RESULTS FOR COUNTY COMPETITIONS 2010 Gross Team Championships at The Kendleshire GC on Monday 23rd August 2010 14 clubs enetered the gross team championships at The Kendleshire Golf Club. The winners were Bristol and Clifton with a gross score from the best 3 cards of 230. The team was made up of the players; Su Worthington, Paula Crabtree, Jane Bell and Sian James.    L to R: Su Worthington, Paula Crabtree, Anne Archer (Lady Captain of B&C), Jane Bell & Di Honey. Runners-up were Minchinhampton New GC with 239 combined gross score.  Photo left to right, are Caroline Shepherd, Charlotte Ellis, Frances Lindley, and Sue Heathcote.  L to R: Caroline Shephers, Charlotte Ellis, Frances Lindley & Sue Heathcote The winner of the Coronation Silver Medal for the best nett score was Jane Bell of Bristol & Clifton GC. This will be presented at the AGM.       For full results click on the picture. Nett Team Championships at Puckrup Hall on Wednesday 4th August 2010 28 clubs entered teams in the Net Team Championship at Puckrup Hall Golf Club on Wednesday 4th August 2010. The weather forecast was not encouraging, the morning players suffered showers but it did clear up during the afternoon. The course was reported to be in excellent condition. The winning teams played later in the day, and when all the results were in, Lydney Golf Club, who went out at the very last, forced a tie with South Herefordshire, the latter winning on the better 4th card. 1st:  South Herefordshire GC - 211 on cb 2nd: Lydney GC - 211 3rd: Henbury GC - 218 For full results click on the picture        Winners: South Herefordshire Golf Club  Runners Up: Lydney Golf Club  Third: Henbury GC ROSS-ON-WYE PAIR WIN FRASER FOURSOMES (July 16th 2010)  Ross-on-Wye ladies were well to the fore at yesterday’s 36-hole nett Fraser Foursomes competition played, as always, at Stinchcombe Hill GC.  Not only were the winners, Amanda Marshall & Helen Palmer, from Ross, but four of their club colleagues battled for the afternoon best nett prize with Kerry Welding & Jan Armstrong just pipping Shan Powell & Anne McArthur on a countback.   Rain and wind swept the course, bringing new concerns for the greens staff – a week ago they may have been worrying about the heat and lack of rain, but before play yesterday they were out with the squeegies clearing the greens.   But Gaye Pope (Cotswold Hills) didn’t need to worry about the greens – well, not on the par 3 11th hole anyway! There she scored a hole-in-one, the third in her golfing career, but ….”None of us saw the ball drop, which I suppose was a bit sad,” she said.   Results 1st  Nett 36 Holes & Winner Fraser Foursomes Salvers: Amanda Marshall & Helen Palmer  (Ross-on-Wye) 148 2nd  Nett 36 Holes: Mary Groves & Nicola Hawkes  (Shirehampton Park) 150 3rd  Nett: 36 Holes: Bobby Woodley & Kay Keasey  (The Park) 151 on cb from Ann Manley & Mary Howell  (Henbury) 36 Holes Gross: Kerry Dangerfield & Sue Heathcote  (Minchinhampton New) 174 AM Nett: Penny Rawlins & Jackie Davies  (Minchinhampton New) 76 PM Nett: Kerry Welding & Jan Armstrong  (Ross-on-Wye) 72.5 on cb from Shan Powell & Anne McArthur  (Ross-on-Wye)          L-R Amanda Marshall, County President                                          L-R Di Honey with Gaye Pope and County Secretary Di Honey & Helen Palmer                                                                  Gillie Merry                                                                  For full Competition Results click on picture. JUNIORS’, INTERMEDIATES’ & SENIORS’ CHAMPIONSHIPS Three County Championships were contested at Thornbury Golf Centre on Sunday. The main event was the Juniors’ Championship with the Intermediates’ and Seniors’, relatively recent additions to the County calendar, leading out the field. Junior Championships Bethan Popel won the Girls’ Championship with a fine 73 gross, setting a new ladies’ course record at Thornbury.   All 16 girls played so well in windy and showery conditions, and there were so many good nett scores, that the competition standard scratch came down by one shot to 68.  Winner:  Bethan Popel  (Long Ashton) 73 Gross. Received Championship Cup  Runner up: Alexandra Saunders (Bristol & Clifton)  79 Gross. On count-back from Bethan Brown 3rd gross:  Jemima Gregson (Knowle) 80 Gross  (image: L-R Claudia Ovens, Marion Jackson, Bethan Popel & Bethan Brown) Nett Competition 1st:  Bethan Brown (The Kendleshire) 64 nett. Received Townsend Salver 2nd: Emma Barter (Thornbury Golf Centre) 67 nett.   Stableford 1st Claudia Ovens (Cotswold Hills) 41 points on countback from Anna Russell (Cotswold Hills) Seniors’ Championship Winner: Eva Tucker (Bristol & Clifton) gross 80 on countback from Sue Reeve. Eva Tucker (Bristol & Clifton), a past County Captain, pipped current County Captain, Susan Reeve, on a countback to win the Seniors’ event with a gross 80.   The nett prize went to Helen Cole (The Kendleshire) with a nett 68, one shot ahead of Tewkesbury’s Marcia Macfarlane. Intermediates’ Championship Winner: Ruth Hughes (Thornbury) gross 81 Best Nett: Annie Griffin (Thornbury) nett 70    L-R: Ruth Hughes, Helen Cole, County Vice President Marion Jackson & Eva Tuck Full Championship Results   Summer Bowmaker held at Henbury Golf Club Thursday 24th June Henbury's Pat Skelton, Ann Manley & Kirsty Hornung won the County Summer Bowmaker on 24th June.  It was a beautiful sunny day at Henbury Golf Club and all 3 were delighted with their win. Before the presentation of prizes, a birthday cake was presented to Gillie Merry to celebrate her 70th birthday.  Everyone enjoyed a slice and thanked Gillie for spending an important birthday behind a desk organising this event. 1st    Pat Skelton, Ann Manley, Kirsty Hornung     Henbury                    81 points   2nd   Pam Tozer, Dianne Nicholls, Nicola Hawkes     Shirehampton Park      76 points   3rd    Hilary Mason, Jan Pickersgill, Gill Ireson          Henbury                      76 Points on back 9 from         Pat Murphy, Lynn Banks, Jane Madden            Henbury                      76 points  Marion Jackson with winners from Henbury Golf Club,  Kirsty Hornung, Ann Manley, Pat Skelton.   Gillie & Marion with the birthday cake - Happy Birthday! PAULA KEANEY WINS WESTERN DAILY PRESS   Bristol & Clifton’s Paula Keaney won the Western Daily Press Cup when the competition was played at Long Ashton GC on last Wednesday (June 9th).   Delighted with her win she admitted that her normal role was to bring in the winner ….. not make it to the top herself!   When presenting the prizes County President Di Honey noted the reduced entry for this prestigious trophy.  This year it attracted only 62 entries, well below the usual 100 plus.   Results: Western Daily Press Cup: Paula Keaney with 38 points Silver Division: 1st Karen Preedy (The Kendleshire) 37, 2nd Suzette Worthington (Bristol & Clifton) 36, 3rd Julia Wilde (Ross-on-Wye) 35. Bronze Division: 1st Barbara de Winton (Henbury) 33, 2nd Judy Hadley (The Bristol) 32, 3rd Sue Lear (The Kendleshire) 30.   History, from A Celebration of Ladies’ Golf in Gloucestershire   WESTERN DAILY PRESS CUP:  Presented by the Western Daily Press & Bristol Mirror in 1933, although we tended to call it the Times and Mirror Cup for some time!  We also imposed a handicap limit of 30 on entrants after its first playing – that first competition was won by a 32 handicap player with a player of 33 handicap coming second.  Phyllis Whitley, handicap 5, was third.  Enough said!   Originally a 36 hole nett competition, with various sweeps to make play interesting for all handicaps, it is now an 18 hole stableford, with the winner coming from either division        Paula Keaney (R) with President Di Honey Silver Division winners Suzette Worthington, Karen Preedy & Julia Wilde Bronze Division Winners Judy Hadley, Barbara de Winton & Sue Lear   For full results of the Western Daily Press Cup results click on picture below and view / download the pdf document.                    Silver Division Results Bronze Division Results BRONZE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP   There was no disputing the winners at the Bronze Team Championship held at The Bristol GC on May 24th ……one of the club’s own teams romped home some 15 shots ahead of nearest rivals Long Ashton.   Twenty-six teams of four entered the competition and enjoyed the beautiful, but difficult, course on a hot summer’s day.   For the first time the Bronze Coronation Medal was awarded as part of this competition instead of played for in a separate event.  The winner was Phillipa Gillam from The Bristol with 38 points.   Bronze Team Championship Results 1st:    The Bristol: Rachel Paul, Phillipa Gillam, Barbara Lewis & Ann Trapnell 108 pts 2nd:   Long Ashton:Jo Hobbs, Pam Rutter, Sandra Cooper & Andrea White 93 =3rd:  The Bristol:  Nicky Edwards, Sarah Spackman, Maria McNally & Beverley Hill 92          Tewkesbury Park: Jenny Willliams, Val Wilkinson, Alison Bacon & Sally Morgan 92        The Winning Team: L-R Barbara Lewis, Rachael Paul, County President Di Honey, Anne Trapnell & Phillipa Gillam   For full results of the Bronze Team Championship click on picture below and view / download the pdf document. SEASON STARTS WITH WIN FOR TEWKESBURY TEAM   Tewkesbury players, Denise Clayson, Christine Williams and Karen Laughlin won the Spring Bowmaker held at Lilley Brook Golf Club on May 5th.   This was the opening competition of the County’s 2010 season with 150 ladies, 50 teams of three, enjoying the Spring blossom for which Lilley Brook is rightly famous.   Second with a score of 72 points, four shots behind the winners, were Corrinne Durber, Pat Waring and Ilse Russell from Cotswold Edge, with the Minchinhampton (New) team, Angela Short, Fiona Wigglesworth and Sue Heathcote, third on 71.   But spare a thought for the Broadway team of Pat Righton, Chris Moulder and Pam Hooper. They started in the morning and waited for the presentations knowing that, with a score of 69, they were in with a shout for the prizes….. that is, until the final team, the winners, posted their score of 76! L-R: County President Di Honey with Tewkesbury Team, Denise Clayson, Christine Williams & Karen Laughlin For full results of the Spring Bowmaker click on picture below and view / download the pdf document.