The fourth round of the 2015/16 Fermon Trophy was played at Silves on 18th January. Following the expansion of this competition from 4 to 5 clubs this event for the first time was jointly hosted by SdM and Silves International GC. The weather was excellent and the course in fantastic condition and this was reflected in some great scoring by some of the participants.
Except for one team the scores were incredibly close with 2 points separating four of the teams. The lowest scorers on the day were Carvoeiro and Silves International with 190, closely followed by SdM and Vila Sol on 192. Alto however put on a great team display and scored a magnificent 205. There last three pairings came in with 43, 46 and 47 points!!
With 2 events to go all 5 teams are still in with a chance of the trophy. Vila Sol are currently 5th on 539 points but have a home game to come, Carvoeiro are 4th on 549, SdM 3rd with 553, SIGC are 2nd on 562 only 2 points behind the leaders Alto (564). So all to play for!!
SdM scores on the day were Fred Campbell/Mick MacFarlane 41, Gwynne Jones/Stu Deans 41, Steve Morgan/Malcolm Cooke 39, Warren Tennant/Richard Whiteley 37, Bob Cutt/Euan Pyper 34 and Peter & Marja Chapman 33.
The 4th Round will be played at Vila Sol on 16th March. Anyone wishing to be considered for selection should sign up on the website.