RAF team soar to new heights in Park remembrance competition

CROW NEST Park golfers turned out in large numbers on Sunday to play for the Remembrance Sunday Salver in which club members are invited to play in a fun competition comprising Army, Navy and RAF teams.

All golfers and club members gathered to pay their respects, observing a two minute silence, a moving poetry reading by John Farrar and the last

More than £500 was raised by entry fees and raffle sales for the donated prizes and hampers

post before setting out to play in a nine hole stableford competition.

The competition was introduced in 2012 by Van Whitehill, a past lady member and former Lance Corporal of the British Army and has been a popular event in the club’s calendar ever since.

Van’s aim was to raise funds for Help for Heroes and more recently the Royal British Legion.

In the seven years since its inception the Navy have triumphed five times and the Army team twice.

This year was the RAF’s year and they won with a resounding total team score of 257.

In second place was the Army with 236 and in third the Navy with 235.

Nearest the pin on the fifth hole was John Hampson, Army Captain, and on the eighth, Paul Mason.

The best score of the day was registered by Harry Bottomley with a magnificent haul of 26 points, finishing ahead of Darren Hartley in second place with 21 points.

More than £500 was raised by entry fees and raffle sales for the donated prizes and hampers.

The club would like to thank all those who took part in and helped organise the competition, as well as all those who donated raffle prizes, created hampers and baked cakes.

The victorious RAF team are pictured above (l-r): Glyn Owen, Brian Dale, Tracey Helliwell, Jackie Turner, Andy Sheldon, lady captain Diane Higgins and

RAF captain for the day, Pauline Williamson, Andy Sheddon, Monica Murphy, Mr Williamson, Kitty Langley Webb, Jacob Stark, Abigail Stark, Chris Wadsworth, captain Tony Smith and Paul Mason.