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1/10/2011
Jack Cardy wins the President and Captain Salver
Jack Cardy of Hintlesham is this years winner of the President and Captain salver. He achieved a score of 33 points with County Captain, David Quinney second on 26 points.
For full details click here
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24/9/2011
IPSWICH WIN STENSON SHIELD
Ipswich Golf Club defeated Hintlesham 6.5 to 5.5 in a close match played in excellent conditions at Woodbridge Golf Club.
Click here to see full match results
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15/9/2011
ROOKERY PARK RETAIN PARKS TROPHY
Rookery Park retained the Parks Trophy with a 3 hole victory over near neighbours Gorleston. The match was played at Halesworth.
Click for match scores
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14/9/2011
COTTRELL IS WINNER OF SUFFOLK ORDER OF MERIT 2011
Josh Cottrell of Ipswich secured the Order of Merit title for 2011 by shooting the lowest gross score in the Coronation Cup at Felixstowe Ferry.
With only 1 qualifying event remaining he has an unassailable lead on 40 points with his nearest challenger Nathan Overton of Hintlesham on 23.5 points.
The remaining event is the Duncan Masters which is to be held at Fynn Valley on 2nd October 2011.
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13/9/2011
SUFFOLK MID-AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP- CANCELLED
Regretably it has again been necessary to cancel the above event as, despite extending the closing date for entries, we still have only 9 entries.
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HAMBRO CUP WINNERS 2011- SOUTHWOLD
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Back row (from left): Conrad Swan (club captain), Alex
Taylor, Darren Jordan, Mike Rees (SGU president), Russell Palmer, Paul
Booth, Jeremy Turner. Front: Tom Kirtley, Paul Sherwood (team captain) and
Dave Bullard.
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11/9/2011
SOUTHWOLD ARE HAMBRO CUP WINNERS
Southwold won the Hambro Cup for the first time defeating Waldringfield by 4 holes at Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club.
Southwold led by 7 holes at lunch and whilst Waldringfield were able to reduce arrears in the afternoon they were unable to fully bridge the gap.
Mike Bailey and Steve Creasey recorded a good win for Waldringfield over Alex Taylor and Paul Sherwood beating them by 8 holes on the day,whilst Tom Kirtley and David Bullard were Southwold winners by 9 holes.
Click here for full scores
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(Back row, left to right) Martin Smedley, John Williams, James Douglas-Hamilton (Captain), Mark Linney and Ian Brown. (Front row left to right) Steve Livermore, Paul Doughty, Steven Locke, Andy Hunt and Nick Barker.
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11/9/2011
FELIXSTOWE FERRY WIN TOLLY COBBOLD CUP
Felixstowe Ferry won the Tolly Cobbold Cup defeating Woodbridge, the holders, in the final played at Aldeburgh Golf Club.
At lunch Felixstowe had a slim one hole lead despite the Woodbridge pair of Malcolm Crissell and Peter Hewitt recording a 9 hole win.
Crissell and Hewitt were again the only Woodbridge winners in the afternoon with Felixstowe increasing their winning margin to 8 holes.
Click for full scores
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7/9/2011
STOWMARKET WIN THE BEAUMONT TROPHY
The Beaumont Trophy final was played today at Brett Vale Golf Club (last year's winners) and resulted in a 3 hole victory for Stowmarket over Ufford Park.
For full match details click here
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Jon Marks receiving the Geoffrey Barnard Bowl from Stowmarket Captain James Lewis (left) and Suffolk President, Michael Rees (right)
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6/9/2011
MARKS IS SENIORS CHAMPION
County Seniors Captain Jon Marks, Woodbridge, won the Suffolk Seniors Championship at Stowmarket with a round of 76.
The competition was played in dreadful conditions hence the higher than usual scores seen with only 6 players breaking 80.
The runner up was Charlie Woods, also Woodbridge, with 77 beating Andy Ball of Bury St Edmunds and Peter Wood of Ipswich on count back.
Age Group prizes went to Keith Hayward of Ipswich 55 to 61 with 80 net 74, Ian Wheeldon of Ufford Park with 80 net 70 and Colin Firmin of Ipswich who took the 70+ prize with 84 net 73.
The Michael Thomas Trophy for the best team (3 scores to count) was won by the Woodbridge trio of Jon Marks 76, Charlie Woods 77 and B Smith 81-total 234.
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6/9/2011
Suffolk completed their Anglian League fixtures on Sunday with the first team taking on Cambrdigeshire at Saffron Walden and earning a 6-6 draw.
As a result Suffolk finished 3rd in the table on 5 points. The title went to Northamptonshire who achieved a 100% record finishing on 10 points.
The 2nd team entertained Cambridgeshire 2nd's at Hintlesham and took the opportunity to blood several younsters. However, they went down by 2.5 to 9.5 finishing 5th in the table on 2 points.
Northamptonshire capped a fine year by also taking the second team title on 8 points.
click here for team match details and final tables
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STENSON FINAL TO BE BETWEEN IPSWICH AND HINTLESHAM
The semi-finals were completed at the weekend with Ipswich beating Woodbridge (holders) 7-5 at Rookery Park and Hintlesham overcoming Newton Green 8-4 at Bury St Edmunds.
The final will be played on Saturday 24th September 2011 at Woodbridge Golf Club.
click to see full results
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26/8/2011
Rookery Park to play Gorleston in Parks Trophy Final
The semi-finals of the Parks Trophy were completed yesterday with Gorleston securing a 4 hole win over Brett Vale at Stowmarket.
Rookery Park (holders) had previously reached the final with a 13 hole win over Fynn Valley at Diss.
The final will be played at Halesworth Golf Club on Thursday 15th September -tee-off at 1.30pm
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26/8/2011
Ufford Park to play stowmarket in Beaumont Trophy Final
Ufford Park reached the final of the Beaumont Trophy with a 2 hole win over Rushmere at Stowmarket yesterday.
They will meet Stowmarket in the final who had previously defeated Hintlesham by 8 holes at Diss last week.
The final will be played at Brett Vale Golf Club (holders) on 7th September 2011 with a 12 noon tee-off.
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SPRAGGS RETAINS SUFFOLK OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
14/15 August
The Suffolk Open Championship was held at Halesworth Golf Club and attracted a field of 58 golfers of which 19 were PGA professionals.
18 holes were played on day one with the field reduced to the top 40 scores + ties. 44 players progressed with scores ranging from 68 (-4) to 79 (+7) The leader was Patrick Spraggs of Stowmarket closely followed by Josh Cottrell, Ipswich 69 with Alex Taylor, Southwold, Danny Western, Gorleston Harry Mills pro-Haverhill and Andrew Robinson, pro Lowestoft Driving Range all on 70.
The morning round of day 2 saw Jack Cardy, Hintlesham shoot a 69 and take the lead on 140 from Cottrell 141 (72) and Spraggs 142 (74)
Some extremely good scores were recorded in the afternoon with Chris Soanes, Rookery Park, equalling the course record, held by Ali Hall, of 67 , Richard Davies the Halesworth Professional a 68 and Ali Hall, Bungay and Woodbridge pro James Peasey 69's.
However, Spraggs was not to be outdone and achieved a new course record of 65 in retaining his title on 207 -7 shots clear of second place Josh Cottrell who added a 73 to finish on 214.
Full results
The top 5 prizes wnet to amateurs with Harry Mills of Haverhill being the best placed professional in 8th place on 217.
The Suffolk President, Mike Rees, praised the course which was in excellent condition and had received rich praise from all participants. Halesworth Golf Club will host the Suffolk Amateur Championship in 2012.
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26/7/2011
Suffolk Seniors travelled to Newmarket to take part in a triangular tournament with Norfolk and Cambridgeshire.
The match format was 11 holes greensome am and 18 holes greensome pm played in groups of 3 pairs, 6 pairs per County.
Suffolk emerged as the winning County, having two pairs undefeated on the day. Full match results can be seen under "seniors"
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11/7/2011
Suffolk Seniors travelled to Wellingborough to take on Northants.
Northants are currently enjoying a successful spell of senior golf having qualified for the Seniors County Finals last year as winners of the Midland Region. The Wellingborough course, which had several blind holes, gave the home side a considerable advantage. However, the Suffolk team put up an extremely creditable performance eventually losing by 8 holes.
Although all 5 pairings lost, 3 matches resulted in narrow 1 hole wins for the home team.
Individual pairs results can be seen under Seniors.
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9/7/2011
The English Men's County Championship, South East Group Qualifying took place at Ashridge Golf Club, Hertfordshire.
Suffolk had a somewhat disappointing morning collectively returning a score of 36 over par which saw them languish in 10th place of 11 competing Counties. Patrick Spraggs, Stowmarket, however recorded a round of 69- 3 under par.
The afternoon saw a complete reversal with Suffolk returning a 7 under par total. Spraggs again 66 (-6) and Will Wright, Aldeburgh, 67 (-5) being the main contributors. However, this only enabled them to finish 9th overall.
The event was won by Surrey, who progress to the County Finals, with a total of 7 under par.
There was some consolation for Suffolk as Patrick Spraggs, pictured below, had the best individual score. This achievement grants Patrick automatic entry into next years Brabazon Trophy.
Other Team members scores were as follows;
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80 |
72 |
152 |
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74 |
153 |
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76 |
156 |
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72 |
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5/7/2011
Suffolk seniors took part in the EGU South East Group qualifier at Bedford & County to determine which County from Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire would progress to the final to be held in Essex later in the year.
The semi-final draw saw Suffolk matched against Cambs. The match ended in a draw with Suffolk progressing on count back.
The other semi-final saw Norfolk defeat Bedfordshire 4-1.
The final was a very close affair with Norfolk inflicting defeat on Suffolk at the final hole in the last match.
Suffolk results are shown under Seniors.
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5/7/2011
The Dell Bower SPGA Trainees Championship was held at Hintlesham with Andrew Kirk the winner with 72-72 from Chris Smith 76-71 and Harry Mills 79-73.
A number of invited amateurs also participated with the handicap winner Toby Spink on 140 on countback from Phil Westley and Jack Cardy. Josh Cottrell was 4th on 141.
Calvin Sherwood had an excellent afternoon round recording a net 66.
Dell Bower, President of Suffolk PGA and tournament sponsor hosted an excellent luncheon for members of his PGA committee and Suffolk Golf Union, throughly enjoyed by all.
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1/3 July 2011.
The English Golf Union held the English Mens Open Mid-Amateur Championship for the Logan Trophy at Ipswich Golf Club this week.
An initial field of 132 players over the age of 35 and with a maximum handicap of 5 was reduced to 45 and ties (48 in total) for the final round played today-Sunday.
After 36 holes Danny Curtis from Knole Park Golf Club held the lead on -5 closely followed by Neill Williams -4 and several players between -1 and 2/3 over par.
The final round produced a course record of 64 from Steven Graham, Littlehampton Golf Club which catapulted him up the leaderboard finishing on -4.
However, Neill Williams, Walton Heath, produced a round of 68 to take the title on -7. Richard Latham, Woodhall Spa took 3rd place on level par whilst the overnight leader-Curtis could only manage a 78 and slipped to 5th place.
The best placed Suffolk player was Steve Crosby on 5 over par.
The trophy was presented by the president of the English Golf Union, Anthony Abraham.
In a short address the President thanked Ipswich Golf Club for hosting the event and presenting the course in such an excellent condition. The help and assistance given by the club was outstanding.
Tony Moran had arranged a squad of course helpers, undertaking ball spotting etc, totalling in excess of 50 which is not commonly seen at such events.
The picture below shows the President of The English Golf Union presenting the Logan Trophy to the winner Neill Williams.
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19/6/2011
Jack Cardy (Hintlesham) became the Suffolk Matchplay Champion (Presidents Mashie) defeating Ben Wallis (Rookery Park) 6 & 5 in the final which was played at Hintlesham Golf Club.
Full results under Presidents Mashie.
The picture below shows Phil Platten, Championship secretary, Jack Cardy, Mike Rees County President and Ben Wallis.
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15/6/2011
Suffolk Seniors, under the captaincy of Jon Marks, took part in the English Seniors County Championship South East Group qualifying at Mentmore, Buckinghamshire. The team, pictured below, achieved a creditable 6th place in what is an extremely strong group. Full results can be seen under seniors.
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OVERTON IS 2011 SUFFOLK AMATEUR CHAMPION |
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Suffolk President, Michael Rees (left) presenting the Suffolk Amateur Championship Trophy to Nathan Overton of Hintlesham Golf Club.
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12/6/2011
The Suffolk Amateur Championship was held at Hintlesham Golf Club and attracted a field of 71 players with handicaps of 6 or better.
The morning round saw 2 players, both juniors, Sam Jaggard (Rookery Park) and Chris Vince (Ipswich) return 70's , the Hintlesham course par being 72, whilst Nathan Overton (Hintlesham) carded a 69 and Adrian Meredith (Hintlesham) a 68.
In the afternoon conditions deteriorated with the early starters having the best of the conditions. Sam Debenham (Hintlesham) recorded a 70 which saw him take an early lead which he held until Overton returned a 73. Meredith could manage no better than 77 whilst James Reiss (Aldeburgh) added a 70 to his morning 77.
Conditions continue to worsen with heavy rain leaving the greens virtually unplayable. Indeed the competition would not have been completed without the efforts of the Hintlesham greenkeeper and County President, Mike Rees.
Unfortunately the adverse conditions were mainly responsible for Suffolk Junior Chris Vince dropping 3 shots over the closing 3 holes and carding a 73 for a total of 143- one shot worse than the eventual worth winner Nathan Overton.
T Titcombe, a 5 handicapper from Bury St Edmunds, took the all day handicap prize recording scores of 73 gross- net 68 and 76 gross-net 71 on 139 from 2 players on 140 - Jaggard (Rookery Park) and Chris Wright (Bury St Edmunds)
The Champion Team with a total score of 430, 12 better than Ipswich who finished second, was Hintlesham, Overton 142, Debenham 143 and Meredith 145. They will go to Scarcroft, Leeds later in the year and represent Suffolk in the national finals.
Nathan Overton will also represent Suffolk at the County Champions tournament which is to be held at Woodhall Spa in mid September.
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County President, Michael Rees, with the winning Champion Club Team 2011, Hintlesham Golf Club. Sam Debenham, Adrian Meredith and Nathan Overton.
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5/6/2011
Suffolk entertained Northants at Diss in an Anglian League match, the visitors winning 7-5. In the 2nd Team fixture Northants recorded a 9- 3 win.
Individual results under Anglian League.
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3/6/2011
Suffolk Juniors competed in the EGU South East 6 man team qualifying at Blackmoor Golf Club, Hampshire on Wednesday and, considering the strength of the opposition finished in a creditable 8th place.
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Josh Cottrell 144
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729 |
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729 |
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732 |
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17/05/2011
Suffolk took part this weekend in the Eastern Counties Foursomes at Seacroft, Skegness. After a somewhat slow start when they lost to Northants 1-4 they rallied to finish in a creditable 5th place. Full results below.
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EASTERN COUNTIES 4/SOMES -SEACROFT
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Collett and Hall
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Ali Hall and Andy Collett
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Won 3-2
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Lincolnshire
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Leicestershire
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Bedford
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8/5/2011
Suffolk Teams opened the Anglian League season with fine wins. The first team defeating Norfolk at Thetford 8 1/2 to 3 1/2 with the 2nd team winning against Norfolk at Stowmarket by 8 to 4. (Full match scores shown under Anglian League)
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1/5/2011
The Suffolk Amateur Foursomes Championship was held at Bungay and Waveney Valley Golf Club attracting a field of 46 pairs.
Although bright and sunny a strong wind,coupled with hard ground, due to lack of any substantial rainfall for over 4 weeks,made conditions extremely difficult and this was reflected in the scores where no one was able to break par.
The morning round saw David Quinney and Chris Vince( Haverhill and Ipswich) record a good 70 followed closely by Jack Cardy and Phil Westley(Hintlesham) 72 and David James and Danny Western(Gorleston) 73.
The wind in the afternoon was stronger in view of which the score of 71 carded by Jimmy Price and Billy Macleod (Felixstowe Ferry) was remarkable and gave them a total score of 147 (am 76) this being good enough to move them into 2nd place overall.
Quinney and Vince carded an afternoon round of 76 for a total of 146 and victory by 1 shot.
Suffolk Seniors Champion, Roger Taylor and partner Stephen Whymark had rounds of 75 and 75 to take 3rd place from Cardy and Westley 72 and 79.
Youngsters Danny Perring and Josh Manser (Gorleston) took the overall nett prize with 155 gross-147 nett.
The picture below shows the winners Quinney and Vince pictured with the Suffolk President, Michael Rees, and Brian Richardson, Captain of Bungay and Waveney Valley Golf Club.
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An Am-Am is to be held at Felixstowe Ferry Golf Club on Friday 14th October 2011 to raise funds for the development of Junior Golf in Suffolk- Full details can be found under entry forms.
PLEASE SUPPORT THIS EVENT
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17/4/2011
A Suffolk County team was entertained at Rushmere by a team of Suffolk Professionals. In a good workout, before commencing Anglian League fixtures on 8th May, the County team prevailed by 7 holes on Hambro scoring. The match gave the Suffolk captain, David Quinney, the opportunity to assess the capabilities of some of his younger squad players who aquitted themselves extremely well.
Match results- Professionals names first.
Kevin Earp and Danny Barton halved with Chris Soanes and Ben Wallis
Kelvin Vince and Frank Hill halved with Chris Vince and Jack Cardy
Robin Mann and Tony Dobson lost to Josh Cottrell and Rodrey Harston 2 holes
Paul Wilby and Ollie Rush lost to Andy Collett and Nathan Overton 5 holes
Thanks to Rushmere for use of the course and Tony Garnett for arranging the match and providing an excellent buffet afterwards.
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14/4/2011
Suffolk Juniors entertained Essex at Haverhill. The under 16's were narrowly beaten 3.5 to 2.5 whilst the under 18's lost 6-3.
The under 18 Team Manager, Trevor Mason, pointed out that the match was played off scratch and the Essex boys enjoyed considerably lower handicaps than that of his Suffolk side.
In the morning 4/somes Jaggard and Mummery were 3 up with 4 to play but had to eventually settle for a half, their opponents finishing with eagle,birdie, par, birdie against birdie, par, par, par.
Mummery again suffered in the afternoon singles with his opponent standing 5 under par when the match finished on the 12th hole.
Match scores are shown under the Junior section.
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14/4/2011
Suffolk Seniors lost another close match at Langdon Hills Golf Club where Essex achieved a 7-5 victory. Individual results under Seniors.
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4/4/2011
Suffolk Seniors entertained Kent in a friendly match at Aldeburgh and lost narrowly by 6 points to 5. Please see full results under seniors.
11/4/2011
In a later match, played as 4 ball matchplay, at Waldringfield against Suffolk Lady seniors the men triumphed by 13 holes on Hambro scoring despite giving full handicap difference.
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27/3/2011
The first Order of Merit competition, The Rushmere Vase, was held at Rushmere on Sunday with Glen Goldsmith (Rushmere) retaining the trophy which he won in 2010.
Nathan Overton (Hintlesham) recorded the best gross score 137 with rounds of 70 and 67 from Chris Soanes (Rookery Park) 70,69 and James Wright (Rushmere) 69,70 on 139.
The picture below shows Glen Goldsmith (left) and Nathan Overton (right) receiving their respective trophies from Rushmere Captain Steve Auld.
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25 March 2011
The Annual General Meeting of Suffolk Golf Union was held at Ufford Park Golf Club.
The day commenced with a Greensome Stableford golf competition for the President’s Tankard which was won by Adrian Pilcher and Nick Barker of Mediterranean Shipping , sponsors of Suffolk Junior Golf with a score of 40 points. Second on countback, from two other pairs, were Tony Tyrrell and Donald Munro of Fynn Valley Golf Club.
Chris Soanes, Rookery Park, received both the Order of Merit Trophy for his performances during ranking events in 2010 and a new trophy presented to the player who achieved the most points when representing his County side.
The Winstanley Trophy was this year awarded to Tony Garnett in recognition of his many years of first class reporting of County golf events.
23 clubs were represented at the meeting and their representatives, Past Presidents, SGU committee members and guests were welcomed by the Captain of Ufford Park, Howard Easton.
Charlie Wilderspin and Geoff Henney were re-elected as Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer respectively whilst Mike Stevenson was elected as Chair of Suffolk Junior Golf in replacement of David Houston who decided to stand down after many years of excellent service to the County.
Bill Darling (Stowmarket) was re-elected to the Executive Committee with Tony Tyrrell of Fynn Valley replacing Chris Bushell who also decided not to seek re-election after many years of excellent service to the County, primarily in a course rating role where he is acknowledged as being somewhat of an expert.
Minutes of proceedings will be forwarded to all club secretaries in due course.
Thanks were expressed to Ufford Park for the provision of their facilities and the excellent service which their staff provided , which included a superb lunch.
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Sunday 23 March- Suffolk Men entertained Suffolk Ladies in their annual match at Royal Worlington.
Results in a keenly fought match were as follows:-
Ben Wallis and Chris Soanes halved with Amanda Norman and Vicki Inglis
Dave Quinney and Chris Vince lost to Lizzie Laflin and Sarah Saggers 1 down
Andy Collett and Ally Hall beat Helen Bray and Tracey Read 4 up
Josh Cottrell and Nathan Overton beat Charlie Demonsing and Lotti Edmunds 4 up
Overall a win for Suffolk Men by 7 holes
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4th February 2011
Mid Amateur Golf
A new website has been launched which aims to be the UK's main portal for information relating to Mid Age and Mid Amateur Championships and competitions. For further information go to www.midamgolf.co.uk
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14th January 2011
Updated Fixtures for 2011.
The latest fixture list for 2011 has just been published. It includes most County Men’s, Juniors’ and Seniors’ venues and dates plus HambroTollyStenson dates etc. To check out what is on and where in Suffolk Golf, click here
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30th October 2010.
Suffolk Juniors complete their season at Ipswich Golf Club
Suffolk Junior Golf rang down the curtain on its championship programme with the County’s Junior Foursomes decided at Purdis Heath Golf Club on Wednesday last. For further details click here
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26th October 2010
Suffolk Junior Order of Merit decided at Newton Green Junior Open
For further details of the closing event, click here. The full Junior Order of Merit listing can be viewed by clicking here.
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24th October 2010.
Soanes is Suffolk Order of Merit Champion
With the final event of the series at Bungay & Waveney Valley cancelled due to insufficient entries, Chris Soanes (Rookery Park) has been declared the winner of this year’s competition.
A tense finish was in store at Bungay, with Hintlesham's Phil Westley just 1½ points behind the leader but the decision not to run the event left Soanes as the outright winner.
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Sunday, 19th September 2010.
 Hambro and Tolly Cobbold Finals decided
At Stowmarket today the two remaining County Match Play competitions were decided.
In the Hambro Cup, Felixstowe Ferry overcame a 6-hole deficit at lunchtime to record victory by 7 holes overall against The Suffolk.
Mark Fosker and Jamie Wilson who had lost by four holes in the morning won by nine holes in the afternoon to secure the victory.
Felixstowe Ferry: Matt Stockdale and Jimmy Price (+3), Neil Meadows and Mel Pipe, Captain (-2), Mark Fosker and Jamie Wilson (+1), Billy Macleod and Nigel Fosker (+5)
 The Suffolk: Paul Pearce and Mark Henfield (-3), Chris Tate and Richard Tungate (+2), Gary Last and Ian Stark (-11), Adam Trett and Doug Frew (+5)
Woodbridge won the Tolly Cobbold final by sixteen holes, having built a commanding lead by nine holes at lunch.
Woodbridge: Gary Summers and Jamie Summers (+2), Matt Mann and Tristan Finbow
(-1), Tim Killingback and John West (+9), Paul Finbow and Jasper Johnson (+6)
Waldringfield: Jonathan West and Kevin Carver, Alan Pryke and Kyle Proctor, Len Rivers and Dan Crown, Dave Clark and Mick Pryke
For the full seasons results, click Hambro or Tolly Cobbold.
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Thursday, 16th September 2010.
Rookery Park capture the Parks Trophy
 On a blustery day, Rookery Park won a tense and narrow victory against Woodbridge at Purdis Heath yesterday to take the Parks Trophy for the first time.
David Porter, standing in for indisposed team Captain Mike Rees, partnered Chris Lay in the opening game and the pair delivered a 5-holes victory over Geoff Sheldrake and Malcolm Crissell to get Rookery Park off to a good start.
However, Woodbridge hit back, taking the next two games.
Woodbridge’s Chris Ginn and John McIven were made to fight all the way by Andy Crisp and Bob Barnes, winning by just one hole to reduce the deficit to four.
Woodbridge followed up with a 7-holes win in game three, Dick Barton and Barry Smith getting the better of Rookery’s stand-in Captain Gerry Moore and Glen Kemp, giving Woodbridge a lead of 3 holes.
Brian Jillings and Ralph Flatt stood firm for Rookery Park in game four to win by 5 holes against George Courtney and Nick Leek to give their team victory by just two holes.
The match was played in an excellent spirit
Presenting the prizes, Suffolk Vice-President Ron Kent congratulated Rookery Park and suggested that, despite Woodbridge’s second defeat in the Parks final in three years, the club could at least take consolation in having already won the Stenson Shield and were due to appear in the final of the Tolly Cobbold Cup on Sunday next.
He spoke of the competition’s founder Maurice Parks’ foresight in recognising the growing force of senior golfers in the present-day golfing community and expressed everyone’s disappointment that Mike Rees could not be present but wished him a very speedy recovery.
Rookery Park, top left and left to right: Chris Lay, David Porter, Andy Crisp, Bob Barnes, Gerry Moore (Captain), Glen  Kemp, Brian Jillings, Ralph Flatt and John Pawsey (seniors captain).
Woodbridge, lower right and left to right: Geoff Sheldrake, Malcolm Crissell, Chris Ginn, John McIven, Dick Barton, Barry Smith, George Courteney, Nick Leek and Brian Harmer (Captain).
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12th September 2010.
Clean sweep for Hintlesham trio at Fynn Valley
 The Duncan Masters, one of the Suffolk Amateur Order of Merit competitions, saw Hintlesham players taking the first three places at Fynn Valley Golf Club today.
Nathan Overton, currently off +1, continued his recent impressive form winning the event with a gross 141 and duly being presented with the coveted Green Blazer by Fynn Valley Captain Peter McCartney (left).
Phil Westley, off 1 and one of the most consistent players in the County squad this year, finished three shots away in second place, thereby moving him into second place in the Order of Merit, just 1½ points behind leader Chris Soanes (Rookery Park), with just one event to be played. 
To see the latest updated table, click here.
The third Hintlesham member, Jack Cardy, also off 1, returned a 36-hole score of 146 to finish third.
Our picture (right) shows Phil Westley, Nathan Overton and Jack Cardy enjoying a cool drink after their second round
The handicap section was won by Fynn Valley’s Paul Gray with a net 141, playing off 11 handicap.
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11th September 2010
Brett Vale win first County Trophy
 Brett Vale won the Beaumont Trophy at Bungay and Waveney Valley Golf Club on Thursday, beating Ipswich Golf Club by 3 holes. It is the first County Trophy to be won by the Suffolk Club.
Suffolk President Mike Rees was on hand to get the matches under way.
Brig Archer and Brian Banks lost their match to Frank Mansfield and Jack Greenway 5 down but the two middle games put Brett Vale 3 holes ahead.
Danny Lumley and Barry Purse beat Richard Mason and Arthur Lilley 3 up and Terry Bright and Peter Bennett reversed the first match result beating Colin Potten and Richard Coleman by 5.
Alan Evans and Brendan Carragher ensured the Trophy made its way to Brett Vale, halving the fourth match with Roger Tibble and Alfred Reeve.
In the inaugural year of the competition, Ray Beaumont, who donated the Trophy and is a keen supporter of Seniors Golf was at Bungay to present the Trophy to the winners. Ray is also President of Bungay and Waveney Valley Golf Club.
Our picture shows the winning team, (left to right) Brendan Carragher, Jim Stewart (non-playing Captain), Peter Bennett, Terry Bright, Barry Purse, Brig Archer, Ray Beaumont, Brian Banks, Ken Burbridge (reserve), Alan Evans and Danny Lumley.
Suffolk Golf Union would like to thank Tony Garnett who generously provided the photograph.
For the full season's results, click here.
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Tuesday, 7th September 2010.
Taylor takes Suffolk seniors title.
 Roger Taylor (Aldeburgh), new to the Seniors ranks this year, took the Suffolk Seniors Champioship at Haverhill on Tuesday but it was a close run thing, beating Ricky Ling (Rushmere) on countback. Both players returned a three over par score of 73.
A field of 51 cut up badly, as is often the case with this competition, with four withdrawals and one no-show creating five pairs on the course, never a welcome experience among a field of three balls.
Everyone who played was full of praise for the course set up by Head Greenkeeper Glenn Norris and his team, one competitor claiming the greens were the best he’d ever played on!
For the second time this year, Suffolk used its HandicapMaster software to produce the results and to upload them to the Central Database of Handicaps. This should mean that clubs should be able to post any handicap changes without having to wait for competitors to advise an “away” score.
 The Michael Thomas Trophy, for the club with the best three gross scores was won by Haverhill, scores from Eamon Barham (76) Gerry Scott (76) and Dennis Harkness (79) proving two shots too good for frequent past winners Woodbridge.
Photography after the competition proved difficult for both photographers and photographed who wewre forced to take shelter under a giant umbrella as the rain had begun to lash down.
For the full gross scores from the competition, click here.
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Monday, 30th August 2010. 08.00 am
Rushmere win the Junior Handicap Cup. For further details, click here.
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 22nd August 2010. 21.30pm
Double joy for Spraggs
At Hintlesham Golf Club today, Stowmarket amateur Patrick Spraggs added the Suffolk Open Championship to his Suffolk Amateur Championship victory at Purdis Heath in June.
Patrick needed a birdie at the closing hole to overhaul Fynn Valley’s Jamie Abbott, the Suffolk Open Champion in 2005 and a recent qualifier for the British Open. His score of 205 over the 54 holes was just good enough to take the title by one shot from Abbott.
Paul Barnard (Ipswich), a regular high finisher in Suffolk events, finished in third place on 209 with 2009 dual Champion Scott Brace one shot further away in fourth.
Tim Cooper, Professional at Newton Green, was best of four competitors finishing on 211.
For the full 2010 Open Championship scores, click here
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 Monday 23rd August 2010. 21.15 hours
Cottrell takes junior match play title
Josh Cottrell (Ipswich) won an exciting battle against Suffolk Junior Strokeplay Champion Mark Fosker (Felixstowe Ferry) to win the Suffolk Junior Match Play Championship at Waldringfield this afternoon.
In a match liberally studded with excellent golf shots from both players, Fosker went ahead at the first hole only to be reined back to level at the second. Cottrell won the par three third but was never more than one hole ahead until the 14th hole.
Then, with Fosker perhaps feeling the effects of the 54 holes played in the Open Championship at Hintlesham the previous two days, Cottrell eventually drew clear to win by 2 and 1 at the 17th hole.
Suffolk President, Mike Rees, who refereed the game, congratulated both players on some sparkling golf and a match played in a tremendous spirit. It brought great credit to the players and to Suffolk Junior Golf.
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Friday, 13th August 2010. 17.30 hours
Junior Match Play victim of storms
With the afternoon final of the Suffolk Junior Match Play competition just about to commence, a severe storm broke over Waldringfield Golf Club, forcing the Union to abandon the match between 17-year old Josh Cottrell (Ipswich) and Mark Fosker (Felixstowe Ferry), aged 16.
Cottrell had reached his first final in this competition beating local player Kyle Proctor by 8 and 6. Proctor, aged 14 and playing off 9 handicap, put up a brave performance against Cottrell who plays off scratch. In the other match, 15-years old Sam Truman (Woodbridge) was unable to reproduce the birdie barrage which swept James Markham (Rushmere) out of the competition the previous day, and was beaten by Fosker,who plays off 3, by 4 and 3.
The final will now be re-arranged, taking into account the busy schedule of junior golf events and the players concerned in the coming weeks. The date and venue will be announced as soon as possible.
For full 2010 results, click here.
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 Sunday, 15th August 2010. 10.00am
Woodbridge win Stenson Shield
Woodbridge won the Stenson Shield for the second time in the competition’s history by beating a gallant Rookery Park team by 7 matches to 5. After the match, Woodbridge Team Captain, Gary Seaman , paid tribute to his team which played every round away from home.
It was not the best of starts to the match for Rookery Park when the coach bringing the team and several supporters broke down at Martlesham. The team had to be ferried in by a flotilla of cars and a mini-bus so that the match could get under way.
The morning foursomes proved decisive, Woodbridge winning three of the four games, although Rookery Park hit back in the afternoon to take four of the eight singles, two of the matches only being decided in favour of Woodbridge over the closing holes.
The Competition was started in 1985 by Mr. Stenson , the owner of Thorpeness Golf Club and was at first an invitational event. It was subsequently handed over to the Suffolk Golf Union which has run it since.
Woodbridge won in 1987 but has had to wait another 23 years for the second victory. Rookery Park won three times, in 1989, 1993 and 1997.
Suffolk Golf Union Vice-President, Ron Kent, who presented the awards, congratulated both sides for an excellent match and for winning through to the final of the scratch competition, bearing in mind the wealth of golfing talent in the County of Suffolk now.
For the full season’s Stenson Shield results, click here.
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 Friday, 6th August 2010. 13.00 hours
Fosker is Suffolk Junior Champion.
Mark Fosker (Felixstowe Ferry) followed up a good first round of 72 with a second round of 71 to secure victory from local player Christopher Vince (now Ipswich) by one shot. Josh Cottrell (Ipswich), recent winner of the Silver Frigate at Thorpeness and the Silver Barrel at Ipswich was three shots away in 3rd place.
Robert Salter (Ufford Park) won the Under 15s Championship with 149 and Sam Truman (Woodbridge) captured the Under 16s title with 151.
Paul Waring (Felixstowe Ferry) became Under 14s Champion with a round of 77, four shots ahead of his nearest rival.
The Team Shield was won by Ipswich, their scorers being Chris Vince, Josh Cottrell and Ed Banyard. Their gross score of 455 was 17 shots better than Felixstowe Ferry and 41 shots ahead of Rushmere.
For the complete Championship scores, click here.
The Match Play Championship, involving the top 16 available finishers in the Strokeplay Championship is due to be played at Waldringfield next Thursday (12th August) and Friday (14th August). For the full draw, click here.
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 22nd June 2010.
Savage takes Suffolk Match Play Championship
Andy Savage, a member at Ipswich, played solid golf over his home course throughout the weekend to win the coveted President’s Mashie and become the Suffolk County Matchplay Champion for 2010. John Maddock (Gorleston) pushed him all the way in the Sunday morning semi-final but the ex-County player finally succumbed 2 and 1. Savage is an ex-County player himself but gave up golf for family commitments and only resumed playing again a few years ago.
Luke Thompson (Rookery Park), only just out of the junior ranks, had a good tournament and defeated Louisiana collegiate Sam Forgan (Stowmarket) in the semi-final, Thompson’s putter glowing red hot throughout the match.
Savage took control of the final, going ahead at the fourth hole and never being headed. A brave effort by Thompson ended at the short 15th where Savage clinched the title.
For full results, click here.
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Monday, 14th June 2010.
 Spraggs is Champion
Patrick Spraggs (Stowmarket), currently studying at Stirling University, returned home to Suffolk to lift the Suffolk Amateur Championship at Purdis Heath yesterday. It enhanced a fine golfing season which he is currently enjoying.
His 4 under par score of 140, over 36 holes, just pipped Paul Barnard (Ipswich) who had waited anxiously in the clubhouse for some two hours waiting for Spraggs to finish.
Despite a blip on the final hole where he dropped a shot, Spraggs got home as Champion whilst the unfortunate Barnard had to be content with second place for the third year running, finishing just one shot behind.
There was some compensation for Barnard, Ipswich winning the Team Championship and earning the right to play in the National Club Team Championship at Woodbridge in September. With the best three 36-hole scores from any club counting, Ipswich finished ten shots ahead of last year's winners, Hintlesham.
For all the 36-hole Championship scores, click here.
The Suffolk Match Play Championship will be decided over the same Purdis Heath course, on Saturday, 19th June starting at 9am, with the semi-finals and final scheduled for the following day, also starting at 9am. For the 1st round draw, click here.
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