The starting times & draw for YIDU Junior Club Championship at Forest Park on Sunday 12th of July is shown below.

Meltham represent the HHDUGC with their three-man team consisting of Jamie Bower, Luke Edmonds and Alistair Broadhead. The Champion Club will represent the Yorkshire Union at the EGU Finals in August at Burgley Park GC.

11.00:
York Jullian Taylor 3 York
East Riding Dan Gray 3 Driffield
H’fax-H’field Jamie Bower 3 Meltham

11.10:
Bradford Callum Franks 10 Baildon
Teesside Andrew Duffy 12 Middlesboro M
Sheffield Ben Gilbert 12 Sickleholme

11.20:
Leeds Kieran Dodd 8 Headingley
Harrogate Mark Bennison 2 Knaresborough
York Thomas Satterthwaite 12 York

11.30:
East Riding Sam Dillon 5 Driffield
H’fax-H’field Luke Edmonds 6 Meltham
Bradford Bradley Hoyle-Green 18 Baildon

11.40:
Teesside Jack Gallagher 10 Middlesboro M
Sheffield Oliver Smith 7 Sickleholme
Leeds Sophie Olley 9 Headingley

11.50:
Harrogate Andrew Bennison 12 Knaresborough
York James Rogers 12 York
East Riding Ryan Gray 12 Driffield

12.00:
H’fax-H’field Alistair Broadhead 10 Meltham
Bradford Jack Tricklebank 24 Baildon
Teesside Ryan Kirby 14 Middlesboro M

12.10:
Sheffield Matthew Tibenham 9 Sickleholme
Leeds Fraser Shiels 11 Headingley
Harrogate Jack Backhouse 18 Knaresborough

Three players are tied for the lead after the first round of the Yorkshire PGA Championship at Willow Valley Golf Club.

David Astin, representing Woodsome Hall, is joined by Robert Wragg from Hallowes and Selby's Marcus Maith on the one under par mark of 71.

Former winner, Adrian Ambler, is a stroke behind the leading trio with Willow Valley's Lee Shepherd the next best placed local player. Crosland Heath's Chris Hanson fired a 76 to remain in the mix alongside Darren Rands, Alan Cranston and Darren Arber.

Leading Scores:
71: R Wragg (Hallowes)
71: M Maith (Selby)
71: D Astin (Woodsome Hall)
72: A Ambler (Walton GC)

Selected Others:
75: L Shepherd (Willow Valley)
76: D Rands (Willow Valley)
76:C Hanson (Crosland Heath)
76:A Cranston (Willow Valley)
76:D Arber (West End)

Crow Nest Park held its annual 27-hole Golden Jubilee Trophy men's competition on Saturday and despite it being Independence Day the gents joined forces and played in pairs for this major title.

The tournament is played over three loops of nine holes with the format being a better ball, then a greensome and finally a foursomes. The last nine holes really can test the strength of a friendship with alternate shots being played!

The overall winners won by the narrowest of margins, which confirms the importance of ensuring that the handicap allowances are spot on.

The winners Steve Smith and Chris Mowl (pictured) beat perennial runners up Duncan Lambert and Ian Donald by just 0.1 of a shot. Tight indeed!

Results:
Steve Smith & Chris Mowl = 96.2
Duncan Lambert & Ian Donald = 96.3
Richard Langley-Webb & Mike Greenberry = 97.5

Rabbit Captain Alan Henderson won the Outlane Golf Club President's Day with a splendid 61 nett from the second division which also provided the first three places in the competition.

Paul Walker won the first division on a countback with a 65 nett to express his delight to his work boss (he owns EXPRESSIONS - kitchen and bedroom fitters).

The junior prize went to Bryn Jenkinson with 38 points despite not scoring on the 17th which would have got him into single handicap figures and Mark Saville who was playing in his first competition since he got his handicap was highly delighted to take second place with 37 points.

Mr.President also put on a prize for juniors who attend the Saturday morning junior clinics with Cameron West and Joey Blackwell playing in the same three ball battling it out with the former just hanging on to win after collecting 26 points on the first nine holes.

Division 1:
1.Paul Walker 76 - 11 = 65 nett
2. Dale Brook 88 - 25 = 63 nett
3. Terry Gorman 80 - 16 = 64 nett

Division 2:
1. Alan Henderson 80 - 19 = 61 nett
2.Steve Howlett 72 - 7 = 65 nett
3. Andrew Mellor 81 - 15 = 66 nett

Junior Prize
Division 1:
1.Bryn Jenkinson = 38 points
2. Mark Saville = 37 points
3. Stephen Kinder = 36 points

Division 2.
1. Cameron West = 41 points
2. Joey Blackwell = 38 points

Marsden Golf Club have some special offers on at the moment.

Their 'Lady Introductory Membership' offer allows new Lady members to join the nine-hole club for an introductory rate of £146.25 for their first twelve months. This equates to just £2.81 a week!

Meanwhile the Senior men's rate of £282.50 is the equivalent of £5.43 per week with no qualifying period.

The Sunday Green Fee specials of £10 continue to prove popular whilst the Four ball deal with a bacon sandwich and a coffee at £50 per group are also still available.

Contact the club for more information on 01484 844253.

Crow Nest Park's Ben Adamson successfully defended the HHDUGC Junior Strokeplay Championship at Outlane Golf Club yesterday.

18-year-old Adamson, who won the title at West End last year, fired a level-par round of 70 at the Slack Lane club to finish in a three-way tie for the lead along with Meltham's Jamie Bower and Adam Cryer from Hebden Bridge. However, the Junior Captain at the Hove Edge club was given the verdict on a card countback and therefore claimed the Lightcliffe Tankard with Cryer taking the runners-up spot.

Adamson, a four handicapper, now heads into the matchplay stage as the number one seed where he will face Marsden's up and coming youngster, Ethan Shaw, who scored a round of 73 to take the final spot. The winner of that tie will face either Nathan Scott (Crow Nest Park) or Reece Wilby (West End) whilst in the bottom half of the draw Cryer plays Ben Simpson (Saddleworth) and Nicholas Marsh (Lightcliffe) will take on John Doherty (Longley Park). Bower is unavailable for the knockout rounds.

Adamson (pictured in action) is not the first player to retain the junior crown. West End's Sam Bridges won the title in both 2006 and 2007 whilst Huddersfield Richard Broadley captured the title in 2003 and also the following year. Since the first event began in 1968 other players to complete the double are Stephen Gee (1993-4), S Copley (1983-4), S Rogers (1977-78) and RE Newsome who produced a trio of wins by taking the honours in 1971, 1972 and again in 1973.

Meanwhile Woodsome Hall's Ryan Blackburn (pictured left) sealed victory in the Lightcliffe Trophy, awarded to the best nett score, with a round of 63 off his handicap of 20. Anthony Greenwood (11 hcp) from Elland finished a stroke behind.





Full Scores (gross):
1. Ben Adamson, 4 hcp, Crow Nest Park = 70
2. Adam Cryer, 3 hcp, Hebden Bridge = 70
3. Jamie S Bower, 1 hcp, Meltham = 70*
4. Nicholas Marsh, 4 hcp, Lightcliffe = 71
5. Nathan Scott, 4 hcp, Crow Nest Park = 72
6. Reece Wilby, 5 hcp, Elland = 72
7. John Doherty, 6 hcp, Longley Park = 72
8. Ben Simpson, 5 hcp, Saddleworth = 72
9. Ethan Shaw, 5 hcp, Marsden = 73
10. Adam Colcombe, 6 hcp, Longley Park = 73
11. Thomas Calvert, 4 hcp, Willow Valley = 73
12. Jamie Smith, 5 hcp, Halifax = 74
13. Tom Williams, 8 hcp, Lightcliffe = 74
14. Anthony Greenwood, 11 hcp, Elland = 75
15. Charles Ryan-Hicks, 5 hcp, Longley Park = 76
16. Joe Hill, 4 hcp, Bradley Park = 76
17. Daniel Moville, 9 hcp, Bradley Park = 76
18. Ryan Joyce, 6 hcp, Huddersfield = 77
19. Lewis Howell, 5 hcp, Willow Valley = 77
20. Bryn Jenkinson, 10 hcp, Outlane = 77
21. N Raynor, 7 hcp, West End (Halifax) = 77
22. Stephen Pullen, 5 hcp, Saddleworth = 78
23. Brad Hardcastle, 7 hcp, West End (Halifax) = 78
24. Lewis Collier, 9 hcp, Crosland Heath = 79
25. George Bamford, 5 hcp, Hebden Bridge = 79
26. Jake Ramsden, 7 hcp, Huddersfield = 80
27. Jamie Heywood, 7 hcp, Saddleworth = 80
28. J Fish, 9 hcp, Meltham = 80
29. Tom Brancker, 10 hcp, Willow Valley = 80
30. Martin Houlton, 15 hcp, Outlane = 81
31. Marcus Peel, 9 hcp, Lightcliffe = 82
32. Joe Senior, 10 hcp, Longley Park = 82
33. Michael Major, 13 hcp, Huddersfield = 82
34. Danny Lyness, 17 hcp, Saddleworth = 82
35. Ryan Jones, 6 hcp, Crow Nest Park = 83
36. Ryan Blackburn, 20 hcp, Woodsome Hall = 83
37. J Campbell, 17 hcp, Crow Nest Park = 84
38. Josh Netherwood, 18 hcp, Woodsome Hall = 85
39. Tim Johnson, 10 hcp, Outlane = 86
40. Alexander Mathias, 6 hcp, Woodsome Hall = 87
41. Ryan Jeffreys, 12 hcp, Hebden Bridge = 87
42. Alister Howarth, 16 hcp, Woodsome Hall = 88
43. Mark Saville, 20 hcp, Outlane = 88
44. Ben Kaye, 19 hcp, Bradley Park = 88
45. Joshua McAspen, 19 hcp, Marsden = 89
46. Adam Richardson, 18 hcp, Bradley Park = 90
47. Chris Mattimoe, 20 hcp, Crosland Heath = 91
48. Michael Lakner, 20 hcp, Saddleworth = 91
49. Alex Malins, 15 hcp, Bradley Park = 91
50. Jack Woodhead, 9 hcp, Crosland Heath = 92
51. Lee Pickup, 18 hcp, Bradley Park = 97
52. Tom Pinder, 20 hcp, Willow Valley = 98
53. Aidan Ozanne, 18 hcp, Crow Nest Park = 99
54. K Broadbent, 20 hcp, Crow Nest Park = 99
55. Ben Phillips, 20 hcp, Bradley Park = 99
56. S Gledhill, 20 hcp, Longley Park = 100
57. L Hobson, 20 hcp, Crow Nest Park = 107
58. Jake Ross, 20 hcp, Bradley Park = 113
59. Michael Thomas, 20 hcp, Outlane = 133
60. Ben Quinn, 20 hcp, Elland = N/R
61. Chris Lawler, 7 hcp, Elland = N/R
62. L Higgins, 20 hcp, Crow Nest Park = N/R
63. J Heap, 10 hcp, Meltham = N/R

* unavailable for matchplay.

On Saturday the mens A.G.Beck Trophy at Bradley Hall Golf Club attracted a field of 168 members for the competition which had to be cancelled the previous month due to the course being waterlogged.

There were no such problems on this day with shorts and short sleeved shirts being the order of the day for the majority.

With the course being at its prime, low scoring was inevitable, but the standard scratch was still not lowered. Leading the field was septuagenarian, Bryan Crowther, who proved that age was not a barrier to good golf in posting a nett score of 64.

He was closely followed by Brian Spencer with a nett 65 and a further shot back was Paul Hesselden now in his second year at the Club after transferring from Outlane, and returning his first sub par round since his move.

Following his recent win in the 'Single Figure Golfer' competition Carl Gillespie returned the lowest gross score of 73 alongside Andy Whitworth.

Leading scores:
B.Crowther 79 - 15 = 64
B.Spencer 80 - 15 = 65
P.Hesselden 78 - 12 = 66
S.Young 81 - 13 = 68
A.Morrison 77 - 9 = 68
A.Whitfield 77 - 9 = 68
C.Gillespie 73 - 5 = 68
P.Birtwell 79 - 11 = 68
J.Beattie 81 - 13 = 68

Bob Wallace made it a fortnight to remember yesterday when he added the HHDUGC Seniors Individual Strokeplay Championship to the Yorkshire Seniors title he landed at Harrogate Golf Club last month.

The Crosland Heath player (pictured with Union President Philip Walton) repeated his gross score of 71 around a tight West End course to win by two strokes from Union Team Manager, Chris Mear (Meltham), with John Oxley, runner-up in the county event at Starbeck, a further shot back. Wallace had previously won the title back in 2003 at Marsden whilst Oxley was victorious in 2006.

There was some consolation for Oxley as he was part of the winning side that captured the Geoff Horrocks-Taylor Trophy. His score of 74 joined that of Graham Smith (75) and Doug Gordon (77) as the Fixby trio romped to an eight stroke victory ahead of Bradley Hall with Lightcliffe taking third.

Remarkably it is the fourth time that Huddersfield have won the team event since it's conception in 2006. The winning side are pictured below with the Union President.

Other nett winners on the day included P Bailey (Todmorden) in the 55-59 years bracket, D Pickles (West End) in the 60-64 age group, M Anderton (Lightcliffe) in the 65-69 whilst the over 70's prize went to Mike Shore from Saddleworth.

Outlane Ladies have had a busy week with Madam Captain's Prize, a competition played over two days (first round Thursday and second round Sunday), and then Mr President's day for the ladies which was played the following Thursday.

The winner of Madam Captain's prize was Carol Crowther with a splendid two round total of 138, with another three players queueing up in second place with 143.

Carols 65 on the first round clinched it because second place Julie Livesey (67) was called into work when the second round started and could not compete.

1st: Carol Crowther = 138 nett
2nd: Diane Procter = 143 nett (best gross score)
3rd: Janet Evans = 143 nett
4th: Wendy Stott = 143 nett

Mr President's day for the ladies saw first out Janet Evans scorching round with 42 stableford points to set the standard, although Irene Battye ran her close with 40 points after a lost ball on the 8th didn't help her score. Carol Crowther carried on her good form to finish third with 39 points.

1st: Janet Evans = 42 points
2nd: Irene Battye = 40 points
3rd: Carol Crowther = 39 points

The above photo shows Mr President, Trevor Pickles and Madam Captain, Cheril Smallburn, presenting Janet Evans and Carol Crowther with their trophies.

ALEX Belt refused to buckle under the heat as he blitzed the course record with a sizzling seven-under-par 61 in the Werneth centenary pro-am.

The reigning PGA North Region champion from Bridlington Links conjured up eight birdies after the old mark of 63 had been equalled twice earlier in the day.

Warrington-born Paul Carman, a long-time professional at Huddersfield, was first to post the score followed by former European Tour player Neil Cheetham who is attached to Sheffield club Dore & Totley.

Belt, winner of the Ryder Cup Wales 2010 Welsh Open Young Professional title in April, was among 19 out of the 39-strong field to beat par.

And sharing fourth place on 64 with Lee Park’s Chris Crowder was ex-Tour player turned tournament official Neal Briggs who represents Styal.