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End of Season Prizegiving
...and so to the 2019 Season Winners and the First Division title went right to the wire of the final Event at Chester, however, after a number of times being bridesmaid over the years, the Winner of the First Division at last was our own outgoing Captain, John Chapman with 117 Points, with Andy Miller running him close on 116 Points and Ian Stevenson finishing Third on 114 Points.
The Second Division title was also particularly well contested this year, but the Winner with equal highest 124 Points and thanks to a superior 5th Highest score was Shaun Johnson, Les Hornby taking him to the wire in Second place also on 124 Points and Dave Obermuller Third with 121 Points.
Individual Event Winners over the Season were:
Shaw Hill - Paul Mellor, Leigh - Mark McNally , Ashton-in-Makerfield - Shaun Johnson, Mossock Hall - Martin Booth, Lee Park - Danny Parr and Chester - Shaun Johnson.
The Team Winners of the Final Event 9 Hole Texas Scramble were Paul Benson, John Chapman and Shaun Johnson and the Yellow Ball Team Winners of the Final Event were Bob Stewart, Mark McNally, Dave Obby and Ian Stevenson.
P.s. A special Goose gift went to Carl in recognition of his early dart from Ashton-In-Makerfield too...
For the full album of Chester GC photos click here
Chester GC, 18th August 2019
Didn't we have a luvverly time, the day we went to Chester!
A bright and breezy day for our final Event of the Season was enjoyed by all. As usual, it was a full day with a 9 Hole Texas Scramble in the morning, full 18 in the afternoon spiced up with the dreaded Yellow Ball mini-competition, and of course the final push for the two Divisional titles.
The day was won by Shaun Johnson with a brilliant 36 playing off an extremely tough Handicap of 3 along with the annual Memorial Shield which held added poignancy this year with the loss of our original well loved Captain, Joe Russell.
The three NTPs at £15 each were spread between Danny Parr, Andy Miller and Les Hornby, and there was just the one 2 this time going to Dave Obby.
And finally, our beloved Golfing Gander, Gertie will get to spend a very worrying Christmas with a beaming John Doyle watching the classic movie 'Duck, Duck, Goose!' whilst sharing a sleeve of chocolate balls, thanks to his returned score of 17 Points.
2020 Fixtures
Right fellahs, here are the dates and courses for your diary for next year that Doyley has booked for us:
- Leasowe GC - Sunday 29th March 2020
- Grange Park GC - Sunday 26th April 2020
- Vale of Llangollen GC - Sunday 31st May 2020
- Antrobus GC - Sunday 28th June 2020
- Hawarden GC - Sunday 2nd August 2020
- West Derby GC - Sunday 23rd August 2020
Some excellent choices there we hope you agree.
Further details of tee times, etc will be posted on the Website at the end of this Season.
Lee Park, 11th August 2019
A great last minute replacement Event at Lee Park thanks to the negotiation expertise of Mr. Doyle...maybe we should get him to sort Brexit out for us too!
Keeping up the decent turnout numbers, there were 20 hopefuls all swishing away with their practice swings on the first tee turning it into a temporary eco wind farm.
Anyhow, under the grey skies, there were some good scores returned, a couple of 31s from Graham Leasor and Carl Ambrose, 32 from our Captain, JC, but blowing everyone else away at the top, as well as being the winner of this year's Captain's prize of a £50 Voucher for American Golf kindly donated by Captain JC, was Danny Parr with an excellent 35 points. Nice one Danny!
The traditional NTPs at £15 each were spread between Mr. Doyle, Chris Sullivan and John Robinson, and there were also a load of 2s this time wiping out the golf balls stash, going to Bobby Stewart, Danny Parr, Doyley, Chris Sullivan and two 2s from Captain JC as well!
As proof that our fake farmyard fowl can end up in anyone's hands, this month's recipient of Gertie Goose, along with a bag of goodies including the classic novel for 3-5 year olds, 'Goose on the Loose' and a sleeve of chocolate golf balls to enjoy whilst reading it, with a score of 18 points, was the winner of the Season's first Event, Paul Mellor.
For the full album of Lee Park photos click here
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