Ladies' Club Championship

Sunday 29th June dawned bright and clear after two days of horrendous storms.

The Ladies' Club Championships teed off at 8am, for 36 holes, with a disappointing field of 7, however, after the morning round the best net score was 77 from Gillian Curley and then the afternoon best net was 79 from Charlotte Taylor.

But - the new Ladies' Champion for 2014 is Rachel Smith with a gross score of 161. The runner up was Charlotte Taylor with 165.

Many congratulations to Rachel, a very well deserved win. Rachel also captured the McDougal Salver with a net score of 151.

The Intermediate Challenge (18 holes) was won by Louise Hemingway. 
Runner Up :Sue Aitken.

The Bronze Challenge (18 holes) was won by Denise Bellamy-Walton. 
Runner Up: Pam Oliver

Ladies Captains Day 1st July

Ladies Captain Di Murkin arranged a shotgun start 4 ball better ball for the Ladies section on Tuesday. All the played enjoyed the fantastic weather a real treat as it rained at Wimbledon.

The latest Ladies Scratch League matches have been held at Wellingborough GC. Northants County were up against Northampton Golf Club and were successful by two matches to one. The team were Rachel Smith, Angela Duck and Sue Barrick. This was a hard fought encounter with one match going down the 19th and Rachel Smith overcoming the current County Champion 1 Up.

The County Ladies have been playing in the annual County Match Week at Northampton Golf Club. This was a very successful event with everything going smoothly thanks to the hard work of many volunteers and masterminded by the County Captain, Theresa East. Despite two stoppages for thunder and lightning thankfully the weather was on the whole kind with sunshine on most days.

Northamptonshire were hopeful right up to the last match having won 3 matches and halved another. Buckinghamshire got the honours in the end despite losing to Northants on Day 1. Charlotte Taylor from NCGC played four singles matches for the County, and won three of them. Well done Charlotte.

Saturday Medal

Result of the day went to Michael Farr winning the Gross and nett with a level par round off 2 nett 68 Michaels new handicap is 1. Phil Thomas was the only other player to better Par with a nett 69. Thunder storms delayed play on Saturday. Lightening was spotted by players who immediately stopped play and took shelter.

A reminder of rule 6-8 - Discontinuance of Play; Resumption of Play a. When Permitted The player must not discontinue play unless: 
(i) the Committee has suspended play; 
(ii) he believes there is danger from lightning; 
(iii) he is seeking a decision from the Committee on a doubtful or disputed point (see Rules 2-5 and 34-3)
(iv) there is some other good reason such as sudden illness.

Bad weather is not of itself a good reason for discontinuing play. If the player discontinues play without specific permission from the Committee, he must report to the Committee as soon as practicable. If he does so and the Committee considers his reason satisfactory, there is no penalty. Otherwise, the player is disqualified. Exception in match play: Players discontinuing match play by agreement are not subject to disqualification, unless by so doing the competition is delayed.

Note: Leaving the course does not of itself constitute discontinuance

Seniors latest fixture saw a comprehensive six matches to nil victory in a home fixture with Stratford.

Not only did the overall match show a big margin of victory but some of the individual matches show exceptional performances.

The seniors now have a "mid season break" as their next fixture is not until July 25th at The Leicestershire. They then resume regular matches with Kingsthorpe, Woburn , Frilford Heath and Tadmarten coming up in August. The availability sheets have been posted in the gents locker room lobby for those interested in playing.

• Iain Kennedy and Alan Boyce won 3/2
• Ray Kingston and Rob Spokes won 6/5
• Peter Darby and John Draper won 5/4
• Steve Battison and Bob Andrews won 7/6
• Terry Butcher and Herbie Gowen won 5/4
• Roger Brady and David Adams won 2/1

• Stableford - Sunday 6th July
• Junior Summer Camps dates have been confirmed and are taking bookings Joe