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The pairs competition was played on Saturday 27th May with some fast greens (and some pins on slopes !) but good playing conditions .

The winners on 42 points (19/23) with a very strong final stretch of scoring were Paul Gosling and Bob Anderson on countback from the Mark Walker/Brian Jones team (24/18)

The other best team scores (out of the filed of 28 teams) were as follows :

3- Simon Edbury/James Bracken - 41
4- John Atkinson/Gary Buxton - 40
5- Harry Sextom/Josh Towne - 39
6- Mike O Regan / John Newsham -38
7-Keith Doyle/Steve Smith -38
8- Chris Chatfield/Roger Smith -38
9- Richard Craven/Alan Adams -38

The presentation for this event will be on Saturday 3rd June - Fa Cup day !

A very sunny day with the course looking great saw the final round of the Hospital Trophy on Saturday 20 May.

The Hospital Trophy is a two round medal competition making it the toughest major to win and comes with one of the biggest shiniest Trophies as well.  Note the handicap used across both rounds was the handicap from the first round. You might see two handicap changes but they did not impact the competition.

The first round with a nett score of 64 was Christian Cartwright wining £65

The second round with a nett score of 65 with a handicap of 2 winning £65 was Harry Sexton.

The overall winner of the Hospital Trophy is Mr Captain, Alex Ridgway with scores of 66 and 70 and a total of 136 which was one shot less than the overall runner up Christian Cartwright. Mr Captain wins a prize of £120.00.

The nearest the Pin was won by Tom Troup who was very close. Tom now has an extra £40 on his bar card.

The twos. Tom converted his nearest the Pin into a two and Harry Sexton knocked in two twos. The full list of twos is below.

Michael Davies 2 @ 4th
James Bracken 2 @ 8th
Mark Allington 2 @ 4th
Sean Hall 2 @ 6th
Logan Stanyer 2 @ 17th
Harry Sexton 2 @ 6th, 2 @ 17th
Tom Troup 2 @ 15th
Steve Bell 2 @ 6th
Andrew Slater 2 @ 15th

10 Twos each worth £5.00

GGC

Alderley Edge Golf Club are through to the last 16 of the City Glass Foursomes, following a 5 to 2 victory away at Lowes Park from Bury.  This was undoubtedly a tricky tie, as our boys faced a quirky, tight 9 holer, with small ‘slopey’ greens, some punishing OB’s and several blind holes, a clear advantage to the home side.

The team got off to a promising start, Logan Stanyer ‘drilling’ his drive down the middle of the first fairway, despite having just parked his car moments earlier. He and skipper Alex Ridgway who were given a couple of shots, brought the first point home for the visitors 5 and 4.

There was another win for next up, Vice Captain Sean Hall and his partner Harry Sexton. Things were looking good, especially from the club’s newly erected decking with Bar, overlooking the signature par 3 8th/17th hole. Considering the forecast, it was a pleasant day to sit out, and for the visitors only going to get better.

There was a nervy wait for the third win however, both the Allen/Davies and Spiller/Willmot pairings having close but losing ties. Cometh the hour, the inspired Bob Anderson/Andy Marshall partnership, came in all smiles. Marshall put it down to the fact that they bamboozled the opposition, by doing the exact opposite of what their partner requested of them.

The penultimate pairing of Andy Slater and Richard Walker got a half, and as the visitors, a win ……..but were actually beaten to the club house by the last group. Debu’T’ees Tom Ricketts and Tony Griffin had secured their victory and the match on the 12th, finishing with two birdies.

Captain Alex Ridgway reflected ‘as good as the team was in winning, to be successful we are going to need a squad, where every member is part of that team. Lowes Park were excellent hosts, very competitive and gracious losers, a very enjoyable afternoon.’

The Club will not know its next opponents until 2nd June, the next round to be completed by the end of June.

Whilst we have a winning team, it is a small squad. Coming into the summer, holidays and family barbecues will be a factor.  We will be looking at competition results over the next few weeks, to give the squad a bit more depth.

If you are interested in joining the AEGC team please get in touch with Captain Alex Ridgway or Mike Harding

Well done to Sean Hall for winning division 1 with a great score of 38 points.

Also congratulations to Bob Anderson for winning division 2 with a fantastic score of 43 points.

Mark Hinchcliffe wins the captains closest to the pin, with £42 added to his bar account.

Kind regards,
Gents Golf