County Cup stays at home

The County Cup will stay at Northants County this year as Plus 1 handicap club member Matthew Myers held of players from all over the country to win the trophy this year. 

Matthew shot 73 from the very back tees in the morning and was 2 shots off the lead. With father Neil Myers on the bag, the two of them fought hard for a 72 in the afternoon to win by 1 shot from Paul Goding also a club off plus 1.

Overall 

1 Matthew Myers 73 72 145 - Northamptonshire County 
2 Paul Godding 72 74 146 - Northamptonshire County 
3 Ryan Brooks 71 76 147 - Whittington Heath 
4 Riyaz Ahmed 77 71 148 - Leicestershire 
5 Nick Herridge 72 77 149 - - Brampton Heath 
6 James Dair 76 74 150 Toft Country House Hotel 
7 Sam Broadhurst 75 75 150 - Atherstone 
8 Charlie Salter 71 79 150 - Northamptonshire County 
9 Oliver Dennies 75 76 151 - Willesley Park
10 Martin Conley 78 74 152 - Northamptonshire County 

Ladies 

The Ladies Cecil Leitch Team has had a fantastic success this year and has won their Division thus qualifying for the Semi-Finals. This will take place on Tuesday, 11 August at Collingtree Park Golf Club. We have been drawn to play Whittlebury Park, the holders of the trophy for the past two years, and Wellingborough will play Elton Furze. 

I am sure you will all wish them great success and supporters will be very welcome. 

Heather Williams - Cecil Leitch Captain 

Stableford - 29th July - 36 Ladies played in the Stableford.

Overall winner was Vivienne McManus with 48 pts, reducing her handicap from 33 to 25 on the way!

Division 1 Heather Williams 33pts Sue Aitken 33pts Alison Gent 32pts 
Division 2 Katie Amos 37pts Diana Wells 35 pts Barbara Chater 33pts 
Division 3 Valerie Barlow 35pts 

In the 9 hole ladies competition Diana Arrowsmith won on count back from Pat Parsonson with 13pts 

Juniors 9 Hole Stableford Results: 

Ronan McKay 26 points 
Josh Beal 21 points
Ruben Sanchez 17 points
Harrison Taylor 17 points
Jackson Harris 13 points
Natasha Starcevic 9 points



Seniors' Championship - 31st July 2015 

Saint Botolphs Salver - Boyd Gilmour 42 Best Nett 
Millenium Trophy - Harry Tough 36 Best nett over 70 years 
Parker Bowl - Brian O'Connell Best Gross 

  

Division 1 1st Boyd Gilmour 42 2nd Brian O'Connell 39 3rd Gary Smith 38 
Division 2 1st David Alston 37 2nd Harry Tough 36 3rd Lee Woolerton 35 

Seniors Report - Dennis Walker

Life with the seniors certainly has its ups and downs this season! A recent series of matches since our last report has seen us win well away and then lose very heavily both home and away. 

First of all however we have to congratulate Nigel Kay on his hole in one at the 17th during the Match at the Leicestershire. Nigel has sent a detailed account of the way the hole was played by him but it would take up too much space in this newsletter! Congratulations once again! 

That match at The Leicestershire saw a sterling performance away from home and resulted in our first away win of the season. The score being 4.5 to 1.5. Ian Kennedy led the team for the first time this season and obviously rallied the troops well. 

The return match followed in short order a week later and it seems our laurels could not stand the weight as we went down 3.5 to 2.5. Due to circumstances we were one man short on the day and this meant Paul Osborne had to play a pair on his own. His valiant effort which gave him the lead after 9 holes fell short in the end.

We then visited Copt Heath for the first time ever in the return fixture following our inaugeral match earlier in the month. They were obviously smarting after the defeated inflicted on them in that match and gave us an absolute hammering 7 to 1. 

Their course was in magnificent condition the weather was grand and we have no excuses. There were some very heavy defeats in that match and it did show us that local knowledge is very important. Certainly with 96 bunkers to contend with and an element of target golf, which we are not that used to at Brampton, we struggled.



The two ball times have been cancelled throughout the whole of the week as the greens are being hollow-cored and scarified, so it is likely you will encounter a temporary green at some point during your game. 

And a reminder to everyone there will be a number of course closures throughout August on the dates listed below, some of which are as you know prestigious events and we thank you for your patience:

14th August To be confirmed for the PGA Captain Pro Challenge 
17th August Until 3pm (to be confirmed) for the Junior Open 
22nd August Until 3pm for the Mens' Open playing for the Colin Green Trophy 

The greenstaff started to hollow core the greens on Monday after an initial course cut. They will attempt to get as many greens cored behind the seniors as possible. As well as the 18th and two putting lawns.

Tuesday - hopefully complete the hollow coring and will have made a good start on the Graden work. Wednesday - continue to Graden. This will more than likely continue into the remainder of the week. 

Temporary greens will be kept as minimal as possible. We will drop back onto mowing the course as bodies are freed up during the week.