5/9/10 Congratulations to Gill Darby!

Whilst this is a little late, congratulations go to Gill Darby who recently won the Bronze Division of the Berkshire Veterans Championships Autumn Meeting at Mapledurham. Well played Gill!

5/9/10 Men’s Invitation

Nearly 100 golfers enjoyed a great day in the annual Men’s Invitation event, which even the little morning drizzle could not spoil. The morning 9-hole greensomes winners were the pairings of Grant McNey & Steve Streak and Steve Keel & Tony Coventry. The 18 hole better ball competition in the afternoon saw brighter skies and some excellent scoring. Tom Finn & Gary Windebank were unlucky to be narrowly beaten on countback by Sam Medway & Ross Henson, with both teams having scored 45 points.

22.8.10 Start Sheet for Senior Ladies Open

TIME	1ST  TEE			10TH TEE
	Name	H/cap	Club	Name	H/cap	Club
09.00	Dorothy Savage Bobby Barnett Pat Sprake	26 22 24	Donn Valley Windwhistle Donn Valley	Tricia Rocke Arlett Quinn Trish Gillett	27 21 25	Sandford Springs
09:09	Maureen Heath Ann Macdonald Catherine Moody	32 29 36	Donn Grove	Moyna Chown Jenny Winch Marion Collins	18 26 27	Test Valley
09:18	Eleanor McGuire Sue Widdowson Sandra Nicholson	35 36 35	Donn Valley	Sylvia Sellwood Val Cox Jan Downes	36 27 36	Donn Valley
09:27	Pauline Hoad Jenny Ward Deryth Davies	34 29 36	The Springs	Carole Gardner Val Ochonski Eloise Jones	18 16 12	Mapledurham
09:36	Clare Monkhouse Janet Farthing Diana Hampton	17 21 22	Alresford	Margaret Ashley Audrey Welfare Ann Dearden	27 26 23	Leckford
09:45	Polly Moore Val Corcoran Ann Silvester	29 27 29	The Springs	Joan Tonks Edna Morris Sara Bottomley	16 24 22	Upavon
09:54	Angela Goodhart Jill Whitney Ann Wycherley	22 13 18	Tidworth	Trish King Isobel Henry Sue Tolloh	11 12 16	Marlborough
10.03	Vivien Jolley Val Holdaway Anne Smith	17 18 22	Dunwood Manor	Rosie Roberts D Reynolds D Harper	33 26 22	The Springs
10:12	Murial Finnis Ann Meredith Diana Pickford	25 19 15	High Post High Post Yeovil	Ruth Hill Mary Rook Sally Willis	22 9 26	Alresford
10:21	Jenny Maxwell Tineke Ribbink Sue Morton	18 20 19	Arlesford	M Glennie C Wadsworth D Cowell	14 15 20	Frilford Heath
10:30	Barbara Mourant Di Tyler Margaret Crocker	17 19 14	Botley Park	Jill Morvan Eileen Ware Sue Briggs	11 24 26	Botley Park
10.39	Bridget Moore Trish Pink Myra Ormiston	12 10 15	Meon Valley Lee on Solent Meon Valley	Janie Sharpe Chris Marshall Anne Fisher	15 22 14	Chippenham
10.48	Anne Sherrington Nicky Luff Julia Paul	21 17 14	Temple	Bernie Whalley Penny Johnston Christine Brooke-Taylor	19 10 21	Temple
10.57	Christine Castle Joy Thorne Helen Bateman	28 22 13	Buckingham	Jane Dalton Wendy Favell Greta Thornton	24 16 21	Portsmouth Portsmouth Corehampton

 9/8/10 Men’s & Ladies Club Championships won by 16 year olds!

Newbury & Crookham held its championship weekend and two 16 year olds, Lizzie Swallow and James Foster scooped the major awards, the Jack Hughes Trophy and the Ladies Scratch Cup.

In the Ladies Championship on the Saturday, Lizzie had a 36 hole total of 146 (74 & 72), to win by 9 shots from Airlie Dyson who shot 77 & 78. Lizzie’s scores were also good enough to win the Silver Salver from Jo Russ in 2^nd place.

Following an excellent first round of net 64, Anita Lockyer survived a wobble on her last hole in the afternoon to win the Bronze Salver. Laura Martin finished 2^nd, with Val Moules in 3^rd.

In the Men’s Championships on Sunday, James Foster shot rounds of 70 & 67 to win in an exciting finish from Chris Horne and retained his title. Leading by 1 playing the last hole, James showed excellent composure to hit an excellent pitch shot to within 6 feet of the hole after Chris had given himself an eagle chance with a fine 2^nd shot on to the green on the par 5. However, his eagle effort did not drop and James was left to hole his birdie putt to clinch the title by 1 shot.

 (James Foster's 3rd shot to the 18th)

The 4-9 salver was won by George Todd who followed a 75 in the morning with an excellent round of 67 in the afternoon.  Tom Finn’s scores were the other way around to win the 10-18 salver, after shooting a 76 in the morning, he held on despite an afternoon round of 85.

Chris Ball showed no signs of rustiness as he returned from a 3 week family holiday to shoot rounds of 75 and then 69 to win the Jack Hughes Seniors Trophy.

1/8/10 Paul Lamb has a good day!

Paul Lamb had a day to remember on Sunday as he won 2 competitions on the same day and saw his handicap reduce to 5. In the August medal, Paul shot a level par round of 69, net 63 to beat Liam Turley on countback in division 1. He then drove to Royal Winchester Golf Club, teamed up with Barbara Hamblin and won their Mixed Open with 46 points! Also in the August Medal, Graham Lloyd won Division 2, also with a net 63 whilst Keith Hutt division 3 with a net 66.

In the ladies section, the Texas Scramble competition was won by Polly Lewis, Sue Beecroft, Mary Wyatt and Alex Roberts with 2nd place going to Gill Bowness, Ann Thomas, Norma Kirby and Carol Thorogood.

In the annual Gents v Ladies past Captain’s Match, the past Gents captains emerged victorious.

20/7/10 James Foster shoots 46 points off 2 handicap!

James Foster scored an extrodinary 46 points in the midweek stableford competition. James, playing off 2 recorded 9 birdies and only one dropped shot and saw his handicap move to 0.4. Well played James, and also well played to Peter Mooney, playing off 11, who also scored 46 points in the same competition!

17/7/10 Jim Wilson wins Graham Woodage Salver

In the Graham Woodage Salver, named after a popular ex-Captain, was won by Jim Wilson with a net 62. Hugh Turley & Steve Lambden can count themselves unlucky not to have picked up the silverware having both shot net 63’s.

13/7/10 Another success for Sarah Jolly as she wins Lady Captain's Day

Sarah Jolly continued her good form after scoring 37 points in a fantastic day spoiled only by the weather!

Over all winner was Sarah Jolly with 37 pts

2nd in Silver Division: Liz Draper with 35 pts on countback

3rd     "               Anita Lockyer with 35 pts

4th     "               Natalie Browne with 33 pts

Bronze Division

1st   Gill Darby 36 pts

2nd   Ann Thomas 36 pts

3rd   Ann Kingston 34 pts

4th   Marjorie Herring 31 pts

Nearest the pins on the 3rd & 6th Green prizes went to Lizzie Swallow and Carol Thorogood on the 15th Green and Ingrid Bickerton on the 17th Green. The Longest Drive was won by Polly Lewis and nearest the line on the 11th fairway prize went to Jill Edwardes. Val Watson won the putting prize.

10/7/10 Another fantastic Pro-Am Day

A massive thank you must go to everyone involved in making this such a great day, members, organisers, professionals and our sponsors.

4/7/10 Captain's Day won By Sarah Jolly & Nigel Thorne

A superb score saw Sarah Jolly & Nigel Thorne comfortably win Captain's Day 2010. Following an excellent competition, Sarah made every other competitor feel even worse by announcing in her speech that 'everyone else must have been bad as we left so many out there!'.

6/7/10 Chris Barlow wins Kirby Cup

Sunday 27th June saw a tie for 1^st place in the Kirby Cup between Chris Barlow & Roy Belfield who both had net 65’s. The ensuing 18 hole play-off saw Chris continue his good form, shooting a net 64 to claim the cup.

4/7/10 Jolly & Thorne win Captain's Day 2010

Club Captain John Thorogood hosted an excellent event which saw Sarah Jolly & Nigel Thorne scoop 1st prize.

13/6/10 Jeff Garner wins Fairhurst Cup

Newbury & Crookham’s Nett Club Championships, the Fairhurst Cup, was played on a course in fantastic condition, but a swirling breeze made scoring difficult. After round one, Mark Berry & Mike Holmes shared the lead after shooting 66’s. However, a whole host of players were within 4 shots of the lead, and one of them, Jeff Garner, followed up his 68 on day one with a fantastic 63 to emerge victorious. Nick Newman finished with a combined total of 137 to pick up 2^nd place, six shots behind, with Paul Lamb & Adam Drake tied for 3^rd on 138.

Jeff, a keen cyclist and a Newbury & Crookham member for over 20 years thanked the greenkepers for the course being in such good condition and said his victory was reward for his persistence after a long spell without a big competition win.

6/6/10 Finn & Hampton scoop Centenary Salvers

Newbury & Crookham dodged the worst of the weather on Sunday, much to the delight of the 130 players who competed in the Centenary Salver competition. Tom Finn scooped the Men’s salver with 43 points, winning by 2 from Mike Crocker and Chris Barlow, who finished 2 points adrift. Carol Calta can count herself very unfortunate not to have won the ladies prize as her score of 44 points fell one short of the 45 points scored by Jo Hampton. 3^rd place went to Laura Martin and Gill Bowness, who both scored 38 points.

In the previous week’s Ladies Medal, Jo Russ won the silver division with a Net 65 and Liz Mcneil emerged victorious in the bronze division with a net 69.

29/5/10 Last minute ladies team wins Millennium Bowl

A team of ladies put together at the last minute swept to victory in Newbury & Crookham Golf Club’s Millennium Bowl competition on Saturday. Sue Beecroft, Anne Kingston, Laura Willoughby & Lizzie Swallow scored a fantastic 108 points to win by 9 points from Club Captain John Thorogood, his wife Carol along with Val & Keith Watson. Despite the poor weather, over 100 golfers enjoyed this fun competition.

29/5/10 Start Sheet Published for Ladies Open

TIME	IST TEE			10TH TEE
	Name	H/cap	Club	Name	H/cap	Club
09.00	Lynn Griffiths Pat Bennett Teresa Taylor	6 7 8	Reading Reading Mapledurham	Bernie Martin Zhana Power Linda Sayers	16 29 22	Donnington Valley
09:09	Caroline Lafferty Judy Whittle Dorothy Savage	27 20 26	Donnington Valley	Angela Traill Pat Humphrey Wendy Jordan	20 18 25	Donnington Valley
09:18	Margaret Ashley Lesley Compton Carole Bradbury	27 22 32	Leckford Andover Andover	Marjorie Follows S Davis F Lomax	24 35 28	Donnington Grove
09:27	Ann Heathorn Jackie Watson Lynne Brace	13 20 20	Royal Winchester	Jenny Hutchinson Tricia Dawson Jenny Leigh	18 22 20	Royal Winchester
09:36	Debbie Cassells Smith Hazel Shewry Barbara Entwise	25 9 20	Nairn Dunbar Ogbourne Down Ogbourne Down	Brenda Bavister Deana Hirst Stef Corking	20 19 18	Weybrook Park Burnham Blue Mountain
09:45	Nicky Weeks Sharon Stephens Gill O’Donnell	19 17 15	Easthampstead	Gill Griffiths Margaret Ghrimes Kay Knowles	23 20 19	Maidenhead
09:54	Jacquie Pritchard Janet Franklin Margaret Quarterman	20 14 17	The Springs	Dianne Gibbs Pat Logon Sally Jones	12 15 18	East Berks Bearwood Lakes Marlborough
10.03	Val Corcoran Polly Moore Pauline Hoad	28 30 34	The Springs	Murial Hoare Ali Mcleod Sue Appleby	24 27 18	The Springs
10:12	Margaret Eynon Ann Walsh Sandy Gallaher	27 25 21	North Oxford	Jenny Ward Joyce Smith TBA	29 29	The Springs
10:21	Jill Morvan Eileen Ware Sarah Mulhall	11 23 12	Botley Park	Margaret Dean Sue Holwell Sue Franklin	30 17	Buckingham
10:30	Chris Marshall Janie Sharpe Trish Turney	22 17 36	Chippenham	Murial Finnis Ann Meredith Barbara Bowman	24 19 19	High Post
10.39	Mrs B Howe V Boulter E Harrison	8 11 11	Buckingham	Mary Nokes Liz Owsley Wendy Collens	20 14 18	Army
10.48	Sue Boyle Chris Evans Carol Parsons	18 16 17	Army Army Hankley	Toni Spencer Margaret Watson Stella Surtees	21 16 24	Army
10.57	Rosemarie Smythe Helga Redhead Jenny Taylor	23 20 21	Army	Tuppence Hale Carol Main Karen Gosling	12 10 5	Chippenham Chippenham Marlborough

24/5/10 Foster wins again and wins for 1st & 2nd Teams!

The annual Medal sponsored by Peter Stirland Garage took place on Sunday and it would seem that the hot sunny weather suited the lower handicap golfers. James Foster, playing off 3, shot an excellent gross 68, net 65 to win by a shot from Nick Newman who had a net 66. The spoils in Division 2 were shared by Richard Hawthorne, Paul Bosher & Keith Talmage with Rob Chivers winning Division 3.

Newbury & Crookham’s 1^st team had a great victory (7-0) against undefeated and table topping East Berkshire GC played at Reading GC. Top pairing Stuart Minton and Richard Stubbs won 1up, followed by Liam Angell and Chris Welch who won their match on the 18th, with final pairing James Foster and Nick Newman winning 3up. Shot of the day was played by Stuart Minton on the second hole lying 30 yards left of the hole (in 2) with an impossible lie with roots and thick rough, and with the opponents safely on the green in 2 shots, giving Stuart no option but to play a superb left handed shot to within 2 feet of the hole which ultimately saved the hole.  

The 2^nd team also had a victory, albeit slightly narrower, defeating Calcot 2.5 to 1.5. Captain Alan Smith and Paul Lamb halved their match whilst the pairings of Steve Lewington & Keith Parsons as well as John Thorogood & Tony Hammond won their matches.

25/4/10 Hugh Turley wins the Newbury & Crookham Medal