Greetings from Tim, Mark, Adam, Ben & John

A colourful send off

Club Captain Peter Cooch 21 March 1943 - 17 May 2015

Many of us will remember the colourful character of Club Captain Peter Cooch playing golf in his red trousers. It was therefore fitting that his family requested that his funeral at St Marys in Great Brington was not a sombre affair and that attendees wear colourful clothing.

While the rain poured out side there was a warm feeling in a full Church with many standing at the back.

Hollingsworth

Pictured: Andrew Nicholson (left) & Malcolm Watkins (right) combined well to win their match 3&1.

It was a busy weekend for our Hollingsworth teams with both teams playing on Sunday. The A team were at home to Whittlebury, needing a victory to top their table which they achieved in some fashion winning their match 4-1.




Our Hollingsworth team were away to Oundle, despite a great start to the matches with a 6&5 victory by Tom Bullough & James Dunkley the team unfortunately lost 3-2. The team sits 2nd in the league behind Northampton and just ahead of 3rd placed Brampton Heath.

Ladies 

Andrea Alston returned the best of the day score with a nett 72 to win the latest Medal. 

Divison 1 

Ele Brooks 93 - 19 = 74 
Kate James 93 - 16 = 77 
Gillian Curley 86 - 6 = 80 

Division 2 

Alison Gent 95 - 21 = 74 
Marianne O'Connell 98 - 22 = 76 
Dianne Moore 101 - 25 = 76 

Division 3 

Andrea Alston 108 - 36 = 72 
Val Barlow 110 - 36 = 74
Dawn Mallard-Parker 104 - 28 = 76

Juniors

Congratulations to Millie Billson who won the Girls County Championship for the 1st time and with a winning margin of 7 shots! Sister Hattie finished 3rd with the club being represented well in the Boys category with Charlie Salter 2nd, Fergus Robinson 6th and away members Ben Jones 3rd, Tom Forster 4th and Luke Barney the winner.

   

9 hole Stableford Results: 

Sisters Natayla & Natasha Starcevic shared the honours on Sunday with both scoring 21 points to win. Harrison Taylor was runner up with 19 points and a special mention to Jack Wilson who finished with 18 points, but in doing so he gross birdied 8A at the age of 9 years old!! 

Natayla Starcevic 21 
Natasha Starcevic 21 
Harrison Taylor 19 
Jack Wilson 18 
William Amos 16 
Ruben Sanchez 16 
Josh Beal 15 
Vlad Cartwright 11 
Jackson Harris 10 
James Hartwell 8 
Hannah Cotton 6 
Alfie Bennett 5



Report

The Seniors have completed two further fixtures since the last report. A win against Frilford Heath 4 and 3 and a loss away at Tadmarten Heath. 

In both games there were very tight matches as well as big wins and heavy defeats, again typical of seniors golf. The home advantage definitely tells on most occasions. 

First up was the Frilford match with a big fight back late in the day.We were struggling until the last 3 matches turned things around. 

Results: 

Wins for Dennis Walker and David Whalley,Nick Godden and Peter Darby,and Roger Street with Paul Phillips. Halves for Ray Kingston and Bob Andrews and Roger Brady and Chris Cook. The losers on the day being Ian Kennedy and Alan Boyce and Ross Greenhill and Ray Rodley. However Ray Rodley and Ross are worth a mention after filling in at the last minute. 

The Tadmarten match results: 

Two winners were Ron Steedman and Frank Fitzpatrick along with Nick Godden and John Draper Halves for Frank Ainger and Roger Street,Peter Bedwell and David Whalley and William Wells and Steve Battison. Paul Osborne and John Roberts,Ray Kingston, Ross Greenhill, Peter Darby, Paul Phillips were the losers. Those whose form has dipped this season,and they will know who they are,must be conscious that the selectors have more numbers to chose from this season!

Watch this space.



On the course this week.. 

Topdress greens - Monday 
Divot landing areas. 
Trim fairway sprinklers 
Spray weeds in bunkers