Competitions

Tuesday 11th March

The Ladies competition this week was a Special 3's Stableford played over 18 holes. The overall winners were Val Wickens, Anne Hewitson & Sarah Loy with 79 points. The runners-up were Viv Aldridge, Val Davies & Ros Parrington with 73 points.

Thursday 13th March

44 players entered the Thursday roll-up which was once again a Stableford competition. The winner by two clear points was Stan Rhodes with a great score of 43 points. Runner up was Scott Rylance who managed a good 41 points. Third, fourth and fifth place were decided by a card playoff. The player with the best back 9 holes and taking third was Dan Young with 40 points. Fourth place was Dave Fisher also with 40 points. Fifth spot was junior Adam Mantle also with 40 points.

Saturday 15th March

This Saturday competition was a Betterball Bogey with 161 players competing. The winning pair was Andrew Rimmer & Dave Kinder with a score of 9 up. Runners up were the father son combination of Jonathan & David Dixon with 8 up. Third place was Jerry Hilditch & Alan Lynch with a score of 7 up. Fourth place went to Iain Gourlay & Steve Daniels also with 7 up but just losing out on third place on a card playoff.

Knockout Competition Entries Now Open

Entries are still being taken in the pro shop for the knockout competitions. The ladies competitions are being drawn early next week and the men's and mixed knockouts on the 1st April.

Fund Raising Abseil

Most of you will know that Paul Pearce our Head Greenkeeper had a personal battle with cancer last year and received treatment through The Christie Hospital. Thankfully he is now recovered and is to undertake a fund raising abseil down from the roof of one of the stands at Old Trafford, the stadium of Manchester United. This is took place on Sunday the 23rd March. He is hoping to raise as much money as he can for The Christie Hospital. If you are able to support Paul, sponsorships can be pledged through the web page http://justgiving.com/Paul-Pearse

Tuesday 18th March 

The Ladies competition this week was a Stableford played over 18 holes. The Division 1 winner was Jennifer Hart with 40 points. The winner of Division2 was Alison Donaldson with 35 points and also on 35 points was Barbara Young the winner of Division 3.

Thursday 20th March

32 players entered the Thursday roll-up which was once again a Stableford competition. The weather closed in and after a wet afternoon the winner was Brian Hillas with 39 points in second and with the best score in the worst of the weather was Roy Delooze with 37 points .Third was the newly retired Graham Hartley who has put out an early warning of what he is capable of with 36 points. Fourth was Arthur Brown with 35 points and Fifth after a card playoff was Alan Preston with 34 points.

Saturday 22nd March

This Saturday competition was a Waltz Stableford with 179 players competing. The winning team was Mark Austin, Charlie Loy, Jack Lewis and Chris Bate with a score of 88 points. Runners up were Ray Moor, Tony Burke, Joe Capstick and Tony James with 87 points. Third place was David Holt, John Mulligan, Roy Delooze and John Warren with 86 points. Chris Bate made the difference for the winners by contributing with a one on the 13th, his first Hole in One!

Ladies Fashion Show

The second Ladies Fashion Show took place in the clubhouse on Wednesday the 19th of March. The evening was attended by 120 ladies from around ten different clubs in the northwest. The companies that were showcased were Nivo, Daily Sports, Green Lamb and Nike.

The entry ticket and raffle tickets sold raised a total of £1300 which is to be split between two nominated charities. Lady Captain's Charity for 2014 is The Warrington Food Bank. This is an independent charity who have been established to assist those people who have struggled over the past few years during the economic downturn. The Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention Centre, based at Wythenshawe Hospital is the charity nominated by The Professionals' Shop who continue to work tirelessly towards finding a cure for an illness which has affected so many.

The event was hosted by Debra Franks from the shop, ably assisted by DJ Ben Spanton. Sue Greenhalgh lady member from Warrington worked very hard coaching the models who were all, with the exception of one, were lady members from Warrington Golf Club. Thanks go to the models for working so hard to present a very professional show and also to Lady Captain and Gizelle Stockton for selling raffle tickets at the event. Thanks also go to Fiona and Emily Mackay who welcomed all our visitors and then also doubled up as assistants to the models as they changed their outfits.

     Gillian Ditchfield one of our models chatting to guests about her outfit

The models here from left to right are:

Liz Lyons (Lymm Golf Club), Barbara Bradley, Gillian Ditchfield, Julia Hesketh, Ann Hale & Pauline Goulden (Warrington Golf Club). Also pictured is Sue Greenhalgh.

The shop was very busy at the interval and after the show. Thanks go to Oli, Ben, Debra, Fiona and Emily for helping with the shop. The event was a great success and great fun. Thanks to all of you who supported the event.