Promotion secured for Herefordshire Golf Club's Ladies Scratch team (From Hereford Times)

Promotion secured for Herefordshire Golf Club's Ladies Scratch team

7:00am Friday 30th December 2011 in Golf

HEREFORDSHIRE Golf Club’s Ladies Scratch team has won promotion to Division One of the Midlands Inter-County Ladies’ Scratch League.

This is a second promotion in three years for Herefordshire’s team who, after playing in Division Three for many years, gained promotion to Division Two in 2009.

The team of five played two home and two away matches, taking on Coventry Finham, Maxstoke Park, Stratford-upon- Avon and Ladbrook Park on their way to topping Division Two and promotion.

Eight players took part during the season – Karen Darby, Emma Harris, Jo Hawes, Geraldene Kelly, Sue Mawby, Amy Morgan, Jan Preece and Ann Wheatstone.

“It is a tremendous achievement for the club to be promoted to Division One in what is a very competitive league,” said team captain Sue Mawby.

“The clubs we will be playing in 2012, Kidderminster, Droitwich, Nuneaton and Enville, all have very strong scratch teams so I am sure that we will have some tough matches but we are looking forward to the challenge.”

The league began in 1988 and is open to clubs from Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.

There are currently 35 clubs playing in seven divisions.

Two young Burghill Valley players have enjoyed top-three finishes at the inaugural Midlands Golf Tournament at Little Aston GC in Staffordshire.

Chris Makin shot 78 in the 18-hole medal competition to win the under-16 section while Morgan Radziejowski’s 104 earned him a share of third place in the under-10 competition.

Makin was also part of the Shropshire and Herefordshire team which beat Warwickshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire to win the team competition.

Results: Ladies accumulator, Division 1, 1 Julie Saych 33 pts, 2 Pauline Smith 32, 3 Sharon Helps 31; Division 2, 1 Christine Bunyan 30 pts, 2 Jacky Price, 3 Maureen Wilde; Division 3, 1 Carol Powell 34 pts, 2 Jean Smith 28, 3 Sandra Fletcher 28. Seniors’ stableford, Division 1, 1 Brian Barnard 41 pts, 2 Charlie McInnes 38, 3 Terry Bottomley 38 on c/b; Division 2, 1 Brian Dix 40 pts, 2 Ron Goodall 35, 3 Bill Toman 33.

Hereford GC Seniors: five-club Stableford, 0-17 1 (and overall winner) Tim Townsend 42 pts, 2 Barry Stevenson 41, 3 Malcolm Allen 38; 18-28, 1 George Field 40 pts, 2 Jim Phillips 38, 3 Stewart Gilbert 37.

Leominster GC: Three-man Waltzer, 1 Kevin Gibbons, John Callow, Mike Barrington 83 pts; 2 Peter Staite, John Hodges, Dave Napper 77; 3 Jeremy Lawrence, Neil Bennett, Mark Darroll 76; Ladies nine-hole accumulator, 1 Janet Powell 17 pts on c/b, 2 Bett Croxton, 3 Gillian Sandell.

Belmont GC Seniors: Hurcomb plate and winter knock-out, 1 Bill Clark 39 pts, 2 Percy Bristow 37, 3 Ray Saunders 37; Better ball, 1 Dave Sargent and Phil Skyrme 43 pts, 2 Ray Ingram and Don Ingram 42, 3 John Alexander and Barry Haydon 41.

Kington GC: Senior December medal, Division 1, 1 Andy Edey 67 nett, 2 Dennis Whyke 68, 3 Glyn Wictome 69; Division 2, 1 Chris Scott 64 nett, 2 Dick Lee 69, 3 George Farr 75.

Ladies results, Christmas Cracker: 1 Ealine Allen, Bee Baxendale, Chris Hughes and Wendy Douglas 44 pts; Winter accumulator, Division 1, 1 Pip Frost 94 pts, 2 Carolyn Jones 92, Barbara Radbourne 90; Division 2, 1 Anne Hitchcox 97 pts, 2 Enid Crowe 84, 3 Ruth Lias 80; Division 3, 1 Wendy Smith 98 pts, 2 Jo Burton 98, 3 Janet Vaughan 84; Helen Gray Trophy, Teresa Godbert.

Ross GC: Men’s annual Christmas Fayre stableford, 1 Jeffrey Dawes 45 pts, 2 Danny Gear 44, 3= Richard Lloyd 42, 3= Tony Malim 42.

Ross Seniors have installed Cec Wheatstone as their new captain with Mike Harris as his vice-captain.

Graeme Forrester succeeds David Dale as treasurer.

Sixteen-hole Greensome: 1 Graeme Forrester and Graham Chick 43 pts, 2 John Allen and Richard Nightingale 38, 3 Richard Topping and Clem Hale 37.

Cradoc have elected Jack Massey as their new captain to succeed Derek Brown.

Graham Chamberlain was elected vice-captain with Mike Mellors, Len Green and Colin Rosser forming the committee.

John Garnett was re-elected seniors’ secretary.

Trevor Clarke Trophy: Colin Rosser.

Three-club challenge: Ian Pickford 35 pts.

Huw Rodwell leads the men’s winter league after four rounds with Steve Edwards, Les Gwynne, Lou Jones and Clive Price jointly second.