Golf

Over 40 trophy and award winners along with friends and family, attended the annual end of season presentation evening at Spalding Golf Club to be presented with their trophies and awards by the 2023 captain Ben Blom and the club professional James Beinlich.Blom said: “I’m very pleased to say that it has been a very successful season for the club ...

Spalding Golf Club, Captain’s Charity 2023 raised £5,764.20 for Macmillan Cancer Support.Past captain Ben Blom thanked everyone who supported him in helping to raise the funds for the Holbeach and Spalding branch of his nominated charity.It is a charity Blom was keen to support as Macmillan were there for his father in his time of need, making his last few months more ...

Seniors’ November stableford Division 1 – winner (ocb) Paul Chaplain-Barton 37 points, 2nd Peter Williams 37 points, 3rd (ocb) Tom Ainsley 36 points. Division 2 – winner (ocb) Paul Milward 39 points, 2nd Ian Millett 39 points, 3rd Andy Turner 37 points. Division 3 – winner Mel Churchman 41 points, 2nd Michael Corbett 33 points, 3rd Barry Jones 25 points. ...

Following the AGM at Spalding Golf Club, the new club captain Jim West took over from the outgoing Ben Blom.West joined the club in 1970 as a junior and is very proud to have become the club captain.He began his year with his drive-in on Saturday for over 120 golfers followed by a dinner and dance for 80 people in ...

The annual Lincoln Arms Golf Day for the Daisy Williamson Shield was held at Gedney Hill Golf course on September 24.The competition was won by Chris Page with many other prizes awarded to the golfers for various things.Organiser Nigel Burrell, thanked Charlie at Gedney Hill Golf Course, along with everyone who took part. He also thanked the people who helped ...

A cheque for the grand sum of £3,011 was presented to a representative from Tonic Health by the Lady Captain of Spalding Golf Club, Jean Wilkinson at the Ladies’ Section AGM on October 5.Jean said that she was absolutely delighted by the amount raised during her year as Lady Captain for this very worthwhile local charity, all due to the ...

A charity event at Spalding Golf Club in memory of Mervyn Stanley raised £300 for the Brain Tumour Research charity.Mervyn’s widow Pauline and his two daughters attended and presented prizes to the winners.First place went to Danny Huddlestone, who received the winner’s trophy from Mrs Stanley. The trophy was designed and made by event organiser Nev Bingham.Second and third places ...

Spalding ladies have won the Taskers Trophy, a national golf competition.They beat Waltham Windmill to reach the regional round, where they recorded an unexpected win against Sherwood Forest.They then hosted Mickleover and Matlock, again winning both matches to progress to a semi-final match at Lingdale in 30-degree heat.Nothing fazed the Spalding women and they won through to the final.There they faced ...

Current club captain Andy Hicks emerged triumphant in Tydd St Giles Captains Over The Years charity competition.Organiser Ian Cooper announced that £350 was raised on the day, which will go to Holbeach Hospital, the club captain’s charity pot choice.Seniors’ October Medal, Division 1: 1 Mark Amor 80-16=64, 2 Michael Flint 83-12=71, 3 Mick Vassall 82-10=72. Division 2: 1 Gary Allen 84-20=64, ...

The 45th annual match between Drovers and Hillbillies took place at the Surfleet home of Spalding Golf Club.It is generally viewed as the season finale, with many players keen to compete.The format was fourball match play between teams captained by Roy Blake and Rob Sampson.Refreshments were provided at the halfway house.A total of 80 players were involved in the match, which finished10-10, meaning the ...

Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s men’s section put on their annual Ryder Cup competition.It saw club captain Andy Hicks’ side take on a team put together byvice-captain Jimmy Dack.Despite it being a hard-fought contest, the match was played in the correct spirit of the competition, with thevice-captain’s team emerging narrow victors by 11.5 points to 10.5.Other club results:Seniors’ Pesty’s pot stableford, ...

Tydd St Giles ladies put on their annual Game Bird open competition, with Tydd’s Chris Young continuing her winning streak with playing partner Angela Mander, from King’s Lynn Golf Club.In the 4BBB they came in first with 43 points, followed by Amanda Cook and Marilyn Sayer, from Gedney Hill Golf Club, in second place with 37 points.Third, from Middleton Hall ...

At the beginning of the year Gedney Hill golfers Kim Markillie and Chris Bennett started on the Daily Mail Foursomes journey.There were 938 clubs that entered the nationwide competition and over seven rounds the number of clubs has been whittled down to the last remaining 16 clubs.Markillie and Bennett played Round 7 at Overstone Park Golf Club, Northampton on Friday, ...

A group of around 60 senior golfers took part in the Tydd St Giles Seniors’ Prostate Cancer stableford charity day, an individual stableford competition.Organiser Toby North thanked all for taking part in the competition and was pleased to announce more than £2,000 had been raised on the day, which is a record amount raised by Tydd seniors.He also thanked to ...

A former Spalding Golf Club professional and a current club member came out on top at the annual Lincolnshire Open. It was played at Spalding Golf Club and saw about 40 professional and amateur golfers from all parts of the county at the Lincolnshire Union of Golf Clubs(LUGC)-organised event.A two-round medal competition, played off scratch, on a very hot and humid day was run by ...

Nick and Kim Markillie’s reward for a 49-point winning score in the Gedney Hill Golf Club Ping Mixed Fourball Betterball competition in July was a place in the finals, which were played last week at Thonock Park, Gainsborough.They were among 52 pairs from all over the country and the husband and wife team came second with 45 points to win ...

Just two shots separated the first five finishers at the Tydd St Giles Autumn Open.It took countback to decide the eventual winner with Steve Skoulding taking the honours after matching Gino Ciuffini’s 66 total.Skoulding completed his round in 87, with a handicap of 21, while Ciuffini went round in 80 but with a handicap of 14.Wayne Alder took third place, one shot behind ...

Tydd St Giles golf club results:Seniors’ club championship medal round 1: 1st Ken Doughty 85-18=67, 2nd (ocb) Brian Newby 86-17=69, 3rd (ocb) Brian Crilly 91-22=69, 4th Graham Ralph 94-25=69.Men’s August medal competition: Division 1 – 1st (ocb) James Busveids 82-13=69, 2nd (ocb) Wayne Alder 79-10=69, 3rd Adrian Rowell 79-10=69. Division 2 – 1st (ocb) Stephen Jeffries 83-16=67, 2nd (ocb) Nathan ...

A friendship first established in 1948 continues to blossom and 75 years on Spalding Golf Club took on their Woodhall Spa counterparts in their annual Harold Ireland Trophy encounter. Mr Ireland was a pre-Second World War member at Spalding but left to join Woodhall Spa.However, he wished to maintain his long-standing friendship with his former club so, with another Spalding ...

Lorraine Gallie and Maria Taylor-Vassall shared the honours at the Tydd St Giles Golf Club Ladies Championship, Taylor-Vassall was crowned club champion by winning the net title with two rounds of 74.Gallie was close on her heels with rounds of 76 and 79.Gallie was first on gross scores with rounds of 87 and 90, with Taylor-Vassall second with equal scores ...