WGTB Days Out At Birchwood

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WGTB Days Out At Birchwood

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WGTB Cork Challenge Final

BIRCHWOOD Golf Club provided a great venue for a terrific end to the WGTB Days Out season which saw the main competitions go right to the wire.
The course survived a horrendous downpour with almost an inch of rain falling in an hour which gave many brave competitors with another real challenge of survival.

The late starters missed the bulk of the bad weather to gain an advantage which in the end proved to be crucial.

The best round of the day came from Styal’s Bob Mannia and David Williams with a terrific 44 points to take the main prize provided by sponsors Slater Heelis Collier Littler Solicitors.

Cork Challenge Winners

Brian Power and Mike Shaw with Peter Walsh

The key to a good start is the first Tee Shot of the day but the golfing gods turned the tables on WGTB regular Alan Dunn (Saddleworth) as his tee shot struck a tree and rebounded back to just 54 yards from where he started leaving him with the only unwanted prize on the day the Trophy for the Shortest Drive at the first.
The Cork Challenge qualifiers were set an early mark of 41 points by brothers Peter and Mike Burgess from Denton and Houldsworth Golf Clubs.

But the scores gradually improved in line with the weather and it was eventually overtaken by Denton’s stalwart duo of Tom Cook and Phil Rudkin with 42 points.

Then with virtually the last card of the day the destiny of the main prize of a superb golfing break in South West Ireland courtesy of main sponsor Peter Walsh of Fairway Holidays was decided.

Brian Power (North Manchester) and Mike Shaw (Swinton Park) provided the traditional ‘sting in the tail’ as they posted the winning qualifying score of 43 points.

Alan Dunn

It was even closer in the battle for the Mike Brennan Trophy for the best aggregate score over four rounds.
Long-time leaders Ray Simcock (Manchester) and Terry Watson (Pike Fold) put in an excellent score of 42 points to increase their aggregate by a vital three points to 165 which kept them one clear of Phil Rudkin and Tom Cook.

Mike Brennan Trophy Winners

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Terry Watson and Ray Simcock

Then Dukinfield’s Martyn Schofield and Philip Morley laid their challenge with 40 points, which took them level with the top pair.
But the rule that in the case of a draw the best last-day score would decide the winners gave the prize to Ray and Terry.

They will enjoy a golfing break in Llandudno staying at the super golfer-friendly Esplanade Hotel and keep the Mike Brennan Trophy for the next 12 months.

Other Day Out prizes went to Tom Cook and Phil Rudkin, Eifon Howatson and Matthew Williams of Denbigh, 41, Peter and Mike Burgess and Ken Wardle and Ernie Molloy 40.
Nearest the pin prizes were claimed by Alan Simmons (Didsbury) and Gareth Buttery (Upton by Chester) and there were nine ‘Two’s with each one winning seven balls.

Birchwood Days Out Winners

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Bob Mannia and David Williams with Mike Fox of Slater Heelis Collier Littler

Scores: 44 B Mannia and D Williams, 43 B Power and M Shaw, 42 P Rudkin and T Cook, R Simcock and T Watson, 41 E Howatson and M Willams, P and M Burgess, 40 K Wardle and E Molloy, P Morley and M Schofield, 39 S Laing and E Waugh, T and N Chaplin, B Elliott and R Kenyon, 38 B Ankers and L French, 37 D Owen and A Bridgewood, D Watts and D Kenyon, 36 P Grimsley and TJ Watson, M Fox and B McDonald, C Greenfield and J Seel, G Conroy and S Toury, J Roberts and T Finch, 35 A Dunn and M Shore, R Houlton and M McNally, P Walsh and G Buttery, N Maxwell and N McDonald 34 M Jones and G Fletcher, T Lush and G Shufflebotham, G Barrett and G Priestley, R Long and M Roscoe, A Simmons and D Capey, P Finlay and D Allen, 33 G Hargreaves and B Marston, A Lawrence and H Lowe, S McDermott and T Dallimore, 32 G Garnett and P Roberts, H Inglefield and D Lilley, D Wooden and G Wilford, H Birchenough and J Murdoch, 30 T Gregory and D Linsley, K Pugh and G Cartwright, 26 P Laing and G Summer, 25 I Matthews and M Pass.

Aggregate Trophy Details Cork Challenge Qualifiers

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