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Weather is kind for Manchester’sfestival week

20/ 8/2008

VISITORS to the Hopwood course took full advantage of a respite from the poor weather to play in Manchester Golf Club’s annual festival week.

The events were sponsored by JW Lees and CJM Physiotherapy Ltd.

Results were:

Open Mixed Greensome Medal
E and M Smith (Ringway Mere) 69.2
D and D Bodgers (Manchester) 70.6
S Shone and E Bonn (Todmorden/Manchester) 70.6
I and P Smith (Prestbury) 70.6
P and H Barrett (Clovelly) 70.8
T and S Gee (Manchester) 71.0

Company and Society Team Stableford
Venda Valet Ltd 81 pts
Stafford and Co 2nd 80 pts
Fabtrad Ltd 80 pts
Longest drive: M Sanders (Freeth Cartwright LLP)
Nearest the pin: F Daley (Girobank 2nd)

Ladies’ team medal
1 Haydock Park (J Brown, A Beirne, A Bromilow, S Woodcock) 143
2 Lymm (T Byrne, M Greaves, H Russell, J Davies) 144
3 M Spencer (Manchester), J Heywood (Manchester), A Cromer (Frodsham), J Gascoyne (Prestbury) 145

Men's betterball stableford
B Appleyard and S Brook (Shipley) 43 pts
C Dykins and B Parkinson (Manchester/Shaw Hill) 42 pts
J Comerford and B Chesters (Lymm) 42 pts
Henry and A Mear (Cleckheaton) 42 pts
H Dooley and K Kershaw (North Manchester) 42 pts

Festival Trophy
(Medal, best two to count)
Nelson (S King, P Tomason, P Warwick, H Thompson) 129
Gathurst (R Hodder, S Haigh, M Jordan, D Beech) 132
Tunshill (N Madden, J Henderson, B Diamond, A Wood) 133
Pleasington (A Dugdale, C Brown, M Hunt, J Riley) 133

Men's team stableford
1 P Stewart, S Middleton, P Bush, D Shepherd (Fairhaven) 88 pts
2 R Smithies, P Rhodes, K Newton, P Walker (Manchester) 87 pts
3 D Ratcliffe (Manchester), P Borodajko (Styal), D Roberts (Brookdale), B Tompreka (Blundells Hill) 86 pts
4 P Taylor (Manchester), 2 B Rigby (Wilpshire), 3 S Carling (Bramall Park), 4 A Curwen (Bramall Park) 86 pts