Horsforth Rabbits Captain’s Day – 16 May 2009
A torrential thunder storm on Friday night and a fire in the Clubhouse on Saturday afternoon couldn’t stop Horsforth Golf Club Rabbits Captain Malcolm Elrick enjoying his Captain’s Day on Saturday. 184 played in the Stableford competition, dodging heavy showers at times, enjoying a "burger and pint" in the Warren. In the evening 84 members and guests dined from the carvery and danced to music provided by “Touch-Wood”. The competition is split in to 2 divisions with the Rabbits Captain’s Trophy going to the best score of Division 2, Andy Utley with a score of 43 points. All prize winners wrer in attendance. The results were as follows:
Division 1
A Brindle (9) |
41 |
M Yeadon (13) |
40 |
I Shay (11) |
39 |
Division 2
A Utley (23) |
43 |
R Greenwood (16) |
42 |
G Reeves (22) |
40 |
Horsforth Golf Club Mens’ Results Saturday 9 May 2009
Saturday 9 May saw 148 members play the May Medal, Peace Trophy, EGU Gold Medal competition at Horsforth.
On a day of mixed weather conditions Dave Vine came out top with a gross 1 under par to qualify for the EGU Gold Medal and a place in the national qualifying round at Malton & Norton on 6th July. The final will be played at Woodall Spa on 15th & 16th August. Full results are as follows:
Division 1
Name |
Handicap |
Gross |
Nett |
D Vine |
4 |
70 |
66 |
S Lewis |
12 |
79 |
67 |
T Hirst |
6 |
74 |
68 |
Division 2
Name |
Handicap |
Gross |
Nett |
P Wilson |
18 |
85 |
67 |
P Blackburn |
18 |
88 |
70 |
T Buckley |
17 |
88 |
71 |
Division 3
Name |
Handicap |
Gross |
Nett |
D Lowe |
27 |
94 |
67 |
L Blackburn |
22 |
91 |
69 |
A Utley |
24 |
95 |
71 |
Horsforth Golf Club Mens’ Results Saturday 2 May 2009
Saturday 2 May 146 members Horsforth Golf Club played in the International Pairs Qualifier. The winning score of 62 was set by father & son team Trevor & Steve Bamford who will now represent the Club at Slaley Hall on 28 September. Full results as follows:
|
|
|
Nett score |
T Bamford (22) |
& |
S Bamford (16) |
62 |
S Rothwell (6) |
& |
P Cryan (16) |
63 |
A Utley (24) |
& |
I Shay (11) |
63 |
A Jones (7) |
& |
D Vine (4) |
64 |
P Wilson (18) |
& |
M Hunter (3) |
65 |
Horsforth Golf Club Mens’ Results Saturday 25 April 2009
The men at Horsforth played the J D Davies and M Atkinson Memorial Cups in bright sunny conditions.
The results are as follows.
Division 1
Name |
Points |
Hcp |
Steve Clark |
42 |
14 |
Stan Walker |
41 |
9 |
Greg O’Sullivan |
40 |
10 |
Division 2
Name |
Points |
Hcp |
Dave Edwards |
42 |
23 |
Trevor Buckley |
39 |
17 |
Steve Bamford |
38 |
16 |
Horsforth Golf Club results 18 April 09
On a bitterly cold but sunny Saturday the men at Horsforth Golf Club took to the course in the Will Davies 4 Ball Better Ball with 91 teams playing. The top 16 pairs qualify for the knockout stage.
|
|
|
Nett score |
M Dunning (19) |
& |
D Edwards (23) |
63 |
D Grimshaw (23) |
&
|
P Walker (17) |
65 |
A Brindle (9) |
& |
N Drake (19) |
65 |
R Emsley (5) |
& |
T Hirst (5) |
65 |
I Hawkyard (21) |
& |
R Greenwood (16) |
65 |
Further qualifiers were:
G Stead & K Emmonds, M Holt & A Cunningham, G Kirkbright & F Robinson, S Mcdermot & S Lehan, T Nebard & M Thorpe, M Beck & J R Hall, M Scott & S Lax, S Ryan & J Ryan, A payne & S Bennet, D Oates & M D Haley, P Croft & M Alderson.
Easter Bank Holiday Weekend at Horsforth Golf Club.
Competitions were held on Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday at Horsforth. Saturday saw the Walker/Gardner Stableford and a Bank Holiday Stableford held on Sunday.
Result of Walker/Gardner Stableford
Division 1
|
h/c |
points |
M Harrison |
13 |
42 |
R Hudson |
9 |
41 |
B Mortimer (Vice Captain) |
15 |
41 |
Division 2
|
h/c |
points |
N Luke |
20 |
42 |
I Blackburn |
27 |
42 |
C Mullarkey |
19 |
40 |
Easter Bank Holiday Monday Stableford
Division 1
|
h/c |
points |
R Emsley |
5 |
38 |
T Hirst |
5 |
3836 |
Division 2
|
h/c |
points |
G Barton |
15 |
41 |
M Jagger |
16 |
37 |
Division 3
|
h/c |
points |
J Hall |
28 |
37 |
A Ward |
22 |
36 |
Horsforth Golf Club Ladies Section Competition Results
On Tuesday 7 April Ladies played their first competition of the 2009 playing season – a 3 Lady Team Event Mexican Scramble with 17 teams entered.
Winning Team |
Team Score |
C Outhwaite |
75 |
M Wales |
|
J Rothwell |
|
Second Team |
Team Score |
C Sudron |
77.8 |
V Horsfall |
|
M Timm |
|
Third Team |
Team Score |
A Croft |
78.7 |
S Heath |
|
B Booth |
|
Lady Captain Mrs B Tomlinson presented prizes to these 3 teams
Horsforth Golf Club Men’s Results Saturday 4 April 2009
The men at Horsforth braved cold, windy and initially wet conditions to play their April Medal which was also played as PGA National Pro-AM qualifier. Run alongside the Medal was the Rabbits Watson Cup qualifier with the top 16 players 16+ handicaps qualifying for places in a knock out competition.
The results are as follows.
Medal & Pro-AM Qualifier
Division 1
Name |
Handicap |
Gross |
Nett |
R D Strangeways |
(6) |
73 |
67 |
S Lehan |
(12) |
82 |
70 |
M Alderson |
(7) |
79 |
72 |
Division 2
Name |
Handicap |
Gross |
Nett |
S Galbraith |
(16) |
87 |
71 |
K Moorhouse |
(14) |
85 |
71 |
S Cook |
(14) |
86 |
72 |
Division 3
Name |
Handicap |
Gross |
Nett |
L Blackburn |
(24) |
93 |
69 |
C J Mullarkey |
(20) |
90 |
70 |
I Blackburn |
(28) |
98 |
70 |
Watson Cup Qualifiers (draw to be made)
L Blackburn (24) |
C Mullarkey (20) |
S Galbraith (16) |
G Stead (16) |
H Speight (18) |
J Mcmurrough (22) |
G O’Kane (18) |
A Tasker (17) |
J Cartledge (20) |
J PHall (22) |
A Utley (23) |
J Cryan (27) |
S Cottle (16) |
S McGarrity (20) |
K Marsey (17) |
J Iceton (18) |
A Busy Weekend at Horsforth.
After all the rain and snow of recent months it was finally back to grass tees and a full course for Horsforth members at the weekend with competitions both Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday 28th March 09 was the Marie Curie Stableford with the following results:
Division 1
|
h/c |
points |
A Cunningham |
11 |
39 |
T Hirst |
5 |
36 |
D Oates |
11 |
35 |
Division 2
|
h/c |
points |
Simon Clark |
13 |
37 |
Steve Clark |
14 |
36 |
S Galbraith |
16 |
34 |
Division 3
|
h/c |
points |
D Lowe |
28 |
37 |
P Blackburn |
19 |
36 |
P Maskill (Vice President) |
20 |
32 |
On Sunday 29th March 09 the Mixed Coronation Trophy foursomes were played on a glorious sunny spring afternoon. The results as follows:
|
gross |
h/c |
nett |
R Greenwood &
Mrs S Coverdale |
93 |
25 |
68 |
A K Dickinson &
Mrs M C Greenhalgh |
88 |
16.5 |
71.5 |
T Greenhalgh (President) &
Mrs M Wales |
88 |
15 |
73 |
P Walker &
Mrs J Read |
98 |
25 |
73 |
Saturday 21st March 09 saw 80 teams compete in the LDUGC Spring 4 Ball Qualifier. The 6 pairs going on to represent Horsforth at Howley hall on Thursday 28 May are:
D Taylor (26) |
& |
E Carter (14) |
62 |
Simon Clark (13) |
& |
Neil Whittaker (8) |
62 |
R Daibell (5) |
& |
B Taylor (13) |
63 |
P Schofield (6) |
& |
T Nebard (13) |
63 |
S Rothwell (5) |
& |
P Cryan (16) |
63 |
D Forsyth (15) |
& |
J Bland (15) |
63 |
After the last few months of snow, rain and muddy ground it was at last possible to play the March Medal at Horsforth Golf Club on Saturday, albeit on a shortened course and still using fairway mats. Team and 4 ball competitions have been continuing throughout when course conditions allowed.
Division 1
|
Gross |
h/c |
Nett |
Graham Swithenbank |
73 |
11 |
62 |
Andy Cunningham |
75 |
11 |
64 |
Stuart Bennett |
70 |
5 |
65 (back 9) |
Division 2
|
Gross |
h/c |
Nett |
Steve Bamford |
82 |
17 |
65 |
Ben Taylor |
78 |
13 |
65 |
Robin Greenwood |
84 |
16 |
68 |
Division 3
|
Gross |
h/c |
Nett |
Barnaby Gill |
78 |
19 |
59 |
Ian Hawkyard |
81 |
20 |
61 |
Rob Outhwaite |
85 |
20 |
65 |
The lowest gross of the day was Mick Thorpe (4) with 69. |