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PHIL Cary and James Grocott tookthe bounty after securing a place in thegrand final ofThe Lombard Challenge,a prestigious PGA Pro-Captain Tour-nament held annually.The pair from Lakeside Golf Club, in

Staffordshire fired a sizzling nine-under-par 63 at Dunham Forest, inCheshire to beat off competition frommore than 50 clubs in the North Westand win a place in the £25,000 final atTurkey’s Antalya Golf Club from No-vember 30 to December 1.But it was a tight run contest in the

final Lombard qualifier of the serieswith the duo only edging out HartCommon’s Steve Parry and Terry Bat-tersby on a countback courtesy of a netteagle from captain Grocott with a 20ftputt on the 14th.Grocott, who works for car giant

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only a small club with 450 or so membersso hopefully this can help to put us on themap and raise awareness of Lakeside,”hesaid.PGA pro Cary, who has been at the

Rugeley club for five years, praised hispartner, who at the tender age of just 27was one of the youngest captains in thetournament.“It was getting a bit nervy towards the

end of the round when we knew we werein with a chance of winning but we clungon and played really well together,” saidCary.“James’s putt on the 14th for the nett

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effort especially as neither of us hadplayed the course before so it was all newto the pair of us.“I have played in this event every year

but this is the first time we’ve actuallydone well so I’m really looking forward tothe final in Turkey, it’s definitely one ofthe highlights of my playing career todate.”PGA Cup stalwart and former Clays

Golf Centre pro Simon Edwards, now atWindermere, and his captain Keith Bar-row birdied the last hole for a 64 andthird place.Withington’s Steve Marr andAlex Gallagher were fourth a shot furtheradrift.

Lakeside pairmake a big splashat DunhamForest to secure tripof a lifetime to Lombard final

Lakeside PGA pro Phil Cary, left,and club captain James Grocott.

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David Lynn, front, and Richard Bland, left, with Chester pro Scott Booth and his assistants LewisJohnson and Fredi Waddilove.

David Lynn, left, and Richard Bland tee off onthe first at Chester.

Richard Bland watches David Lynn putt withScott Booth looking on.

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EUROPEAN Tour stars David Lynnand Richard Bland took time out of theirbusy schedules to help Chester GolfClub’s Scott Booth mark the grand re-opening of his pro shop.

The pair entertained the crowds withan exhibition of driving, chipping andputting before escaping the rain for aQ&A session in the clubhouse.

Scott said: “One of the changes in theshop has been the introduction of a newTaylorMade stand and as TaylorMadecontracted players we were able to getthem here through them.

“David travelled over from Hull andRichard flew up from Southampton so itwas really good of them both to come.”

Lynn, the runner-up in this year’s USPGA Championship, and Bland,who lastmonth had top 20 finishes in the BMWItalian Open and the KLM Open, hitsome of Scott’s old, small headed driversand three woods from when he was a jun-ior and then illustrated the improvementin technology by hitting the latest Taylor-Made drivers.

“I certainly found it really informative,”said Scott, the former Cheadle pro. “Iknow the many members that were thereto see them did too.”

The event took place on the back of a

TaylorMade Demo Week at the CurzonPark club. “The response to that was phe-nomenal,” added Scott. “We had sevenbags full of TaylorMade kit from drivers,fairway woods and irons and membersand non-members came in numbers to

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WESTWOOD’S COACH BOWLEDOVER BY CONWY COURSELEE Westwood’s putting coach, TonyJohnstone, led a chorus of praise for thecourse at Conwy Golf Club after theNorth Wales club played host to theSpeedy Services Wales Seniors Open forthe third time in six years this summer.Won by England’s Barry Lane on

seven-under-par, the event was watchedby large, enthusiastic crowds over the Au-gust Bank holiday weekend, as well as bythose watching the highlights on SkySports.With a high-quality field – includ-ing three former Ryder Cup captains inIan Woosnam, Sam Torrance and MarkJames – the 6,903-yard par 72 courseproved a fitting test for the cream of Eu-rope’s senior players.Three of the top fourfrom this season’s Senior Order of Merit– Lane, Australia’s Peter Fowler, andSweden’s Anders Forsbrand – finished inthe top four at Conwy, with England’sPhilip Golding taking second place aheadof Forsbrand and Fowler.Mark Mouland was the leading

Welshman in tied fifth at three-under.Woosnam came second at Conwy in2008 but his quest for a first Wales Sen-iors title ended in disappointment afterhe fell away in the final round despite en-couragement from the crowds.

The challenge, presentation and condi-tion of the course all came in for lavishpraise from players, officials and specta-tors, while EuropeanTour representativescommended club staff for their work aftera summer of disappointing weather. Inhis victory speech, Lane complimentedthe club on the excellent course presen-tation.Second-placed Golding, who turned

50 earlier this year and was only playingin his fourth senior event, had led afterthe first round with a course record-equalling 64, including a European Sen-ior Tour record of eight consecutivebirdies from the ninth hole. “It is a coursewhere you have to think off the tee,” hesaid. “You can’t hit a driver everywhere.It’s a great course. Every hole makes youthink and the greens were in fantasticcondition.”Running at the Stimpmeter speed re-

quested by the tour of between 10.5 and11.0 each day, the putting surfaces pro-vided the perfect test for the skills of theplayers.Echoing the thoughts of many ofhis fellow players, Forsbrand said: “It’s agreat golf course. You have to focus onevery single shot.”However, even these comments were

surpassed by those of Sky Sports golf pun-dit and renowned putting and short-game expert Johnstone, who said: “Thosewere the finest greens I’ve ever putted on.”Johnstone was recently appointed puttingand short-game coach to former worldnumber one Westwood and is acknowl-edged as one of the finest putters of hisgeneration, having won six times on themain European Tour.He finished in sev-enth position at Conwy.

Conwy is the NorthWales coast’s pre-mier Championship links course, notonly hosting the Wales Seniors Openthree times in the last six years, but alsothe Wales Ladies Open on the LadiesEuropean Tour in 2010, the EuropeanAmateur Men’s Team Championships in2009, and Final Qualifying for the OpenChampionship in 2006, when it becamethe first (and to date only) course inWales to host that event.

The stunning Conwy course was heaped with praise following the European SeniorTour’s visit.

GreenswithenvyOakRoyal’s best sayprosOAK Royal Golf & Country Clubhosted its first pro tournamentwhen 26 Lancashire PGA Players’Tour pegged up at the Withnellnine-hole course last month.

Despite appalling weather, therewere some impressive scoreswith allthe competitors praising thesmoothness of the USGA-standardgreens.

Local knowledge helped theclub’s pro, Jeff Mathews, to a shareof first placewith JohnBarclay, fromMyerscough College, who postedtwo-under-par 69s.

Next best on 70 were HaighHall’s Craig Corrigan, NickHolmes, from Tytherington, andRichardMasters who is pro atYork-shire club Baildon.

Oak Royal pro JeffMathews, right, withRichardMasters after the club held its first

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SPORTINGCHANCE FORDISABLEDTHE PGA is encouraging disabled peo-ple inspired by the Paralympics to tee itup and give golf a go.In the past four months more than 40

PGA professionals have undertaken aspecially designed academy programmeequipping them with the skills to teachgolfers with a range of disabilities.And following the success of the Para-

lympics, The PGA, which supports anumber of initiatives to grow golf at grassroots level, is eager to alert disabled peo-ple to the opportunities in golf.PGA pro CraigThomas, lead disability

coach for Staffordshire County GolfPartnership, has played a key role in tu-toring many of his fellow PGA pros atworkshops to equip them with theknowledge and confidence to teach golfto all people no matter what their physi-cal impairment including blind people.“From personal experience and seeing

others who have given it a try, it is re-markable how much of an impact golf

can make,” he said.“I have been fortunate to coach many

blind and disabled people and golf givesthem an opportunity to do somethingnew, it gives them hope and encourage-ment and with more PGA professionalsadept at dealing with the unique chal-lenges of disability, the sport is becomingmuch more accessible.“Any disabled people who have been

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Newtrophy forWilliamWroevetsA GROUP of senior golfers at aManchester-based club are de-lighted after receiving a new trophyto compete for from its course own-ers.The William Wroe Golf Coursevets competed for the new ClaretJug in an event named ‘TheWilliamWroeVeteransGolf SocietyCharityCup’,which is sponsored byTraffordLeisureTrust in appreciation of thesupport given by the society to localcharities.Jim Duffy, Dave Harrison, BertBroomfield and ex footballer RoyTobin formed the winning quartetin the Texas Scramble event andthey chose Delamere School, inFlixton as the beneficiaries.The vets were also able to fit in aStableford and Jim Peloe was themainman with 41 points, three bet-ter than Brian Allen.

The inaugural WilliamWroe Veterans GolfSociety Charity Cup winners with JasonDenton, of theTrafford LeisureTrust.

LANCASHIRE CLINCH LEAGUECROWN IN DRAMATIC FINALELANCASHIRE won the Daily Tele-graph Northern Counties League for thesecond time in five years after a dramaticend to the season.

They beat Durham 10-8 at Clitheroethen had an anxious half-hour wait beforethey were crowned champions when theyheard Cumbria had despatched leadersYorkshire by the same margin at Ulver-ston.

“I really did not think we’d doneenough,” said a jubilant captain BillBromilow.

“We were in the driving seat after win-ning the foursomes 6-0 but Durham hitback in the singles and gave us a realscare.

“We knew Yorkshire were 4-2 ahead atlunch and with a superior ‘goal average’they looked on course to claim the title.Then Cumbria did us a big favour and I’mpleased they finished runners-up.”

Sean Doherty and Jon Hurst gave theRed Rose side a flying start to the singles,both winning 5&4, but when countychampion Mark Young and John Carrollsuccumbed, resilient Durham launched afightback.

They won six of the last eight singleswith only Ciaran Doherty, Sean’s youngerbrother, and Paul Kinnear preventingthem from producing a shock result.

CLAYS GOLF CENTRE’S ‘WHEELY’GOOD IDEA TO ADD MEMBERSAWREXHAM golf club has teamedup with a local motor dealer in an ex-citing newmembership ‘drive’.Anyone who joins Clays Golf Cen-tre will get 15% off servicing and re-pairs at Lindop Toyota, a family

owned local company representingToy-ota and also specialising in Saab.Meanwhile, customers at any of theLindop dealerships in Wrexham andQueensferry will be entitled to specialrates at Clays, which is North Wales’

Lancashire captain Bill Bromilow and his victorious players are congratulated by county presidentLesWilson.

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premier golf venue and national clubcustom fitting centre.Clays’ Jo Beddows, said: “We are anaward-winning centre of excellence forgolf, which has been recognised by theGolf Union ofWales, and the new part-

nership with Lindop Brothers will en-able us to spread the word about theexcellent facilities we have here.”As part of the arrangement, LindopToyota will also display a new vehiclein the Clays car park.

Shot of the day was a hole-in-one atthe 14th by Tyneside’s Ricky Lee.

Meanwhile, defending championsCheshire avoided the wooden spoon

when they beat Northumberland 12-6.“Finishing the season on a winning

note will give us confidence next year,”said captain David Peel.

(Aldersey Green), Paul Bannister (Leek)and Tommy Lawton (Alderley Edge) allreturned nett 70s to finish tied third inthe nett category.

Curley won the best gross by two fromSexton and James McCormick.

With just one event remaining atSandiway (which took place after thismonth’s Golfers Local went to press), in-form Curley is favourite to claim top spotin the Order of Merit after he caughtlong-term leader Steven Clash, fromStonyhurst Park, last month.

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THE Atour season comes to a close thismonth with the Atour Championshipand Order of Merit Final at the wonder-ful Hillside Golf Club.

The top 50 players from the merit tablequalify automatically for the event andthen other Atour members can also enterwhen booking opens online on October4.

The Southport-based club forms partof England’s finest stretch of links coursesbeing adjacent to Royal Birkdale andSouthport & Ainsdale with Formby GolfClub just a short drive down the coast.

Last year Hillside hostedThe Amateur

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Atour director Steve Whitby said: “Tobe able to hold our Atour Championshipat such a fabulous venue is obviously amassive boost for us and it shows how farwe have come in just two years.

“The top 50 in the Order of Merit areguaranteed their place but we’re thenopening it up to everyone else to fill theremaining slots.”

Last month’s Atour Cheshire MastersChampionship at Stockport was won byGarry Morgan. The five handicapper,from Denbigh, shot a gross 74 for a win-ning nett score of 69. He pipped meritleader Ian Curley on a countback afterthe Leek plus two handicapper fired anexcellent 67 gross.

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WREXHAM’S Gareth Evans shotrounds of 70 and 72 towin theNorthWales Counties Championship atVale of Llangollen.He beat Bull Bay’s JackCarter (73

and 72) by three withMark Phillips(74 and 72) of Prestatyn third andTim Jones, ofWrexham (73 and 74),fourth.Three players finishedwith a total

of 151 in theYouthsChampionship,Old Padeswood’sGarethRoden (80and 71) winning the Keegan Bowlon a countback from last year’s win-ner Nick Hodge (78 and 73), fromPadeswood & Buckley, with AdamTuft (75 and 76), ofHawarden, thirdandKeiranRobinson (76 and 76), ofRhosneigr, fourth.Last year’s winner AlynTorrence,

ofWrexham, shot 75 and 77 to finish10th.

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Buckley for the quality of the course andthe way it had been presented during theweek, the support from volunteers andthe extremely warm,Welsh welcome theyhad received from all at the club.At the opening ceremony The Moun-

tain Lane School Choir lead the singingof the three national anthems and on thefinal evening both teams, caddies, sup-porters and officers from Padeswood cel-ebrated the week’s success at a formaldinner at Beaufort Park Hotel, Moldwhen the Auld Enemies Cup was pre-sented to winning captain Read by losingskipper Williams.

HAVING A BALL

The victorious Scottish teamwith the trophy at Padeswood & Buckley.


UPTON-By-Chester Golf Club’s annual ballat Cheshire Viewwas attended by 125 guestsincluding the captains and lady captains of allfour Chester clubs; Upton, Eaton, Vicars Crossand Chester.They enjoyed an evening of en-tertainment, fine food and wine and are pic-tured during the popular event, which took

place last month.

PADESWOOD & Buckley staged theannual Blind Golfers Association matchbetween England/Wales and Scotlandlast month.The event, which was covered on BBC

and ITV Welsh news channels, was inNorth Wales as the England/Wales cap-tain JohnWilliams lives in nearby Ewloeand is a member of Padeswood, as is hiscaddie Reg Weigh.The three-day event featured four-

somes on day one, a fourballs on day twoand singles matches on the final day.Included the home side was former

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England/Wales were five points behindbut managed to win the singles by 7½-4½so narrowly lost 13-11 – Scotland retain-ing the trophy and after 25 years of hold-ing the Auld Enemies tournament areleading 14 to 11.Scotland captain, Alistair Read, was

delighted with his team’s performanceand was full of praise for Padeswood &

STARof the day atMellor&Town-scliffe’s Finals Day was young Lau-ren Jones who, partnered by VickyParry, won the Junior and SeniorGreensomes KO.Ben Allcock joined his father and

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OLYMPIC bronze medallist BethTweddle may have given up her high-fly-ing bars routine but she appears deter-mined to try other sporting pursuits.

The Cheshire-based Johannesburg-born gymnast has already sampled a dif-ferent kind of adrenaline rush since herheroics at London 2012 by aerobaticswing walking.

But she came down to earth when shewas given the opportunity to chance toher arm at golf.

Beth, who is approaching the end ofher athletics career, was invited to showoff her medal at the pavilion and exhibi-tion area at Royal Liverpool last monthduring the RicohWomen’s British Open.

“It was all decked out in red,white andblue to celebrate the Best of British and Igave her a lesson,” said John Heggarty,head professional at the Hoylake-basedclub.

“She said she hadn’t played before butshe enjoyed it and hit the ball well,which

did not surprise me. She had great hand-eye ball co-ordination but I don’t know ifshe’ll take up the game. She’d certainlymake a competent player.”

Heggarty was also involved in a RedDoor Events promotion which specialisesin golf initiatives.

“IMG are contracted to them andwhenever there are any coaching require-ments they bring in their own profession-als. I wanted to make sure they camefrom the North Region so invited five,”he said.

“They were Karen Heywood, SarahWalton, Clare Brown, James Garner andDavid McKinnon who worked in the re-tail area, which I ran, the exhibition cen-tre and VIP simulating zone in Ricoh’shospitality pavilion.”

He added: “The whole event was ab-solutely fantastic and much bigger than Iexpected.” Royal Liverpool head pro John Heggarty helps BethTweddle to get a grip. Photo by Getty Images.


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BRITISH summer time may be of-ficially over, but clubs acrossCheshire are continuing to make iteasier than ever to give golf a go.As part of the nationwide Get

into golf campaign, clubs are offer-ing free taster sessions or discountedcoaching.Disley is offering five-week

courses for beginners as part of theCheshireCountyGolf Partnership’sGolf 4 All and Golf 4Women proj-ects.The one hour sessions take place

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SEVEN participants from Empowering Youth Foun-dation’s Golf & Life Skills programme at St Christo-pher’s School, inWrexham spent a memorable day atRoyal Liverpool last month.The children were invited to the Ricoh Women’sBritish Open,which included a tour of the BBC stu-dio, a visit to the media centre and meeting bothworld number one Yani Tseng andThe First Tee Am-bassador Paula Creamer.Despite torrential downpours, the children wereable to follow US star Paula Creamer on her practiceround.After her round she answered questions, posedfor photos and autographed the children’s T-Shirts.BBC golf commentator Maureen Madill arrangedfor the children to visit the media centre where theyattended Tseng’s official press conference.The children watched the journalists, cameramenand photographers during the packed interview.Twolucky children were even allowed to ask questionsabout her experiences on the LPGA tour.Another special treat was a tour of the BBC studiosalso arranged byMaureenMadill, giving the childrenan inside view of how the golf championships arebrought to our TV screens. The children were de-lighted to sit in the commentator’s chair and taketurns interviewing fellow participants using the mi-crophones and camera equipment.Dawn Roberts, executive director of the Empower-

MaureenMadill and EYF staff with the seven youngsters. INSET: Paula Creamer meets the group.

ing Youth Foundation, said: “It was a day we willnever forget!The children had an amazing experienceand learned that there is a lot more to golf than justplaying. It is great to be able to give youth an oppor-tunity to do something they may never have had thechance to do if it wasn’t for our programme.“Paula is such a great role model for the childrenand has so much to give back to the youth. She wasinspiring.“All of the children participate in the EYF golf andlife skills programme being offered at St Christopher’sSchool & Caia Park Partnership, supported by gener-ous grants from the Morgan Foundation and Wrex-ham Communities First.“All of the children face special challenges in theirlives and the programme is targeted to meet their in-dividual needs.The Life Skills programme a progres-sive golf skills and life skills programme based on ninecore values inherent to the game of golf includinghonesty, integrity, sportsmanship and confidence.“Participants learn a variety of life skills includingself-management, interpersonal communication andconflict resolution in a fun, non-competitive environ-ment.“The youth are then encouraged to utilise theseskills and values both on and off the golf course.”For more information, call Dawn on 01978 660800or visit www.empoweringyouthfoundation.org.uk.

Melissa Reid, right, withMelanie Flude, the regionaldevelopment officer for England Golf.

SOLHEIM STAR SHOWS HER SUPPORTONE of England’s brightest young golf stars isbacking the drive to encourage more women andgirls to take up the sport.Melissa Reid, 25, a four-time winner on the

Ladies EuropeanTourwas in action lastmonth atRoyal Liverpool.As part of the nationwide Get into golf cam-

paign, theCheshire CountyGolf Partnership or-ganised a variety of initiatives around the RicohWomen’s BritishOpen designed tomake it as easyas possible for women and girls to give golf a go.“The CCGP and its partners – the Golf Foun-

dation, Cheshire Sport, Merseyside Sport andWirral BoroughCouncil – are to be congratulatedon this project, which can only help encouragemore women to enjoy the healthy lifestyle and so-cial life that comes with golf,” saidMelissa.

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WARRINGTON Golf Club heraldedtwo holes in one within hours of eachother at a recent Senior Open Betterballevent.

First up was Eaton member MichaelHague, a 16-handicapper, who holed outat the 149-yard 13th hole.

Office manager Elaine Tomlinson waskeen to mark the special feat and awardedhim a voucher entitling him to a compli-mentary round of golf for four plus extraballs from the twos sweep.

Michael, who was playing alongsideCourtney Guest, John Cadley and DerekCross, said: “I would like to thank every-one at Warrington for the wonderfultreatment they gave me and my friends

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taken showing Nick with his playingpartners Alwyn Bridge and Tim Booth.

Nick said: “We always enjoy our golf atWarrington and it was an added bonus

after my hole-in-one.“I have been captain of Eaton and I

know how important it is to make yourvisitors welcome.The club’s staff exceededthe normal attention one would expectand it made the day even more special.

“I look forward to using the voucherfor a round of golf as soon as I can get thefour of us together again. The photo-graphs that chair of competitions BillHart sent will be constant reminders of agreat day.”

Within Bolton’s Nick Taylor, a 22handicapper, remarkably managed an-other ace, this time on the 148-yard ninthhole. Another voucher and extra ballswere produced, and a photograph was

MOST of us golfers are still waitingour first ace, but a Mellor & Town-scliffe member is celebrating hisninth after notching again lastmonth!Tony Woodford’s latest hole-in-

one came in the Monthly Medal onthe 178-yard 14th hole.“I could say I used a seven iron,

drew it in over the bunker then twobounces and straight in, but it wasn’tquite like that,” he admitted.The 10-handicapper added: “I saw

it roll across the green and disappear.I was especially pleased as allthrough the competition peoplewerecongratulating my best pal and golfpartner Chris Lee for winning theclub’s Order of Merit and the BillGee Trophy so I was pleased to re-store some bragging rights.”

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MOSSOCK Hall Golf Club member SteveSmith retrieves his ball from the hole afterhitting an ace on the 183-yard second hole

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Michael Hague hit the first ace at Warrington. INSET: Nick Taylor followed shortly afterwards.

DANNY HITS AN ALBATROSSCHORLTON’SDannyGathercole isthe talk of his home club after hittinga hole-in-one on the 285-yard par-foursecond hole.And to make the success even

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most of its length on the left side.And he was over the moon to find

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fours and in the 16th one of the bestpar fives I have ever played.“I have enjoyed playing for the club

teams and hope to keep doing this aswell as working hard on themental sideof my game, which I believe is very im-portant, but not one of my strengths.”Chorlton president Brian Aspinall

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Styal Golf Club’s John Watson andClays Golf Centre’s Jason Davies madethe Golf World elite list alongside the likesof Denis Pugh, a former coach to ColinMontgomerie, after being nominated bythe PGA.

John, who has run Total Golf Analysisat Styal for five years and has worked witha number of Tour players, includingDavid Horsey, and leading amateurs, said:“The PGA asked me to provide a usefultip and I suggested special attention tohip movements.

“They evidently agreed and that wasthe clincher. It’s a great honour to receivesuch an accolade and I want to pass onmy experience to anyone wanting to im-prove their game.”

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John still plays regularly in the NorthRegion and has reached the semi-finalsof the Cheshire PGA Matchplay Cham-pionship at Wilmslow.

Wrexham-based Jason, the director ofgolf at Clays Golf Academy, was equallydelighted with the accolade.

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Jason Davies, right, coaching at Clays Golf Academy. INSET: JohnWatson with the magazine featuring his tip.


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cluding Manchester United strikerRobin Van Persie and City’s CarlosTevez.

Rick, who has run in theManchester10k for the same cause, added: “I alsoraised £200 from my golf day at Davy-hulme Park with help from head proDean Butler and club secretary JimMcKenna.”

His next challenge is a triathlon and agolf world record attempt next year - aswell as planning for his spring weddingto Claire.

RICK Shiels took time out of his busyteaching schedule atManchester’sTraf-ford Golf Centre to compete in theGreat North Run, raising more than£500 for the Christie charity.

“I covered the distance in one hourand 58minuteswhich Iwasn’t expectingto achieve,” said Rick, who lost twograndparents to the disease.

He moved to the Trafford facilityfrom Mere two years ago to widen hisskills and delivers lessons to players ofall standards from tour pro to completebeginner.

And he has a few famous clients in-

PAUL Eales doesn’t find much time toplay golf these days because of his coach-ing commitments but when he does heproves he’s lost none of his competitiveappetite.That was evident in the Lancashire

PGA Pleasington Pro-Am where theEuropean Tour winner strolled to victorywith a six-under-par 65.“It was good to get the clubs out

again,” said the 49-year-old whosqueezed seven birdies out of the park-land course, which stood up well in thesoggy conditions.His lone bogey came at the fourth in

an otherwise faultless round as he pre-vailed by a shot from Hart Common’sSteve Parry, the PGA North Region’sOrder of Merit leader, as Chorley’s MarkBradley continued his resurgent formwith a 67 to finish third.Eales,meanwhile, recently moved from


BBYY DDAAVVIIDD BBIIRRTTIILLLL the Fylde to Southport where he hasjoined Hillside.“It’s more convenient,”he said, explain-

ing that he coaches Lancashire andCheshire 16-18 year-olds at the PGAacademy at nearby Formby Hall and isalso involved with the England Under-18team.He has just spent a week in Argentina

where he addressed a conference on howto grow the game attended by coachesfrom all over South America.“It was part of an R&A initiative to

help emerging golfing nations,” he said,adding that the trip was set up by formerLeyland professional and Portugal-basedTony Bennett, head of PGA of Europeeducation.Eales has also just completed the first

of a two-year distance learning course insport pedagogy at Birmingham Univer-sity which involves teaching methods.“It’s proving that my way of coaching

youngsters is the right one,” he added.Paul Eales won at Pleasington last month.

DUNHAM PRO DELIGHTED AT SHOPRE-VAMPDUNHAM Forest’s long serving proIan Wrigley has good reason to beproud of his newly refurbished shop atthe SouthManchester coursewhere hehas spent some 38 years looking afterthe members and visitors.

Ian,who hails from theNorth of thecity, started his golfing life at Blackley

and then North Manchester beforejoining the pro ranks,which took him toPortugal as professional at the Vale doLoboGolf Club.

He stayed in theAlgarve for a year be-fore returning to Manchester to joinDunhamForest as an assistant – a posi-tion he held for nine years before his ap-

pointment as the club’s pro in 1983.Delighted with the way the re-de-

velopment has gone, he said: “It hasbeen a long-time ambition to open upthe shop area to provide the additionalspace for the merchandise and equip-ment along with a view of our superbcourse.”

IanWrigley in his new look pro shop at Dunham Forest. Photo by Alan Simmons.

Rick Shiels back at theTrafford Golf Centrefollowing his Great North Run.

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A DYNAMIC new team is looking totake one of Lancashire’s top clubs into abright future both on and off the course.During the course of the past 100 years

at Lostock Park, Bolton Golf Club hashad an enviable reputation for the qualityand presentation of its fine course.It has been the home of the North Re-

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the course of the past 12 months therehave been four appointments to signifi-cant staff positions within the club andthe new team are dedicated to keepingBolton Golf Club up to the highest stan-dards required by members and visitors.“Ian Orrell was appointed as head pro-

fessional last year and he has broughtabout a vibrant and proactive operatingstyle which has been very well receivedwith his ‘short game’ lessons being a par-ticular feature.“The club recognises that it is critically

important that the course should offer thebest playing conditions for as long as pos-sible each year and the new head green-keeper Damian Byrne and his team areworking very hard to achieve this aim.“As well as being involved in a major

exercise to renew drainage on the greens,the shape and re-styling of bunkers andteeing areas are receiving attention too.“In addition Damian and Ian are

closely involved with the development ofthe practice area, which will enhance theclub to prospective members and visitorsalike.

gion PGA offices for several years andsuch is the quality of the course, they reg-ularly use it to run their Ability Tests foraspiring young golfers looking to join thePGA.Club chairman Clive Pyatt said: “In

Gareth and Charles Bradley the trophy.

THE Cheshire Foursomes champi-onship had an excellent stage inChester Golf Club and it provided agreat competition in both the scratchand nett competitions.

It was a proud moment forCheshire and Bramhall stalwartGareth Bradley who has won justabout every honour and competitionin well over 25 years for the county.

The championship for the Prest-wich Trophy has been competed forsince 1923 and Gareth won it back in1990 with Alan Hill and then againin 2003 with Charlie Simpson.

But this time he had his sonCharles as his partner and the dy-namic duo posted rounds of 75 and72 to win by two shots from JamesAiston and Richard Howell (Eaton)to complete a great hat-trick of winsfor himself and Bramhall.

Winning the Victory Trophy forthe best nett score were Upton-by-Chester’s Shaun Coppock and DavidGalletley with 145 after a countbackwith Aiston and Howell andCheshire deputy president Ron Har-rison (Romiley) and Cheshire secre-tary Steve Foster (Chester).

WynhostsDGUPLASSEY’S WynMostyn, theDen-bighshire Golfing Union presidentheld his President’s Day at Abergelelast month.

Teams included those represent-ing all 11 clubs, the DGU and theDGC Past Captains Society andother counties making it a massiveevent. The competition was followedby a formal dinner in the evening forall the competitors.Mostyn awardedthe DGU President’s trophy to thewinning team from Moss Valley.

“In the clubhouse the new house man-ager Neil Wallace and catering managerNicola Brown go to great lengths to en-sure that the comfort and interests ofboth members and visitors are satisfied inevery respect with the quality of the serv-ice.“Completing the new team is club sec-

retary Simon Kay, who has a fine golfingpedigree, and since his arrival has insti-tuted a number of administrative andprocedural changes, which have alreadyhelped to improve the overall efficiencyof the club and ensure that access to thefacilities and membership should be asdirect and uncomplicated as possible.“The new team is geared up to wel-

come new members and visiting societiesto play this great course and facilities withbuggies also being ordered to enhance theappeal of the club.“In 2013 the labours of the new team

will be shown to good effect as the clubhosts the annual Bolton Golf AssociationChampionships, in 2014 the English Po-lice Championships and in 2015 theLancashire Amateur Championships.”

Pictured (L-R) at Bolton Golf Club are pro Ian Orrell, head greenkeeper Damian Byrne, chairman Clive Pyatt, secretary Simon Kay and house manager Neil Wallace.

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POULTON Park’s junior captainMichael Delooze won the Manches-ter Junior Matchplay Trophy atMarriott Worsley Park.

He avenged last year’s defeat inthe final with a 5&4 victory.

The 17-year-old from Warringtonis looking to make it a double withPoulton leading the team trophy too.

D&FdoubleheaderRACHEL Wainwright, from Rhud-dlan, won the Denbighshire andFlintshire Girls Order of Meritevent at Clays with a gross 85.

Her sister Nicola pipped her tothe best nett with a 91-17=74.

In the event at Rhyl, Padeswoodand Buckley’s Jemma Lewis wonwith a gross 80. Erin Toft, fromNorthop, was the nett winner withan excellent 80-16=64.

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TURTON’STOWERINGPERFORMANCETURTON romped to the Bolton GolfAssociation junior league title when theyproduced a superb performance in post-ing an aggregate total of 365, some 27shots clear of runners-up Horwich withDunscar a further three behind in third.

The odds were stacked against Turtonfrom the start when they could only fieldfive players in the six-man team event dueto a player’s unavailability.With the com-petition scoring being one gross and four

best netts with a sixth to be disregarded,it left them with all five scores to count.

But Turton showed great determina-tion and defying their handicap and longperiods of incessant rain, they clinchedthe trophy with ease and go forward to aregional final at Hill Valley.

Turton’s top player, 15-year-old fourhandicapper Callum McPhillips, who is

(79) helped to provide Turton their firstleague championship success since 1978.

Co-finalists Horwich amassed a 392total including an excellent nett of 70from Jack Winward with third placeDunscar on a total of 395 with their bestnett from Ben Flavell of 68.

in the Lancashire junior coachingscheme, gaveTurton their best gross of 79while 12-year-old Andrew Wills pro-vided the best nett of 67.

DanTurner carded a 69 nett with teammates Jack Corrigan (71), the third bestnett of the day, and 14 year-old Joe Gill

John McKenna, the Bolton Golf Association president, presents the trophy to the victorious Turtonjunior team.


HappyHarry’s victoriousSIXTEEN finalists, who had qualifiedby winning at their home club, teed it upin the South Cheshire Golf CaptainsJunior Championship at Brookfield.

The winning score of a nett 64 wasposted by Sandbach’s Harry Cain andthe best gross prize, with a score of 74,

At Brookfield (L-R) are junior champion Harry Cain, Brookfield captain Matthew Jackson,gross winner Harry Williams and South Cheshire Captains junior organiser David Davies.

went to Harry Williams, of Heyrose.The trophies were presented by

Brookfield captain Matthew Jackson,who congratulated the winners andhoped they would be taking part in fu-ture events and perhaps becomecounty players one day.

Rachel Wainwright with D&F secretaryKim Harcombe.

MALKINS BANK GETSA NEW LEASE OF LIFE


NORTH West golfers in search of avalue-for-money game are visiting aSouth Cheshire course in their drovesafter a quartet of local businessmen haveturned around the fortunes of the San-bach-based club.Designed by renowned golf course ar-

chitects Hawtree Limited,Malkins BankGolf Club opened in 1976, but in Octo-ber, 2011 RM Estates Ltd took over therunning of the course.The RM Estates team consists of

Robert Mayor and Jon Stubbs, KevinRead, a chartered surveyor, and TonyMinshall, a former European Tour proand previous director of Hill Valley Golf& Country Club, Whitchurch, for 38years before the merger with MacdonaldHotels in November, 2003.They joined forces with the aim of util-

ising their expertise to develop the alreadymature, tree-lined course into one of thefinest of its kind in the North West –something they are well on their way toachieving in less than 12 months.The most obvious changes in recent

months are the re-vamped and vastly im-proved clubhouse, which opened lastmonth, and a re-numbering of the holes –the previous front nine now forming theclosing nine holes so that the new 18th(formerly the ninth) is situated in frontof the impressive new bar and restaurantfacility that features a glass roof and ve-randa.The front nine, which now starts with

Malkins Bank’s signature hole is the wonderful par three fifth.

The par five 16th is another tricky hole.

The tough fourth hole atMalkins Bank.

a par three, boasts two of the best holesin the area.Hole four is the most challenging tee

shot of the entire course as the fairwayslopes from left to right with a stream tocatch any wayward tee shots to the rightand out of bounds down the left.The ap-proach to this well-guarded green needsto be straight down the centre of the fair-way resisting the temptation to attack thepin.Malkins Bank’s signature hole is the

par three fifth, a picturesque but decep-tively difficult test as there is a tree ob-structing the green together with a deepbunker on the right. It was here lastmonth lady member Sally Basford man-aged to avoid both the tree and the sandtrap to notch a memorable hole-in-one.Stand out holes on the second nine in-

clude the 13th, a risk and reward holewhere those brave and skilled enough totake on the 180-yard carry over a ditchwill face just a short pitch into the green.The par five 16th is another beauty and

plans are in the pipeline to create a newChampionship tee set back a further 50yards into the hillside behind.It’s easy to see how former Ryder Cup

captain and US Masters winner IanWoosnam was impressed with the set-upwhen he played a special exhibitionmatch with three-time European Tourwinner Peter Baker against Malkins Bank

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shorter golf course which is 9 holes and is played with plastic clubs and tennis balls. Thenprogress onto the range under the supervision of our team of golf pros.

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director of golf Tony Minshall andLlanymynech pro Andy Griffiths.“We’ve worked so hard since we ar-

rived,” saidTony who played inTheOpenChampionship in 1979 and 1981.“Many subtle changes have been made

to the course and we now have new bayson the driving range and 15 buggies avail-able for hire. We re-laid the 15th green,having added some new drainage, but thebiggest improvement has been the overallcondition of the course.“We’ve invested heavily in new ma-

chinery and this has made a massive dif-ference.“We’re cutting the fairways and greens

every day rather than every week.“We were really keen to raise the stan-

dards and decided to ban the wearing ofjeans at the start of this year.There were afew disgruntled players at first but they’verealised it was the right decision and nowevery one dresses accordingly.”More than 100 societies have already

visited the course this year. “They comefrom all around the region, but Manches-ter, Liverpool,Warrington and Stoke arebig catchment areas for us,” added Tony,who played on the European Tour from1973 to 1986.

take part in organised competitions in theafternoons.The week includes accommo-dation at the nearby Ramada Encore,

Crewe, and a special Gala Dinner.For many it will be their first chance to

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LadiesNews


Sandiway roll back theyears inBellCupfinalSANDIWAY Golf Club’s powerfuland talented ladies team eventuallyovercame a valiant challenge fromHindley Hall to win the covetedMDLGABell Cup for the first timesince 1992.Played at Northenden, the home

club of MDLGA president JeanLeveson, Sandiway built up an early3-0 lead after wins for England Vetsstar Barbara Laird, who is also theNorthern Counties champion, JaneBurke and Alison Hunt and al-thoughHindley reduced the arrearsthroughLynneFagan, the Sandiwaysuccess was secured by Denise Bur-chall with a 3&2 win over KarenBuckels.Sandiway conceded the remaining

two matches and were then ready tocelebrate in style as their lady cap-tain Elizabeth Payne received thetrophy from Jean Leveson.

Sandiway ladies celebrate their Bell Cupvictory at Northenden last month.

TYTHERINGTON PAIR MAKEIT A FIRST FOR CHESHIRETYTHERINGTON’S Janet Ions andJean Halligan are England’s AustralianSpoons champions – and the first part-nership from Cheshire to capture the tro-phy.The pair won a tight tussle for theSpoons at the national final at EastDevon Golf Club.“It was very close,” said Janet. “Ourplaying partners were ahead of us all theway and we pipped them on the last hole,where we got three points and they gotone.”This is their biggest win in golf and, asJean said: “It’s lovely.” Janet added: “It’sgreat and a big shock, a real surprise!”The Stableford foursomes competition

is contested by players with handicaps of21 and over and the national finalists –who each represented one of EnglandGolf ’s women’s regions – had comethrough club and regional qualifyingrounds.Janet, who has been playing golf onlyfour years, has a handicap of 26 – and hadbeen cut by two in the run-up to the final– while Jean is a 29 handicapper.The pair, who represented the NorthRegion, closely examined the trophy todiscover they were the first winners fromCheshire.They scored 31 points on the scenicand challenging clifftop course whichfeatures some very demanding greens.

LANCASHIRE LASSES LOSE FINAL BY HALF A POINTLANCASHIRE went agonisinglyclose to winning their second EnglishWomen’sCounty Finals in three yearsat East Devon.They lost on countback to Essex,

the team they beat in the final round,

by half a point in a tense finale, and hadto settle for second place.County captain Val Moran said:

“While the team are disappointed weare very proud of their performance andwe’ve been delighted by the play of some

Australian Spoons winners Janet Ions and Jean Halligan,with England Golf joint president SueJohnson, centre, watched by the other finalists, back row. Image by Leaderboard Photography.

of the younger members who we havebrought into the team.“It was all very close and very exciting

and that’s the virtue of the points system– but it’s very nerve wracking!”When the final scores were totalled

up both teams had 3½ points from theweek’s five matches and when it cameto the countback of game points, in-cluding halved games, Essex hadamassed 26½, while Lancashire had26.


LadiesNews


BRONTE STARSATHOYLAKETHE Ricoh Women’s British Open atRoyal Liverpool saw the world’s top ladygolfers having to show their adaptability,courage and endurance as well as theirnatural talent as they battled with theworst of the elements that this so-calledsummer has provided us with.

But one of the shining lights from ourregion was 17-year-old amateur BronteLaw from Bramhall who brought greatcredit to herself with a superb perform-ance that saw her finish in a very cred-itable 33rd spot with rounds of 75, 71, 77and 77 to see her leave many of theworld’s top players in her wake.

Bronte has already enjoyed success in2012 with the highlights being a part ofthe GB and I Curtis Cup team,who wonthe trophy for the first time in 16 years,and selection for the European JuniorRyder Cup team.

She was the top amateur qualifier atCaldy to earn her slot in the final ‘major’and more than justified herself.

Bronte was delighted to be drawn withtwo of the game’s legends in Julie Inksterand Carin Koch for the first two roundsand was not overawed by their presenceand indeed gained inspiration from them.

Bronte said: “It was an amazing expe-rience and it reinforced my dreams ofbeing a professional golfer.

“I met so many amazing people overthe week who I have always looked up toas professional golfers and aspired to belike.

“And to be able to be in their companyand talk to them was just incredible.

“I first went to watch the Women’sBritish Open at Royal Lytham when An-nika Sorenstam won and since then Ihave dreamed of playing in the event andbeing a professional golfer.

“It shows that if you work hard you willachieve your dreams and I can’t wait tostart my winter programme to get readyfor next year and to improve in all areas tokeep striving to be the best I can.

“My plan for Royal Liverpool was tohave my short game at its best as I knewthat I could not match the top players fordistance, and the extra work I put intothis part of my game certainly paid divi-dends.

“Julie and Carin were both veryfriendly and helpful and it was a real

Bronte Law tees off on the final hole at Royal Liverpool. INSET: EmilyTaylor also in action watched by playing partner Laura Davies.


pleasure to play with them.”Another local player enjoying the ex-

perience was English U18 championEmily Taylor, from Hillside who just

missed the cut by two shots after roundsof 75 and 76 but, like Bronte, enjoyed theexperience of playing alongside LadiesEuropean Tour legend Laura Davies and

Carlota Cigande for two rounds.Royal Birkdale’s Florentyna Parker fin-

ished in 55th to earn €7,430.88 afterrounds of 77, 72, 76 and 81.

PremierperformancefromPortal pair

Winners Louise Johnson and NovaCauwells-Wigan show off their trophy

with Cheshire captain HilaryMcNeil andcounty president Sue Graveley.


LadiesNews


AMY Boulden has retained the Welshorder of merit title overtaking her inter-national team-mate Becky Harries whenshe finished runner-up in the BritishOpen Strokeplay Championship atShandon Park in Belfast, the final quali-fying event of the season.

Boulden, from Conwy, finished with1,050 points. Haverfordwest’s Harries to-talled 1,014, with Katherine O’Connor,from Tadmarton Heath in Oxfordshire adistant third on 401 and Wrexham’sChloe Williams fourth on 352.

Boulden, 19, who helped GB&I win

the Curtis Cup at Nairn in Scotland inJune, also qualified for the RicohWomen’s British Open at Royal Liver-pool last month.

She missed the cut after two roundsbut can look back on a successful seasonwhich saw her win the Helen HolmScottish Strokeplay Championship andthe Welsh Close Championship, beatingHarries in the final.

Boulden and Williams were in theWelsh team that narrowly lost to Eng-

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The Chester-based club won a tensecontest 4-3 in the East vWest CheshireShield Finals.

When the triumphant ladies re-

turned to their home club to celebratetheir success they were met by celebri-ties including former sportsmenFrankWorthington,WillieThorne, DennisTaylor,AlanKennedy,Lee Sharpe andactor Vince Earle, who had been tak-ing part in a charity event at VicarsCross on the same day.

land on a countback in the Women’sHome Internationals in Cork last month.

Wales beat Scotland 6-3 on day one,while England whitewashed Ireland 9-0.Then Wales beat Ireland 6-3 on day two,while England beat Scotland 5-4. On thethird day Wales and England finishedlevel but England won thanks to theircrushing of Ireland, who won their finalmatch against Scotland 5-4.

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Boulden won two and halved one ofher singles while with Harries she losttwo and won one of the foursomes.Williams won two and lost one of hersingles and, partnered by Katie Bradburyfrom Cottrell Park in Cardiff won twoand halved one in the foursomes.

Boulden and Williams have also beennamed in the Welsh National Perform-ance Squad for 2012-13.

DELAMEREForestGolfClub pro-vided its usual excellent stage for thelast ‘major’ competition in theCheshire ladies 2012 calendar as aquality field battled it out over threedays in the foursomesmatchplay for-mat for the covetedDoris ChambersCup.

The winners were Portal Premierduo Louise Johnson and NovaCauwells-Wigan who beat ValeRoyal Abbey’s Sharon Healey andSue Goddard in a well-contestedfinal.

ThePortal pair beatDunhamFor-est’s Angie Shaw-Davidson and PatDee 5&3 in the semi final andHealey and Goddard narrowly beatAlisonGrant andAnnette Stroud,ofRingway on the last hole in the othersemi.

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KRIS IS UPFOR THE JOB

Danny’sat thedouble

Question 1: As a result of badweatherthe course was closed when playersplaying a match had completed the10th hole. The players started at thefirst hole. The match must be re-started on the 11th tee.True or False?

Question 2: A player’s ball lies on abank within the margins of a waterhazard.The player decides to play hernext stroke fromwithin thewater haz-ard, but in so doing touches with herclub grass growing in the hazard, butdoes not ground her club.There is nopenalty in either matchplay or stroke-play.True or False?

Question 3: In a strokeplay event astone is solidly embedded in the put-ting green and lying on a player’s lineof putt.The player removes the stonebefore playing his stroke.What’s thepenalty?a) No penalty as a stone is loose im-pedimentb) One strokec)Two strokes

Question 4: David and John are play-ing amatch.On the 15th holeDavid’sball lies on the apron of the greensome six inches off the putting surface.David marks his ball and picks it upand immediately realises that heshould not have lifted his ball in play.

Our Shropshire-based English Golf Union refereewith his latest rules questions to test your knowledge.


Local News


THE Manchester and District Golf Al-liance began its hectic winter season witha Betterball Stableford at Fairfield (seepanel story on the right for a full report).

Leading the Alliance, which is thebiggest in the country, for the next 12months is Ashton-on-Mersey pro KrisAndrews who succeeds Alliance treasurerVinny Doyle as captain.

The Alliance rotates its captain’s rolebetween amateur and professional in suc-cessive years and Kris follows on fromMark Smith (Stamford) who enjoyed agreat year in charge during 2010-11.

There is a strong connection betweenthe two pros as they both began as juniorsat Fairfield with Kris going on to be assis-tant to Fairfield pro Steve Pownell, whohas also been Alliance captain.

Kris said: “It is a great honour to becaptain of such a huge and well-respectedgolf organisation and I will certainlyenjoy beginning the action at my oldstamping ground at Fairfield.

“The Alliance has gone from strengthto strength and joining for the new sea-son are Stockport and Portal Premier totake our membership to around 110 clubs

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Before John plays his next strokeDavid advises John that he has in-curred a penalty and David replacedhis ball. John claims the hole.What isthe correct procedure?a) John’s claim is valid andDavid losesthe holeb) David is penalised one stroke andthe hole is to be played outc) David is penalised two strokes andthe hole is to be played out

Question 5: In a strokeplay event Billplays his tee shot into an area of deeprough. He goes forward and searchesbriefly for the ball, but realises hemayhave difficulty finding it. He tells hismarker he is returning to the tee toplay a provisional ball. Bill plays an-other ball from the tee and as he leavesthe tee he is told by his marker hisoriginal ball has been found withinfive minutes of the search beginning.Bill abandons the second ball and con-tinues play with his original ball. Hecompleted the hole and teed off at thenext.TheCommittee is advised of thissituation when Bill completes hisround. What decision should theCommittee make?a) Bill’s score with his original ballcounts for his scoreb) Bill is penalised two strokes for thefourth holec) Bill is disqualified

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with more than 60,000 members.“There has been a big increase in pro-

fessional participation in the last twoyears with about 40 taking part in theweekly winter competitions including bignames such as Phil Archer, Andrew Mur-ray and Peter Barber.”

Throughout the winter months theweekly competitions contribute to theprofessional Order of Merit and the am-ateur Order of Merit and there is also a36-hole strokeplay competition and a sin-gles knockout and it culminates in Presi-dent’s Day at Bramhall next May.

The Alliance also runs Inter-Clubknockouts during the summer.

Kris added: “The weekly events areopen to all members of affiliated clubsand details of how to enter are on thewebsite www.mdga.org.uk.

“What many golfers do not realise isthat the Alliance is run entirely by volun-teers.

“It is not a commercial enterprise andjust provides top class golf for a hugenumber of golfers within a 35-mile radiusof Manchester Town Hall.

“The motto of the Alliance is ‘Friend-ship through golf ’ and I will certainly betrying to live up to that for the next year.”

Answers below

4.B–Bytouchinghisballinplay,otherthanpermittedbytheRules,DavidbreachedRule18-2.aandincurredapenaltyofonestroke.Hecorrectlyre-placedtheballandadvisedhisopponentofthepenaltyincurredbeforehisoppo-nentplayedhisnextstroke.Hisoppo-nent’sclaimwasinvalidashehadbeenadvisedofthepenaltybeforeheplayedhisnextstroke.

5.C–UnderRule27-2aplayerwhoistoplayaprovisionalballmustinformhismarkeroropponentthatheisgoingtoplayaprovisionalandplaythestrokewiththeprovisionalbeforehegoesfor-wardtosearchfortheoriginal.Billhadalreadygoneforwardandwhenhewentbackandplayedanotherfromthetee,thesecondballbecametheballinplay,andthefirstballwaslost.WhenBillplayedtheoriginalheplayedawrongballandinstrokeplayincurredapenaltyoftwostrokes,(matchplaylossofhole).Asheplayedouttheholewithawrongballanddidnotcorrecthismistakebeforeteeingoffatthenext,hewasdisqualifiedfromthecompetitionunderRule3-2ashehadfailedtoholeoutwiththeballinplay.

1.True–UnderRule2-1amatchistobeplayedoverthestipulatedcoursewhichconsistsofplayingtheholesofthecourseintheircorrectsequenceunlessotherwiseauthorisedbytheCommittee.Inthiscaseplayersstartedonthefirstandwereun-abletocontinuepastthe10thgreenasaresultofbadweather.Thustheymustre-startthematchonthe11thtee.Shouldtheysowishtheycouldplaythefirst10holesonacasualbasisandre-startthematchonthe11th.(Decision7-2/12refers).

2.True–Aplayermaynotgroundherclubinahazard,andaplayerhasgroundedherclubwhenthegrassiscom-pressedtothepointwhereitwillsupporttheweightoftheclub(iewhentheclubisgrounded).Inthiscasetheplayertouchedthegrassgrowinginthewaterhazardbutdidnotgroundherclubandsoincursnopenalty.

3.C–Asthestonewassolidlyembeddeditwasnotalooseimpediment.Inremov-ingthestonetheplayertouchedhislineofputtandsoincurredatwostrokepenaltyunderRule16-1.

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THE Manchester Alliance kickedoff the newwinter seasonwith aBet-terball Stableford at Fairfield.The event was sponsored by An-

drew Murray Golf Ltd and formerEuropean Tour player and now Eu-ropean Senior Tour player AndrewMurray was also in the field.His first job as a course designer

was to re-design the new holes atFairfield a couple of years ago and hewas able to enjoy his completed proj-ect by coming third in the Pro-Amsection partnering Fairfield presi-dent PaulMcKee to 43 points.But the star of the day was Dids-

bury’s EuroPro player DannyWardrop who was a clear leader inthe individual pro section with 40points, three clear of Hart Com-mon’s Steve Parry. Danny found anexcellent partner in Fairfield’sDavidHeathcote whose work on the club’sgreen staff gave him a special insightinto the greens and helped the pairto a top Pro-Am score of 45 points,two clear of Brookdale’s Tony Cup-pello andPaulWood,who edged outMurray and McKee on a card play-off.In the Am-Am section it was a

close contest with Crompton andRoyton duo StevenMoores and Jor-danFlintwinning a countback on 42points from home duo TimWalkerand Stewart Proffitt.The prize list was completed by

Marcus Corfield and Jon Grimes,fromHart Common with 41 points.


NORTH WALES ALLIANCE ROUND-UPMARK Sheppard won the individualprize and the Pro-Amwhen theNorthWales Professional Alliance began itsautumn season at Hawarden.The Darland Golf pro scored 37

points to beat Bull Bay amateur An-dres Williams by two and, with BarryCarter from St Deiniol, totalled 41points to win the Pro-Am. NorthWales proRoyWilliams andGary Sal-isbury from Baron Hill shared second

on 38 points with host club pair AlexRowland and Charles Nevitte.Three pairs finished with 41 points in

the Am-Am, Ken Hines fromPadeswood&Buckley andBarryHaighfromMold winning on a countback.Rhos-on-Sea amateur Marcus

Wilkes took the individual prizewith 30points in the second event at StDeiniol.Northop proMatt Pritchard andhis dadHugh from Henllys won the Pro-Am

with 37 points, three ahead of Rhos-on-Sea’s LeeHarpin andAlan Sifleet.JohnBullock of Llanfairfechan and

Williams won the Am-Amwith 38.Sheppard hit the heights again at

Northop winning the individual with36 points by two from Roy Williamsand the Pro-Amwith 40 points.Matt Anwyl (St Melyd) and Lee

Billington (Prestatyn) won the Am-Amwith 42 points.

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WEAREnowpast the end of the ‘sum-mer’ playing season, which as stated inmany previous articles, has been a totalwashout this year.Many of us have experienced some

formof depression during this time andthis has exaggerated the negative com-ments that have often accompanied thisperiod.The common statement that can be

heard in many golf club car parks is‘thank goodness it will soon be winter’,unfortunately this I feel could be awishthat is a little premature.The hope that September would

bring an ‘Indian Summer’ has not ma-terialised and the ground has remainedin a saturated state, this if anything, canonly get worse as the ground will soononly rely on land drainage.Through the summer the grass and

trees have a great capacity in the uptakeof water during transpiration and this,coupled with evaporation, also aids inthe drainage of land being quicker.The fact the evaporation and transpi-

ration is now reducing as the trees shedtheir leaves and the growing seasondraws to a close means the land will re-main wet longer. This will affect thewinter golfing season and it could in-fringe on the day-to-day running of thegolf course.No greenkeeper enjoys having to put

up the dreaded ‘course closed’ sign, butthis winter could see the highest closurerate for many years.This is only done during times of ex-

treme conditions and for the protectionof the course and also in the currentsafety market, the protection of thegolfing public.A course will, in theory, be more

likely to close during December andJanuary than the months of Februaryand March, even if the conditions ap-peared to be identical.This is due to thefact the recovery rate in February andMarch is likely to be quicker as onewould hope that spring was just roundthe corner.There aremany things golfers can do

to assist the greenkeeper inmaking thedecision as to close or not.If the golfer is too selfish and only

This month our Hazel Grove GC head greenkeeperconsiders what happens after the ‘summer’ comes.

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wants their own needs catered for thegreenkeeper is forced tomake the deci-sions for them with protection of thecourse being a priority, however ifgolfers observe a few points of courtesythe course will remain open on occa-sions as the greenkeeper will observethe help being given.Such observations as, the use of

paths whenever available, not climbingover the fences which protect areas ofthe course, observing notices and paintlines on the course to aid in reducingmuddy areas, avoiding areas susceptibleto churning up rather than standing inthem.Whenever possible carry a half set of

clubs rather than dragging heavy trol-leys and not using electric trolleys orride on buggies when weather andground conditions dictate.These are just a few suggestions that

if observed help the course tolerate thewinter traffic. Perhaps in times of poorconditions three club comps could beplayed or even a greensome formatcould be introduced to reduce wear onthe course.The closed course is never a popular

decision but is one that sometimes isinevitable. The old statement of ‘thatyou can please some people some of thetime but not everyone all of the time’does not it would appear ring true ingolf, for the greenkeeper it is more acase of ‘you can’t please some golfers butyou can certainly upset them all’!Finally, this year, according to the

statistics, has been the wettest for 100years and is approaching the wettestsummer since records began.These being the facts I offermy com-

pliments to my colleagues who fre-quently feel down from the derogatorycomments of this year and suggest that;Yes the summer has been so disappoint-ing, yet we havemanaged to prepare ourcourses to be able to host all competi-tions, limited the closure to a mini-mum, prepared greens that have playedall summer and done this in the worstpossible conditions, could this then beour finest achievement rather than thedepressing spin that is frequently be-stowed on us?


Local News

ALEX and Nicky Jones have written an-other chapter in Hawkstone Park’s everimpressive history book by becoming thefirst husband and wife to win the club’scoveted Masters titles!

After the first round on the Hawk-stone Course Alex was handily placedwith a nett 72, five shots behind leaderCharles Pye, but on the second round hissolid nett 70 was good enough to clinchthe trophy and the winner’s green jacketby four shots from one handicapper,Rowly Jones, who had the consolation ofwinning the Simpson Scratch Salver witha gross of 148 over the 36 holes.

Nicky’s victory was secured with aleading nett 71 followed by a nett 80 fora total of 151, 10 shots ahead of runner-up Sheila Parker.

Alex spent 24 years in the ArmedForces before taking up golf at Hawk-stone five years ago and following his vic-tory plays off a handicap of 14.

Nicky, who only took up golf threeyears ago and plays off a handicap of 27,

THE JONESES GIVE AMASTERCLASS

FIRST CLUB TROPHY WIN FOR NORTHENDEN

WHITE ROSE PAIR SECURE ALGARVETRIP

NORTHENDENGolfClub have newheroes in Franco Martinelli and ChrisHarrison as they put their club’s nameon the covetedWGTB Inter ClubTro-phy at Cheadle for the first time in the23 years it has been played.Thepair bagged themselves hotel and

golf vouchers from the Tenerife GolfTourism Board, who sponsored theevent, with Chris’s birdie two on the18th hole giving them a winning scoreof 42 points.They overtook reigning champions

Mike Smith and Steve Hall, of Sale,who won a golf break withQHotels.Next in, and winning a round for

four atMarriott Breadsall Priory,wereCheadle captain Don Milligan andMickHolmes with 40 points.The prize list was completed by

Stamford’s Dave Briddon and GlynAndrew who won a round for four atDe Vere Mottram Hall as their 39points edged out Cheadle’s Jack Wa-ters and Colin May, who receivedvouchers for Scottsdale Golf.

YORKSHIREMENMalcolm Crowsonand Colin Peace won a trip to the Algarvewhen they ran out winners at the WGTBDays Out finale at a blustery De VereMottram Hall.

Steve McDermott and Terry Dal-limore lead for a long time after winninga countback over playing partners Mikeand Peter Burgess, but they were pippedby the Willow Valley duo who chipped infor a birdie on the 18th to take their scoreto a winning 42 points.

McDermott and Dallimore had theconsolation of winning a stay and playbreak at Marriott Worsley Park.

The Burgess brothers won a stay andplay break at De Vere Oulton Park asthey topped the day prize list and TerryChaplin and Terry Rathbone made theirtrip from North Wales worthwhile asthey won a round for four at De VereWychwood Park.

One of the highlights of the day cameon the par three 11th hole where Tyther-ington’s 79-year-old Peter Mitchell holedhis tee shot to boost the score of himselfand his partner to 40 points and win a

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Alex and Nicky Jones are the double HawkstoneMasters champions.

round for four at Marriott Breadsall Pri-ory while Cheadle captain Don Milliganand Mick Holmes completed the prizelist as they also posted 40 points to wingloves and balls.

The consistent duo of Mark Hughesand Tam Donnelly sealed the aggregatetitle and the Mike Brennan Trophy as

they posted 40 points to boost their scorefor four rounds to 164 points and win afantastic two-night stay at Bovey CastleHotel and golf resort, in Cornwall.

They finished five clear of the retiringTony Gregory and Charles Beadle whowere delighted with their prize of break-fast and golf at The Mere Resort.

FrancoMartinelli and Chris Harrison withCheadle captain DonMilligan.

WinnersMalcolm Crowson and Colin Peace with event sponsor PeterWalsh, centre.

joined the forces when she was 17 andtravelled all over the world before settlingin 2006.

The pair have been married for 20 years

and run their own defence industry con-sultancy business from their home inWem. Nicky also teaches netball at thelocal Thomas Adams School.

ChrysalisTrust boost

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FAIRHAVEN SUCCESSFOR FUNDRAISERS

At Fairhaven (L-R) are treasurer Sandy Morris, RGAC Men’s captain John Allott, Fairhaven Ladies’ captain Susan Mills and former ManchesterUnited goalkeeper Alex Stepney.

StKentigernHospicebenefits fromgivingNorthWalesgolfers

THE North Wales Chrysalis Trustheld its annual Am-Am at Mold lastmonth, when £1,600 was raised.

Winners of the event were RobDrillsma,TonyMoore,PeteHodsonand Jim Young with 84 points. Nextin were Ian Wadcock, MichaelPritchard, Graham Evans and NickTaylorwith 82 points.Another pointfurther back were Alan Jones,TerryWithington, David Evans andJohn Hargreaves.

A FORMER European Cup winner‘swapped sides’ and presented trophies tothe winners at the second annual Beaver-brooks Golf Day, organised by RosemereGolfers Against Cancer (RGAC), atFairhaven.Having competed earlier in the day, ex-

Manchester United goalkeeper AlexStepney, a key player in their 1968 Euro-pean triumph, and a keen ‘charity golfer,’took centre stage at the presentation inthe evening.RGAC exist solely to work and play in

order to raise funds for the RosemereCancer Foundation, based at Royal Pre-ston Hospital. The Beaverbrooks GolfDay at the prestigious Lytham course wastheir second major event on the Fyldecoast.

Stepney said: “This group does somefantastic work for this great cause, I amdelighted to be able to help them inwhatever ways I can.”Former EuropeanTour golfer and now

RGAC patron,Paul Eales, also joined theteams of four in the competition, whichculminated in a glittering presentationdinner, charity auction and raffle.The evening was hosted by popular co-

median and entertainer Norman Prince,who is also a patron of Rosemere Golfersand included an audience with fellow co-median and Blackpool favourite, TerryCotta.RGAC was founded in 2001 by Ley-

land golfer Keith McIntosh,who wantedto combine his love of the sport with sup-port for the Rosemere Foundation. Over

BRAMALL PARK AM-AM RAISES £11,000FOR ST ANN’S

Pictured (L-R) arePat Tait, AlanPreston, ladycaptain JanetEvans, vice-captain MikeFlitt, St Ann’s

Hospice’s SarahBennett, Nick

Crosswaite,president Russell

Dagg and ladyvice-captain Sue

Gardiner.

11 years, through regular events, it hasraised thousands of much-needed poundsfor the charity.Keith explained: “One of the main

aims of RGAC is to promote Rosemereto officials at golf clubs around Lan-cashire. We are greatly indebted to BrianTauber and officials at Fairhaven and, ofcourse, Beaverbrooks for their invaluablesponsorship and co-operation. Througheveryone pulling together, this event hasraised a tremendous sum for Rosemereand helped to increase the charity’s profilein the Fylde area.”Plans are already in hand for the third

RGAC Beaverbrooks Golf Day atFairhaven in 2013.For more details on next year’s event,

call Keith McIntosh on 01772 462685.

BRAMALL Park Golf Club’s AlanPreston and his enthusiastic team offundraisers have once again pulledout all the stops to provide theirfavoured charity, St Ann’s Hospice,with a cheque for £11,000 from an an-nual Am-Am event held at the clublast month.

With 43 teams the eventwas alwaysgoing to produce some excellent scor-ing despite the difficult weather con-ditions and inevitably a card play-offwould be required to decide the out-come asAndrewCurwen andhis teamtook first prize with 84 points.

Receiving the cheque on behalf ofthe St Ann’s was communityfundraiser Sarah Bennett, who said:“Over the last few years Bramall Park

Golf Club has donated more than£100,000, making it possible to do somany interesting and additional proj-

At Abergele after last month’s charity eventare (L-R):Terry Williams, Rob Jones,Trefor Jones (chairman of the hospice),

Jamie Barrie and Gary Forkings.

Rob Drillsma, centre, at Mold with ladycaptain Kate Faulkner, captain John Scottand Chrysalis trustees Adrian Barsby andDave Ashworth.

Golfathon forSandraASHTON-under-Lyne lady captainSandra Qualters completed a Gol-fathon to raise funds for the WillowWoodHospice, inTameside andTheChristie Hospital.

The seven handicapper began thegruelling challenge at dawn andcompleted six rounds in less than 15hours.

Reaseheath raffleREASEHEATH Golf Club cele-brated its 25th anniversary with anine-holeTexas Scramble.

Fifty-two players took part at theNantwich clubwith 75 attending thehog roast afterwards.

Local singer David Chesworthprovided the entertainment and araffle raised £113, which was addedto club captain Tony Stockton’snominated charity - Cystic Fibrosis.

Last year’s captain, Edward Jack-son, presented his charity cheque for£800 to representatives of CancerResearch UK.

Last year’s Reaseheath captain, EdwardJackson, presents his charity cheque toDavid and Lesley Rowlands, from CancerResearch UK.

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CharityNews

TWENTY-nine teams teed-off inthe 2012 St Kentigern Hospice GolfTournament atAbergele lastmonth,raising £6,608 along the way.

The latest fundraising effortmeans that over the last four yearsthis tournament at Abergele hasraised in excess of £24,500.

The overall winners were ‘Rob’sFour’ comprising ofTerryWilliams,Rob Jones, Jamie Barrie and GaryForkings with 91 points.

Second place with 89 points was‘What’s Up Doc’ and in third, alsoon 89, were ‘The Visionaries’.

The hospice’s fundraising man-ager Jackie Jeffery said: “The golfingcommunity throughout Den-bighshire, Flintshire and Conwyagain generously gave to the hospiceenabling us to continue providingspecialist palliative care to patientsand support for their family, friendsand carers.

“A special thanks must go to allthe local businesses that have sup-ported this event, plus all the volun-teers on the day and individuals whodonated prizes for the auction and ofcourse all the management teamandgenerous members of Abergele GolfClub.”

She added: “The golfers really ap-preciated the refreshments providedon the 10th green courtesy of LynnePritchard, from Departure Lounge,Abergele.”

ects, which are of great benefit in pro-viding the care at our facility.”

Thehospice,which first opened in the

early 1970’s, has provided a uniqueservice to both its patients and theirfamilies during difficult times.

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Sandra Qualters in action during hermarathon six rounds.

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HELSBYGolf Club welcomed two spe-cial guests to mark 30 years of fundraisingfor its Powered Wheelchair Appeal.TV golf commentator Peter Alliss and

Mark Eccleston, who won a silver medalin the tennis doubles at the 2004 Para-lympics in Athens,were on hand to pres-ent three more chairs to young girls fromthe Lancashire and Staffordshire.Eccleston delivered an inspirational

speech about how he overcame his dis-abilities and represented his country atwheelchair table tennis and won gold at

the National Wheelchair Games. Thiswas followed by wheelchair rugby wherehe captained the GB team at two WorldChampionship finals and at the 1996 At-lanta Paralympics.He then needed a new challenge and

took up wheelchair tennis at which hewon seven national titles and was the firstBritish player to become number one inthe world.He is now passing on his enthusiasm

for sport to the children in the Haltonarea where he is disability sports develop-

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Alliss, ‘the Voice of Golf ’, congratu-lated Helsby Golf Club on the amazingwork they have done to raise the funds todonate more than 300 powered wheel-chairs to local children with special needs.He explained that Helsby is the most

successful member of his crusade to im-prove the quality of life of youngstersborn with disabilities.The evening was a great success and

raised in excess of £2,500, which will gotowards the next powered wheelchair fora deserving youngster.

ment officer for special and mainstreamschools. Two days a week, he teaches atChesnut Lodge, the local special schoolinWidnes where he encourages the chil-dren to participate in wheelchair sports.He also runs after school clubs for the

children for football and other sports.TheWheelchair Appeal has donated a num-ber of chairs to children at the school overthe last 30 years and Mark explained thelife changing difference that a chairmakes to them giving them independenceand self confidence.

Helsby Golf Club captain Ray Feldwick, ladycaptain Gill Hancock, Peter Alliss and the

wheelchair recipients.

Firemenplay their partBURY Golf Club hosted a charitygolf day organised by fire crews fromWhitefield Fire Station last month.Two charities were chosen as thebeneficiaries – Redeeming OurCommunities and the fire-fighters’own charity.The event saw more than 80golfers competing for prizes, whichincluded a new car for a hole-in-oneon the first hole. Competitors werealso treated to refreshments on ar-rival, entertainment on the first teeprovided by Alan Firth, refresh-ments half way round the course of-fered by the Salvation Army and aselection of prizes at the end of playvalued at more than £2,000.Crew Commander Paul Brunt,from Whitefield Fire Station’s RedWatch, said: “We raised £1,200which will be shared between bothbeneficiaries.“We are already looking at arrang-ing another Charity Golf Day for2013, when we would hope to raisemuchmore,” added Paul.

MILE END SHOW THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORTAT ITS recent Charity Sponsors’ Dayevent,Mile EndGolf Club attracted 21teams from far and wide to contest forthis year’s honours.It is the third such event at theShropshire-based club, with all pro-Thewinning teamwithMile End’s captain.

ceeds this year being divided equally be-tween local charity Hope House Chil-drens’Hospices and the nationalMarieCurie Cancer Care.The winning team comprised MileEndmembersKeithEvans,Angela and A team photo from the firefighters golf day

at Bury last month.

Paul Eke and RichardMeyer.Mile End proprietor RichardThompson said: “So far this year morethan £7,000 has been raised by the cluband its members and we are happy tosupport two very worthy causes.”


SocietyNews

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THE Manchester Advertising Golf So-ciety (MAGS) is enjoying the celebrationof its 50th anniversary this year and theyhad a terrific Captain’s Day at Disley GolfClub last month.

MAGS long-serving secretary MontyMilner (Northenden) said: “MAGS hasbeen in existence since 1962 and is one ofthe oldest golf societies in the UK.

“Members of the society are all fromadvertising and allied industries based inand around the Manchester area and we

convene several times a year to play golf,catch up old friends and colleagues anddiscuss business at the 19th hole.

“Many leading luminaries of our in-dustry past and present have enjoyedmembership of the society.

“Celebrating 50 years as an active golfsociety with nearly 100 members is nomean feat these days and to mark the oc-casion we have enjoyed an exciting pro-

DerekMee, left, andMontyMilner.


MAGS CELEBRATE50THANNIVERSARY

HOME ADVANTAGE HELPS JIM TO VICTORY AT WORSLEYJIM Gilliland used his local knowledgeto win the Greater Manchester Cham-ber of Commerce Golf Society’s Sep-tember meeting at his home clubMarriott Worsley Park.

The 12-handicapper fired a superb 40Stableford points in blustery conditionsto make it a winning double for his com-pany PSL Print Management afterbusiness partner Brian Eyre had won

the previous event at Wallasey.Matt Watts, from Lowri Beck, recov-

ered from a meagre 13 points on thefront nine to storm back in 26 points tosecure second spot. Bob Wagner (DPGPlc) was third with 37 points.

Facilities management experts PanadSite Services were sponsors and theirrepresentative Jim Atherton took fourthposition with 36 points.

Jennifer Shaw, the manager/secretaryof the society, said: “Marriott Worsleyhas been more than kind to us this year,offering special deals to regular societyplayers to play the course and kindly do-nating a prize of dinner for two at thehotel’s restaurant for this event.

“This gift was used to boost our col-lection on the day to £218 for the cap-tain’s charity of Bolton Hospice, which

gramme of events at some of the bestcourses in the area.

“A very special captain has been ap-pointed to lead the society this year inDerek Mee, who joined MAGS in 1963and has played every year since then.

“Derek was captain in 1973 and is ourlongest serving continuous playing mem-ber – a tremendous feat in itself.

“He was made a life member at Disleywhere he also celebrates 50 years of mem-bership this year and his MAGS Cap-

Pictured (L-R) atMarriott Worsley are BobWagner (third place),Matt Watts (runner-up), Jim Gilliland (winner), Christin Kin-caid (sponsor) andMichael Sweeney (societycaptain 2012).

tain’s Day at Disley was a huge successwith more than 40 members in the field.

“The winner was David Bolton with 36points, one more than Eddie Wright.”

once again showed the generosity ofour members.”

The society is now preparing for itstraditional end-of-season flourish atSandiway this month.

“Following a shotgun start, our an-nual prize presentation will take placeas well as the introduction of our newcaptain and vice-captain for the 2013season,” added Jennifer.

For more information or to book a place atSandiway, visit

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Hurlstonsenior stars inSouthof France

BILL Kirkland, a first year memberatHurlstonHall came second overallin the St Endreol Seniors Open inthe VAR, South of France, whilst onholiday last month.The28-handicapper scored 38 Sta-

bleford points was one point behindthe overall winner, but posted a win-ning total in the second division forhigher handicappers.Bill won a playing place at another

South of France course – Barbaroux.

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LANCASHIRE reached this month’sEnglish Seniors’ County ChampionshipFinals after a close encounter in thenorthern regional qualifier at Heswall.

The outcome was far from certain untilYorkshire’s last man, Barry Downing,three putted the final hole to end hisside’s hopes then Cheshire’s Phil Slaterfollow him in with a six when a fourwould have sunk the Red Rose men oncountback.

Bill Kirkland after his round in the South ofFrance.

Conditions were tough on a breezy,damp day evidenced by the scoring withCheshire’s Dave Nelson posting a two-round total of 146, the day’s best by sevenshots, and only five players managed tobreak 155.

Lancashire were represented by GlynRees, Stewart King, Mike Gray, JeremyMorgan, Robert Fox and Terry Brown

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BBYY DDAAVVIIDD BBIIRRTTIILLLL who will attempt to win the national titlefor the first time at Durham clubHeworth on October 9-11.

And with four-time winners Kent fail-ing to qualify, they will fancy theirchances.

Meanwhile, Lancashire retained theNorthern Counties Seniors’ Leaguecrown, maintaining their 100 per centrecord when they defeated Cheshire byfive points at Romiley.

SHROPSHIRE & Herefordshireseniors’ team gained a modicum ofrevenge in their match against Not-tinghamshire, with a stunning 14-4win atTheWrekin.Nottinghamshire, who narrowly

won the rain affected MidlandsTeamChampionships from S&H atAston Woods in August, fielded ateam that contained five of their sixwinning teammembers.After the morning Greensomes

S&H were leading 4-2. However inthe afternoon fourballs they showedtheir true class with a stunning 5-1thrashing of their rivals. In a sidecontaining five of this year’s rookies,S&Hcame out of the blocks quickly,with the combination of captainAndy Robinson and Geoff Moorleading the way with a 5&4 win inthe top match.This was followed byan even more convincing victory byPaulMcGarry andTonyHarropwhowon their encounter 6&5.Captain Robinson said: “This was

an excellent performance by thewhole team.Not only didwewin,butwe did it in a convincing style withconsiderable margins of victory infour of the five afternoon games.“I am convinced had the weather

not reduced the recent MidlandsTeam Championship to just nineholes that our play over 18 holeswould have seen us go forward to theEnglish Seniors’ County Finals in-stead of Notts.”

Pictured (L-R) are Glyn Rees, JeremyMorgan, Stuart Fawcett (non-playing captain), Stewart King, Robert Fox,Mike Gray andTerry Brown.

The winner of last month’s Bull Bay GCcompetition was Derek Wilcox (Bolton).He wins a game of golf for 10 at NorthWales’ most northerly course.

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ABERGELEGCHouse of Lords Cup – Division 1: IainHayes 67-3=64;Chris EDavies 72-7=65;Ben Lindquist 72-5=67.Division 2: Andy Price 80-17=63; EricDavies 90-25=65;AlanFerguson 83-15=68.Ladies’ Jubilee 3s: Janet Large,PatRees&Val Evans 87pts;Glenys Jones,GillTudor&MargaretWilyman 80pts.Seniors’ Quaiche Trophy – Division 1:Peter Chell 74-15=59; Lew Arnold 72-11=61; Bob Cousar 75-14=61.Division 2: Paul Evans 76-16=60; StewartWade 79-19=60;GrahamHubbard 88-23=65.

ALDERSEY GREEN GCMonthlyMedal –Division 1:GWhitwell67; A Kerr 71;MDean 71.Division 2:RTelford 68; J Byrne 69;CVanSchaick 71.Wednesday Roll-up: S Jones 41pts; RTelford 40pts; BWilliams 38pts.Monthly Medal – Division 1: M Masser68; J Barclay 71;D Bynoth 73.Division 2:SMorris 73;CVanSchaick 75;WKing 76.Reeves Trophy: M Poole 41pts; R Jones40pts;MDean 38pts.Fred Secker Trophy: K Smith 39pts; JSperring 35pts; L Jones 33pts.Ladies’ Medal: S Goulbourne 73; L Rus-coe 73.Hughes Trophy Mixed: M Masser & CMcKee 46pts; R Pritchard & D Lister44pts.

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BULL BAY GCPresident’s Putter:Marianne Jones 31pts;Margaret Stretton 30pts; Gill Williams30pts.DailyMailFoursomes: JeanetteGarner&Wendy Jones 102-24.5=77.5.

CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH GCThe Geoff Hibbert Trophy – Division 1:Gary Morgan 72-3=69; Dave Lancaster82-12=70.Division 2: Dan Christie 83-19=64; Gra-hamNorfolk 82-14=68.Division 3: John Whalebelly 91-20=71;Dave Anderson 100-27=73.

CHESTER GCLadies’ 123 Stableford: Wanda Ritchie,Gaye Nicholson & Rita Dutton 78pts;Judy Foster, Patsy Baker & Jane Chowen75pts.Ladies’ Texas Scramble: Lesley Kirby,Sheila Banham & Pat Dewhurst 64.5;JudyFoster,KathyTasker& JackieArrow-smith 67.7.Men’s Scratch: Callum Roberts bt SteveFoster.Yerburgh Bowl: Charlie Parker bt SimonCamilleri.Men’s Foursomes: Gary Taylor & WillDesormeaux bt Phil Tasker &Mike Bar-croft.Men’s Fourball:DarrochMackie&KevinLangton btMike&Paul Foden.Men’s Clegg Cup: Graham Bott bt CraigHamilton.Ladies’ McGillycuddy Cup: Deli Skinnerbt KathyTasker.Ladies’ Clegg Cup:Gail Powell btWandaRitchie.Mixed Foursomes: Paul Walker &HeatherHill bt Chris&GayeNicholson.

CHORLTON-CUM-HARDY GCClub Trophy Final: Maggie Morgan2dwn;MeganMolloy 2dwn.SummerMeeting: KathyHu 36pts;Mon-ica Parsonage 32pts.Mersey Past&PresentCaptains:PatDaly& Barbara Holgate 42pts; Jean Utting &Jeannie O’Neil 41pts; Liz Bradburn &Sylvia Platt 41pts.Pro’s Prize: Sarah Miles 33pts; AnnRoberts 31pts.Deakin Mixed Foursomes Final: LiamHarrison & PamDraper btTony Parson-age& Jeanette Freeman.

CLAYS GCSeniors’ Stableford: Stewart Poole 40pts:Derek Lyon 39pts;TomMcGrady 35pts.

Seniors’Match:Clays 7Mold 1.Seniors’ Medal – Division 1: StewartPoole 86-15=71; Tony Jackson 86-13=73;Bill Kelleher 86-12=74.Division 2: John Kelty 88-20=68; PeterFraser 90-19=71; Frank Carroll 91-19=72.Ladies HB - Allington Hughes Salver:Rhian Barton 85-14=71; Diane Dare 99-22=77; Jane Bell 100-20=80.Mike Copperwheat Seniors Eclectic: BillKelleher 66-6=60; ErnestWilliams70-7.5=62.5; Stewart Poole 71-7.5=63.5.President’s Day: Stephen Clegg 41pts;Karl Matthias 39pts; Kim Harcombe38pts.Ladies’ Prize: Sheila Roscoe 38pts.Seniors’ Prize: RayMartin 38pts.Juniors’ Prize: James Falcus 35pts.Visitors’ Prize:Doug Spooner 35pts.Kitty Stableford: Elwyn Jones 36pts;TomMcGrady 35pts;TonyOwens 33pts.President’s Day: Stephen Clegg 41pts;Karl Matthias 39pts; Kevin Wyn Jones38pts.Shop Stableford: Jack Roycroft 39pts;David Parry 38pts; Robert Edge 38pts.Seniors’ Stableford: Neil Sanger 37pts;Dave Jones 34pts; Larry Birch 30pts.Ladies’ Stableford: Angela Wellstead34pts; Diane Dare 30pts; Lesley Holland29pts.Shop Stableford: Timothy Lloyd 43pts;Nigel Young 39pts;PWallace Jones 39pts.Junior Summer Stableford League:HarryBartley 37pts; Tom Davies 37pts; RyanBurnett 36pts.Shop Stableford: Colin Bryan 40pts;RobertWilson 33pts; Paul Fell 32pts.Scratch Cup: Josh Green bt Paul Fell on21st hole.

FAIRFIELD GCStableford –Division 1:PaulWilks 37pts;Stewart Proffitt 37pts; Jim Cooper 37pts.Division 2:AnthonyO’Brien 37pts;MikeLynch 35pts; Chris Ryan 35pts.Junior Stableford: John Brown 39pts;KaneTonge 37pts; Lewis Pownell 36pts.AutumnCup (Round 3) –Division 1:TimWalker 72-7=65; Stephen Murphy 75-9=66;GordonTravis 79-11=68.Division 2: Chris Whitehead 81-17=64;Steven Ainscough 83-13=70; David Mat-ley 88-18=70.Division 3:CraigMorris 82-23=59;KevinHolt 89-24=65; Paul Hurst 88-21=67.Stableford – Division 1: Denis Kenny38pts;ScottClayton 36pts;DavidMushet35pts.Division 2: Adge Hurst 41pts; PeterGilchrist 37pts; Paul Hobin 36pts.

FLIXTON GCEWGA Medal Qualifier: Jenny Lomax100-24=76; Edna Keighley 101-23=78;Chris Cornish 98-20=78.

HAWARDEN GCJubilee Rose Bowl – Division 1: AlanRead 79-13=66; Michael Woodworth 77-11=66; BrianTaylor 82-16=66.Division 2: Charles Jones 88-18=70; AlanHowells 88-18=70; LeeMiller 91-18=73.Ladies’ Stableford –Division 1: GwynethGriffiths 33pts;Cynthia Scott 32pts;EllenMurray 29pts.Division 2: Sherry Jones 33pts; JeanHughes 29pts; Janis Rawlinson 28pts.GUWMedal – Division 1: Cynthia Scott85-11=74; Janet Shields 96-19=77;Melanie Peters 85-7=78.Division 2: S Hinks-Edwards 108-25=83;Janis Rawlinson 114-28=86; Marie Blair110-24=86.Committee Prize – Division 1: WayneJones 42pts; Gareth Hughes 41pts; NeilHodson 40pts.Division 2: Gary Bruce 38pts; Paul Mc-donald 36pts;Derek Andrews 36pts.JubileeRoseBowl –Division 1:AlanRead79-13=66;MichaelWoodworth 77-11=66;BrianTaylor 82-16=66.Division 2: Colin Fryer 91-22=69; AlanHowells 88-19=69; R Charles Jones 88-18=70.Ladies’ Medal Winners Final: Julie Grey83-9=74; Lorna Stubbs 100-25=75; JanetShields 95-19=76.Meat Run (9 holes): StephenNeale 22pts;Doug Easton 21pts; John Smith 21pts.

HAWKSTONE PARK GCMasters Trophy (Round 1): Charles Pye81-14=67; C Tweed 85-17=68; RThomas85-15=70.Round 2: Alex Jones 86-16=70; RowlandJones 74-1=73; Stuart Smith 79-6=73.Masters – Overall: Alex Jones 72+70=142;Rowland Jones 73+73=146; Kevin Atkin-son 72+74=146.JuniorMasters:CallumWelch 65+80=145.Simpson Scratch Salver: Rowland Jones148.Mixed Team Stableford Open: RichardJones-Roberts & Val Jones-Roberts(Hawkstone Park) & Arthur Hawkins &Jenny Hawkins (Whittington Heath)70pts; Jeff Buckland, Karen Buckland,Trevor Cartwright & Angela Allen (TheWarwickshire & Kenilworth) 68pts; PaulCollier, Karena Collier, John Burrows &Linda Burrows (Astbury) 68pts.Alex Lyle Memorial Trophy: John GHampson 80-14=66;Alex Jones 84-14=70;Richard Conlon 79-8=71.Ladies’Medal –Division 1:FrancineNutt95-20=75; Ann Trevor-McCall 95-18-77;Val Jones-Roberts 87-10=77.Division 2: Nicky Jones 102-27=75;Lynette Law 120-36=84; Molly Moore114-30=84.Ladies’Masters – OverallWinner:Nicky

Jones 71+80=151.Round 1: Nicky Jones 99-28=71; LouisaGoff 83-6=77; JulieWales 94-17=77.Round 2: Sheila Parker 86-8=78; KerryWallace 104-25=79; Nicky Jones 107-27=80.Seniors’ Walker Cup (Round 6): CyrilAshley 38pts; Robin Ellis 37pts; DavidHiles 34pts.Seniors’ Walker Cup – Overall Result:Robin Ellis 108pts; Tony Harrop 105pts;Cyril Ashley 104pts.Seniors’ Open: Peter Davies & Christo-pher Davies (Vale of Llangollen &Wrex-ham) 41pts; Ashley Hayward & DaveFinnemore (Kenilworth& IzaacWalton)41pts; Geoff Keenan & Warren Davies(Vale of Llangollen) 39pts.Ladies’ Texas Scramble: Val Jones-Roberts, Pauline Smith & Ann Trevor-McCall 65.9; Kerry Wallace, Nicky Jones& Kath Gleave 70.9; Janet Sadler, HelenSmith& Sylvia Sherratt 74.2.Agnes LyleTrophy:KathGleave 85-9=76;MollyMoore 108-30=78;Nicky Jones 106-27=79.

HELSBYGCMonthly Medal – Division 1: T Briscoe75-9=66; R Horton 77-11=66; S Marsh78-11=67.Division 2: J Fletcher 86-14=72; S Cran-field 85-13=72;GMakin 84-12=72.Division 3: R Ewing 85-18=67; P Jackson87-18=69; R Jones 88-17=71.Division 4: PThornborough 94-21=73; LRoss 96-22=74;DFitzsimmons 97-22=75.EWGAMedal –Division 1:KWilkinson79-9=70.Division 2: J Hampson 102-25=77.Division 3:CHodgson 108-34=74.EJ Harding Trophy: N Robertson 79-13=66; M Townsend 74-6=68; J Fletcher82-14=68.

HENLLE PARK GCWednesday Night Stableford (9 holes): AlBrown 21pts; George Hughes 21pts; MalSmith 21pts.Seniors’ Texas Scramble: Mike Powell,Roy Blackband & Tony Davies 54.4;Tommy Telford, Bryn Williams & JohnPostle 61;Terry Price,DerekHoughton&Colin Parker 61.6.ClubMedal – Division 1: TomMilne 72-6=66; Rex Tattersall 75-8=67; David Mc-Conaghy 72-5=67.Division 2:Richard Jones 80-16=64;RonnieJones 84-19=65; RobGrindley 92-21=71.Division 3: Neil Durban 98-24=74; JohnDimelow 97-22=75;StevenBevan 99-23=76.Friendly Match: Henlle Park 5½Llanymynech 2½.Ladies’ Am-Am: Sara Meehan, PamTat-tersall & Doreen Nicol 65; S Llewellyn,Sarah Evans & S Jones 64; Jackie Tuck,Beth Pritchard&Beryl Aubrey 64.

HENLLYSGCSpecsavers Trophy – Division 1: AdamWilliams 69-1=68.Division 2: BarryWard 86-16=70.Division 3: IoloTegid 84-17=67.Peter Maton Pair’s Shield: John & BillyEvans 66; Adam Williams & Ian Owen66.

HILL VALLEY GCAnne Timperley Trophy: Gwen Thomas94-17=77; Helen Dinsdale 99-22=77;SusanHiggs 110-28=82.EWGA September Medal – Division 1:Helen Dinsdale 100-22=78; Beryl Young101-21=80;GwenThomas 100-17=83.Division 2: Carol Sheard 109-29=80;Sheila Lockett 117-36=81;SueBlackburn110-28=82.

HOLYWELL GCThursdayMidweek Stableford (12 holes) –Division 1: Geraint Jones 21pts.

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Josh Green, left, beat Paul Fell in the ScratchCup at Clays.

Challenge Cup: Jack Roycroft bt MikeJones 4&3.Aber Shield: Steve Jones bt Jack Cade3&2.Senior Championship: Reg Peacock btNeil Sanger 3&2.GemTrophy:KennyHughes&Kev Jonesbt AndyMathews&Kevin Scaife on 19thhole.Ladies’ Betterball: Kim Harcombe &Sheila Roscoe bt Jo & Nicky Beddows3&2.Senior Pair’s: Steve Monk & Brian Jonesbt RegTaylor &DenMurphy 1up.

DAVYHULME PARK GC4BBB Stableford: Howard Jones & Rus-sell Jones 45pts.Ladies’ Stableford: Hilary Cooper 33pts;Sue Malcolmson 32pts; Chris Owen31pts.

DENBIGHGCLadies’ Daily Mail Foursomes: HelenOwens & Betty Thomas 37pts; Sue Mc-Carthy&Karen Jones 35pts.Seniors’ Stableford: Barrie Fishwick39pts; Steve Griffith 37pts; EilianWilliams 35pts.Seniors’ Stableford:LesWilde 39pts;Bar-rie Fishwick 37pts; Alan Brooke 37pts.Seniors’ Bogey:CliffTwamley 1up;EilianWilliiams A/S;WMike Jones A/S.Men’s Behrens Cup: BrynliThomas 6up;Derek Davies 2up;Thomas Roberts 2up.


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Division 2: JaysonWilliams 23pts.Bamford Trophy: Ross Jones +6; ChrisPierce +6.Ladies’Medal: JaniceCain 108-28=80;SueCollingwood 106-26=80.Westminster Cup: Tim Saunders btRichie Alli 5&4.Cope Cup: Lauren Stanfield bt SueCollingwood 2&1.Sullivan Trophy: Arthur Davey & MoiParri btMerfyn Brockley&RobNicholls6&4.ArnoldWilliamsTrophy:PatMcDermottbt Dave Lee 6&5.Gents Foursomes: SimonBailey&GavinRoberts bt Mark Carroll & John Evans3&2.Captain’sCup:Chris Pierce bt LewisReed5&4.

MARKET DRAYTON GCMen’s SeptemberMedal –Division 1:PhilFirth 81-12=69; John Thomas 77-8=69;Paul Brown 75-5=70.Division 2: Peter Blase 88-17=71; EmrysDavies 88-17=71; Norrie Anderson 85-14=71.Division 3: RobertThompson 95-23=72;Peter Lawson 94-19=75; Dave Mitchell96-20=76.3 Ball Waltz: James Connolly, NigelWellings & Andrew Nicholson 88pts;GarethDean,Neil Jeffries&CharlieGrey79pts.MacMillan Cancer Stableford: Barry Pil-grim 43pts; John Gillespie 39pts; PaulBrown 38pts.Ladies’ Mary Griffiths Salver: Sue Cush-ing 37pts; Barb Sutton 33pts; MargaretPlayfair 30pts.Ladies’ClubChampionship: JackieRush-grove 88+92=180.Challenge Handicap Trophy: JackieRushgrove 76+80=156.Ladies’ SeptemberMedal (1): JoyceBarker103-21=82.Ladies’ SeptemberMedal (2) –Division 1:Jenny Wilson 92-17=75; Margie Miller98-20=78.Division 2: Rose Stott 102-21=81; Mar-garetWilliamson 106-21=85.Division 3: Sue Walton 114-34=80; JoanMaynard 111-30=81.Breakthrough Brooch: Jenny Wilson.Basford Bowl: Jackie Rushgrove77+78=155; Sue Cushing 76+88=164.Ladies’ Stableford: Gill Laver 32pts;Penny Thompson 29pts; Barbara Evans27pts.

MILE END GCSunday Social: Neil Exton 22pts; KenMcBrien 21pts; RichardMeyer 20pts.Midweek Stableford: Jordan Watkiss38pts; Gareth Rogers 35pts; Brian Rees34pts.Wednesday Social: Richard Meyer 22pts;IanO’Conner 20pts;KenMcBrien 20pts.Ladies’ September Medal – Division 1:Marianna Sharman 94-21=73; JaniceTurner 85-9=76; AmandaOrd 90-14=76.Division 2: Jackie Rogers 97-24=73;TrishRichards 104-29=75; Carol Ashley 118-36=82.September Medal – Division 1: GaryHarper 78-11=67; Darren Roberts 74-6=68; SimonHayman 81-13=68.Division 2: Scott Smith 82-18=64; ErnanMacCabe 86-17=69; Harry Barbour 83-14=69.Division 3: Craig Samuels 87-20=67;ShaunHolloway 91-20=71; Phil Bateman95-23=72.Wednesday Social: Ken McBrien 21pts;John Barry 18pts; ShaunHolloway 18pts.Adult/Junior:Darren&MatthewRoberts87-22.5=64.5; Roman&Andy Allen 102-31=71.Sunday Social: Stuart Ball, John Seal &Moya Holmes 43pts; Peter Kenyon, PaulEke & Janet Edwards 40pts; Richard Os-

borne, Frank Morris & Roger Edwards38pts.Ladies’ Monday Social: Sue Robson,Carol Ashley & ShirleyThomas 67; AnnaPugh,Marianna Sharman&Carol Slater71.5; Amanda Ord, Di Fisher & JuliaRudkin 77.5.

MOLD GCShirleyHughes Cup:Nerys Jones&BethDavies 43.8; Paige Parry & Ffion West-lake 51.7.

NEW MILLS GCSenior’s Open: R Bourne & D Malkin(Tytherington) 41pts; D Wilson & JKnowles (Didsbury) 41pts;TMottershead&KMoore (AVRO) 38pts.

NORTH WALES GCMedical Cup (Round 1):PeterHammond75-10=65;Geoff Ansell 74-9=65.Best Gross: EvanGriffith 68.Medical Cup (Round 2): Martin Wood79-12=67;Denis Smith 76-6=70.Best Gross: EvanGriffith 71.Winner:Geoff Ansell 65+70=135.Ladies’ Stableford – Division 1: DianeEvans 31pts; Pam Blundell 29pts; MalJohnson 29pts.Division 2: Brenda Holdsworth 31pts;Rhiannon Hughes 28pts; Chris McGraw28pts.

OSWESTRY GCInformal Mixed Foursomes (13 holes):DavidThomas&Kath Jones 55-8=47;RayJones & Gwyneth Baines-Jones 65-142/3=501/3; Peter Turner & Janet Turner64-121/3=512/3.

PADESWOOD& BUCKLEY GCMedal Winners Final: Peter Ross Jones75-5=70;Simon Jones 74-2=72;KimVick-ers 92-19=73.ThePresident’sTrophy:BenChamberlainbt Peter Ross Jones.The Jack Auckland Trophy: Simon Jonesbt Rhys Jones.

Juniors: Josh Fell-Groom 38pts; LukeJohnson 35pts.Seniors (9 holes) Cliff Green 19pts.

PORTAL PREMIER GCLadies’ Bogey – Division 1: Rhian Jones+4.Division 2: Pat Harrison +1.Ladies’ Stableford (6) – Division 1: NovaCauwels-Wigan 39pts.Division 2: Pat Harrison 36pts.Ladies’ Stableford (7) – Division 1: NovaCauwels-Wigan 36pts.Division 2: BarbaraMcDyre.Lady Captain’s Day: Pat Bowering 39pts.Silver Division: Loiuse Johnson 36pts.Bronze Division: Karen Roberts 39pts.Lowest Gross: Catriona Cheetham 87.Men’s Summer Stableford: Cliff Morgan44pts;Matthew Brooks 43pts.Summer StablefordRoll-up:BenMcDyre44pts;Gil Perry 42pts.September Midweek Medal: MichaelWhitehead 66;Derek Riley 70.September Monthly Medal – Division 1:DavidWilson 68.Division 2: Stephen Capstick 73.Juniors’ Summer Stableford:AdamSmith43pts;Hugo Roberts 38pts.SennetCup:Daniel Swales 38pts; GeorgeGreenway 34pts.President’sDay – Ladies: Jackie Roper 71;Joyce Buckle 72.Men: Richard Barrett 68; Steve Galloway68.Men’s Singles KO:Conrad Blenkinsop.Men’s Plate KO:RobWilliams.Men’s Pairs KO: Graeme Dodd & JohnHensman.Seniors’PairsKO: JohnBulmer&MartinEccersley.Ladies’ Singles KO:Dot Edwards.Ladies’ Greensomes KO: Louise Johnson&Nova Cauwel-Wigan.Mixed Pairs KO:Morris&Carole Legge.Junior Singles KO:Adam Swales.

PRYORS HAYES GCMen’s Midweek Monthly Medal – Divi-sion 1: Lee Lynch 66; FredWorrall 67.Division 2:DavidTaylor 67; IanByrne 67.Vice-Captain’s Trophy: Kevin Fairclough& George McIvor 42pts; Jonathan Gaze& StuartWhibberly 41pts; Neil Griffiths&Dave Kinvig 41pts.Seniors’ Stableford – Division 1: MikeAtkinson 37pts.Division 2:Walter Gilbert 34pts.Division 3:Dave Colbourne 30pts.Ladies’Thursday Stableford – Division 1:Emma Stokes 35pts.Division 2: SueHulme 33pts.Division 3: Pam Stonehouse 39pts.Ladies’ Saturday Stableford – Division 1:NormaHughes 36pts.Division 2: PamOatley 34pts.Division 3: Karen Jones 30pts.

REDDISH VALE GCEWGA Medal – Bunty Booth Qualifier:Linsy Warburton 95-20=75; Kirsty Rat-cliffe 96-21=75; Denise Weadick108-32=76.Sunblest Trophy: Mal Woodcock 35pts;Karen Cunliffe 32pts; Denise Weadick29pts.Lady Captain’s Prize: Barbara Lee 103-29=74; Karen Cunliffe 101-25=76; PatChadwick 105-26=79.EWGA Medal: Mary O’Neill 97-19=78;Sheila Cowlard 102-23=79;AnneGosling99-20=79.

RHOS ON SEA GCMonthly Medal: Steve Mays 75-7=68;Marcus Wilkes 71-3=68; Eddy Scott 82-13=69.Club Stableford: Paul Sherrington 35pts;Ken Brocklehurst 34pts; Paul Sinacola34pts.September Monthly Medal: Dave Tom

Williams 90-22=68; Steve Berklay 89-19=70; Eddy Scott 84-12=72.Clays played their finalmatch in theDGULeagueMatch –Division 1:RhosOn Sea5 Clays 3.Club Stableford: Dylan Williams 34pts;Andy Puddle 33pts; AndyTravis 32pts.Club Stableford: Dave Pritchard 41pts;Darrel Jones 35pts; Ian Carter 35pts.Club Stableford: Paul Sinacola 39pts;Steve Berklay 38pts; Paul Sherrington37pts.Club Stableford: Ian Carter 37pts; SteveMorris 33pts; IanMarsden 31pts.Final Medal: Elfed Jones 93-20=70; IanTaylor 82-12=70; Andy Baker 77-5=72.

ROMILEY GCRhodesian Trophy: Dave Skillington44pts; Ray Hayes 42pts; Chris Mullin39pts.MonthlyMedal –Division 1: JohnAllman72-1=71; Mark Worsley 74-3=71; AMcRoberts 77-5=72.Division 2: Bob Law 80-12=68; N Collins82-13=69; S Barker 86-16=70.Division 3: Andrew Reed 92-21=71; PeterHowcroft 96-24=72; S Cleary 97-25=72.

RUTHINPWLLGLASGCCaptain’s Away Day (at Pennant Park):JohnLewis,NeilRoberts,GwilRoberts&Guy Alford.Yellow Ball: Kev Glyn Jones, Colin Jones,Bob Bixham&KeithTurner.DGU Inter-clubMatch: Ruthin Pwllglas4½Abergele 3½.Ladies’ Molly Jackson Par Trophy: CareyKearns 4dwn.Silver Division: Stella Gill 6dwn; LauraKing 6dwn.Bronze Division: Vicky Harrison 4dwn;Val Davies 5dwn.Barbara Tremayne Trophy: Laura King,Wendy Curran&Carey Kearns.GUWMedal/ BreakthroughBrooch:Tri-cia Lynch 92-20=72; Laura King 77-3=74;Sue Roberts 95-19=76.

SALE GCLadies’ Stableford: Sophia Casey 37pts;Vicenta Gleave 36pts; Kate Rawthore35pts.

UPTON-BY-CHESTERGCGolf Foundation Ladies’ Stableford –Di-vision 1:Helen Beddows 37pts.Division 2: Jan Peace 36pts.Division 3:Chris Venables 32pts.

VALE OF LLANGOLLEN GC4BBB Stableford: Greg Purdie & PaulBird 41pts; Steve Brito Coll & DamienBrito Coll 41pts; David Southwell & Je-remyHughes 41pts.Hand Vase – Division 1:Dyfed Rowlands73-5=68; R Shaw 79-8=71; Chris Spooner83-12=71.Division 2:NEvans 89-19=70;Cliff Thomas85-13=72;David Condren 93-20=73.

VICARS CROSS GCMargaret Simpson Cup: Deb Davies73+69=142; Joyce Alsop 72+75=147.Best Nett (Round 1): Zena Nibbs 70.Best Nett (Round 2): Megan Sutherland72.

WARRINGTON GCCounty Junior Match: Cheshire Girls 3Cheshire Boys 5.

WILLIAM WROE GCCaptain’s Cup: Dave Harrison 59; BrianAllen 62.Stableford: Brian Allen 40 pts; Stan Yates35pts.LanceMooneyTrophy:DaveHarrison 58;Stan Yates 62.Stableford (9 holes): Dave Barton 21pts;DonTarpey 18pts.

Shirley Hughes Cup winners Beth Davies, left,and Nerys Jones with lady captain KateFaulkner, centre.

Jack Auckland Cup runner-up Rhys Jones, left,and winner Simon Jones.

Pictured (L-R) after the Highland Cup atPlassey are presidentTed Davies, runner-up

Andy Brown,winner DaveWickens andLongest Drive winner Peter Johnson.

Ladies’ Stableford – SilverDivision:BethDavies 39pts.Bronze Division: Kate Faulkner 32pts.SeptemberMedal – Division 1:MarkHi-bbert 73-10=63.Division 2: Kris Farren 76-13=63.Division 3: J Colin Davies 86-19=67.Seniors’Match:Mold 7OldPadeswood 2.Three club 4BBBStableford: Stuart Jones& Brian Sinfield 41pts; Richard Hill &Lenny Keig 39pts.Multiplication Stableford:DaveWilliams& Gareth Bellis 81pts; George Rogerson&Phil le Brocq 74pts.Canadian Greensome: Terry Francis &John Lowe 64; Mike Bartleet & RogerHowes 65.4BBBStableford:Martyn Scholes&StanHayward 45pts; Mike Smith & LennyKeig 44pts.Yellow Ball Stableford: Bob Shotton,GarethBellis&Barry Brine 78pts; StuartJones,Tec Griffiths& Peter Kime 76pts.Ladies’ Club Championship KO: EirlysPhillips bt Janet Spence.Anniversary (Scratch) Trophy KO: BethDavies bt Felicity Hughes.Burley Cup KO: Suzanne Cheatle btHelenWells.Nannw Mitchell Foursomes KO: AnneLloyd Davies & Janet Spence bt EirlysPhillips & Pat Jones.Moel Famau Trophy KO: Elaine Frank-land bt Diane Farrington.S&I Peters Cup KO: Colin Crowther &Efrys Crowther bt Tudor Hughes & PatJones.Bill DoddTrophy KO: J Dewi Ingman&Iestyn Ingman bt Tim Davies & MarkBrett.Cae Isaf Cup KO: Alan Evans bt BrianRogers.Cae Uchaf Cup KO: Roger Howes btBrian Rogers.Rabbits Cup KO: David Barker bt DavidFaulkner.Summer League KO: Karl Lurz & AlexBradbrook bt Rob Stacey & Steve Kerri-gan.JTEvansKO:AdamWilson btLukeWil-son.Ladies’ September Medal – Silver Divi-sion: Eirlys Phillips 82-11=71.Bronze Division: Elaine Frankland 103-31=72.September ExtraMedal – SilverDivision:Eirlys Phillips 83-10=73.Bronze Division: Susan Jackson: 96-25=71.Lady Veterans’ Trophy: Eirlys Phillips35pts; Joy Burton 34pts.Ladies’ Stableford:1st: Beth Davies 35pts; Judith Froggatt34pts.

The Caia Cup: John Percy bt Steve Hoo-ley.ThePandoraCup:MartinGibson bt JohnIngle.The Long Handicap: Terrey Swindley btSEJ Roberts.The Phill Savage Trophy: Chris Canhambt Jane L Jones.The Coppa Cup: Linda Pegg bt AnneTapp.The Jubilee Cup: Matthew Roberts btLucciano Civicchioni.The AlynTrophy: Danielle Jones bt ElliePrice.

PLASSEY GCHighland Trophy: Dave Wickens 43pts;Andy Brown 40pts; Barry Edwards 40pts.

Hastings Cup – Men: Reg Whatt 40pts;RexTattersall 39pts.Ladies: Jean Thompson 36pts; SharonHarold 33pts.

JACK ENDSSALE DROUGHT

GL:Where do you live?DW: I live inMarple.

GL:What is your age?DW: I am 61.

GL:What do you do for a living?DW: I’m a company director.

GL: Howmany years have you been amember at Romiley?DW: I’ve been at Romiley for 14years.

GL:What is your current handicap?DW:I amnowplaying off a handicapof 11.

GL: What’s the lowest handicapyou’ve ever played off?DW:The lowest I’ve played off is mycurrent handicap of 11.

GL:Apart fromRomiley,what’s yourfavourite other course?DW:It is a choice of two betweenSanRoque, in Spain and the famous OldCourse, St Andrews.

GL: What’s your favourite hole atRomiley?DW:My favourite hole is the par foursixth. It’s very challenging.

GL:How often do you play?DW: I play about three times a weekat the moment.


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SALE Golf Club’s young star Jack Bul-lough ended a 13-year club drought bywinning the coveted Mersey Champi-onship over 36 tough holes at Didsbury.Jack, 21, was Sale’s sole entrant and he

came to the tournament having played 36holes on the previous day in his club com-petition for the Life Members Trophy.But the five-handicapper posted gross

rounds of 72 and 70 to win by three shotsfrom Northenden pair Andy Richardsonand Paul Wilson on 146.The scores reduced Jack’s handicap to

four and made him only the third playerever from Sale to win the trophy, whichover the years has had top county and re-gional stars competing in the annual bat-tle between the top players in the fiveMersey valley clubs.Among those in the field were Chorl-

ton’s Phil Bolton, who has played forCheshire more than 100 times and holdsthe record for the most wins in theMersey Championship and Dave Nelson(Northenden) the current Cheshire Sen-iors champion.The championship began in 1972 and

GL:What are your other hobbies?DW: I love restoring classic cars. Icurrently have aTriumphStagwhichis allegedly finished but eating all mymoney!

GL:What football team do you sup-port?DW: I am a supporter of the mightyManchester United. Is there anyother team?

GL:What’s your chosen charity forthe year?DW: My charity this year is theTheEcmo Unit, at Wythenshaw Hospi-tal.This unit saved my brother’s lifelast year after a very seriousmotor ac-cident and they do an absolutely fan-tastic job.

GL: If you had to pick out one per-sonal golf highlightwhatwould it be?DW:Any time I manage to win any-thing, which is not too often thesedays!

GL: If you could play 18 holes in afourball with anyone else,whowouldbe the other three players?DW: If I could play 18 holes in afourball with anyone else the otherthree players would be my two sons,who I really miss playing with, andLuke Donald. He is one of theworld’s best golfers and an all roundreally nice guy.

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in the field then and also in the 2012competition was Withington’s MikeCasey who has played in nearly all of the40 championships since then and he isalso the archivist for the Mersey compe-titions.Mike said: “The only previous winners

for Sale were Brian Hill in 1979 and 1982and Neil Pabari in 1999.“Didsbury were excellent hosts and

provided a challenging course for the bigfield and their captain Mike Campbell,who also played in the event, presentedthe trophy to Jack.“It is a title well worth winning and

Jack can be proud to add his name to adistinguished list of winners.”Jack,who is studying Sports Science at

Manchester University, added: “I haveplayed in the Mersey Junior Champi-onships in the past but this was my debutin this competition andMike Casey,whoI played with,made me realise the impor-tance and value of winning the trophy.”Jack also had the best nett score of 130

ahead of Chris Cyprus (Didsbury) 134,and Jonathan Collins (Northenden) 137.

Jack Bullough with Didsbury captainMike Campbell, left, andWithington’s Mike Casey, right.

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StablefordstarSCRATCH golfer Chris Unsworthshowed his class inwinning divisionone of a club Stableford event atMellor & Townscliffe last monthafter a three-under-par round gavehim 39 points.

He fired 13 pars, four birdies andjust one bogey, but a card count backwas still required to confirm his vic-tory over Andrew Alderly.

Paul Wilkinson won the seconddivision with an excellent 40 points.Also worthy of note was 86-year-oldGil Higham’s fabulous 38 points.

Neil rememberedatMileEndAwayDayMILE End Golf Club’s past cap-tains enjoyed their annual away daywhen John Sealmade the best use ofthe excellent weather conditions atPryors Hayes to score 38 points andclaim the winner’s trophy.

Current club captain,StuartRus-sell, paid tribute to organiser AllanKerr and to the late Neil Garrett,who recently passed away and whowas an enthusiastic supporter of thiscompetition.

The captains agreed unanimouslyto purchase a perpetual club trophyin the form of a silver fox inmemoryof Neil.

Chris Unsworth in action atMellor.

Local reader Andrew Cornes.Andrew, a member of Lymm Golf

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TheHeritage course.

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side the castle itself and next door to oneof Ireland’s best known character pubs,Durty Nellies.

Forget any imitators.This is the origi-nal Durty Nellies and dates back to 1620.

You can pull your own pint, you canchoose between several bars and restau-rants, but you can’t bottle that unique at-mosphere and take it home.

More’s the pity, so it’s as well to forgetyour inhibitions, sing along with the livemusic, sink a Guinness or two and won-der why our near-neighbours always seemto have so much fun when they go out forthe night.

You can lunch at Durty Nellies for lessthan £10, or take a dinner option withwine for around £25, but don’t drive past.

could play in the monthly “open” on aMonday for around £25 – top value for atop quality golf course with really lavishfacilities on hand.

Our third course this trip was the onewhere I actually won the money, so it can’tbe too difficult! It was Dromoland Castleat Newmarket on Fergus, a course theydescribe as “the Augusta of Ireland”.

That might be overdoing it a little, butfive million euros have been spent overthe last few years upgrading DromolandCastle (which first opened in 1962) intoa very fine course which complements theexclusive Dromoland Castle hotel.

A golf stay there would be a rare treat,but we were very happy with our base,Bunratty Castle Hotel, which sits along-

I DO envy links golfers.They are in lovewith the purest form of the sport. Theycan shape their shots; pitch and run theball to any given distance and keep itbelow the wind when needed.

Not me. I am used to hitting the ballhigh, so that it goes over the trees that toooften block the way between my erranttee shot and the green.

A useful skill at a parkland course.Ab-solutely useless on a seaside links with thewind blowing hard off the ocean.

Which is why I stood nervously on thetee of the 14th hole at the Greg Norman-designed Doonbeg course in Ireland.

I should have been enjoying the fabu-lous West Coast scenery, or the thrill ofplaying a links course designated Euro-pean Golf Resort of the Year in 2010.

Instead I was nervously contemplatingthe 95 yards from tee to green straightover the Atlantic Ocean knowing I hadonly three more golf balls in the bag.

One minute later came a big sigh of re-lief, as my wedge shot hit high out to seawas safely blown back by the wind and onto the green.

Four holes to play and three balls toplay them with. At last, I could relax!

And what a place to relax in.Doonbeg’s links course may be as close

to nature as can be – 12 of its fairwaysneeded only the mower to complete thecourse designer’s job – but the resort itselfis built to the most demanding standardsof comfort and luxury.

It was the planned highlight of our an-nual three-course break in Ireland.

It’s a trip that never disappoints, as theunique atmosphere of Ireland’s golf clubs,pubs and restaurants soon helps you getover any self-inflicted disappointmentswith ball and club.

This year we settled on County Clareas a base,which meant we could reach thewest coast within an hour but still get toand from Dublin via the toll roads inaround two hours. It proved a greatchoice, with the unexpected bonus ofwatching weather forecasts of torrentialrain in the UK but dry weather in Ireland.

Happily for me, our other two courseswere both parkland,which saved mightilyon both golf balls and pride.

It was a moving experience to return toour second course The Heritage at Kil-lenard, County Laois.The late, great SeveBallesteros was involved in the design anddevelopment here and his statue standsproudly in front of the opulent clubhouseas a reminder of one of the most charis-matic golfers ever to grace the game.

I say “development” because The Her-itage is not just a great golf course. It alsofeatures a range of places to stay and othersports facilities including outdoor and in-door bowling greens.

Prices at the Heritage will always de-pend on the time of the year and day ofthe week, but like many other Irish golfclubs it is worth looking out for “opendays” when green fees are low. Here you

This month JOHN GEE reports on his recent annualthree-course break in Ireland.Photos byKEN DONE.

There is nowhere else quite like it.A final word on how Ireland is coping

with the recession. It would be wrong tomake light of the challenges facing thecountry, but the tourist is all the morewelcome for that, and everywhere thereare special deals on offer to tempt you in.

Add to that the current strength of thepound against the Euro and it made ourtrip better value than for several yearspast.

Dromoland Castle.

Durty Nellies set beneath Bunratty Castle.The short 14th hole at Doonbeg.

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The Seve Ballesteros statue atTheHeritage.

FactfileAS A group we always sail to Ire-land to load up the cars with gearand avoid hefty flight surcharges.We sailed from Holyhead to

Dublinwith Irish Ferries, using thecruise shipUlysses to get across andthe superfast Dublin Swift to gethome. Ferry prices vary greatly, butthe company claim is the best dealswill be on: www.irishferries.com.Similarly the golf courses we vis-

ited offer special breaks and prices,some combining other courses ingreat packages.For example,Doon-beg offers a deal with the famousnearby links course at Lahinch; theHeritage is currently offering anovernight stay with dinner and golffor around £120 and DromolandCastle offers midweek golf with asteak dinner for around £50.Best advice is to see their websites

to check out what is on offer andtake an overview on the country’sofficial tourism website. For detailsvisit: www.discoverireland.com

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IF RESILIENCE and determinationare bywords for success, then Jiyai Shin,after her runaway victory in the LadiesOpen at Hoylake last month, might beregarded as the epitome of ‘cool’.Given that this field represented the

cream of women’s golf, her demolitionjob was all the more impressive. It istrue that whilst there I heard only threeor four topics of conversation: wherewere theBrits? Jiyai Shin’s extraordinaryconsistency; Paula Creamer’s crowdpleasing ‘dressed-for-the-disco’ attire(well, the chaps were pleased at anyrate); and, of course, the weather; thegood old British weather. How MissShin held her game together, repeatedly,in the teeth of numerous squalls thatbrought lashing, horizontal rain, defiedbelief.How strange, too, that theBritishcontingent couldn’tmake a better fist ofhandling the conditions.Unlike those who recorded high

scores over the first two rounds,my ownMrs C, not to be outdone by that Ko-rean upstart Shin, managed to see outthe whole week too! Refusing to bebeaten by theweather (despite sufferinga severe drenching on a couple of occa-sions), the Cherubic Commandant(she’s beautiful, but what she says, goes)stood her ground with nary a flinch nora whinge in the face of all that MotherNature could throw at her.No matter what the weather did,

Course Marshals, you see, were not al-lowed to ‘stand down’.To be honest, I’m not sure what the

appeal was in volunteering in the firstplace. Perhaps it’s because the last timeMrs C watched live, tournament golfwas when,being an old romantic, I tookher to watch the ’93 Ryder Cup atTheBelfry, (ah, whither Seve?) and theLadies Open at Hoylake provided,therefore, a great chance to see theworld’s best women golfers play in ourregion.Ormaybe it’s the power:holdingaloft a bat with ‘QUIET PLEASE’ and‘STANDSTILL’on it puts the bearer incontrol of possibly hundreds of would-

be transgressors and chatterers.Actually,Mrs C opted for the Army-

issue bat with ‘OI,GOBBY,SHUTIT!’on one side and ‘STAND STILL, YOUMORON!’ on the other! Combinedwith her infamous ‘kill-at-40-paces’glare, no-one dared even blink!The bat, illegibly autographed by

god-knows-who, now stands in thedownstairs loo.As you probably know, Friday’s play

was abandoned because of strongwinds,so Saturday was themake-or-break day.A bit nippy to start with, it warmed upnicely by 12 o’clock, and the coats cameoff. I stood near the 15th greenwatchingas player after player punched a seveniron into the gently undulating green.We saw a few birdies, a couple of threeputts, and some delicate bunker play.One particular ‘flight’, comprising threeEuropean golfers, played their tee shotswith varying results: one in the bunker,one just short of the green, and one 10-12 feet from the pin. After the othersholed out, the lady with the birdie puttbegan her preparation by stalking thegreen and studying the slope from thisway and that, then from front and backbefore having,finally, half a dozen prac-tice putt swings and addressing the ball.The ball dropped to polite applause andan appreciative wave from the player.There was no punching of the air nor

anywhoops of delight as she handed herputter to the caddy, I noticed the chapholding the mobile scoreboard for thisparticular trio. Their combined scorewas +40-something - one of themwas 25over and our heroine had just got it backto 17 over! No wonder tournament golftakes five hours.If I could make it happen, the next

time I take the CC to a tournament, itwill be to ‘speed golf ’ in which eachplayer, prior to play, must devour a fullEnglish breakfast and two mugs of cof-fee, nip to the pro’s shop to stock upwithchocolate, and then carry their ownbagsround - all in under four hours.We canmanage it, why can’t they?

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WREXHAM’S Alyn Torrence hadrounds of 68 and 67 to win the indi-vidual prize in theWelsh InterCoun-ties Championship at Borth &Ynyslas.

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ANN Lewis, from Royal St David’s,posted rounds of 77 and 74 to win theWelsh Ladies Senior Open title atLanglandBay by seven fromHendon’sJane Rees (81 and 77).

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JOE Sawbridge won the LancashireCountyMembers’CollingeTrophy atHesketh after finishing runner-up lastyear.

The six handicapper fromHurlstonHall made no mistake on this occa-sion, posting a 76 in testing condi-tions to prevail by four shots fromAlan Rawlings, fromWest Derby.

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Joy forClayspairSHEILARoscoe andKimHarcombe(Clays) beat Val Wickerson andJeanette Jones (Rhyl) in the final oftheWelshNorthernCounties PurvesBowl by 5&4.

They had beaten two pairs fromMold, another two pairs from Den-bigh and anAnglesey duo on their wayto the final.

The Lady Captain of Clays will ac-cept the trophy on behalf of Clays atthe AGM of the Welsh NorthernCounties next month.

FAIRYTALE DEBUT FORGRAND FINALCHAMPS

Dot Scholes, right, and RitaTowler after their victory. Image © Leaderboard Photography.

LANCASHIRE golfers Rita Towler andDot Scholes made a fairytale debut in theEngland Golf PING Fourball BetterballTournament when they became 2012champions at the Grand Final at Gains-borough.

This is the first year their club, Har-wood, has entered the tournament – andby chance, it was Dot who suggested theytake part. “I’m the competition secretaryand when I saw the flyer I told the com-mittee I thought we should enter,” shesaid.

Their journey to the title ended whenthey scored 41 points in cold and windyconditions on the challenging KarstenLakes course.They had come through aninitial entry of around 15,500 womenfrom more than 750 clubs who enteredthis year’s competition.The top 60 pairscontested the Grand Final while the next72 qualified for the previous day’s PlateFinal.

“We are stunned, shell-shocked,amazed, anything we say is an understate-ment,” said Dot, who plays off 12. Rita,an eight-handicapper, remarked: “It’s veryspecial, overwhelming.”

They won by two points from Stafford-shire pair Lisa Davies and Karen Grif-fiths, from Leek.

The new champions are regular golfingpartners and longstanding friends,with aspecial bond born out of sadness. Dotsaid: “When my husband, Charlie, diedthree years ago Rita was the best supportI could have had. Golf also helped a lot,the support I had from the club was won-derful, it’s a bit like a surrogate family.”

The runners-up, Lisa and Karen werealso taking part in their first national finaland, as well as competitive play, they enjoywhat they describe as extra-curricular

golf: girls days’ out, mixed events andbreaks.

Karen said: “We’ve never played inanything where they greet you on the firsttee and check the number of clubs in yourbag! My knees were shaking.” Lisa, who

has played for just three years, added: “It’sbeen excellent, absolutely fantastic.”

The nearest-the-pin prize was won byCatherine Devereux, of Fishwick Hall,Lancashire. Her shot finished less thantwo feet from the target.Her partner was

her daughter,Rosie,who at 14 was one ofthe youngest competitors in the field.

In addition to the prizes for the top sixpairs, all competitors received a PINGgolf bag, a pair of ECCO shoes and aPING Collection voucher.

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