2023 Season

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So here we are at the beginning of 2023 with the new season peeping over the horizon. I can confirm all futures (bar Richmond) have been organised and I will update the events section of the website over the next few days.

There are couple of changes which were agreed at the AGM meeting back in September. The main one being a trial to move away from cash and to pay by bank transfer AT LEAST 5 days prior to the fixture. Bank details will be emailed out in February.

The other change this season, is to our handicap system. Players will be still deducted 1 or 2 shots dependant on score above the buffer zone (stableford), however scores below the buffer zone will only see an addition of 1 shot. There will also be reset at the end of this season with members handicaps restored to their WHS Index.

 

AGM Trophy Report

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A slightly disappointing turnout of just 13 turned out for the AGM Trophy at Shipley Northcliffe. After discussions with several members it appears the problem could be that the location is hard to get to because of the rush hour. It is proposed we hold the AGM trophy at Low Laithes or similar, a course which is easier to get to without the need for travelling across a city centre.

Thanks to the club for their hospitality. The course was presented superbly despite the dry weather of recent weeks. We played a warm up 9 holes in the morning before the AGM at lunchtime. The sunny afternoon saw us play the full 18 holes for the trophy.

It has to be mentioned (sorry Nick) that despite an unbelievable score of 25 for the 9 holes, Nick McEvoy peaked too soon and scored just 26 in the afternoon 18 hole competition.

John Goundry sadly retired injured. Hope all is well John and your back to full fitness soon.

The PAR 3 nearest the pins were won by John Kay – hole 4, Nick McEvoy on holes 8 & 18 and Ian Dyson won on the 12th. Ian also took the captains prize, nearest in 2, on hole 1.

The 2’s club was visited by Aidy Hope and Pete Ferris.

As there was only 13 players, it meant the we could only pay out for the first 2 places. In second place with a score of 35 was Alan Ashbee losing out narrowly on a count back to the winner of the 2022 AGM Trophy which was Aidy Hope.

Well done to all who won on the day.

This draws the 2022 season to a close and I want to thank everyone for their support and attendance through the season. I’m already looking forward to 2023 and will get on arranging the fixtures shortly.

 

 

 

 

 

Captains Day Report

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WOW……

A fantastic 33 players showed up to support Mr. Captain, Dave Colley on his day at Hillsborough Golf Club.

First of all, on behalf of all the players, I would like to thank all the staff at Hillsborough Golf Club for their amazing welcome & hospitality given to us throughout the day. We were invited back after a challenging visit 18 months ago after the course suffered a tough wet winter with the greens almost unplayable. It has to be said that it showed its full potential yesterday, a super course…. Possibly as tough starting 3 holes as we have ever encountered so far on any visit over the years with amazing greens on every hole.

The morning 10 holes gave us the insight as to was was in store for the afternoon 18 after we had been ‘fuelled well’ (understatement!) with cheeseburger and chips. I’m sure we all tee’d off for the 18 holes nearly half a stone heavier.

So on to the golf itself and some narrow fairways with huge trees & speedy greens proved a great test of course management & ability. Couple those with the fact that the competition was over the full 28 holes played meant that it really would be the most consistent player who would take 1st prize.

Talking of prizes, there was no less than 15 different winners overall winning a variety of prizes. These are as follows…..

Nearest pins…..

Morning… Chris Copestake, hole 2. Dave ‘BuB’ Brenton, hole 6 & Wayne Jackson, hole 10.

Afternoon…. Ian Dyson, hole 2. Dave Saynor, hole 6, Billy ‘bandit’ Milne, hole 10 & Alan Ashbee, hole 13.

Nearest the pin in 2 on hole 16 was won by Luke Wirrolow with an outstanding approach shot.

Nearest the pin in 3 on holes 9 & 18 were taken by Wayne Jackson and ‘Town fan’ Pete respectively.

It appears the exclusive 2’s club had an almost open invite for a change as 6 players paid a visit. These were Ian Dyson, Dave Saynor, James Pickersgill, Mark Halliday, Alan Ashbee & Chris Copestake.

Before the overall winners are announced I would like to ‘hide’ here the winner of the bucket and spade winner for the most bunkers visited and as it was the same player who won the alcohol free prosecco together with the very handy click counter for most shots played I may as well announce these together in this hidden paragraph. Your welcome Kim Ross!!

So the winners……

5th Place with 56 points, John Kay

4th place with 58 points, Chris Copestake

3rd place with 58 points, Ian Dyson on a count back with Chris, a score of 19 to 15 on the last 9.

2nd place with 59 points, Pete Ferris.

1st place with a super score of 60 points was Alan Ashbee.

Well done Alan, a true consistent performance and well done to everyone who won a prize.

Handicaps….

As the day was played over a combined 28 holes and not the usual 18, Nigel and myself have decided its fair to add or subtract an extra shot for scores outside the buffer zone. So instead of 1 or 2 shot movements on this one occasion it will be an adjustment of 2 or 3 shots. Any complaints should be directed to www.idontgiveadamn.com

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Moving swiftly on…..

It’s near the end of our season already and our final outing will be at Shipley Northcliffe on Thursday 8th September. This is a full day of 27 holes at a great course but more importantly it will be, as usual, our AGM at lunchtime and therefore a great turnout is essential. The society is YOUR society and this will be a chance for you to air any concerns, make suggestions or to simply buy me a beer! Seriously, i’ve said it many of time and I say again…… great turnouts make it all worth the organising for me and so please do try turn up to feedback anything at all. I’m always looking to move forward to make it an even better society. I don’t want to fix whats not broken but I also know somethings may need tweaking (not your handicap Dave Saynor!)

Full details for Shipley can be found at……

 

AGM Trophy @ Shipley Northcliffe G.C. (Stableford)

 

Please let me know asap if your are attending OR NOT!

 

Cheers & remember……

‘To find a mans true character, play golf with him!’

 

 

Mel Smart Memorial report

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The Mel Smart Memorial was played was played for at Wakefield Golf Club on a pretty Muggy Monday!  The lack of rain showed throughout the course however the greens were watered well and ran true. The course was challenging in places with fairly narrow fairways together with well placed bunkers to challenge everyone.

Once we rounded the straggler (JK) out of the toilet (thinking he had time when he saw a crowd on the tee, however they were the society behind us!!!!) and got him back with his playing partners we played the only medal competition of the season which always brings the cream to the top.

Nearest the pins were played for on the three par’3 and these were taken by Paul ‘Killer’ Kilburn on the 2nd hole and Nigel Owram on both the 7th and the 16th.

Nearest in 2 was on the 12th hole and was taken by Roger Worth.

The very exclusive 2’s club was visited by just 1 player who absolutely loves to try get in every time we play, he’s a disappointed chap indeed when said 2’s club isn’t open at all (another society who don’t always play for it) but this time it was and he stormed in. Well done Killer, hope you enjoyed your visit!!!

And so onto the top 3… In third place with a net 70 on a count back was Lee Worth. In second place, a guy with home course advantage was Roger Worth with a very decent score of 69. The winner with great score of 68, 5 under par was Luke Worrilow. Well played Luke, a fine performance.

All the scores and hadicaps have been updated on the relevant page.

Well done all who won something and thanks as always to everyone who turn up to support the society.

Our next outing is our captains day in just a weeks time and FULL DETAILS CAN BE FOUND BELOW. Just click ‘continue reading’ to open the web page in full.

Captains Day @ Hillsborough G.C. (Captains rules)

 

Forest Park Report

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A warm, calm & overcast day provided perfect golfing conditions for the 18 players who turned out to play for the Hickling trophy.

Forest Park is a very flat walk and with the perfect conditions, it provided the highest average scoring we’ve had at 35 points. Even My England WHS system altered the PCC scoring on their app by -1 to reflect the conditions for all who entered a score that day!

Onto the prizes……

Nearest the pins on the par 3’s were as follows….

Roger Worth, hole 4…..Dave Colley, Hole 7….. Lee Weatherill, hole 14 & Nigel Owram, hole 16.

The Captains prize on hole 17 was won by Lee Weatherill who also visited the 2’s club with Lee Cooper.

In overall 3rd place with a great score of 41 was Richard Teals. 2nd place on a count back with a huge 42 points was Wayne Jackson, meaning the winner also on 42 was debutant Nick Mcevoy. Welcome Nick, well played with that great score.

 

On to the next 2 days out….

 

First up is the Mel Smart Memorial at Wakefield Golf Club on Monday 15th August. To keep with Mel’s wishes a tradition, this will be a 18 hole medal competition.

This is just 1 week before our Captains Day on Monday 22nd August.

All details are in the events section of this website.

Finally, it has been decided that a £10 discount will be applied on the 15th August at Wakefield for anyone attending who has attended 1 event this season already. This is to reflect the fact there are 2 golf days within 7 days and will be subsidised by the society funds.

We really do need the numbers for both but especially for the captains day at Hillsborough so please do support both the society and Dave Colley on his big day.

I will be in touch shortly via Email to get numbers for both events.

Happy Swingning!!

 

Crosland Heath Report

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Wow, what super weather we had at Crosland Heath G.C. for everyone who turned out to play for the Samuel Webster Cup. A cup with great history, first played for way back in 1977. The society has developed since then and its great to see the continued support from both new and old members.

The course was presented in superb condition with hard greens running pretty quick and true. A course which knowledge of would be a good advantage with many features varying from water features to quarries to play over. The wind was kind to us and I think we can all thank the golfing god for that. I imagine its a real tough course in the windy conditions.

Thanks has to be said to the club and also the ‘host’ Billy Milne for looking after us really well.

Onto the prizes & the nearest pins were taken by Billy Milne (hole 2), Paul Kilburn (holes 9 & 14) , Lee Cooper (hole 12) and Jack Prudhoe (hole 17).

The captains prize on hole 7 was won by Lee Weatherill.  Two players entered the 2’s club, well done Paul ‘Killer’ Kilburn & Jack Prudhoe.

In third place with 36 points was Mike Pottock. Second on 37 points was Steve ‘El Pato’ Pattrick and taking the Webster Cup home with a great score of 39 was one of our new members this year Kim Ross. Well done Kim and well done to all who took a prize.

 

Our next outing will be The Hickling Trophy which will be played for at Forest Park G.C. A relatively flat course in Stockton On Forest on the outskirts of York. I will be emailing in due coarse for numbers and it would be great to see as many, if not more turn out than we had for Crosland Heath.

 

Normanton G.C. Report

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A superb 23 players turned out to support the society on a cool blustery day which saw some pretty good  golf in parts. The course was, as always, presented well and coupled with a good stock of supplies at the half way house made for a great day in all. The greens were pretty quick if a little bobbly in places but this didn’t stop Steve Pattrick being the only player to get a 2 on the 2nd hole, netting himself the entire pot of £24.

A warm welcome to the 3 new players, Dave Brenton, Bernard Halkyard & Luke Wirrilow. Thanks for the support guys, hope you had an enjoyable day and hope see you again in the coming fixtures.

On to the prizes for the day and taking the nearest pin prizes were…..

Steve Patrick on hole 2, James Pickersgill on hole 4, Mark Holliday on hole 10 & Lee Weatherill on hole 12, Lee also won the longest drive competition. Taking the captains prize on hole 8 was Roger Worth with a very decent approach indeed!!

In 3rd place with a score of 39 points was Steve Patrick, 2nd place with 40 points was Chris Copestake and the winner of the Keeble Cup with 41 points was Ian Dyson. Well done and in your efforts, as a reward, all 3 of you lose 2 shots from your handicaps!!!

Talking of Handicaps, there are 10 adjustments. 6 players getting shots back & 4 losing shots. these have been updated accordingly on the website.

 

Onto our next fixture which will be at Crosland Heath G.C. to play for the Samuel Webster Cup. This will be on Tuesday 21st June, We will meet at 0930 with the first tee reserved for 1030. The usual breakfast sandwich will be available. the Cost will be £33 plus £5 sweep. There will be an extra £5 charge to those playing first fixture of the season for the website running costs. Most have now paid this, thanks to those.

All details are on the website under the events section…..

www.leedsbrgs.co.uk

(click on the heading Webster Cup @ Crossland Heath for full details)

I’m now taking bookings for this event.

Cheers and happy swinging.

 

 

 

Richmond G.C. Report

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Wow what a day….. The wind blew hard and wind blew strong. View finders shaking everywhere, Flags almost bent double and the cross wind on the par 5, 6th hole had some approach shots to the green aimed left across the adjacent farmers field to try ensure being on in regulation, a feat that proved too much for a few.

17 of us made the trip up the A1 on a cool, howling but thankfully a dry day. A day that saw some play the elements really well and for others I think the less said the better!! It was decided that we would turn the competition around and play the 9 hole morning round as a medal and the afternoon 18 as a stableford. If not, I’m sure some of us would have run out of balls, the sun would have set and the last group would have had to bring in the chickens for the night!! A great day however with 1 player in particular having a super steady 27 holes to take the 2022 Richmond Trophy. The club, as always, presenting the course well with their unbelievably sloping greens, were great hosts and looked after us all really well. “Thanks Amy and your team for looking after us”. One or 2 mentioned the steak pie wasn’t home made as in previous years and this as been fed back to the club. Having said that, the crumble was super & it was still a fantastic value full day out and one worth the whole day away from home. We will be back next year for sure.

Onto the prizes…..

Nearest the pins were only played for in the afternoon and were taken by the following players….

Hole 4 was taken by Dave Saynor.  Hole 7 was a role over to hole 9 as no one hit the green, this was won by Roger Worth. Hole 12 went to James Pickersgill  & Hole 18 was a fine shot by Nigek Owram.

4 players got a 2 and the £17 pot was shared between Dave Saynor, James Pickersgill, Lee Wetherill & Nigel Owram. As I was out of 25p pieces it was decided to pay them £4 each and roll £1 to the next meeting.

The captains Prize was won by Karl ‘spawny’ Clarke. I didn’t see the hots so I couldn’t possibly comment.

Onto the main prizes and the scoring system of a maximum 17 points (winner) running down to 1 (last place) for both rounds saw Dave Saynor finish in 3rd place with 13 in the morning & 13 in the afternoon, equaling 26 points. In 2nd Place with 12&16 (28 points)  was Paul Killburn. The winner of the trophy with a great performance for the whole day was Chris Copestake with 16 & 17 (33 points) which equals to finishing second in the morning and first in the afternoon. Well played in those conditions Chris!

The full breakdown of scores & points are on the handicaps page of the website for your perusal. It took some working out as there were many count backs to be worked out but I got there in the end.

Handicaps….

These were worked out on the afternoon Stableford competition only as it was too complicated to work out over 27 holes and quite frankly I have other things in life to do too!!haha

Bizarrely, out of the 17 players there are 13 changes to handicaps. 7 played well and have seen a cut with 6 of us not playing so well. (did I mention it was breezy!) The buffer zone was 25-31. Updated handicaps are on the relevant page.

Finally onto our next day out which will be at Normanton G.C. on Friday 27th May. Full details are on the events page. This is just 2 weeks away and I’m now wanting to know who is and who isn’t going?? AS ALWAYS CAN YOU PLEASE LET ME KNOW EITHER WAY……it’s frustrating when liásing with clubs who are requesting final numbers if I don’t get any reply from you.

Thanks all,

Hope to see you at Normanton.

Darrington Report

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16 players turned out on a bright breezy day for the Leeds All Sports Trophy (which we still can’t find!) at Darrington Golf Club. I’d like to say welcome and thanks for your support to James Hardy, Kim Ross and Alex Mchale. 3 super guys who I hope enjoyed their first outing with the society.

The course was ok but lacked a growth on the fairways and as a result we witnessed a few mud balls throughout the round. The greens looked fast but played relatively slow with a few bobbles here and there. A dog leg special of a course with no fewer than 12 holes having dog legs one way or another. All in all a good day out and one that is very easy to get to just off the A1.

The scoring average was pretty high at 32 meaning only 3 changes to handicaps which will be adjusted accordingly for the meeting.

Onto the results starting with the nearest pins. these were taken by Mike Pottock on the 5th, Alex Mchale on the 16th and James Hardy on the 18th. James also won the Captains prize nearest in 2 on the 13th.

2 two’s were made on the day by Mike Pottock and Richard Ellis who shared the pot rolled over from the last game of last season.

Onto the top 3 and in 3rd place on a count back with 35 points was Lee Weatherill. 2nd was Richard Ellis with a great 20points on the back 9. The winner with 36 points was Ian Dyson who, after a poor front 9 scoring only 14 points managed not to drop a single shot on the back 9 meaning a score of 22 was achieved.

Well done to all who won something on the day.

16 points max were on offer for the order of merit with 12 players gaining relevant points on a sliding scale. your best 5 rounds will of the season will count towards the order of merit trophy which will be presented at Shipley Northcliffe in September. Scores will be posted on the results page as soon as possible.

Onto the handicaps, Ian Dyson loses a shot and will be playing off 7 next time out. Kim Ross gains a shot and will be 23 and Nigel Owram gains 2 back so will play off 15. All others were in the buffer zone and will remain as they were.

 

Our next meeting will be at Richmond G.C. on Tuesday 10th May. It is slightly earlier on the calendar this year due to the Queens jubilee in early June. Richmond is one of the highlights to the season and I’m sure we will receive a warm welcome as always. It’s a full day of 27 holes with breakfast, lunch and dinner all included. Full details are in the events section. Please meet at the club by 0930. The total cost including the sweep will be £50 for the day. There will be £5 extra charge to those who will be playing their first game of the season to pay for the running of the website.

I have booked for 20 people and I’m now taking reservations so please advise me as soon as you can whether your playing or not. Please also advise me if you require a buggy.

Thats all for now, hope to see as many as possible at Richmond.

 

 

Darrington G.C.

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Now taking names for our visit to Darrington. The cost is £40 all in. Please see events list for more details.