RESULTS FOR COUNTY COMPETITIONS 2011  Watson Williams and County Foursomes Results 2011 FINALS DAY ….. IN THE CLOUDS   Cotswold Hills and Ross-on-Wye were comfortable winners of the Watson Williams and County Foursomes respectively when the finals were played at Stinchcombe Hill GC at the weekend.   In the Watson Williams, the scratch foursomes, Val Smith and Sam Round from Cotswold Hills, defeated Minchinhampton’s Frances Lindley and Sue Heathcote 4/2. They finished in style with a fine birdie on the 16th after Minchinhampton had chipped in for their par from well off the green.   Broadway’s Vicky Watkins and Pauline O’Hagan were playing catch-up from the start giving seven shots to Sarah Forrest and Kerry Welding from Ross in the County Foursomes, the handicap version of the game. The Ross ladies also finished this match on the 16th, winning 3/2.   And all players – and the few brave spectators, not to mention the stalwart caddies and referees! – had to battle foul weather as well! High on the escarpment, Stinchcombe Hill certainly showed its teeth throwing high winds and swirling low clouds and mist into the equation!        Watson Williams Finalists on course  County Foursomes finalists on the course  Brave Spectators !       L to R: Runners-up Frances Lindley & Sue Heathcote (Minchinhampton New GC), Di Honey (President) and winners Val Smith & Sam Round (Cotswold Hills GC) L to R: Runners-up Pauline O'Hagan & Vicky Watkins(Broadway GC), Di Honey (President) and winners Sarah Forrest & Kerry Wielding (Ross on Wye GC) All Finalists of the Watson Williams and County Foursomes knockout with Di Honey (President) Download a pdf of the watson williams full mtachplay draw and results 2011 (click on golfball below)   Download a pdf of the county foursomes full matchplay draw and results 2011 (click on golfball below) Mercia Castle Cup Results 2011 This is a competition that is held at the clubs in Gloucestershire with the overall winners being awarded the trophy. SILVER DIVISION Winner - Pauline O'Hagan - Broadway GC 41 points Runner-Up - Victoria Watkins - Ross on Wye GC 40 points on c/b from: C. Hatherell- Westonbirt GC, L. Sparkes  Painswick GC  and J. Davies - Cotswold Hills GC full results for silver division BRONZE DIVISION Winner - Mercia Castle Cup - Irene Hawkes - Broadway GC 43 points Runner-Up - Carole Woodley - Lilley Brook GC on c/b 43 full results for bronze division County Greensomes Trophy This is a competition that is held at the clubs in Gloucestershire with the overall winners being awarded the trophy. Winners: J. Frost & R. Rowe - Thornbury GC 43 points Runners-Up: V. Bowley & L. Ferries - Cirencester GC 42 points full results Lady Marling Silver & Bronze Cups held at Filton GC on Wednesday 14th September 2011 Henbury’s Ann Manley scooped the pool at last week’s Lady Marling Cups competition played at Filton GC on September 14th. With a nett 71, she won the two nett competitions, the coveted Lady Marling Silver Cup and the Silver Coronation Medal, and her gross 79 meant she also lifted the Scratch Cup. The Bronze Lady Marling Cup and the Bronze Coronation Medal, were won by Irene White from Chipping Sodbury GC – who was delighted that Filton, unlike her home course, provided little in the way of water hazards! Nicky Edwards (The Bristol GC) won the Graham Cup for the best gross in the bronze division. Full Results: Lady Marling Silver Cup:  Winner: Ann Manley (Henbury GC) 71 nett Runner up: Sarah Whiting (Filton GC) 72 ocb 3rd: Lesley Champion (Tracy Park GC) 72 The Scratch Cup for Best Gross: Winner:  Ann Manley (Henbury GC) 79 gross Prizes:  1st: Carole Stratford (Long Ashton GC) 82 ocb 2nd: Frances Lindley (Minchinhampton (New) GC) 82 3rd: Gwen Spear (Long Ashton GC) 85 Lady Marling Bronze Cup:  Winner: Irene White (Chipping Sodbury GC) 76 nett  2nd: Audrey Smith (Filton GC) 77 ocb 3rd: Sandra Newman (Tracy Park GC) 77 Graham Cup for Best Gross Bronze Division :  Winner: Nicky Edwards (The Bristol GC)100 2nd: Jackie McCarthy (Tracy Park GC) 3rd:  Mary James (Chipping Sodbury GC) 103   Coronation Medal Silver division:  Ann Manley (Henbury GC) 71 nett Coronation Medal Bronze division: Irene White (Chipping Sodbury GC) 76 nett         Lady Marling Silver Winner:  Ann Manley Lady Marling Bronze Winner: Irene White Silver Division Winners:  L to R: Gwen Spear, Carole Stratford, Sarah Whiting, Frances Lindley Seated: Lady Captain of Filton GC, Esme Mannering, Bronze Division Winners: L to R: Sandra Newman, Mary JAmes, Audrey Smith, Nicky Edwards, Esme Mannering (Lady Captain of Filton GC), Irene White, Jackie McCarthy. silver division results bronze division results Kitcat Cup held at Minchinhampton (New GC) on Friday 9th September Margaret Morse, playing on her home course, won the County Kitcat Cup played on the Cherington Course at Minchinhampton Golf Club on Friday (September 9th) – but the result went down to the wire, only being decided on a countback.   She and Trisha Gould (Broadway), both of whom incidentally have only relatively recently started playing golf, both scored 40 stableford points.   Full Results: Winner of the Kitcat Cup: Margaret Morse (Minchinhampton New)   Bronze Division: 1st Trisha Gould (Broadway) 40 pts., 2nd Rose Walker (The Bristol) 37, 3rd Catherine Beale (Cotswold Edge) Silver Division: 1st Barbara Watson (Naunton Downs) 36 on cb from 2nd Chris Park (Cirencester), 3rd Frances Lindley (Minchinhampton New) 34   Historical Note: From A Celebration … of Ladies’ Golf in Gloucestershire KITCAT CUP:  Presented in 1905 by the Rev. Kitcat, father of our first recorded captain and secretary, Miss S.W.P.Kitcat.  It was originally known as the Challenge Cup, or sometimes the County Cup, and the final was a matchplay tournament.  It is our oldest trophy, and until our championship began in 1913, this was THE trophy.  Over the years its format has changed, its importance has become diluted.  The early winners’ names engraved on it are, quite simply, a record of our history.  The first winner was M.B.Woollcombe-Boyce -- followed by Sybil Kitcat, Miss Bramwell, Phyllis Clark…. and on to Frances Mann, Margaret Joshua, Marjorie Williams, Hilda Pickup, Peggy Baker, Dorothy McLennan, Peggy Reece, Vivian Wilde and Caroline Griffiths.     L to R: Margaret Morse being presented with the Kitcat Cup by GLCGA Chairman Pat Righton   Winners All! L-R Barbara Watson, Chris Park, Margaret Morse, GLCGA Chairman Pat Righton, Trisha Gould & Frances Lindley. (Missing from photograph, Rose Walker) Full Results Silver Division full results   Bronze Division full results Gross Team Championships held at The Players GC on Wednesday 24th August 2011 The Henbury Ladies' team of Jan Pickersgill, Ann Manley, Sue Elliott and Louise Church were decisive winners in the GLCGA Gross Team Championships held at The Players GC on August 24th. With three of the four scores counting, their aggregate 245 gross was three shots clear of runners-up Cirencester ….. who just pipped Knowle on a countback     The winners: L-R Jan Pickersgill, Ann Manley, County Vice President Marion Jackson who presented the prizes, Sue Elliott and Louise Church. Runners-up: L-R Alison Kelly, Emma Brereton,Hilary Swann & Alison Henshaw full results Nett Team Championship held at Cotswold Edge GC on Tuesday 9th August 2011 The home team of Lynda Pearce, Jane Barrett, Maria Shepherd and Julie Paulett was victorious at the Nett Team Championships last week ...... but it was certainly a close run battle! Their aggregate score of 231 was just one better than the Bristol & Clifton Team comprising Pao Poole, Sue awes, Anne Pope and Di Thomas. And just a further shot back in 3rd place were Sue Nice, Ruth Ward, Barbara Cullinane and Gaynor Moll from Lydney full results Fraser Fousomes held at Stinchcombe Hill GC Thursday 14th July 2011. Liz Rees and Sheila Whybra, from Minchinhampton (New) GC, won the prestigious County Ladies’ Peggy Fraser Salvers, played for at Stinchcombe Hill Golf Club  last week (July 14th). They just sneaked home, winning on a countback from the Henbury pairing of Liz Henniker-Heaton and Glenda Hanmer, who must count themselves as  fairly unlucky as they were also pipped for the gross prize.  The 36-hole nett foursomes competition for the salvers is always held at Stinchcombe Hill, where Peggy Fraser, County Captain in 1955/56 and in whose memory the trophies were presented, was a member.   Full results: 36 Holes  Best nett & Winner of the Peggy Fraser Salvers: Liz Reece & Sheila Whybra (Minchinhampton New) 143 on countback from 2nd  nett: Liz Henniker-Heaton & Glenda Hanmer (Henbury) 143 3rd  nett: Ann Manley & Lesley Gillen (Henbury 147 36 holes best gross:: Andra Knight & Gaye Pope (Cotswold Hills) 162 18 holes: Morning 18 holes best nett: Louise Church & Gill Clark (Henbury) 72 Morning 18 holes best gross: Karen Rix & Debbie Pajak (Bristol & Clifton) 83 Afternoon 18 holes best nett: Val Buttress & Di Couch (Henbury) 70 Afternoon 18 holes best gross: Helen Palmer & Amanda Marshall (Ross-on-Wye) 84           L to R: Liz Henniker-Heaton & Glenda Hanmer  with winners Sheila Wybra & Liz Reece (Minchinhampton New GC)  L to R Gross Winners Gay Pope & Andra Knight full results Summer Bowmaker held at South Herefordshire Golf Club Tuesday 5th July 2011. Visiting players from Cotswold Edge just pipped a home team to win the GLCGA Summer Bowmaker played at South Herefordshire GC on Tuesday July 5th.  Debbie Pringle, Julie Paulett and Mandy Barker, playing the course for the first time, posted a score of 73 points just one ahead of Debbie Griffiths, Val Bland and Sally Tusbury-Turner.  Jan Armstrong, Sarah Forrest and Kerry Welding from Ross-on-Wye were a further point adrift.   This was the first County competition to be hosted by South Herefordshire GC since their lady members opted to join the Gloucestershire Ladies' County association a couple of years ago. It proved a success with 27 teams of three taking part from right across the county.      Winners: Cotswold Edge GC;  Debbie Pringle, Julie Paulett, Mandy Barker  Runners Up: South Herefordsgire GC;  Debbie Griffiths, Val Bland, Sally Tusbury-Turner For full results click on golf ball. County Girls, Intermediates & Seniors Championships held at Knowle Golf Club Sunday 3rd July 2011 Home player Jemima Gregson won the Juniors' Championship, played at Knowle GC on Sunday (July 3rd) …. and her club team mates Caley McGinty and Ebonie Lewis took the best nett and stableford  prizes respectively. Jemima's gross 70 was seven shots ahead of nearest rival Bethan Popel, the current County Champion from Long Ashton.  Victoria Wakeley-Jones (Minchinhampton New) was third on 78. In the nett division Caley McGinty posted a splendid nett 66, just two shots ahead of Hannah Evill from Minchinhampton Old, and Ebonie Lewis(37 pts) was just one point ahead of Charlotte Heeps (Thornbury). The youngsters followed the Seniors' and Intermediates' Championships, won by Jan Pickersgill (Henbury) and Corrinne Durber(Minchinhampton New) respectively, ….. and showed their older colleagues just how to post really good scores! An indication of this was that the Competition Standard Scratch for the Juniors' event went down, whilst for the Seniors and Intermediates it went up! Seniors' and Intermediates' Results. Seniors Gross:  1st: Jan Pickersgill (Henbury) gross 83, 2nd Susan Reeve (Minchinhampton New) 88 Seniors Nett:  1st: Maria McNally (The Bristo nett 73 2nd Patricia Brew (The Bristol) 74Intermediates: Gross 1st: Corrinne Durber (Minchinhampton New) gross 82 Nett1st: Bethan Brown (The Kendleshire) nett76   Caley McGinty, Gloucstershire Girls Champion - Jemima Gregson (centre), Ebonie Lewis  Juniors - All Prizewinners  Seniors Champion:  Jan Pickersgill  Intermediates Champion: Corrinne Durber   Full Junior Championship Results . Full Senior & Intermediate Results. Bronze Team Championship held at Forest Hills Golf Club Tuesday 21st June 2011 Winners: The Bristol Golf Club 1 with 227 nett Rachel Paul, Linda Carney, Joan Paterson, Corina Best Runners Up: Tewkesbury Park Golf Club with 228 nett Barbara Hemmings, Sue Lockwood, Jackie James, Val Wilkinson Third: Filton Golf Club with 236 nett Sheila Cottrell, Audrey Smith, Helen Briggs, Ginny Peachy (for full results click on picture) Western Daily Press Cup held at Cirencester Golf Club Wednesday 8th June 2011 Winner - Western Daily Press Cup - Sheila Telling  Cirencester Golf Club 38 points Silver Division 1st: Karen Beaumont-Wraith Tracy Park Golf Club 37 points 2nd: Mary Howell Henbury Golf Club 37 points on c/b 3rd: Barbara Eaton Lilley Brook Golf Club 35points full results (silver division) Bronze Division 1st: Pat Dunn Cotswold Edge Golf Club 35 points 2nd: Sue Johns The Kendleshire Golf Club 33 points 3rd: Jan Stephens Cirencester Golf Club 32 points on c/b from S.Lear The Kendleshire full results (bronze division) The Spring Bowmaker held at Tracy Park Golf Club Wednesday 11th May 2011 With a field of 38 teams the Spring bowmaker started off the Gloucestershire Ladies season at Tracy Park.  The Results of the competition were: Winners: Estelle Johnson, Lyn Stares, Debbie Pringle of Cotswold Edge GC - 71 points (on c/b) Second:  Sarah Nutter, Megan Mills, Gerry Munden of Westonbirt GC - 71 points Third:      Diane Pierce, Fiona Smith, Pat Fluck of Cotswold Hills FC - 70 points To download the full results click on the link below: