Club Championship Quarters and Semis

Saturday, 3rd July brought the quarter and semi finals of the Club Championships for both the Men and the Ladies and also the quarter finals for the Seniors Handicap Trophy. In the morning matches the draw brought together the brothers Ricky and Steven Jamieson, with Ricky prevailing. The other winners were Graeme Hewitt who beat Tommy Mitchell, Craig Wilson who beat Karl Mossom and Ronnie Dixon who beat. In the Ladies there were wins for Alyssa Balding over Pat Bainbridge, Samantha Taylor who beat Maureen Jenkins, Candy Paige who beat Terri Hallows and Gill Davison who beat Samantha Malone. In the Seniors there were wins for Brian Rutherford, Keith Simpson, Terry Cooper and Graham Hope. In the afternoon semi finals, Graeme Hewitt had a win over Ricky Jamieson and in the Ladies there were wins for Alyssa Balding and Gill Davison. It was a lovely sunny day though the wind picked up in the afternoon. The support was meagre to say the least ... I hope it is better for the Finals next Sunday. Our Champions deserve it.

Well done Sam

Well done Samantha Malone. You can hold your head high after your performance in the national finals of the EWGA Grand Medal Final held at Worcestershire Golf Club on 26th June 2010. Sam played really well to qualify for this competition at both the Club and at the Regional finals. She then returned a score of nett 79 and finished in the top half of the results in the national final, a most laudable achievement.

Seniors PGA Championship at Slaley Hall

So what can we do on a sunny Saturday when its Plate Day and the Park will be full of racegoers and car parking and access will be a nightmare? ... well it was an easy choice with day 3 of the PGA Seniors Championship on at Slaley Hall ... so we went off to see the likes of Sam Torrance, Barry Lane, Ian Woosnam, Sandy Lyle ... a great day .... and to prove we were there ... a snapshot from Sky Sports .... no cameras please !!

County Champion

Our congratulations got to Nicky Maddison who was crowned County Champion this weekend at Westerhope. Nicky, a former member at Parklands, won the tournament which was played over four days (match play phase) from Wednesday to Saturday. In the 36 hole final, Nicky and Kris Gray were all square after 18 holes, with Nicky coming out on top winning 2 up. A tremendous achievement Nicky ... well done.

Hole in One

Our congratulations go to Kenny Shepherd for his magnificent achievement of a 'Hole in One' on the 166 yard 8th hole at Parklands in the Men's Competition this Sunday. The competition was the Cancer Research Trophy and Kenny took a 7 wood from the tee and had that wonderful moment that we all dream of .... as his ball rolled across the green and into the hole. Kenny's first hole in one after 28 years of trying .... well done Kenny.

New Course Record

For the second time in a month we have a new course record and this time it was in the second round of the Club Championship and the player with the magic touch was Karl Mossom.

Karl had a busy weekend. He represented the Club in the County First Division Championships at Close House on the Saturday, playing 36 holes on the day. Then on the Sunday, feeling a bit tired, he had a magnificent 66 to break the course record by 2 shots. Well done Karl ... and well deserved. His 66-2=64 was enough to win the competition and ensure Karl qualified for the Club Championship knock out phase in no1 position.

Parklands Mixed Open

The Mixed Open took place last Bank Holiday Monday and 30 pairs competed for a good prize fund on a day when the sun shone and the course was in superb condition. There was some competitive golf played on the day .... Candy and I were defending champions and despite a good performance (bar the 16th) we had 41 points which gave us 3rd position. We were pipped for 2nd on a count back by Alyssa Balding, recently returned from her year in America, and Neil Henderson playing off +2. A superb, polished round of golf by this pairing, but the winners won by a point. The pairing of Neil Armstrong and Shelley Webb returned 42 points. A great performance. Shelley had a wonderful weekend all round winning the Ladies Comp on the Saturday as well. Watch this space for news of her handicap tumbling ....Mac Murphy and Maureen Jenkins were 4th with 40 points and 5th were Dave Pringle and Terri Hallows .... Well done to all the competitors and prize winners.Thanks also to Kath Morpeth who organised the event and ensured the day went so smoothly. We also raised £64 from the raffle ... thanks to all who bought tickets on the day.