Golf

One of Spalding Golf Club’s most popular individual competitions, the Overson Trophy, attracted a field of 140 entries and with weather and course conditions favourable, some very good scores were recorded. A Stableford format, the trophy was won by Steve Phillips (17 handicap) scoring a superb 44 points. Phil Wakefield (12) was second place with 41pts and Neil Clarke (16) ...

Spalding Golf Club’s 2nd team are the champions of their South Lincs Scratch League division after defeating defending champions Belton Park 2nd in a winner takes all match at the Surfleet course. The talented Spalding side put in a strong team performance to win by a convincing 5.5-0.5 margin and land the league’s Division One title for 2nd teams. Winning ...

Sue Dewar got the better of vice captain Chris Vickers to win the Singles Knockout Club Trophy in Spalding Golf Club’s ladies’ section. Played in drizzly conditions, Dewar (22 handicap) had to give Vickers (30) eight shots – and it told as the latter was 2up after eight holes. Dewar hit back around the turn with some excellent golf in ...

Gary Palmer sealed the spoils in Spalding Golf Club’s Lincolnshire Free Press Trophy with a sizzling round of nett 67 at Surfleet. Having already shot a nett 71 in his opening round, his second efffort was the best on offer in the strokeplay competition – and gave him an impressive winning tally of 138. Palmer (4 handicap) started the day ...

Some 124 golfers took part in Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s a Crohn’s Charity open day as a whopping £2,014.80 was raised. Tydd’s senior section co-ordinator Brian Shales thanked all for attending the open day, which also made £157 for the British Heart Foundation thanks to the hard work of the members wives, who organised the halfway house. Amazingly, £20,000 ...

Spalding Golf Club’s 2nd team took a giant step towards winning their division of the South Lincolnshire Scratch League following a 5-1 away win against their counterparts at Sleaford. In a good team performance, the winning pairs for Spalding were Mark Mitchell and Mark Dodds (2&1), Jerry Philo and Mark Jones (2up), Phil Tweddell and Paul Johnson (1up), Richard Laud ...

Dave Roberts and Lynn Exley took the spoils at Gedney Hill Golf Club’s Dick Clifton Memorial Trophy. Roberts (41 points) took the spoils in the men’s category ahead of J Smith (38 points) in second and Keith Lawrence (35 points) in third. Exley (30 points) needed countback to edge Diane Moore in second in the ladies’ event, with Jacqui Rust ...

Talented junior member Edward Brand shot a stunning nett 64 to win Spalding Golf Club’s monthly medal competition. In difficult, breezy, conditions 15-year-old Brand (76-12=64) topped the 0-14 handicap category by four strokes at the Surfleet course. Behind him, Chas Lacey (71-3=68) and Chris Moxon (74-6=68) both carding a nett 68, while Keith Hearne (71-2=69) and Carl Sewell (82-13=69) completed ...

Simon Richardson’s rich vein of form continued as the Spalding Golf Club ace won the 2014 Sherwood Forester 36-hole scratch competition. The field at the par-70 Sherwood Forest comprised 50 of the top golfers from the Midlands – with past winners of the competition including Lee Westwood (twice), Oliver Wilson and Spalding’s own James Crampton in 1997. After scoring a ...

A team of ten juniors from Spalding Cycling Club formed two teams at the Heckington Show – and secured fine finishes of second and third. In front of a large crowd, the boys and girls took part in a variety of races against a strong Witham Wheelers contingent on the grass track. With one race for each age group left ...

Tydd St Giles Golf Club skipper Ian Edrupt celebrated his year in office with the annual Captain’s Day match – which raised more than £800. Some 100 members took part in the Stableford event, which was played in glorious sunshine. The impressive amount raised on the day will be presented to a charity of the captain’s choice at the end ...

A superb nett 67 steered Andy Warnes to glory at Spalding Gold Club’s latest monthly medal competition at the Surfleet course. Despite the warm weather and good course conditions, only 21 of the 145 golfers played to par or better. Warnes (72-5=67) was the star turn in the 0-14 handicap section with a round that included a pair of twos ...

Spalding Golf Club has won another county competition – the Sir Henry Lunn Shield. They came out on top of the 19 teams of three, who were representing all of the top clubs in the county. Played at the Surfleet course this year, the Spalding team of John Reynolds (11 handicap), Phil Wakefield (13) and Wayne Wallace (4) lifted this ...

First team player Wayne Wallace produced a stunning Stableford round to take the top prize on Captain’s Day at Spalding Golf Club. Peter Bridge’s competition was played in glorious sunshine, with over 180 men and 15 ladies plotting their way round the Surfleet course. The coveted captain’s prize was won by Wallace (5 handicap) with a superb 45 points – ...

  More than 100 golfers from around the region took part in Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s Senior Open Day event. The Stableford pairs competition, which was played in excellent conditions, saw some very good scores achieved. The overall winners were John Manders (from Ely GC) and Ted Gathercole (Rotherham GC) with a fine 47 points. Tydd’s senior co-ordinator Brian ...

Top trio Elaine Hancock, Dianne Platt and Pat West won Spalding Golf Club’s Lady Captain’s Day competition amid an excellent turnout at the Surfleet course. With the best two scores counting, score of 79 points was good enough to seal their success. Another prize on offer – the nearest the pin on the ninth hole – was won by Angela ...

Stewart Barnett was the pick of the pack at a high quality June Medal event played at Spalding Golf Club last week. The Surfleet course is now at its best and 31 of the 145 golfers played to par or better– with Barnett’s amazing 63 the highlight of the day. Low scores were especially plentiful in the 15-28 handicap category. None ...

Four members from Tydd St Giles Golf club successfully completed the MacMillan Cancer Support ‘Longest Day’ challenge – with just minutes to spare. Mark Whittaker, Malcolm Stead, Ian Edrupt and Neil John scored a total of 340 points over the four rounds, which were played at Tydd St Giles, Sutton Bridge GC, Feltwell GC and The Suffolk Golf and Country ...

Sue Watson got her hands on Spalding Golf Club’s July Medal after getting the better of 35 other members of the ladies’ section. Her winning score of nett 70, which secured a handicap reduction of 1.8 to ensure she is now playing off 19, was two better than anybody else could manage. Second place went to Bev Harpham, whose 72 ...

Tydd St Giles Golf Club’s top team secured an emphatic 5-1 derby win over Gedney Hill in the South Lincolnshire Scratch League. Wins for Malcolm Stead and Linc Gostic won (4&2), Adey Bills and Paul Elsey (4&2), Kevin Goude and Tom Brooks won (6&5), Tim Hines and Dean Wright (1up) and Luke Rowell and Anthony Murphy (5&4) sealed the home ...