MIDLANDS GOLF CHALLENGE 2023
The weather nearly got the better of us a Kedleston on day one. Despite that, the course and the club came in for high praise from everyone. Some of you even declared it to be your favourite of the tournament!
Little Aston maintained it’s high quality presentation of this classic Harry Colt course with very fast greens and outstanding service in the clubhouse.
Another brilliant addition to the event was Sherwood Forest - a very stern test of heathland golf if ever there was one. The course was beautifully presented and the service in the clubhouse was very good (I had one of the best omelettes I can remember.)
Day one and two were dominated by Welshman Wynne Walters (9.0) and Mike Brady (5.7) who were leading the field with 91 points. Their Yorkshire playing partners on the first two days said that they played steady, solid golf on both days. Although they were not in the prizes on day three, they still managed a creditable 43 points to take overall first prize.
Wynne Walters made a very humble acceptance speech saying that he had played in this event for many years and never managed a previous finish higher that 20th.
A notable perfect tee shot on the 15th at Sherwood, produced yet another hole-in-one for Sicklehome Golf Club’s Andy Naylor (11.3). In true Yorkshire benevolence Andy bought two packets of dry roasted peanuts and put them on the bar for all to enjoy.
Everyone enjoyed themselves, much fun was had by all and much beer consumed too. I hope to see as many of you as possible at next year’s event which I hope to finalise in August.
Many thanks for your support
Tony.
Pos. |
Team |
Total Points |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
1 |
Wynne Walters / Mike Brady |
134 |
46 |
45 |
43 |
2 |
James McCarron / Steve Shaw |
130 |
44 |
40 |
46 |
3 |
David Elliott / Steve Smedley |
127 |
42 |
42 |
43 |
4 |
Colin Simmons / Andrew Beech |
124 |
43 |
42 |
39 |
5 |
Kevin Ward / Marcus Reader |
123 |
37 |
39 |
47 |
6 |
Philip Truelove / Tony Burgess |
123 |
42 |
38 |
43 |
7 |
Paul Robinson / Dave Waldron-Kelly |
122 |
41 |
40 |
41 |
8 |
Martin Crosthwaite / Andrew Naylor |
122 |
41 |
39 |
42 |
9 |
Steven Atkinson / Andy Earl |
121 |
41 |
38 |
42 |
10 |
Lee Hayes / Mark Geal |
121 |
41 |
40 |
40 |
11 |
Mark Cooley / Keith Hearne |
120 |
36 |
41 |
43 |
12 |
Chris Kinson / Philip Steer |
118 |
40 |
34 |
44 |
13 |
John Avill / Jonathan Avill |
118 |
42 |
37 |
39 |
14 |
Dean Wright / Nick Dymond |
117 |
37 |
39 |
41 |
15 |
Gary Hobbs / Frank Baptiste |
117 |
41 |
40 |
36 |
16 |
Charles Waldron-Kelly / John Nightingale |
117 |
39 |
36 |
42 |
17 |
Rob Horton / Brendon Moss |
116 |
37 |
41 |
38 |
18 |
Charlie Insley / Alistair Haslam |
115 |
39 |
41 |
35 |
19 |
Mark Norcliffe / Andrew Dawson |
115 |
38 |
36 |
41 |
20 |
Anthony Green / David Taylor |
115 |
40 |
38 |
37 |
21 |
Nigel Wensley / Ray Smart |
115 |
38 |
37 |
40 |
22 |
Mike Molesworth / John Daly |
113 |
41 |
34 |
38 |
23 |
Steve Marshall / Gavin Weeks |
113 |
35 |
41 |
37 |
24 |
David Benbow / Stephen Turner |
112 |
39 |
36 |
37 |
25 |
Mark Sheppey / Steve Barns |
112 |
39 |
38 |
35 |
26 |
Andrew Nicholls / Hywel Benjamin |
111 |
36 |
36 |
39 |
27 |
Lee Moran / Columb Harrington |
111 |
34 |
42 |
35 |
28 |
Rob Proctor / Alan Weaser |
111 |
39 |
38 |
34 |
29 |
Mark Anstey / John Siddall |
110 |
41 |
31 |
38 |
30 |
Jeremy Richards / John Baillie |
109 |
38 |
35 |
36 |
31 |
Charlie Knight / Dave Walton |
108 |
36 |
35 |
37 |
32 |
Sean Kilgarriff / Grant Moyes |
108 |
37 |
35 |
36 |
33 |
Kirk Dyson / Paul Hardcastle |
107 |
37 |
34 |
36 |
34 |
Ian Barber / Denzil Allan |
107 |
41 |
33 |
33 |
35 |
Steve Bradley / Graham Lunn |
106 |
40 |
34 |
32 |
36 |
Mark Palmer / Mark Wilson |
106 |
35 |
36 |
35 |
37 |
Nick Oatridge / William Graham |
104 |
36 |
36 |
32 |
38 |
Colin Lewis / Anthony Cairns |
104 |
32 |
38 |
34 |
39 |
Geoff Fox / Ian McMeeking |
103 |
34 |
31 |
38 |
40 |
Pranjit Bhattacharyya / Ian Lockwood |
102 |
29 |
36 |
37 |
41 |
Peter Livett / Geoff Berry |
101 |
32 |
28 |
41 |
42 |
Jon Naseby / Will Rawbon |
101 |
34 |
31 |
36 |
43 |
Wayne Brackstone / Laurence Hopper |
101 |
36 |
32 |
33 |
44 |
Andy Startin / Lee Finlayson |
100 |
33 |
36 |
31 |
45 |
Paul Lester / Simon Woolley |
98 |
32 |
33 |
33 |
46 |
Wayne Nelson / Steve Smart |
90 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
47 |
Pat Deane / Joe Hester |
90 |
30 |
32 |
28 |
48 |
Lyle Finlay / Peter Jordan |
90 |
35 |
27 |
28 |
49 |
Nick Wilson / Michael Blakey |
89 |
29 |
28 |
32 |
50 |
Terry Gateley / David Fulcher |
79 |
40 |
39 |
|
51 |
Richard Pearson / John Lamb |
70 |
21 |
27 |
22 |
52 |
Andy Parker / Mark Everton |
44 |
44 |
||
53 |
Nick Green / Richard Bates |
30 |
30 |