest the Pin
Lower Course - Alan Edwards
Upper Course - Bob Hilder

Crystal Ball  Competition - Carpenter Box
HSBC and Mezzo Design came a valiant ‘top of the bottom’ in the Team Prize and Crystal Ball competitions respectively.

Heather awarded a special prize to Mike Metters of Miller Parris Team for his gallant first tee effort on the upper in the Crystal Ball Comp!

 

This year Mezzo Design kindly sponsored a special prize for the ladies, with Mo Whittal winning first prize and Jane Musgrave in second place for overall scores on the day.

 

We all thank our sponsors for their commitment to ensuring the longevity of the competition.  This year’s prizes included an array of golf equipment including golf bags, suit carriers and golf shoe carriers with an assortment of smaller prizes from HSBC.
Our thanks to:
Bond International             Carpenter Box               The Fry Group
GWCA                               Halford Jarvis                H D Tribe

HSBC                                Hurdley Atkins               LEV Masters
Mezzo                               Miller Parris                   RW Hilder & Co Ltd
South Coast Nursing

 

The history of the Worthing Invitation Cup is worthy of a mention here.  The story goes back to 1994 where chat began at an annual bankers’ dinner which brought together Brian Phillips, manager of Barclays, and Martin Godsmark of Carpenter Box, to generate the idea of creating a golf day for professional services within the Worthing area.
Brian and Martin continued to run the event for six years, after which time it was decided to allow the winners to organize the event.

 

Hurdley Atkins won the very first Worthing Invitation Cup competition in 1994.  This year’s team of Steve Atkins, Ashley Jacobs and Wayne Kenward put in a valiant effort to try and match the 160 points made in 1994 but fell short by 3 points.
Jordon & Cook are currently in the lead with four consecutive years of winning (1998—2001).
R W Hilder & Co won in 2007 with 189 points beating all previous years’ scores.