40th celebration at last for Avro
AVRO Golf Club, situated on the border of Stockport and Macclesfield, may not be the biggest golf club in Cheshire but it has a great community spirit which was celebrated in style and enjoyed by members, family and friends at a very special day for the club.
Avro official Alan Brandwood said: “The 40th anniversary of Avro becoming an affiliated club was actually last year, 2020, but we couldn’t hold the celebration because of the pandemic, so we decided to hold it now and jointly share it with the official clubhouse opening.
“The clubhouse lounge had a conservatory style plastic roof that was very worn and needed replacement. The toilet block was also very outdated and in poor condition. We decided to replace the roof with an EPDM rubber warm roof construction. This was fitted by a local roofing company.
“At the same time we upgraded the lounge lighting to include 48 new ceiling lights, completely redecorated throughout and fitted new ECO friendly heaters. We also refitted and redecorated the locker rooms and lobby area, all with new flooring and ceiling tiles.
“For the toilets refurbishment, we completely gutted the existing toilets and fitted new ceilings, flooring, tiling, sanitaryware and cupboards. We did all this work using our own labour, except for the tiling, flooring and electrical work. A large group of our members have been thanked for their efforts.
“The project cost £45,000 which was partially funded by a £15,000 grant from Sport England, an £8,000 grant from England Golf, and £5,500 in donations and fundraising from our members. The balance came from our own resources.
“The fun events included a 9-hole Greensome competition, a putting challenge, a chipping challenge, a ‘ Whack the marshmallow’ challenge, singing provided by local duo ‘The Macs’, and music provided by our President, Dave Hulley.
“Going forward, we plan to use the clubhouse to get back to more social activities, attract new members and use for functions. As a club, we’re in a phase of bringing our governance up to date, have adopted the England golf Safeguard policy, and are in the process of signing up to the Women in Golf Charter. We are also very proud of our active and growing junior section led by Junior Captain Beth Tweedale.”
Medal action at Avro had the divisions topped by Peter Roles 70 and Kevin Barker 68.
Avro ladies played for the Joyce Tomkinson Trophy and Susan Hulley posted 70, three less than Joanne Smith and Aileen Stephenson.
Alderley Edge’s men played for the Captain’s Trophy and David Slater was the proud winner with 39 points ahead of Rob Chadwick 37 and Alex Campbell 36.
Wendy Dent was in a league of her own in a ladies Stableford at Alderley posting a massive 45, eight clear of Lesley Smith and Jo Pratt. The 9-hole winner was Heather Godfrey with 16.
A medal at Davenport was led in by the aptly named Stuart Davenport with 65, two less than Jonathan Aitken and Scott Johnston.
Davenport ladies were also in medal mode and the three divisions were on by Christine Thwaites after a cpo on 69 with Jean Brain and Olivia Brewster, Elaine Glover 69 and Linda Paybody 72.
Mottram Hall’s midweek Stableford was won by Glenda Davies with 42 from Ju Van Der Wal 39 and Graham Webb 38.
Prestbury ladies played their medal winners final and Rosemary Mason won a cpo on 77 from Jillian Morris, three less than Andrea Atherton.
The SubsidiaryStableford was led in by Alex Forbes with 37, five clear of Gill Mellor and the 9-hole Stableford was won by Linda Worsley with 18 points.
A Midweek Stableford for Prestbury’s men was led in by Alasdair Stewart with 39 one more than Peter Lowe.
The Chairman’s Trophy Board Competition attracted 80 Players last week in a 4BBB format.
Coming out top for the
Men was the partnership of Gary Butler and Jason Waite with a very impressive score of 46 points.
For the Ladies, equally strong performance with Mary Harris and Dami Diamond with 44 pts.
The monthly medal at Shrigley Hall had Michael Taylor in charge of division one with 67 from Andy Atkinson 68 and Gareth Robinson 71.
In division two Neil Worthington won with 69 from Darren Whittaker 70 and John Trinder 72.
Shrigley ladies played for the Shrigley Bowl and it was won by Sheila Cassidy with 20 points from Janet Gates 16.
A Sunday Stableford at Styal was tight with Jonathan Dorsett winning a cpo on 38 from Zoe Evans, one more than Anthony Guy, Jeffrey Chadwick and Robert Coatham.
The Colin Richards memorial Prize at Styal was won by Daniel Rothel with 62 from Ged Stevens 64 and Anthony Karwat 66.
Styal ladies played a Grannies Stableford and Diana Hutchinson led in after a cpo on 39 with Donna O’Reilly, one more than Sheila Harrison.
Isabella Taylor-Stokes, a junior member at Styal Golf Club has enjoyed a terrific season and capped this by winning the U14 category in the North of England U16 Open Amateur Stroke Play Championships at Heswall GC.
She posted rounds of 74, 73, 71 and 74 for a 292 total which saw her finish seven shots clear of the field in her category
The 14 year old has reduced her handicap to scratch this season and has represented Cheshire at junior level and also played for Cheshire Ladies in the County Match Week where she acquitted herself really well.
In the Cheshire Girls Championships at Prestbury she won the u14 Scratch Trophy posting 83.
She was also runner-up in the Sir William Bailey Trophy at the Cheshire Ladies Championships at Bramhall.
BRILLIANT effort from the U9 girls as they played Frodsham with only four girls and two playing their first ever league games.
Sporting from Frodsham to only put out four girls to even things up and the game swung backwards and forwards.
Grace Jackson opened the scoring on her debut and two from Olivia Hadley-Davies earned the draw. Good goalkeeping from Grace Barnes in the first half and the usual energetic performance from Niamh.
In the second game Appleton sportingly lent Macc a player to even the sides but it was Macc that dominated from the kick off with Olivia unplayable. Star of the show was undoubtedly Olivia with six goals, the other coming from Niamh. But it was an all-round team performance with the Graces’ keeping things tight at the back.
The U11 team took on Barnton FC. A superb game, with Girl of the Game and new player Molly Filan holding strong alongside Bethany Wightman and Izzy Dawson in defence, despite pressure from Barnton. Accurate passing in Midfield from Lily Storey, Jocelyn Ball and Maddie Barlow assisted Elsie Wall in bagging a strong hat-trick for Macc across the first half.
A looping goal-kick from Ffion Barlow made it all the way to the opposition crossbar, rebounding for Autumn Greensmith to drive home a great finish, with Barnton answering through a neat cross and strike to score at the other end. In the second half, great teamwork from the girls, two excellent saves from Ffion and a fourth goal for Elsie from a difficult angle rounded off a confident team performance from Macc.
In their long-awaited opening fixture against a newly formed Runcorn side, the Under 12s were held to a goalless draw. Jaya Wilkinson put in a Girl of the Game performance in nets and made some assured saves, distributing the ball confidently from the back. The opening half saw our girls hit the back of the net twice only to be called back for offside! Some lovely wing play on the