Beswick clinches Hazel Grove win
ASTABLEFORD at Hazel Grove had division one won by David Beswick 22 from Jamie Parkes 21 and Ian Barwell 20.
In division two Michael Stewardson was top of the shop with 21, one more than Kenneth Thorman, Bryan Jobling, Robert Eccles and Ralph Thorman.
David Broomfield led in division three with a best of the day 24 from David Bell and Geraint John, both 21. Grove’s ladies played a Three Ball Texas Scramble and leading in with 20 were Viv Carroll, V Waters and D Acton from C Jones, V Hall and A Robertson, both 19.
A Seniors Stableford at Marple was won by Walter Derry23 from Peter Smith 22 and Ken Davies, Martin Burke and John Wheeldon, all 21.
There was a good turnout in a Sunday Stableford at Reddish Vale led in by Paul Taylor 42, one more than Mobi Rawthore and Matt Foulkes both 41.
A Pro’s Wednesday Stableford at Vale saw club legend David Hamilton on top with a useful haul of 40 oints
The City Glass Men’s Foursomes is one of the oldest Manchester and District Alliance’s Interclub knockouts’
It features teams of seven pairs of whom five players should be under nine handicap and the other nine between 9-20.
It was originally called the Cavanagh Timber Foursomes until the sponsors changed to City Glass a few years ago.
The current trophy holders are Davenport GC who will host this year’s finals day.
They have drawn Werneth Low GC in the preliminary round and the local clubs in this round are Bramall Park v Whitefield, , Chapel en le Frith v Regent Park, Alsager v Heaton Moor, Ashton-inMakerfield v Houldsworth, Disley v Worsley, Dunham Forest v Mellor and Townscliffe, Houghwood v Reddish Vale, Stockport v Hazel Grove.
Through to round one with byes are Cheadle, Marple, New Mills and Romiley.
Wallasey Golf Club’s Abi Frodsham picked up the England Golf Volunteer of the Year award for 2024.
Abi has delivered golf in nine schools to over 500 children, and as acting Junior Organiser at Wallasey, she marketed and delivered the Girls Golf Rocks programme and follow-on sessions.
At Leasowe, Abi supported community sessions for children from disadvantaged backgrounds and has volunteered with Liverpool Football Club Foundation at LJMU Game On girls’ campaign, inspiring young girls in Liverpool into sport.
Also nominated for the award was Melissa Clapham (Romiley Golf Club)
After picking up her award, Abi said: “My heart was beating a lot! It was a really nice surprise and I was a bit nervous walking up in front of all those people but it was cool, it means a lot.”
One of final awards which had no nominations declared was for the– Lifetime Service Award.
So it was a big and very pleasant surprise for CUGC stalwart Graham McCormack when Nick Dougherty announced that he had won the award.
Graham has been involved in junior golf in Cheshire for over 40 years.
Starting initially as Junior Organiser for his home club Birchwood, he went on to manage and run the Mid Cheshire Junior League which involved 24 clubs from across the county.
The league went on to become what was one of the largest junior leagues in the north of England.
In 2011, he was elected to serve on the Cheshire Union of Golf Clubs Executive.
At the time, Cheshire only ran an U18 team, and in 2012 he volunteered to create a Cheshire U14 group to encourage talented youngsters to realise their full potential.
Under Graham’s guidance, many of the youngsters went on to represent teams within the county at a higher level.
After being presented with his award, Graham said: “I’m gob-smacked, this came out of the blue. I’m delighted but I’ll just keep my head down and keep going.
“When I see juniors coming through, they all improve. There’s only a handful at the end who go on to make the very top but at the end of it all, if their handicap has come down, they’ve learned a lot, and they learn life skills, which is what it’s all about. It’s not just about golf, but we teach them to lose and how to handle losing.”