A solid start from Dave, who made the turn in one under. A birdie on 5 and two pars to finish the outward nine, gave Con a good lead on 3 under. The rest were struggling, but two pars to complete the half made Mike’s score look a little more respectable.

With a frosty ground cover, the bounce was erratic and approach shots hard to judge, but things changed as Geoff with a birdie and Russ with a steady net par back nine improved their scores. Con and Dave had poor back nines, but retained the lead with Con winning by two on 4 over net.