Tight finish to historic mixed foursomes open event
There was a close finish to our Broom Memorial Trophy with the top three teams separated by just half a shot.
Richard Irwin and Kelly-Ann Thring emerged victorious in the historic mixed forursomes event which has been running since 1954.
The pair, who are members at Chesterfield Golf Club, scored a nett one-under-par 70.
Heaton Hall members Simon Brown and Jane Brown finished second with a score of 70.5, edging out Alan and Gina Taylor of Chesterfield on countback.
Ian Gretton of Holinwell and partner Sheila Gretton of Notts Ladies won the scratch prize with a score of 80.
Congratulations to all our winners, full details of which can be seen here.
Improved practice facilities set to open
Our improved practice ground facilities will open for use from Monday.
Course Manager Joe Walsh and his greens team have done a fabulous job of developing the area using a £10,000 COVID-19 Support Fund grant we received from the R&A.
The development includes an extension at the practice area’s southern edge, levelling of ground, improvement to drainage, and installation of irrigation. Practice mats will be added for year-round usage.
Designated hitting areas will be roped off so that members can practice safely in an ordered manner.
We were delighted to receive the maximum funding award. Bids totalling £7.2m were submitted with a pot of just £2.55m to be shared.
In awarding the money, the R&A were impressed with the work our club continues to do to attract and maintain members – particularly in our junior and ladies’ sections.
Hold up Rory, Dustin and co – the Chesterfield Golf Club stars are playing first!
Two of our members will tee it up at Royal St George’s just days before the course stages the Open Championship after qualifying to represent England in an international competition.
Bradley Rhodes and Matthew Elks finished in the top two places when we staged a competition in April as part of the R&A’s 9 Hole Challenge.
Their impressive stableford scores of 24 and 23 points bettered those of competitors from scores of other golf clubs across the country and they will now team up to represent England on Saturday – five days before the Open starts on the same course.
Bradley, who has a handicap index of 19.0, and Matthew, who has a handicap index of 13.5, will play holes one, two, nine, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17 and 18 in a competition which includes 42 golfers from six countries.
They’ll be proudly sporting Chesterfield Golf Club shirts when they take to the tee.
Glorious June weather for Gents Open AmAm
The sun shone down on our glorious course and happy golfers enjoyed our hospitality as we welcomed 152 players in our Gents Open AmAm.
Congratulations to our winners:
1st place (84pts) - Andrew Porter, Pete Wigfield, Ben Wilkinson (Tapton) and Tom Kotylo (Hillsborough)
2nd place (83pts) - Robert Mills, Howard Mee, Stephen Winfield and Nick Carroll (Hillsborough)
3rd place (82pts) - Dave Stevenson (City of Wakefield), Simon Brierley (Crossland Heath), Roger Byrne and Dave Lea (City of Wakefield)
4th place (82pts) - Vic Armytage, Ray Tomlinson, Malcolm Pitchforth and Brian Milnes (City of Wakefield)
5th place (82pts) - Shaun Connor, Richard Watson, John Hodgkiss and Nigel Howson (Dore & Totley)
6th place (80pts) - Steve Hurdus, Jason Cartwright, Sylvester Jones and Michael Charles (City of Wakefield)
Well played all! We’ll be in touch with details of your prizes.
We look forward to welcoming you back next time.
Full results can be viewed here.
Successful Staffordshire visitors win in sun-kissed Ladies Open
Our course hosted 84 golfers in glorious weather during our Ladies Open AMAM.
The triumphant team with a score of 88 points were Staffordshire quartet Kay Marshall (Branston GC), Lynne Wooley (Branston GC), Rachel Smith (Branston GC) and Anita Chamberlain (Burton-on-Trent GC).
Other prize winners were:
2nd place – 85pts
Samantha Harben (Hallamshire GC), Wendy Coussens (Hallamshire GC), Fi Pierce (Hallamshire GC) and Marilyn Wadsworth (Hallamshire GC)
3rd place – 80pts
Alison Stacey (Erewash GC), Jill Woodford (Erewash GC), Lorraine Baggs (Erewash GC) and
Andrea Smith (Erewash GC)4th place – 80pts
Jane Moore (Beauchief GC), Karen Dunn (Beauchief GC), Celia Yeardley (Beauchief GC) and
Karen McGuinness (Beauchief GC)Well played! We’ll be in touch with details of your prizes.
Thank you for your support ladies. We look forward to welcoming you back.
Full results can be viewed here.
