Dewsbury duo, Andrew Williams and Tristan Gurd, scored an excellent victory in the Am-Am section of yesterday's Alliance fixture at Meltham Golf Club. Playing off handicaps of 10 and 8 respectively the pair scored an impressive 42 points to win by just one point.
In fine weather, the pair played excellently, scoring two equal halves of 21 points. Highlights included gross birdies on the second, fourth and thirteenth. Their score was one better than the home pairing of Richard Clark and Terry Cowell who had a superb front nine of 22 points only to return back with 19 points including a bogey on the sixteenth. Clark (17 hcp) and Cowell (14hcp) were late replacements on the day and made the most of their opportunity.
In the Pro-Am section, Chris Hanson (Crosland Heath) proved a cut above the rest when he teamed up with Liam Brompton, an 11 handicapper from West End. Their winning partnership totalled a magnificent 44 points to take the section by four points in what was a flawless round of golf.
Hanson had no bogies all day and fired a total of six birdies including ones on the sixth, seventh, thirteenth and sixteenth. He gelled well with partner Brompton in what is his second victory in three outings, having taken top spot with Dave Rishworth at Crosland Heath just four weeks ago.
In second place, with 40 points, was Order Of Merit leader David Astin playing with his regular partner Andy Cryer. Had it not been for their four single pointers they would have certainly been pushing Hanson and Brompton all the way for top spot.
The second place finish consolidates Astin at the top of the Order of Merit and with just two events to go only Tom Wild could mathematically catch him now. However, the race for second place is a much tighter affair with four professionals in with a realistic chance of securing it.
At Meltham, the Alliance sponsored two nearest-the-pin competitions on holes six and seventeen. Andy Cryer from Hebden Bridge won the sixth with a distance of 5’5” while Nick Carr won the seventeenth from Marsden Golf Club with a distance of 12’ 2”.
An Alliance Executive said, "The nearest-the-pin competitions have become very popular since they were introduced at Bradley Hall and is a feature that we are hoping to continue through future events." He added, "The Alliance would like to thank Meltham Golf Club for the excellent hospitality they offered and to all the competitors who supported the competition."
Full Results.
Full Results.
In the photo above is Alliance President Jim Crompton, Chris Hanson winner of the Pro-Am and Andrew Williams winner of the Am-Am (left to right).
The next meeting is at Willow Valley on Tuesday April 14th 2009.
Finally, anybody who has signed up to the social networking website, Facebook, may be interested in joining a group that has been specially created about the HHDGA. The group has been set-up by Chris Thewlis, a member at Marsden Golf Club and a regular competitor in Alliance meetings. Click here for more information.
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