Charity golf tournament at Bradley Hall

The Yorkshire Clubs for Young People are organising a charity golf competition at Halifax Bradley Hall Golf Club in June.

They are a small charity working across Yorkshire to provide a variety of opportunities for young people. Each year to help raise awareness of their work and much needed funds they hold a charity golf tournament. This year Halifax Bradley Hall will be hosting it on Friday 8th June.

The day is good fun, sociable and ideal for novices. The event is open to both adults and juniors. There are 2 trophies to be played for: The Rob Powell Memorial Cup for the overall winning team and The Alan Lancaster Memorial Cup for the best individual under 18 year old.

More details and an entry-form can be found here.

Chris Hanson's new blog

Hanson with Caddy Steve

2011 EuroPro Tour order of merit winner, Chris Hanson from Woodsome Hall Golf Club, has just launched a new blog.

The blog, which he will be writing throughout the 2012 Challenge Tour season, will give an insight into life on tour and provide lighthearted stories, images and videos from around the world.

Hanson said, "I hope people will enjoy reading the articles as much as I do writing them."

You can read his blog here.

Fixby Challenge returns for 2012

Huddersfield Golf Club will once again host the Fixby Challenge in 2012.

The 18 hole individual strokeplay competition was introduced last year and after a successful launch will return to Fixby this year on Friday 27th July, a time of year when the championship course will no doubt be in top class condition.

The tournament is run in conjunction with the Golfdelaluz.com Northern Matchplay Golf Championship and offers one lucky golfer a fast rack route to the grand final at Arcos Gardens in October. The player returning the lowest nett score will line up at the stunning Spanish golf resort alongside the regional knockout winners from across the North of England. You do not need to have entered the main matchplay event to compete in the Fixby Challenge.

2011 Fixby Challenge Winner - John Goodland

Last year John Goodland from Haydock Park Golf Club won the event with a level par round of 71 and went on to claim third place in the overall championship.

Referred to as the 'home of Yorkshire golf' Fixby is a true test of golf, is a regular venue for the County Championship and was a Brabazon Trophy qualifying venue in 2009. It has held numerous European Tour Seniors events and is recognised as one of the best courses in the country.

The cost of entry is £30 per person which includes a soup and sandwich lunch. However, during March anybody entering as a group of four can do so for just £100 making this one of the best value open competitions in the county.

Tournament organiser, Edward Battye, who devised the Northern Matchplay two years ago said, "The Fixby Challenge is a wonderful opportunity for golfers to play this fantastic course under tournament conditions. Anybody playing to their handicap has a great chance of making the four-night grand final in Spain where they will tavel with the other finalists and our sponsor Golfdelaluz.com."

Local Postman Steve Delivers a Good Score

Steve Morgan stamped his authority in the second division section of the Outlane February medal with a first class round of 43 Stableford points which started his extra points scoring from the 6th hole and resulted in 9 consecutive pars to boost his total of 22 first nine and then 21 back nine points which could have even been better as the last two holes produced only1 point.

Sid Ruttle got into the prizes for the first time with his 41 points and then came Mark Uttley and Marc Webb who were both on 39 points to clinch joint third place

The first division section went to late starter Kevin Pendlebury who had a good run from the 6th hole to the 14th hole with only 1 shot dropped which gave him the win as other players had earlier posted a 37 points total to hold the lead. Martyn Dickenson and Martin Cullimore were the earlier players to lose the top spot with another Martin (Atkinson) following with 36 points

The competition saw a notable total of 13 twos with 6 of them being made at the 16th hole . Another notable mention was 13 years old Matthew Beaumont who had a splendid 32 points in his first competition playing for himself and the future looks bright for this youngster.

Outlane February Stableford Medal

Division 1:

Kevin Pendlebury = 38 points

Martyn Dickenson = 37 points

Martin Cullimore = 37 points

Martin Atkinson = 36 points

Division 2:

Steve Morgan = 43 points

Sid Ruttle = 41 points

Mark Uttley = 39 points

Marc Webb = 39 points

Ogden start times

The Alliance website has been updated with the start times for next Tuesday's event at Halifax Golf Club, Ogden.

They can be seen here.

Crosland Heath Alliance Results

Crosland Heath Golf Club welcomed one of the largest entries for the Alliance in recent times with 70 pairs including 9 professionals.

The weather was variable starting with drizzle and sunshine and moderate wind, the drizzle dying out in the late morning but with strengthening winds, the wind then reducing in the afternoon with increasing cloud cover. The course was in fine condition with the greens unusually soft. The greens had been ironed on Monday and were pretty quick for mid February. Mats were optional on closely mown ground.

The Pro-Am was closely contested with Chris Hanson and partner Gary Shuttleworth (11) coming out on top with 40 points. Tim Pollard and John Jennings (9) were 2nd with 39 points and joint 3rd on 38 points were Rob Stansfield and Luke Pilkington (4) and Jack Pearcey and Dave Micheson (12). Chris had an eagle 3 on the third hole David Astin an Eagle 3 on the 15th.

The Am-Am section was even tighter with three pairs on 41 points. Winning on a back 9 countback were home club pair Graham Procter (11) and Paul Marsland (12) who got off to a quick start with a net eagle 3 on the first hole for Paul and accumulating 13 points on the first four holes. In second place on a back 6 countback were Mick O’Hara (8) and Barry Workman (14), Bradley Park, with Dave Stafford (2) and Alan Dickinson (17), Todmorden, in third. Mick had a net eagle 3 into the wind on the 13th and Dave had a very rare gross eagle 2 on the 11th.

There were 10 eagles in all, three on the 3rd,two on the 1st and 15th, and one on the 10th, 11th and 13th.

The median score was 35 points.

Full scores here.

Alliance times for Heath

The HHDGA website has been updated with the start times for Crosland Heath. 

There is a full entry for this event with the Alliance hoping for good weather.

The times can be seen here: http://www.hhdga.org.uk/page2.html

Annual dinner

The annual Dinner of the Halifax Huddersfield and District Union of Golf Clubs took place at Berties Banqueting Rooms Elland on Tuesday 7th February 2012.

The picture shows from the left Phil Tatlock Outlane Golf Club, President elect. David Smith President of the Yorkshire Union of Golf clubs, Anthony Abrahams President of the English Golf Union (he was the guest speaker) and Richard Kaye President of the Halifax Huddersfield Union.

Consecutive gross birdies win(d)s it for Gavin & Trevor

The Outlane 2012 opening four ball competition had weather that you did well to stand up in never mind to play golf in such was the windy conditions which for the winners of the first division Gavin Hirst and Trevor Mullins a nett 64 was a remarkable score.

Their opening ten holes included 3 consecutive gross threes (8,9,10) which helped them to a first nine total of 30 nett and then a more than excellent 34 back against the strong wind and then another 3 for a 2 on the 17th which gave them a 3 shot winning margin.

In second place the combination of Nigel Crowther and Martin Atkinson was a case of one player getting the score on one hole and then the other reciprocating the score on the next which meant a nine hole apiece scoring round. Kevin Sykes and Steve McNair were one shot behind them with a 68 to claim third spot.

The second division saw Paul Thomas and Steve Crank registering a 67 to win their section and they could even afford to have a 7 on the last hole such was their previous good scores (32 out and 35 in ).Second place in this section was Ian Charles and Alan Henderson who just got the better of Steve Bradley and Brian Moroney with a better back nine score from both of their 69 nett scores

January Four Ball

First Division:

Gavin Hirst / Trevor Mullins = 64 nett

Nigel Crowther / Martin Atkinson = 67 nett

Kevin Sykes / Steve McNair = 68 nett

Second Division:

Paul Thomas / Steve Crank = 67 nett

Ian Charles / Alan Henderson = 69 nett (better back nine)

Steve Bradley / Brian Moroney= 69 nett

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Captain’s Christmas Cracker - Saturday 24th December

Club Captain, John Newsome alongside PGA Professional Gareth Moore hosted on Christmas Eve the Captain's Christmas Cracker 3 man 14 hole team event.

The highlight of the morning groups was Steve Farrar, who was misguided into wearing fancy dress and turned up as an American Footballer!!

Three Santa's turned up in the afternoon, being Jeff Allott, Jon Allott and Andrew Snare.

The results were as follows:

1st Place; Kim Walker, Steve Leather & Dave Leather with 41 points - £25 each

2nd Place; Stuart Robinson, Ken Woolford & Mark Senior with 40 points - £20 each

3rd Place; Matt Whitehead, Paul Ratcliffe & Scot Minto with 38 points - £15 each

2's Club:

Kim Walker, Matt Whitehead, Graham D Moore x 2, Richard Pollard, Mo Coe, Johnny Mayhew, Barry Thompson & Trevor Hooley - 4 Balls per 2

Gamble

For those who had a gamble to beat the Professional, Captain & President, as a team they scored 33 points (-5). Those beating this score double their money. All monies won will be credited to pro shop accounts.

Captain Vs President

Last Tuesday, 27th December, the Captain Vs President Team Challenge took place, with 44 people competing in total.

Played on alternative basis of a stableford competition and the aggregated scores for the two teams going head to head. The scores were 465:464 in the President's teams favour.

The best card on the day was Paul Ratcliffe and Rick Oakes with 44 points.

An excellent event proved a huge success and £77 was raised towards the Captain's charities, through the means of the auction and quiz.

A huge thank you goes to all who participated and supported the Captain, the President and the Captain's Charity.

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