Big turn out for South Herefordshire Golf Club's ladies' team open (From Hereford Times)

Big turn out for South Herefordshire Golf Club's ladies' team open

5:30pm Wednesday 30th May 2012 in Golf By Richard Prime

SOUTH Herefordshire GC’s ladies’ team open was played in good weather and featured 13 teams including players from 11 clubs.

The winning team featured the host club’s Chris Rivers alongside James Helmes and Ros Jones from Moseley GC.

The runners-up were also a host-club team featuring Anita Leaver, Sue Palmer and Mary Sullivan with Lesley Colquhoun and Pat Knight (Nauhnton Downs, joined by Tewkesbury Park’s Jenny Williams in third place.

Men’s section Spring Cup, Division One: 1 Cino Paccagnini 42 pts, 2 I Officer 40, 3 T Beale 40; Division Two: 1 Malcolm Connah 42 pts, 2 J Round 34, 3 D Powell 33.

q Kington GC, ladies’ section, silver jubilee competition: 1 Jean Williams 95-24-71, 2 Barbara Radboune 93-18-75, 3 Kate Block 94-19-75.

Men’s section, Kildare Cup: Winner (and retaining the cup from last year: Gareth Jones 78-15-63; Division One: 1 Ross Moore 67-2-65, 2 Graham Priday 73-5-68, 3 Wyndham Evans 77-9-68; Division Two: 1 Nick Crum 75-10-65, 2 Colin Mansell 76-11-65, 3 Moray Mackintosh 78-11-67; Division Three: 1 Nicky Preece 82-17-65, 2 David Morgan 88-20-68, 3 Rob Evans 88-19-69.

Gareth Jones, Nicky Preece, Moray Mackintosh and Nick Crum qualified to represent GC at Burghill Valley in the Shropshire County Union’s Chronicle Cup competition on August 4.

Kington Seniors’ medal, Division One: 1 Andy Edey 76-8-68, 2 Mike Richards 83-14-69, 3 Ray Kellard 83-14-69; Division Two: 1 Richard Williams 87-19-68, 2 George Farr 99-25-74, 3 Rich Thwaites 96-22-74.

Kington Seniors beat Cleobury Mortimer 4-2 at Kington to continue their successful start to the season.

q Burghill Valley GC, ladies’ section: May EWGA medal, Division One: 1 Rosemary Snowzell 98-20-78, 2 Pauline Smith 97-19-79, 3 Judi Clark 102-19-83; Division 2: 1 Christine Thurgood 97-23-74, 2 Carla Doyle 104-24-78, 3 Ann Suanders 107-28-79; Division 3: 1 Jean Smith 111-35-76, 2 Jill Evans 118-32-86, 3 June Gulvin 125-36-89.

Men’s section, men’s open gross competition: 1 E Morley 72, 2 T Cook 74, 3 B Carter 76; nett competition: 1 A Marshall 66, 2 W Harris 67, 3 R Doyle 67.

Seniors’ Stableford, Division One: 1 John Stevenson 43 pts, 2 John Freeman 38, 3 Adrian Lunt 36; Division One: 1 Brian Hatfield 38 pts, 2 Chris Furber 36, 3 John Alsop 33.

q Grove GC, ladies’ section: Peugeot Coronation Foursomes: 1 Christine Anning and Sarah Wilson 30 pts, 2 Gina Whyke and Jean Crum 328, 3 Liz Sykes and Caroline Lewis 27. Winners go through to the regional final at Shifnal.

Individual Stableford competition: 1 Clare Hadley 31 pts, 2 Irene Gallagher 29, 3 Cynthia Fenn 26.

Badger nine-hole competition: 1 Dorothy Harris 18 pts.

Grove ladies took three of the top four places at the Ludlow Invitation event: 1 Christine Anning (Grove) and Margaret Harris (Ludlow) 38 pts, 3 Liz Sykes (Grove) and Ellie Chambers (Ludlow) 36, 4 Pauline Foster (Grove) and Ros Plested (Ludlow) 36.

q Belmont GC, summer league: 1 Duncan Collins and Tony Catchpole 40 pts, 2 Luke Morris and Colin Cladwyn 40, 3 Pete Wilks and Nick Hemmings 40, 4 John and Lee Snead 40.

Belmont Seniors first-leg majors: 1 Ron Davies 38 pts, 2 Bill McGrath 34, 3 Tom McHugh 34.

Monthly medal Division One: 1 Percy Bristow 73 nett, 2 Paul Gosling 75; Division Two: 1 Tom McHugh 71 nett, 2 Alan Shakesheff 78.

q Herefordshire GC, seniors section better ball competition: 1 David Halpern and Ken Wright 40 pts on c/b, 2 Gary Duncalfe and John Wood 40 on c/b, 3 Phil Manns and Clive James 40 on c/b, 4 Malcolm Allen and Reg Dudman 40.

Ladies’ Stableford (1), Division One: 1 Iris Corfield 28 pts, 2 Tina Bell 27; Division Two: Pam Williams 33 pts, 2 Gertie Hayward 29; Division Three: 1 Diane Powell 32 pts, 2 Carol Timms 30.

Ladies’ Stableford (2), Division One: 1 Marion McGoran 28 pts, 2 Jan Preece 26; Division Two: 1 Jeanette Duncalfe 26 pts, 2 Ann Goodwin 25; Division Three: 1 Sue Powell 29 pts, 2 Carol Timms 26.

Coronation foursomes: 1 Karen Darby and Marie Parry 35 pts on c/b, 2 Chris Crissall and Tina Bella 35.

Ladies’ open, four-ball better-ball: 1 Karen Darby (Herefordshire) and Iris Corfield (Herefordshire) 40pts, 2 Jenny Cooke (Herefordshire) and Fran Horobin (Burghill Valley) 36, 3 Janet Jones (Brockington) and Janet Mussell (Brockington) 35; nearest the pin: Karen Darby (Herefordshire) and Angela Wilkes (Kington).

Herefordshire’s Ladies were beaten 3-2 by Kings Norton in a Droitwich League match. Herefordshire’s winners were Iris Corfield and Jo Ellam.

q Leominster GC: men’s open am-am: 1 Rod Garbey, Steve Palmer, Dave Prichard, Geoff Wood (Leominster) 88 on c/b, 2 Mark Pearson, Greg Bridges, Dan White, Pat Woodhouse 88, Mike Teague (Bridgnorth, Andy Thomas (Cleobury Mortimer), Roger Hardeman and Pete Heilbron (Stourbridge) 84; nearest the pin: Tony Hope (Cotswold Hills).

Chronicle Cup qualifier and March Medal accumulator, Division One: 1 Dave McGrath 39 pts, 2 Richard Beaumont 37, 3 Kevin Gibbons 35; Division Two: 1 Steve Fletcher 37 on c/b, 2 Doug Hill 37 on c/b, 3 Julian Morris 37; Division Three: 1 Andrew Barrington 36, 2 Tom Lloyd 32, 3 Michael Marguerie 29.

Seniors’ section, bogey competition: 1 Kaz Rudnicki, 2 Paul Oatley, 3 Ray Powell.

May medal, Division One: 1 Tony Leney, 2 Ray Chambers; Division Two: 1 Alan Hooper, 2 Terry Bufton; Division Three: 1 Charlie Tune, 2 Terry Carver.

q Cradoc GC, midweek medal: 1 Neil Morris 83-12-71, 2 Robert Evans 73-2-71, 3 Sam Lloyd 86-13-73.

Cradoc Seniors lost 6-2 at Herefordshire GC with Jack Massey and Derek Lloyd (one up) and John Nancarrow and Lyn Greenway (6 and 4) the winning pairs.

The home match against Rolls of Monmouth was halved; winning pairs were Derek Lloyd and Windsor Griffiths (5 and 4), and Rick Jones and Ivan Boreham (5 and 4) while Jack Massey and Bill Sisley and Colin Rosser and Dave Matthews halved their matches.

Cradoc Wayfarers beat Virginia Park GC 4-1 with the winning pairs Roger Jones and Tom Astle (4 and 3), Tony Payne and Tom Price (3 and 2), Alan Denning and Gary Jenkins (2 and 1) and captain Brian Nelson and Les Gwynne (7 and 6).

q Ross GC, Burns Trophy: 1 Mike Gardner 38 pts, 2= Kevin D’Lonra, Richard Topping 37.

Ross ‘A’ beat Tewkesbury Park 3½-2½ with the winning pairs being Jason Bolton and Ross Jenkins (6 and 4), Jamie Wilde and Harry Butler (5 and 4), Tony and Jake Howells (2 and 1) while there was a halved match involving Jacob Ashdown and Dave Gardner.

Ross ‘B’, under the captaincy of Colin Bennion, beat Tewkesbury Park 5-1.

Ross Seniors beat Cirencester 5½-2½ and drew 4-4 at Droitwich Spa GC where the points came from Doug David and Geoff Baker (won two up), Mike Harris and Richard Escolme (won 4 and 2), Richard Nightingale and Ken Vowles (won two up), Brian Clouder and David Rees (halved), and Graham Russell and Dave Thrower (halved).