All mixed up 

The sun was out for the Autumn mixed Open last weekend, with couples coming from far and wide to participate. The results from the event can be found below

1st Rob & Tracey Pierrepoint 42 points 
2nd Alan & Kim Mckechnie 41 
3rd Roger Silence & Kathy Walton 41 
4th Carl & Sarah Read 41 
5th Columb Harrington & Kaye Mater 40 

Nearest The Pin (Mens) - Colin Miles 
Nearest The Pin (Ladies) - Liz Jarvie 

Ladies 

Tuesday's Stableford was won by Alisa Moore with 37 points, just edging out Alison Shine, Liz Thompson won Division 2 and Andrea Alston won Division 3 - well done Ladies! 

Division 1 1st Alisa Moore 37, 2nd Alison Shine 37, 3rd Ele Brooks 33 
Division 2 1st Liz Thompson 30, 2nd Pam Oliver 29, 3rd Karen Dearing 28 
Division 3 1st Andrea Alston 32, 2nd Lesley Whalley 32, 3rd Mary Hewitt 32 

AM-AM Ladies 4 ball

Last Friday was the Ladies 4- ball AM-Am Open at Northamptonshire County, and what a great day it was. There was some very good scoring, with the team from Little Hay proving to come out victorious. 

1st 86 points Team from Little Hay 
2nd 85 points Team From Whittlebury Park 
3rd 84 points Team from Kenilworth 
4th 81 points team from Lutterworth. 

Juniors 

Congratulations to junior member Katie Amos, who was part of Northants Girls handicap team who recently won the Midlands South Final at Temple Golf Club. 

This is the first time Northamptonshire Girls have won it. 

Katie Amos can be seen in the image centre with the trophy and her fellow partners. 

Midlands Golf Union - Junior Champion of Champions 

Well done to both Millie and Hattie Billson who recently competed in the above event. Millie finished Runner Up in the Under 16's category and Hattie finished 4th in the Under 14's. 

  

Seniors' Report - Two fixtures to report on

Firstly, the return match against Frilford Heath at their course took place. This saw the continuance of our games against them for the Brampton Buck.We prevailed by the very good score of 5.5 to 1.5 with some big wins by the individual pairs.Once again the losers on the day remain nameless! The blue course was in very good condition and the greens in particular deserve a special mention. 

We therefore came home with Buck trophy and the gross score since the inception of the matches in 1990 is 17 wins to 9 in our favour. Pretty impressive! It makes you wonder how many different seniors have graced those matches over the 26 years! 

Secondly we welcomed our friends from Loncliffe. This fixture has a habit of resulting in heavy home wins. Last year I recall we lost 7 to 1 over there and whitewashed them at home! This year saw things being a little more evenly matched. Having lost 5.5 to 2.5 over there, we bounced back with a fine 6 to 2 victory at home. 

Dennis Walker 

Finally the Dawn Patrol held another calibration of 50 years of yearly morning golf at Northamptonshire County Golf club with a garden party at Keith Archbold's (past Captain of the club)home in Church Brampton. What a lovely day and event it was! 

  



Last week we had a demonstration of machines at the club, which helped with some of the work that needed to be done. 

Unfortunately, the rain pushed back bailing the rough this week. The greens staff will be back on it once it has dried, concentrating on clearing carries, landing areas and the thicker piles. 

Other jobs this week include Trimming bunkers, filling divots in landing areas and a start to hedge cutting.  



This weekend we look forward to Invitation day, when members can invite their guest to join them here at Northamptonshire County Golf club to enjoy the course, the clubhouse, completion and food. Sunday is the rearranged Deek's Salver that was rained off earlier in the year.  

For the low handicap members of the club, the County Open visits us this year.  This is 36 holes with the chance to play with the best players in the County. It is a good day out with opportunity to be crowned County Champion. Enter through the NGU web site www.northantsgolfunion.co.uk/opens 

Sign up closes at 12:00 pm on 18, September 2015