Richmond Report

A healthy 20 players turned out on a fine and dandy, warm & sunny day to play for the Richmond Trophy on a course that was in impeccable condition with the undulating greens causing the usual chaos for some.

The morning started with half a pig in a breadcake, making the bacon sandwich only ever beaten in my experience by Woolley Park but it was a very close run second.  After the pig sandwich we encountered the first 9 holes of medal after it was agreed that playing the Stableford in the afternoon would save both time and face for those like myself who wasn’t exactly straight off the tee!

Lunchtime brought more great food by the way of Pea & Ham soup with a huge selection at sandwiches which went down very well.

The afternoon 18 holes were played in glorious sunshine showing the course in its full glory enhanced by the amazing tree work & the welcome removal of 1 or 2 bunkers around the course. The course really does get better every year and one most will agree has been the best we have played so far this year and maybe the best we will play in a while.

After the 18 holes we sat down for steak pie with chips and peas followed by sticky toffee pudding. It has to be noted that the pie was a huge improvement on last year as was the rest of the days food offerings.

Thanks once again has to be expressed to the club and their staff for the amazing hospitality and I’m sure everyone can’t wait to return next year.

On to the prizes, starting with the nearest pins on the par 3’s….

Holes 4 & 9 were both taken by James Pickersgill. Hole 7 was won by Paul Kilburn. Hole 12 was Aidy Hope & hole 18 was won by Nick Mcevoy. The captains prize for nearest in 2 on the 17th was taken By Lee Wetherill.
There were 2, two’s, taken by Steve Patrick & Rob Russel.

To the main results of the combined scores of both morning and afternoon with points awarded in descending order seeing the winners of each round receiving 20 points down to last place receiving 1.

3rd place with a score of 31 was Kevin Harper (11 & 20 points)

2nd with a score of 35 (20&15)

1st and winning the Richmond Trophy 2023 was Paul Kilburn with consistent scores 19 & 18 equaling 37 points.

Well done to all who won a prize and a big thanks who turned out to make it a fantastic day. Hope to see you all again next year plus a many more who couldn’t make it this year.

Finally on Richmond….. I have had a proposal to make an exciting change to the Richmond competition format. I personally think it’s great idea and one I will share details at this year AGM in September at Low Laithes so make sure your there to cast your vote on the change and other decisions.

Our next outing will be at Horsforth G.C. on Thursday 29th June to play for the Webster cup. The cost will be £30 plus £5 sweep for non members and for members of the club it will be £5 for the sweep, plus the cost of a bacon sarnie! We are to meet at 1030 for an 1130 tee time. I’m now taking payments for this fixture. Full details can be found on the events page of this site.

Thanks as always to all of you for the continued support of the society, it really does put a smile on my face to see the great numbers attending.