24 Hours Golf

As many of you will be aware myself along with Julian Hurst, Steve Fathers, Chris Bate, Mike Haselden, Will Mackay, Adam Mantle and Adam Mannion played golf for 24 hours to raise money for Alder Hey Children's Charity and The Babygrow Appeal at The Countess of Chester Hospital on the 17th/18th June. We all managed to complete 101 holes overall with the blistering heat slowing us down slightly and I think we are all still recovering now. We all found it much tougher than we thought it would be, but it was worth it to raise so much money for two charities which are close to my heart.

I would like to say thank you to everyone who has donated, bought raffle tickets and played in the competitions that I ran on the Sunday. We are still receiving donations and I am pleased to announce that so far we have raised over £8000, which is fantastic as our original target was £5000. I must also say thank you to Mr Captain Ken Bradley and Lady Captain Sue Tranter who supported this event and to all the family, friends and members who came down to cheer us on, watch us finished and kept us fed and watered.

Many thanks, 
Ben Spanton.

 

Tuesday, 20 June

This ladies competition was the Golden Jubilee Jug and there were 44 ladies competing in the stableford format. The winner was Ann Unsworth who won by one point with a score of 39 points to reduce her handicap down to 12.1. Runner up spot went to Gillian Ditchfield who had 38 points to reduce her handicap down to 11.6. Jane Sands finished in third place also with 38 points to miss out on second place on a card playoff but reduce her handicap down to 30.6. Fourth place went to Barbara Bradley who also had a score of 38 points to lose out on a card playoff but reduce her handicap down to 20.1. Two ladies entered the nine hole individual stableford competition with Doris Dickenson being the winner with a score of 13 points.

Thursday, 22 June

This Thursday competition was the Thursday Cup which is a board competition. The format was a white tee medal with a fantastic 161 players competing. 

The winner was Jordan Freaney, who had to shoot a fantastic score of 72 - 9 = 63 to win by just one shot and reduce his handicap down to 5.9, after receiving an exceptional scoring reduction of 1.0. Runner up was Keith Workman, who had a great score of 77 - 13 = 64 to reduce his handicap down to 11.4. Third place went to Ken Morgan who had a very good score of 81 - 15 = 66 to reduce his handicap down to 13.1. Fourth place went to Louis Cunningham who had a 71 - 5 = 66 to miss out on a card playoff. Fifth place went to Connor McGregor who had a 72 - 5 = 67 to reduce his handicap down to 4.4. Sixth place went to Ian Saunders who had a 73 - 6 = 67 to miss out on a card playoff but reduce his handicap down to 5.0. Seventh place went to Darren Jones who shot an 81 - 14 = 67 to also miss out on a card playoff but reduce his handicap down to 12.9. Eighth and final place went to Gary O'Neill who shot a 76 - 9 = 67 to miss out on a card playoff but beat two others to reduce his handicap down to 7.8. Mike Haselden won the lowest gross prize with a score of 67.

Saturday, 24 June

This Saturday competition was the second round of the Captain's Prize following on from last Saturday's round one. It was closely contested with the winner of the Captain's Prize being Andy Lockwood. 

Andy had a score over the two rounds of 65 + 68 = 133 to win on a card playoff. Congratulations go to Andy who reduced his handicap down to 15.7 after the two rounds. Runner up over the two days went to Richard Hamilton who had a 64 + 69 = 133 to miss out in the card playoff. A great effort by Richard, which reduced his handicap down to 5.4. Third place went to Junior Captain Greg Osborne who had scores of 70 + 65 = 135. Fourth place overall went to David Fisher who had scores of 72 + 664 = 136 to reduce his handicap down to 7.0. Fifth place went to Will Mackay who shot rounds of 70 + 68 = 138. Sixth place went to Gareth Carroll who over the two rounds shot 69 + 69 = 138 to reduce his handicap down to 2.4. Eighth place went to Richard Ryves who had 67 + 71 = 138 to reduce his handicap down to 8.1. Tenth place went to Connor McGregor who shot a 68 + 71 = 139. The winner of round 1 went to Gareth Walter who had a 66 Nett which reduced his handicap down to 7.1. The winner of round 2 went to Charles Asbury who had a 64 Nett which reduced his handicap down to 7.8. The best gross prize over the two days went to Mark Tate who had a gross score of 69 + 71 = 140.

Regards 
Reay & the team.