Caroline on course for a vintage year
CAROLINE McGeorge has been one of Bramhall Golf Club’s top lady players since she joined her beloved club in 2002 with a best handicap of six and a very impressive current one of eight.
In her previous life she used to be a finance director and then she found the golf club – and the rest is history!
Caroline said: “I am delighted and honoured to be the Lady Captain where the ladies section is such a community and the support we have within it is invaluable to me - we have an excellent standard of golf and in my opinion the best in the area.
“I have had a number of golfing highlights in my life and these include winning the pro-am at Birkdale with Lexi Thompson and attending the Hero tournament in the Bahamas at Albany and mixing with all the players for the golf and the parties with Tiger, Justin Rose, Adam Scott, Ricky Fowler , Matt Kuchar, Jordon Speith it was amassing - a real one off!
“My favourite hole at Bramhall is the 17th - it’s quite a long hole for the ladies and to get on in two is a real challenge one that I don’t achieve very often but so satisfying when you do and I’ve been very lucky and played some gorgeous courses and hard to choose my favourite between Harbour Town and Spyglass.
“Our chosen Captain’s Charity for the year is The Christie charity because it’s a place very personal to a lot of our members unfortunately.”
Reddish Vale juniors enjoyed two competitions with the 17-hole Yellow Tee Stableford being won by Daniel Myers with 36 points.
In the 11-hole Blue Tee competition new member James Webb led in with 33 points.
Julieanne Adddinall showed the benefit of the lessons she has been having with the Reddish Vale professionals as she won the Sunday Stableford with a great haul of 43 points to drop her handicap by three shots.
She finished well clear of Chris Byrne 39, Dave Hamilton 38 and Ian White 37.
In a Wednesday Stableford the familiar name of Ryan Jackson led in with 39 points from Lee McLachlan 37 and Chris Connolly 36.
A Seniors Stableford at Avro was won by Graham Turnock with 42 points from Ian Anderson 41 and Ian Arthur 38.
Roy Whalley was in firm control of a singles Stableford at Avro with 43 points, three more than Kevin Barker and Paul Johnson.
Stableford action for Hazel Grove’s ladies saw the divisions led in by Andrea Haynes with 26 points from June Dawson 23, Carole Starr 24, two more than Sylvia Cockill and Kathleen Deakin with 22 from Indu Ghelani 21.
Grove’s men were also in singles Stableford mode with Lee Elwers winning a cpo on 35 points from Darren Bridge, one clear of Gerald Dignan.
Marple’s latest Winter League medal had R Vaisey and P Sutton top of division one with a nett 59 seeing them a shot clear of R Ridley and M Hankinson and D Gillon and K Rabin.
Marple seniors were in two division Stableford mode and in division one Ken Nash was top of the shop with 40 points from Jonathan Bowden 39.
In division two Alan Bommer roared to victory with a massive haul of 46 points seeing him six clear of Alan Rainford.
Marple ladies played a Winter Prize Stableford and Elizabeth Pierce led in with 29 points from Anthea Keelan and Sue Chapman, both 27.
A singles Stableford for Bramhall’s men saw division one won by James Cash with 41 points from Gerard Keary 40 and Philip Evans, Andrew Southern and Nick Longworth, all 39.