Tricia’s sporty CV includes new role
TRICIA Sharrock has a great sporting background and she is looking forward with eager anticipation to her coming year as Lady Captain of Wilmslow Golf Club.
Tricia said: “I live in a small rural village called Kermincham near Congleton and am currently employed as a Parish Clerk though I am also a Solicitor.
“Having always played a lot of team sport in my teens and twenties – hockey, netball and lacrosse - as well as playing tennis and squash, I decided to take up golf in my late 30s and joined Wilmslow Golf Club in 1994.
“My current handicap is 23, my lowest having been 21 and I try to play at least once a week in winter weather permitting and two or three times a week in the summer.
“I love match-play and always enter our Club knockouts and make myself available to play in the Plate and Bronze matches.
“I also love to play other courses and I think my favourites have to be West Lancs and Ulverston. I still play tennis once a week, walk my dog daily and play bridge on a very regular basis particularly through the winter including bridge matches against other local ladies golf club teams.
“My personal golfing highlight is to have halved a hole in a mixed foursomes match when our opponents scored a hole in one.
“My partner teed off and I holed a thirty foot putt for the half as we received a shot!!
“My chosen charities for the year are CRY and MIND both of which have been a tremendous source of help and comfort to dear friends in very sad circumstances.
“Being half Irish I would love to play a fourball with the late Terry Wogan, Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell for the laughter and the craic particularly if we could play on a beautiful Irish golf course.
“We have a thriving and caring ladies section at Wilmslow and we pride ourselves on being supportive to all our lady members whether in encouraging novice golfers or being there for members who are going through a tough time whether through illness or bereavement. It is a privilege to be their Lady Captain.”
A Team of Three Am Am at Avro had the hot trio of Roy Whalley, David Ferguson and Wayne Griffiths in firm control with 88 points, six more than Peter Walker, Kevin Barker and Karl O’Sullivan.
Neil Flood was the main man in a mid-week Stableford at Avro with 39 points ahead of Derek Bell 36 and Stephen Callaghan 34.
A 9-hole Stableford for Alderley Edge ladies was won by Alison Roberts with 18 points taking her clear of Liz Gardner 16 and Anne Thornber and Olwen Davies, both 15.
A Texas Scramble at Mottram Hall was led in by the fab four of Mobi Rawthore, D Bloor, N Griffiths and U Rawthore with a score of 55.2 taking them clear of S Fannon, M Firth, N Robinson and R Parry 55.4 and T Smith, C Watson, D Smith and A Ellis 56.1.
It needed a cpo on 36 points in a Thursday Stableford at Shrigley Hall to separate four players and getting the nod was Peter Duffy from John Hogan, Richard Burrow and Gill Kershaw.
The latest Seniors Winter League Stableford at Styal was won by Steve Weaver with 40 points from Martin Ogden 39, Chris Baillie 36 and Paul Lawday 35.
The current standings in the Order of Merit are Jeffrey Chadwick 227, Matthew Sutcliffe 221, Sam Hall 213 and Chris Hart 209.
Jeffrey Chadwick kept up his hot form posting a majestic 46 points to lead in division one of a Saturday Stableford from Harry Reid 43, Tom Bloor 40 and Simon Suhr-Henriksen 39.
In division two Matthew Sutcliffe was the main man with 41 points, two more than Kevin Doherty and John Surtees.
The latest round of the Styal Ladies Winter League saw Claire Whitney show her class with 22 points, one more than the chasing pack of Sue Grange, Nancy Chorlton, Mel Hill and Kath Goodall.
Macclesfield ladies played a Team of Three Yellow Ball Stableford and first past the post with 75 points were Lindsey Monk, June Sumner and Chris Hickmott from Sheila Greenwood, Wendy Higgins and Jenny Moore 68 and Chris Gleaves, Kay Atkin and Margo Evans 64.
Prestbury Golf Club’s County and International star Bel Wardle kept the coveted Comboy Trophy in Cheshire after winning the 36-hole national ranked tournament at its traditional venue of Delamere Forest Golf Club.
There was a quality field of over 50 top amateurs from across the country competing on a superbly prepared Forest course.
After round one Bel trailed leader Evie Stone by six shots and Caitlin Whitehead (Carus Green GC) , Ffion Tynan, Jade Guest and Ellie Goodall by four shots after posting an opening round of 75.
Also ahead of her by one shot were Brandy Rook, Lianne Bailey, Gemma Allman. Eilidh Briggs, Ellie Hammond Baveystock and fellow Cheshire star Poppy Finlay.
But Bel turned on her +4 handicap style with a stunning best-of-the-day second round of 65 to finish three shots clear of Katherine O’Connor, Brandy Rook and Lianne Bailey.
The Comboy Trophy had been won in the four previous years when it became a national ranking competition by Gemma Clews of Delamere Forest GC who has now joined the professional ranks.