Golf

Spalding Golf Club’s ladies have missed out on coveted spot in the final of the Mail on Sunday competition after a narrow loss in the last 16. Drawn away from home against Benton Hall Golf Club in Essex in round 18, they faced strong opposition on a difficult course in very wet and windy conditions. Four of the five singles ...

Some 42 ladies braved the elements to contest Gedney Hill Golf Club’s Ladies’ Pairs Open last week. The rain was set in for the day, but didn’t dampen the spirits of the players out on the course. Prizes were up for grabs for players from Gedney Hill and visiting players, while all proceeds from the day are to be donated ...

A Gedney Hill Golf Club team won the Claret Jug at St Neots Golf Club’s Captain’s Charity Am-Am. Pictured with it after the presentation by (back) St Neots club captain Richard Dean are (from left) Kim Markillie, Jacqui Rust, Colin Rust and Nick Markillie. Other results: Professionals’ Open: 1st Stuart Turnell 42pts; 2nd Neale Venters 40; 3rd Pete Orbine 39. Men’s ...

An exciting end to this season’s South Lincs Scratch League is in prospect following Spalding Golf Club 1st team’s thumping 6-0 victory over bottom side Tydd St Giles. With one match left to play, Stoke Rochford lead Spalding by a single point, meaning that if Stoke lose their final match to third-placed Belton Park, and Spalding win their fixture against ...

Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s Bob John Classic charity competition raised an impressive £770 for Cancer Research. Senior co-ordinator Roy Pesterfield organised the annual event, which attracted no fewer than 80 golfers to the course. The winning team, with 125 points, was Duncan Wiles, Alex Wiles, Tony Barns and Colin Page. Runners-up, with 123 points, were Baz Smith, Terry Sambridge, John ...

Spalding Golf Club champion and current first team captain Andy Grimwood was on top form representing the club in the Commemoration Jug Trophy at Welwyn GC. The competition, for club champions from England, was inaugurated in 1988 to commemorate Sir Nick Faldo winning the 1987 Open Championship. On day one Grimwood was one of only five competitors to break par ...

Tom Carnihan took top spot as 140 players contested Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s Captains Day competition. The men’s event was an extremely hard-fought competition, with three golfers coming in with a score of 38 points. Carnihan was declared the winner on countback, ahead of Malcolm Stead in second and Gino Ciuffini in third place. Terry Pease bagged 37 points ...

Twelve men are teeing themselves up for their biggest golf challenge yet – to play four rounds in one day for charity. Organiser Joel Wille, Andrew Prior, Ian and Matt Prudence, Gavin Caney, Kasim Beetlestone, Barry Osborn, Gary Carter, James Dack, Phil Goodman, Terence Wilkin and Steve Girdlestone will embark on their mammoth effort in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. ...

Vice captain John Camm sunk an impressive hole-in-one as Spalding Seniors stormed to a 6-2 success over Seacroft. Camm aced the par three sixth hole to help ensure he and playing partner John Tilling won 3up at the Surfleet course. That result was followed by a 5-3 loss at Woodhall Spa, with only Camm and Graham Chamberlain and Stuart Fitzjohn ...

Spalding Golf Club’s Andy Grimwood and Hugo Kedzlie took the two top awards on offer at the recent Club Championship and Tester competition. Windy conditions made low scoring difficult at the Surfleet course, with only 30 of the 150 golfers scoring below the standard scratch – and some not even able to return a score. The Tester Salver, awarded for ...

A quartet of women from Gedney Hill Golf Club emerged victorious at Sutton Bridge Golf Club’s Ladies’ Open Day event. Ann Chick, Lynn Exley, Christine Lord and Maggie Bingham scored 102 points to win the event from Thetford (98pts) and Tydd St Giles (92pts). Results: Ladies’ Open Day – 1st Gedney Hill (Ann Chick, Lynn Exley, Christine Lord & Maggie ...

Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s men’s team have suffered narrow defeats in their last two South Lincolnshire Scratch League games. They went down 4.5-1.5 at rivals Spalding, while also slipping to a 4-2 home defeat to Belton Park. Results: Men’s section: South Lincolnshire Scratch League – Spalding 4.5 Tydd St Giles 1.5 (Lee Willis & Paul Elsey lost 6&4, Paul ...

The red-hot ladies from Spalding Golf Club produced a stunning showing in the fifth round of the Mail on Sunday competition. Handed a tough home draw against an Elsham ladies’ side that have won three county titles on the spin, Spalding roared to a 5-0 victory at the Surfleet course. Wins came from Claire Rylott (14 handicap) 2&1, Di Platt ...

Gedney Hill Golf Club’s Daniel Markillie Memorial Competition raised a staggering £3,511 for local charities. In a nice twist, two of members of Daniel’s family won the top individual prizes on offer at the event too. The overall winner was Alex Markillie (Daniel’s brother), while the winner of the ladies’ competition was Janet Davis (Daniel’s grandmother). Results: Men’s section: Clarke ...

Four South Holland players teamed up to win the popular Spring AM-AM competition hosted by Spalding Golf Club ladies’ section. Theresa Starbuck and Debra Ward (Spalding) and Gedney Hill Golf Club’s Lynn Exley and Chris Bennett took top spot at Surfleet – and each collected £65 in prize money. The day attracted a good field of ladies from many clubs ...

Dave Colwell saw off more than 140 rivals to land one of Spalding Golf Club’s coveted Burton Cup prize on Saturday. The 14-handicapper had six pars on a 21-point back nine to win the competition with 40 Stableford points at the Surfleet course. Colwell, who won by just one point, received a two-shot handicap cut for his performance. He was ...

Dean Wright scored 40 points to top the leaderboard in Division One of Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s May Stableford. Ian Gerrard (39 points) was just off the pace in second, with Andy Sleath third on 38 points. Other results: D2 – 1st Ken North 43pts; 2nd Gino Ciuffini 39pts; 3rd Lee Smith 36pts. D3– 1st David Barnes 37pts; 2nd ...

An impressive 43 members of Spalding Golf Club’s ladies’ section battled it out for prizes galore at the Hills-sponsored April Medal. The overall scores for the day reflected the poor conditions – and the standard scratch went out to 77, with reductions only. Anita Cross, with a net 77, was the overall winner on the day – but there were ...

Darrel Cross saw off a large field to win the coveted EGU Gold Medal Qualifier event in Spalding Golf Club’s men’s section last week. The fomer Trilby Tour champion, who plays off handicap of 12, carded a nett 67 at the Surfleet course to fend off Mike German on countback. Just one shot behind in third position was Steve Baxendale, ...

Dean Wright scored 40 points to top the leaderboard in Division One of Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s May Stableford. Ian Gerrard (39 points) was just off the pace in second, with Andy Sleath third on 38 points. Other results: D2 – 1st Ken North 43pts; 2nd Gino Ciuffini 39pts; 3rd Lee Smith 36pts. D3– 1st David Barnes 37pts; 2nd ...