29-Jul-2010 : Club Report 8
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| Tom Harris |
Played through thirty-six holes in one day the competition produced a worthy winner from the junior section in Tom Harris. Harris produced twelve pars, two birdies and an eagle at the tenth hole to record the lowest gross score of 70 in the first round. The afternoon round was an improvement as ten pars, five birdies and an eagle at the eleventh hole produced a three under par 68. The lowest gross score of the second round. Harris finished the competition at gross 168 and four under the par. In early August he is to play in the South of England Boys Championships at Yeovil and the British Boys Champioships at Kilmarnock. In second place and also from the junior section, at seven shots behind was Adam Woolley [72+73=145]. Third place went to Jim Hallam [76+72=148]. The best net score came from Simon White [65+71=136]. Hallam, Woolley and White plus: John P Thompson; Alex Clarricoates; Matthew Harrison; Joe Marum and Steve Howson have qualified to play in the Hallam Cup Knock-Out Competition, which is played off scratch.
Gentlemen: The Averham Trophy.
Another winner from the junior section as William Stokes returned 77+83=160 gross. Colin Dixon [83+82=165] was second. Keith Bennett took third spot ahead of Brian Wallace upon countback, both scoring 89+87=166. These four plus: Neil Hill; Eddie Forbes; Matt Liddle; and Vice Captain Maurice Mayfield have qualified for the Barnby Plate knock-out which is played off scratch. Trevor Eason had the lowest net score of 69+73=142.
Gentlemen: the Macrae Trophy.
Mick Sheard recorded the lowest gross score of 86 to take first place with net 66. Maurice Sykes [net 68] was second. Peter Bateson and Lee Freeman took third and fourth spots respectively, ordered by countback and scoring net 70.
Gentlemen: Nottinghamshire Inter-Club Foursomes v Notts GC.
Duncan Martin and Phil Trueman halved the first game while Tom Ablewhite and Alex Clarricoates delivered a three up win to take the tie at 3 up. The semi-final is against Southwell GC at Cotgrave Place GC upon Mon 16th August.
Gentlemen: July Midweek Medal.
Nett results are as follows. Division One: 1-Reg Dove 71 cb; 2-Ben Sheard 71 cb; 3-Alan Buckley 71 cb. Division Two: 1-James Hefferman 68; 2-Ryam MacLachlan 71cb; 3-Godfrey Knight-Jones 71 cb. Division Three: 1-Lee Freeman 72; 2-Ricky Priestley 72 cb; 3-Mark Franklyn 72 cb. John E Cooke jnr had the lowest gross score of 74 from the 140 entries.
Gentlemen: July Weekend Medal.
Nett results are as follows. Division One: 1-Alex Clarricoates 70 cb; 2-Tom Ablewhite 70 cb; 3-James Bird 71. Division Two: 1-Ryan MacLachlan 64; 2-Matthew Trueblood 67; 3-Keith Russell 69. Division Three: 1-Maurice Sykes 70; 2-Andre Palin 73 cb; 3-Nigel Stacey 73 cb. Alex Clarricoates had the lowest gross score of 74 from the 169 entries, winning from Ryan Maclachlan upon countback.
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| Adam Woolley |
Newark GC travelled to the neutral venue of College Pines GC for this quarter final and came away as convincing winners against Coxmoor GC. The Newark pairings have previously beaten opposition that had plenty of handicap shots to help [seventeen in one of the games] in the preceding rounds. Upon this occasion, both pairings gave away one shot apiece.
Jim Hallam [carrying] and Brenda Wood [caddied by Josie Wake] formed the first pairing as the match commenced in the light drizzle of the late afternoon. Newark won the second and third holes but lost the fourth to arrive at the eighth [Par 4 at 294 yards] at 1 Up. Hallam drove to the first cut upon the left hand side of the green. Wood chipped twenty feet to tap in range and a birdie extended the lead. Another win followed before the game arrived at the twelfth hole [Par 4 at 436 yards and SI 1]. This went with the Coxmoor shot but Newark still held a 2 Up lead and started to pull away from the opposition with par wins at the thirteenth and fourteenth holes. At fifteen [Par 3 at 160 yards], Wood found the green with ease for Hallam to lag up for a tap in par. Another win and 5 Up in the game. The sixteenth hole [Par 5 at 514 yds] saw a slight retardation of the juggernaut momentum of the Newark pairings progress. However, it was Coxmoor who were struggling to halve the hole. Following a fine Hallam drive, Wood [following in similar fashion] bisected the yellow marker posts that identified the non-hazard section of the ditch that crossed the fairway. A thirty foot pitch and a six foot lag set up a tap in par. Coxmoor had found the green in regulation, but from longer range. They did well to find the hole in two from a fast looking downhill putt from twenty feet. However, the Coxmoor challenge had finally faded away as wins at seventeen and eighteen saw the effervescent pairing of Hallam and Wood fizzle in at 7 Up winners.
The second Newark pairing saw a selection problem materialize for Club Captain Fraser Macintyre as scratch team captain, John E Cooke jnr was a withdrawal. John Cooke and Eva Glasby had formed a reliable pairing that had delivered success in the previous rounds. Macintyre, within a flashing moment of ingenuity, decided to play Adam Woolley in the fixture. Woolley was in good form coming out of the two rounds of the Scratch Cup, two days earlier, at a three over par 145. This was to be Woolley’s first appearance in the inter-club foursomes. After the first four holes Newark was 4 Down as Coxmoor completed in two under gross. The ascendency [as it transpired] of the first pairing would be rendered to futile if there was not a reversal of fortune in the second game. Somehow, there was an alteration, if only to the winning of the holes. Wins at six, seven and eight saw Newark 1 Down after the ninth. At the tenth [Par 4 at 455 yards] Woolley [carrying] put a lengthy drive down the centre of the fairway. Coxmoor had already teed off to find thigh-high grass and bushes, but no ball, to the left of the pair of fairway traps, upon the left hand side of the fairway. Hole conceded by Coxmoor. A half at eleven bought the Newark pairing to the pivotal point of their game and possibly the match. The twelfth [Par 4 at 436 yards, SI 1] was the Coxmoor shot hole. They found out of bounds and Newark won the hole with par to go 1 Up for the first time in the game. Thirteen [Par 4 at 342 yards] saw the second crushing blow as Eva Glasby [caddied by Josie Pepper] sent a fine tee shot down the centre of the fairway. Woolley pulled a superb approach shot out of the scratch cup performance, putting the ball to six inches of the hole. Birdie putt conceded for 2 Up. Glasby sunk a five foot putt for birdie at the fourteenth [Par 5 at 499 yards] following another fine approach shot from Woolley to put Newark at 3 Up in the game. Newark loose fifteen and eighteen, but win sixteen and seventeen, finishing at 3 Up for the game.
Aggregate score for the match is 10 Up to Newark. Subsequently, Newark will play Rushcliffe GC, at Worksop, in the semi-final, upon Monday 9th August with a 4 pm start [approx]. Supporters are requisite, desirable and welcome.
Mixed: Mixed Open.
The home side pairing of Reginald and Marjorie Dove put course knowledge to good use and total 46 points to win the competition. Margorie Dove got the pairing off to a flying start coming away from the fifth hole at two over gross. Reg Dove placed himself onto the scorecard at this point contributing five pars and two birdies [at seven and eleven] through the middle section of the round. A birdie at seventeen and a par at eighteen from Margorie Dove were enough to see the pair home ahead of Newark pairing John Williams and Jill Todd with 44 points and second place.
Ladies: Enos Smith.
Laura Hill put her name onto the cup for the third time. She emerged as the clear winner of the competition with the lowest gross scores in both of the two rounds, played a week apart. Round One saw 85-14 = 71, while Round Two was completed in 79-14=65.
Juniors: Junior Open.
Jacob Morley [Market Rasen] took first place with net 64. Countback decided the next three places as Joseph Vanaman [Notts]; Amy Oxbury [Norwood Pk] and John B Blagg jnr [Newark] were in second to fourth respectively with net 67. Newark members Alex Whitfield and Alex Clarricoates returned the lowest gross score of 74 from the 45 entries.
Ivor Samways.
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