High-scoring Stablefords for Styal Seniors
STYAL seniors played two singles Stablefords that were not Winter League qualifiers and in the first one Michael Collier posted a huge 47 points to finish ahead of Geoff Beardsell 46 and Richard Vaal 44.
Two days later the scoring was even hotter with John Parr enjoying a super round of 48 points to finish clear of Michael Collier 46 and Jim Marshall, David Riley and Daniel Tuohy, all 43.
A Saturday Stableford at Styal saw the everconsistent Steve James top division one with 39 points, two more than Mike Burchell, Dominic Taylor, Jeffrey Chadwick and Hilton Alexander.
Keith Dawson was the main man in division two with 38 points from Steve Massey 37.
Styal ladies played their latest Winter League Stableford and Helen Billington was first past the post with 31 points from Enid Laverty 30 and Mel Hill and Joan MacPherson, both 29.
A Thursday Stableford at Shrigley Hall was won by Keith Froggatt after a cpo on 39 points with Mike Gates with Howard Stringer a point off the pace.
The monthly Saturday Stableford at Shrigley saw Thomas Gaskell in charge of division one with 34 points from Mark Knight 33 and Charles Green, Graeme Nimmo and Ben Hancock. all 32.
Eamon McGeady was the hotshot in division two with his 37-pointer taking him five points clear of Michael Chesters and John Gaskell.
With all of the current national revelations about child abuse in sport the Cheshire Union of Golf Clubs wish to announce that they are confident that the child protection schemes they have in place have prevented and will continue to prevent any abuse in their 100plus member clubs.
County secretary Steve Foster (pictured) said: “We have had our child protection schemes in place for several years which complement individual club policies.
“We have always ensured that the procedures we have in place provide excellent support for junior golf and club junior organisers and it is much more stringent than in many other sports.
“But we will never be complacent about child protection and will always be looking to implement any new ideas that can reinforce our current guidelines to ensure juniors and their parents that they can enjoy their golf in a safe and secure environment and we will be contacting our clubs to see if they need any help in any matters regarding this at any time.”
The Order of Merit for the Manchester and District Alliance sees consistent play over a big programme of competitions between September and May given a rich reward on President’s Day which will be played at Bramhall Golf Club on Wednesday May 3.
The professional’s OoM is the top trophy for the Alliance winter season and also at stake will be the Assistant Professionals’ OoM and the Amateur OoM.
When the season resumes shortly at Tytherington there will be close to another 20 competitions giving points for the respective OoM’s.
Going into the midseason break the leader of the OoM was Phil Archer (Birchwood) who has a healthy 46-point lead over Chorley assistant Andy Palmer.
In the Amateur OoM, sponsored by Denton professional Mike Hollingworth, the Alliance treasurer Vinny Doyle (Leigh GC) leads by a slender eight points from the consistent Jimmy O’Reilly (Swinton Park).
The current placingsProfessional OoM: 1 P Archer (Birchwood) 223, 2 A Palmer (Chorley) 177, 3 J Howarth (Davenport) (pictured) 165, 4 S Jackson (Disley) 153, 5 R Batchelor (Stand) 138, 6 A Hodkinson (Chorlton) 137, 7 S Parry (Hart Common) 117, 8 O Smith (Ashton-on-Mersey) 101, 9 D Smith (Swinton Park) 97, 10 G Hamerton (Pike Fold) 86.
Amateur OoM: 1 V Doyle (Leigh) 38, 2 J O’Reilly (Swinton Park) 30, 3 S Moores (Stamford) 27.5, 4 S Bracegirdle (Chorlton) 20, 5 N Haslam (Stand) 16, 6 M Corfield (William Wroe) 15, 7 P Cooney (Wigan) 14, 8 K Liddle (Blackley) 13, 9= T Gilbert (Davyhulme Park), K Ashton (Bolton), M Baxendale (Swinton Park) all 12.5.