Allan loves his home comforts!

A grinning Tim Allan clings to his much deserved prize, just given to him by captain-in-waiting Nevil Appleton – pic by Jonny Bramley.

PGS secretary Tim Allan made the most of home advantage to seal victory at Ashridge and claim the Memorial Salver.

Tim, an Ashridge member for more than 15 years, was one of three players to score 40 points, but pipped Ben Griffiths and Nick Buckley for the top honours on countback.

The course was baked hard and with the ball running for miles, Tim found himself hitting much shorter clubs into greens than usual. And with his knowledge of the greens, he racked up 21 points on the back nine and 19 on the front.

He said: “That’s up there with the best rounds my life. I’ve only ever broken 80 a few times, so to do it on my home course and on a PGS day is extra special. I thought my days of winning PGS prizes might be over, so this was a heck of a surprise!”

Tim won Division One, with his fellow Ashridge member Nick Jones second on 38 points, with Duncan Farmer third on countback. In Division Two, Ben and Nick took the top two spots in Division Two, with Mike ‘Harry’ Waker third on 36 points.

Sadly, the famed Ashridge weather deserted us in the afternoon, when the first rain in months came in heavy showers.

But that didn’t deter the Griffiths/Buckley partnership, who took the honours in the greensomes to win the Sir Harry Brittain Coronation Trophy with 38 points, just pipping defending champions Jono Baker and Colin Hancock on 37 and Khalid Javed and Phil Harris on 36.

Pics from the day by Jonny, Phil, Tony Smith & Nev Appleton: