Bramhall ladies shine at finals
DAVENPORT Golf Club were superb hosts as they staged the finals of the East Cheshire Ladies Leagues over two days.
Over the past few months hundreds of ladies from clubs in East Cheshire have been involved in a series of matches in three sections according to handicaps – A, B and Plate aiming to make finals day.
Davenport provided a course in pristine and challenging condition, excellent clubhouse facilities, a warm welcome and top class catering to make this a finals days spectacular.
The first day saw the final for the Business Ladies Leagues featuring Sale and Hazel Grove with MDLGA Bell Cup winners Sale adding another trophy to their collection for the first time.
Wins for Sue Oldham by 3/2 over Kay Allen and Jenni Page by 4/3 over Gillian O’Meara by 4/3 took Sale across the finishing line with the last match being conceded to Grove’s Georgina Thorp.
Next day the A teams from Ringway and Tytherington began a busy day and a terrific contest which went to the first extra hole for the last match on the course.
Ringway had early wins by Wad Grayson 3/2 and Linda Cheetham by two up but the match took the usual twists and turns with Janet Ions, 2/1, Sue Bury 4/3 and Celia Stanley by 4/3 coming back strongly for Tytherington as Linda Hill drew Ringway level with a 4/2 win.
It was all eyes on the last match on the 19th between Mary Harris (Tytherington) and Jane Conroy (Ringway) with Jane keeping her nerve to see Ringway win the A team Shield for the first time since it was began to be played for in 2007.
Tytherington were also in action in the B team match in a local derby with Prestbury and they always had the edge with wins for Sue Gilmore by 4/3, Fiona Liggett 2/1, Liz Jennings 2/1 with Lynne Cameron 5/4 and Jill Morris 4/3 replying for Prestbury.
Victory was secured by Rachel Smith with a 3/1 win over Darlene Masters with Jill Hone conceding the last match to Helen Bolam to see Tytherington win by 4-/3.
The Plate match was again a local derby between Bramhall and Romiley with Janet McRoberts opening the Romiley account with a 4/2 win.
Bramhall came storming back with wins from Gill Hunt 3/1 and Linda McKenzie 4/2. Romiley then took the lead with one hole wins from Audrey Jones and Janet Godfrey.
But Bramhall had the final word with the sting in the tail coming from Maggie Beadle 4/3 and Linda Fegan 3/2 to take the Plate back to Bramhall for the first time.
The winning teams can now look forward to taking on West Cheshire counterparts at Delamere Forest Club to win and become County Champions.
Bramhall’s men played their Gold Medal final and in division one Cheshire legend Gareth Bradley led in after winning a cpo on 67 with David Eadsforth ahead of Adrian Short 68 and Chris Jones 69.
Top of the other three divisions were Stephen Ellis 69, Andrew Heasley 67 and Paul Adams 70.
Bramhall ladies were also in a four division medal and they were topped by Pat Marriott 74, Sue Taylor after a cpo on 75 with Wenche Penny, Wendy Woodhead 77 and Alison Jobes 91.
A medal for Bramall Park’s men was led in by Haseeb Khan with 67 and hot on his heels were Ashley Birchall and Paul Barlow, both 68 and Matt Beckley, Stu Reynolds and Andy Curwen, all 69.
Park’s ladies played a Greensome Stableford and Judith Nield and Pat Philip romped to victory with 39 points seven more than J Coutts and Liz Robinson and Amanda Worne and L Seddon.
Hazel Grove’s Wednesday section played for the Mark White prize and it was won by Stephen Velp with 38 points from Duncan Bown 37 and Ian Barwell 35.
Grove’s ladies played a Texas Scramble in teams of three and S Cockell, V Hudson and Viv Carroll were first past the post with 67.2 from D Wilson, V Waters and C Jones 70.8.
Houldsworth’s men played their ‘major’ Players Championships and it was close with Stephen Foster posting 71 to finish ahead of David Raynor and Leonard Crompton, both 72 and Mike Burns who led in a group on 73.
Houldsworth ladies played for the George Arnold Trophy and Deborah Hewitt was the proud winner with 34 points, two more than Editha Sellars.
The FS Hill Trophy at AVRO was won by Vic Tarr with 34 points from Derek Jones 33 and Jack Leech 32.
Reddish Vale ladies played in two ‘majors’ and Sheila Cowlard won the Leslie Green Trophy with a very impressive haul of 40 points.
Mr President’s Prize was taken by Jeanette Kinder with 36 points, one more than Denzell Hunt.
Vale’s men played the sixth round for the Joey Jones Trophy and Edward Burke was top of the shop with 37 points from Paul Bruckshaw 36.
A Wednesday Stableford at Vale had the divisions led in by Lee Costello after a cpo on 33 with John Seaton and Ryan Jackson, Ian Pearson 36 and Chris Roberts 35.
A Midweek Stableford at Marple needed a cpo on 32 points to take Simon Jeffs into top spot from Raymond McPhee, one more than Paul Sutton and Brian Flynn.
Marple ladies played a medal and in tough conditions Sarah Beard was first with 76 from Karen Buchanan 82 and Eliane Nadin 85.
Stockport ladies played for the Torkington Bowl and Val Garrett took the trophy with her neat 70.
Stockport’s men played for the McIntyre Trophy and it required a cpo on 69 to see Rick Hudson across the line from Gary Morgan with Nicholas Madden one shot off the pace. The subsidiary medal was won by Jim Denmark with 66 from Ross Gregory 67.