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Mixed Open (Best Gent & Lady plus all on 18) 9th July
1st 83 pts Overall Winner
Mark Rabjohn, Carol Ann Rabjohn, Antony Desmond Priest, Susan Priest
2nd 81 pts Overall Runner-Up Last Nine Holes
Gary Keeling, Joanne Shufflebotham, David Mayor, Hilda Mayor
3rd 81 pts Overall 3rd
Susan Carter, Nick Carter, Fiona Ellis, Steve Ellis
Men’s Open 23rd June 2023
1st Place – Steve Sear (38) OCB
2nd Place – Danny Greenhalgh (38) OCB
3rd Place – Ian Wilson (38) OCB
4th Place – John Brayley (38)
5th Place – Stephen Eaves (37)
Nearest the pin on the 10th -Steven Phillips
Nearest the pin on the 16th -Danny Greenhalgh
Vale Royal Abbey Team matches round-up
Ben Derbyshire
24 May 2023
Plenty of fixtures going on at present in and around the different sections of the club, check out the below results from last week –
Seniors
VRA Seniors played their Inter Club Match at Bromborough on Wednesday 17th May, the team was ably led by Captain of the Day Steve Hewitt, unfortunately, VRA lost the match by 5.5 games to 2.5 games but a great day out was had by all of the players.
Our selected senior team also lost in the 1st round of the MDGA Senior specific event at home to a strong Marple Team. I didn’t know who was who on the day as the Marple players were wearing the near identical burgundy colour as their team shirts.
Ladies
Our newly formed Ladies C-Team lost in an away fixture to Wirral GC ladies team. a 4 1/2 – 2 1/2 tight margin was enough for the home team to prevail on this occasion.
Our ladies will now look forward to enjoying their exchange with my Home Club Rhuddlan GC on Tuesday 23rd May.
Scratch
Our scratch team are due to play their 1st round fixture at home to Pleasington GC next Monday 29th May. With a few key players unfortunately not being able to make the date we still have a strong team in the form of –
Ben Derbyshire
John Smith
Mike Connolly
Stuart Price
Adam Hart
Will Igoe
Craig Douglas
Professional v Assistant Re-Cap
Ben Derbyshire
Many thanks to all the members who played in last Saturday’s Pro’s Versus Assistants Annual Trophy.
The final tally being a 17-14 win for the Assistants team under their Captain Assistant Pro Scott Anderson, so very well done to everyone who picked up points for their team.
As you can see a very close affair, but 2 matches certainly helped swing it Scott’s way, first was the superb performance by 2 of our ladies Gill McKenzie & Chris Paxton who up against a very strong pairing in Dave Jones & Joe Nicholson managed to pip them at the post, I believe by just a single point (39 v 38). Also, there looked like a banker for my team with club secretary Martyn Hall & Andy White against a solo player in new member Stuart Gray, but don’t always count your chickens and Stuart produced some wonderful stress free golf to return a solid 37 points all on his own and claim another victory for Scott’s team.
That now takes the overall trophy rundown to a 3-2 lead for the Assistants Team, so payback is needed in 2024.
I hope everyone also enjoyed the additional NP awards, the winners were as follows –
N.P Hole 6 – Alan Yen
N.P in 2 – Hole 8 – Andrew Dickinson
N.P Hole 10 – Nathan Whitlow
N.P in 2 – Hole 11 – Phil Whitehead
NP Hole 16 – Paul Sherrington (I believe this shot was very close indeed…)
N.P in 3 – Hole 18 – Roger Percival
Well done also to those brave people who took us on in the ‘Double Your Money’ Par 3 16th Hole Challenge. If you hit the green you doubled your stake, the members who did the business on the day were as follows –
Garry Ridsdale
Tom Daniels
Nick Welch
Keith Cottier
Rob Bridson
Nathan Whitlow
Matt Lovatt
Geoff Grecian
Stuart Gray
Lewis Reis
Glyn Hughes
Dave Einemann
Dave Jones
Peter Goddard
Christine Paxton
Mike Beech
Phil Whitehead
Mike Whitehead
Steve Rixon
Adam Hart
James Mainwaring
Mark Street
Will Igoe
Andy McCulloch
Mike Baker
I have doubled up your stake and added to your Pro Shop accounts, so do log on and check your current balance.
We will be back again in 2024 for some more fun within the annual event.
100 Holes in 1 Day
Just over a month until Scott (our Assistant Golf Pro) completes 100 holes in a day for Charity ! Donate by clicking the link below
Any donations are greatly appreciated , even £1 makes a difference !
Let’s see if he can smash his goal
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/scott-anderson-100holechallenge
Cardiac Risk In The Young – CRY
Mixed Open Results – Sunday 7th May 2023
1st David Smith and Linda Smith 43 points
2nd Alan Starmer and Victoria Akin 43 points
3rd Peter Brammer and Sam Ellis-Brammer 43 points
3rd Carwyn Jones and Justine Nicoll 39 points
Seniors Open – 4th May results
1st S.Campbell and A.Chamberlain 48 points
2nd J.Showell and T. Worsley 45 points
3rd S.Wells and P.Gurney 44 points
4th S.Graham and M. Davidson 44 points
5th N Harrold and T. Williams 43 points