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Centenary Salver
Vardon Bowl
Sunday 25th September 2011
Captain's Charity Pro-Am
Friday 15th July 2011
Professional Result:
1st: 66 (-5) Daniel Greenwood (Forest Pines G&CC).
2nd: 67 (-4) Peter Baker (South Staffs GC).
3rd=: 68 (-3) Paul Broadhurst (European Tour), Matt Morris (Walmley GC), Paul Streeter (Lincoln GC), Richard Copsey (Enville).
Pro-Am Result:
1st: 127 (-15) Ben Challis (Lea Marston GC).
2nd=: 129 (-13) Peter Baker (South Staffs), Paul Streeter (Lincoln GC).
4th: 131 (-11) Shaun Ball (South Staffs GC).
EGU English Boys Under 16 Championship - The McGregor Trophy
12th - 14th July 2011
South Staffs Member Aaron Rai came joint 9th in the English Boys Under 16 Championship, The McGregor Trophy supported by FootJoy at South Moor Golf Club in County Durham. Aaron scored rounds of 75, 72, 71, 72 for a total of 290 (+2).
The Stafford Knot.
Wednesday 8th - Friday 10th June 2011
Sunday 2nd October 2011
This year
South Staffs hosted the Centenary Salver Inter Club Event on Sunday the
2nd October. South Staffs, Kings Norton, Moseley & Stourbridge all
celebrated their centenary in the same year and players from all
sections; ladies, gents, juniors and seniors compete in a foursome’s
format and the best team aggregate wins the Salver.
South Staffs on home soil won the event by five shots, congratulations to all the South Staffs team.
South Staffs on home soil won the event by five shots, congratulations to all the South Staffs team.
Vardon Bowl
Sunday 25th September 2011
The fourth staging of the Vardon Bowl was held at South Staffs on
Sunday 25th September. Ninety Seven players played, sixty three were
from visiting Clubs including several from Vale of Lllangollen Golf
Club. Despite driving out of bounds on the first hole, South Staff's
member Tom Hewitt played a fantastic round of golf to post a score of 72
gross to win the Vardon Bowl. A special mention must also be made of
South Staffs junior member, 14 years old Matthew Jacques who scored a
superb 75 gross, 70 nett to come second in the nett score category.
Best Gross Score:
72 T.J. Hewitt (SSGC) Winner of the Vardon Bowl.
Nett Scores:
1st: Martin Edwards (Vale of Llangollen) 79-10-69
Nett Scores:
1st: Martin Edwards (Vale of Llangollen) 79-10-69
2nd: Matthew Jacques (SSGC) 75-5-70
3rd: Gary Campbell (SSGC) 83-12-71
4th: Mark Guy (SSGC) 75-4-71
5th: Simon Nightingale (SSGC) 82-10-72Nearest the Pin 2nd Hole: George Ling (Patsull Park).
Nearest the Pin 6th Hole: Keith Fletcher (Hearsall).
Nearest the Pin 11th Hole: Phil Robbins (SSGC).
Nearest the Pin: 15th Hole: Rob Aldred (Stourbridge).
Nearest the Pin in to shots 18th Hole: Joe Bartolo (Oxley Park).
Captain's Charity Pro-Am
Professional Result:
1st: 66 (-5) Daniel Greenwood (Forest Pines G&CC).
2nd: 67 (-4) Peter Baker (South Staffs GC).
3rd=: 68 (-3) Paul Broadhurst (European Tour), Matt Morris (Walmley GC), Paul Streeter (Lincoln GC), Richard Copsey (Enville).
Pro-Am Result:
1st: 127 (-15) Ben Challis (Lea Marston GC).
2nd=: 129 (-13) Peter Baker (South Staffs), Paul Streeter (Lincoln GC).
4th: 131 (-11) Shaun Ball (South Staffs GC).
EGU English Boys Under 16 Championship - The McGregor Trophy
12th - 14th July 2011
South Staffs Member Aaron Rai came joint 9th in the English Boys Under 16 Championship, The McGregor Trophy supported by FootJoy at South Moor Golf Club in County Durham. Aaron scored rounds of 75, 72, 71, 72 for a total of 290 (+2).
The Stafford Knot.
Friday 8th July 2011
The annual tournament between the Clubs of the Staffordshire Union
of Golf Clubs for the Stafford Knot was held at South Staffs on Friday 8th July.
Eleven Teams of 4 players played in the event which was a Medal
Competition with two players to score on each hole. Aston Wood retained
the Stafford Knot Trophy with an impressive 15 under par score of 127.
Lord Stafford presented the trophy at the dinner follwing play.
Result:
1st: Aston Wood 127 (-15).
2nd: Enville 134 (-8).
3rd: Trentham 137 (-5).
4th: South Staffs 138 (-4).
5th: Leek 140 (-2).
The PTS Invitational
The PTS Invitational
Wednesday 8th - Friday 10th June 2011 Former Ryder Cup Star Lands PTS Invitational Title
The South Staffordshire Golf Club once again staged The PTS Invitational over three days between 8th - 10th June. Covered again by the Sky TV cameras, 90 professionals partnered for 2 days by an Amateur partner tackled the demanding course and South Staffs Head Professional Peter Baker, credited an improved putter for his narrow victory.
Simon Lilly, the Wellingborough Pro, blew away the rest of the field during the first round, carding an almost flawless five-under-par 66, including four birdies in his first six holes, which rocketed him to the top of a leaderboard where no other player managed to break par in showery conditions.
Home advantage paid off for Baker in the second round as his scintillating five-under-par 66 saw him move menacingly up the leaderboard to within two shots of first round leader Simon Lilly. Seven birdies and just two dropped shots for the pre-tournament favourite took him to four-under-par after 36 holes.
Teeing off later in the day, Wellingborough's Lilly showed serene progress and looked set to take a bigger lead going into the final day, but a double bogey at the tricky 17th reduced the gap and left an exciting finish in store.
Just two other players managed to remain under par - Lincoln's Paul Streeter, at two-under and Leicestershire's Ian Lyner who shot a superb 67 to move to one-under for the tournament after two days.
Playing in the last group with Lilly and Streeter on the final day, Baker produced a devastating birdie blitz around the turn to take a two shot advantage heading into the deciding holes. A tense back nine followed when Lilly's birdie at the 16th brought him within one stroke but a curling 12 foot putt for another at the last somehow rolled around the cup leaving a relieved Baker two putts for victory.
The former Ryder Cup player had added a final round 68 to rounds of 72 and 66 for a 7-under par total of 206 to claim a one stroke victory over Wellingborough's Simon Lilly.
"The first round was frustrating with a few loose shots out there, but the last two days have been steadier and the putts have dropped nicely too, I'm pleased with the win but even happier with the success of the event, it's been a great week," said Baker.
The winner's sentiments were echoed by main sponsors Plumbing Trade Supplies (PTS) and its Managing Director, Kelvin Stevens, whose customers were taking part in the two day amateur event were very satisfied ones.
"We were over-subscribed this year for clients of ours taking part, they all had a great time, and there's already a number of them asking about next years event, its been a big success for us once again."
The lengthened course, featuring four new tees, proved to be very tough with only three of the Professionals managing to break par after 54 holes in the PGA Midland Region's first Order of Merit event of the 2011 season, which carried a bumper prize purse of £17,000 donated by main sponsor PTS.
Amateur Mike Ankers won the two day Pro-Am event with PGA Cup player Danny Taylor (Swingers Golf Centre) after a two round -17 total saw them edge out Simon Lilly and Amateur Tom Pearson by just a single shot.
The photograph shows Peter Baker receiving the trophy from PTS Managing Director, Kelvin Stevens.
The South Staffordshire Golf Club once again staged The PTS Invitational over three days between 8th - 10th June. Covered again by the Sky TV cameras, 90 professionals partnered for 2 days by an Amateur partner tackled the demanding course and South Staffs Head Professional Peter Baker, credited an improved putter for his narrow victory.
Simon Lilly, the Wellingborough Pro, blew away the rest of the field during the first round, carding an almost flawless five-under-par 66, including four birdies in his first six holes, which rocketed him to the top of a leaderboard where no other player managed to break par in showery conditions.
Home advantage paid off for Baker in the second round as his scintillating five-under-par 66 saw him move menacingly up the leaderboard to within two shots of first round leader Simon Lilly. Seven birdies and just two dropped shots for the pre-tournament favourite took him to four-under-par after 36 holes.
Teeing off later in the day, Wellingborough's Lilly showed serene progress and looked set to take a bigger lead going into the final day, but a double bogey at the tricky 17th reduced the gap and left an exciting finish in store.
Just two other players managed to remain under par - Lincoln's Paul Streeter, at two-under and Leicestershire's Ian Lyner who shot a superb 67 to move to one-under for the tournament after two days.
Playing in the last group with Lilly and Streeter on the final day, Baker produced a devastating birdie blitz around the turn to take a two shot advantage heading into the deciding holes. A tense back nine followed when Lilly's birdie at the 16th brought him within one stroke but a curling 12 foot putt for another at the last somehow rolled around the cup leaving a relieved Baker two putts for victory.
The former Ryder Cup player had added a final round 68 to rounds of 72 and 66 for a 7-under par total of 206 to claim a one stroke victory over Wellingborough's Simon Lilly.
"The first round was frustrating with a few loose shots out there, but the last two days have been steadier and the putts have dropped nicely too, I'm pleased with the win but even happier with the success of the event, it's been a great week," said Baker.
The winner's sentiments were echoed by main sponsors Plumbing Trade Supplies (PTS) and its Managing Director, Kelvin Stevens, whose customers were taking part in the two day amateur event were very satisfied ones.
"We were over-subscribed this year for clients of ours taking part, they all had a great time, and there's already a number of them asking about next years event, its been a big success for us once again."
The lengthened course, featuring four new tees, proved to be very tough with only three of the Professionals managing to break par after 54 holes in the PGA Midland Region's first Order of Merit event of the 2011 season, which carried a bumper prize purse of £17,000 donated by main sponsor PTS.
Amateur Mike Ankers won the two day Pro-Am event with PGA Cup player Danny Taylor (Swingers Golf Centre) after a two round -17 total saw them edge out Simon Lilly and Amateur Tom Pearson by just a single shot.
The photograph shows Peter Baker receiving the trophy from PTS Managing Director, Kelvin Stevens.
Professional Result:
1st: Peter Baker (South Staffs G.C.) -7 (206).
2nd: Simon Lilly (Wellingborough G.C.) -6 (207).
3rd: Paul Streeter (Lincoln Golf Centre) -5 (208).
4th: Paul Wesselingh (Kedleston Park G.C.) +1 (214).
*Steve Carter of South Staffs was tied 8th on +4 (217).
Staffordshire Ladies County Amateur Championships
1st: Peter Baker (South Staffs G.C.) -7 (206).
2nd: Simon Lilly (Wellingborough G.C.) -6 (207).
3rd: Paul Streeter (Lincoln Golf Centre) -5 (208).
4th: Paul Wesselingh (Kedleston Park G.C.) +1 (214).
*Steve Carter of South Staffs was tied 8th on +4 (217).
Staffordshire Ladies County Amateur Championships
Wednesday 4th - Friday 6th May 2011
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The South Staffordshire Golf Club has hosted the 84th Staffordshire Ladies County Championships.
Congratulations to Julie Brown of Trentham Golf Club on winning the 2011 County Championship. Julie also achieved a notable double as she also had the best gross score of 150 in the qualifying strokeplay event.
Congratulations to Julie Brown of Trentham Golf Club on winning the 2011 County Championship. Julie also achieved a notable double as she also had the best gross score of 150 in the qualifying strokeplay event.
Results:
Champion: Julie Brown (Trentham) Winner of the Viscountess Lewisham Cup.
Runner Up: Debbie Warren (Whittington Heath) Runner up Plate.
Best Gross (36 holes): Julie Brown 150 gross Winner of the Wedgwood Bowl.
Best Nett (36 holes): Olivia Raybould (South Staffs) 138 nett.
Intermediate Champion: Charlotte Stanton (Oxley Park) 169 gross.
Intermediate Best Nett: Emily Mumford (Oxley Park) 159 nett.
Congratulations also go to Jenny Rhodes and Liz Williams from South Staffs Golf
Champion: Julie Brown (Trentham) Winner of the Viscountess Lewisham Cup.
Runner Up: Debbie Warren (Whittington Heath) Runner up Plate.
Best Gross (36 holes): Julie Brown 150 gross Winner of the Wedgwood Bowl.
Best Nett (36 holes): Olivia Raybould (South Staffs) 138 nett.
Intermediate Champion: Charlotte Stanton (Oxley Park) 169 gross.
Intermediate Best Nett: Emily Mumford (Oxley Park) 159 nett.
Congratulations also go to Jenny Rhodes and Liz Williams from South Staffs Golf
Club who both reached the Semi finals.
The photographs show South Staffs Lady Captain; Norma Morse presenting trophies to:-
Top: The Viscountess Lewisham Cup to Julie Brown.
Middle: The Runner Up Plate to Debbie Warren.
Bottom: Best Nett Prize to Olivia Raybould.