2022 Midland Golf Challenge

Midland Golf Challenge 2023

MIDLANDS GOLF CHALLENGE 2023

The weather nearly got the better of us a Kedleston on day one. Despite that, the course and the club came in for high praise from everyone. Some of you even declared it to be your favourite of the tournament!

Little Aston maintained it’s high quality presentation of this classic Harry Colt course with very fast greens and outstanding service in the clubhouse.

Another brilliant addition to the event was Sherwood Forest - a very stern test of heathland golf if ever there was one. The course was beautifully presented and the service in the clubhouse was very good (I had one of the best omelettes I can remember.)

Day one and two were dominated by Welshman Wynne Walters (9.0) and Mike Brady (5.7) who were leading the field with 91 points. Their Yorkshire playing partners on the first two days said that they played steady, solid golf on both days. Although they were not in the prizes on day three, they still managed a creditable 43 points to take overall first prize.

Wynne Walters made a very humble acceptance speech saying that he had played in this event for many years and never managed a previous finish higher that 20th.

A notable perfect tee shot on the 15th at Sherwood, produced yet another hole-in-one for Sicklehome Golf Club’s Andy Naylor (11.3). In true Yorkshire benevolence Andy bought two packets of dry roasted peanuts and put them on the bar for all to enjoy.

Everyone enjoyed themselves, much fun was had by all and much beer consumed too. I hope to see as many of you as possible at next year’s event which I hope to finalise in August.

Many thanks for your support

Tony.

Pos.	Team	Total Points	R1	R2	R3
1	Wynne Walters / Mike Brady	134	46	45	43
2	James McCarron / Steve Shaw	130	44	40	46
3	David Elliott / Steve Smedley	127	42	42	43
4	Colin Simmons / Andrew Beech	124	43	42	39
5	Kevin Ward / Marcus Reader	123	37	39	47
6	Philip Truelove / Tony Burgess	123	42	38	43
7	Paul Robinson / Dave Waldron-Kelly	122	41	40	41
8	Martin Crosthwaite / Andrew Naylor	122	41	39	42
9	Steven Atkinson / Andy Earl	121	41	38	42
10	Lee Hayes / Mark Geal	121	41	40	40
11	Mark Cooley / Keith Hearne	120	36	41	43
12	Chris Kinson / Philip Steer	118	40	34	44
13	John Avill / Jonathan Avill	118	42	37	39
14	Dean Wright / Nick Dymond	117	37	39	41
15	Gary Hobbs / Frank Baptiste	117	41	40	36
16	Charles Waldron-Kelly / John Nightingale	117	39	36	42
17	Rob Horton / Brendon Moss	116	37	41	38
18	Charlie Insley / Alistair Haslam	115	39	41	35
19	Mark Norcliffe / Andrew Dawson	115	38	36	41
20	Anthony Green / David Taylor	115	40	38	37
21	Nigel Wensley / Ray Smart	115	38	37	40
22	Mike Molesworth / John Daly	113	41	34	38
23	Steve Marshall / Gavin Weeks	113	35	41	37
24	David Benbow / Stephen Turner	112	39	36	37
25	Mark Sheppey / Steve Barns	112	39	38	35
26	Andrew Nicholls / Hywel Benjamin	111	36	36	39
27	Lee Moran / Columb Harrington	111	34	42	35
28	Rob Proctor / Alan Weaser	111	39	38	34
29	Mark Anstey / John Siddall	110	41	31	38
30	Jeremy Richards / John Baillie	109	38	35	36
31	Charlie Knight / Dave Walton	108	36	35	37
32	Sean Kilgarriff / Grant Moyes	108	37	35	36
33	Kirk Dyson / Paul Hardcastle	107	37	34	36
34	Ian Barber / Denzil Allan	107	41	33	33
35	Steve Bradley / Graham Lunn	106	40	34	32
36	Mark Palmer / Mark Wilson	106	35	36	35
37	Nick Oatridge / William Graham	104	36	36	32
38	Colin Lewis / Anthony Cairns	104	32	38	34
39	Geoff Fox / Ian McMeeking	103	34	31	38
40	Pranjit Bhattacharyya / Ian Lockwood	102	29	36	37
41	Peter Livett / Geoff Berry	101	32	28	41
42	Jon Naseby / Will Rawbon	101	34	31	36
43	Wayne Brackstone / Laurence Hopper	101	36	32	33
44	Andy Startin / Lee Finlayson	100	33	36	31
45	Paul Lester / Simon Woolley	98	32	33	33
46	Wayne Nelson / Steve Smart	90	30	30	30
47	Pat Deane / Joe Hester	90	30	32	28
48	Lyle Finlay / Peter Jordan	90	35	27	28
49	Nick Wilson / Michael Blakey	89	29	28	32
50	Terry Gateley / David Fulcher	79	40		39
51	Richard Pearson / John Lamb	70	21	27	22
52	Andy Parker / Mark Everton	44			44
53	Nick Green / Richard Bates	30		30