Kells Golf Society

D Borrowdale          V          G Batty

20 Aug 2010

Carlisle G.C.

Medal Format.

The lads traveled up to Carlisle expecting to get a soaking, but what a surprise when we got there, it was cloudy with sunny spells and we had a couple of showers so we were very lucky.

But there was no luck in Gordon Hines play he went round in a very creditable gross score of 83 and he reckons it could have been better, when he came in he commented, “ I like to play fast and ever since I started playing  Workington with Mckenzie and Seeds (they play speed golf by the way) , I like to play quick and today I was playing with some lads (no disrespect to them but I’ll name them anyway, Bobby Batey, Malcolm Crossfield & Eddie Garner) who were not quite up to my pace and they held me back a bit, but I’m happy I’ve won and can’t wait for the captains day at Hexham”.

1^st: G Hine           Gross 83               H/Cap 7.5            Nett 75                 New H/Cap 5.5

2^nd: G Garrett     Gross 89               H/Cap 13.3          Nett 76                 New H/Cap 12.3

No Two’s today, the money rolls on.

23^rd July 2010

Eden Golf Club

Stableford Format.

This was the worst turn out of the season, only ten turning out for this stableford competition.

Malcolm ‘The mighty Atom’ Crossfield came out on top with a creditable 35pts, with Paul Haskins coming second with 32pts.

Malcolm commented “Edens a long and boring course and you need to be a big hitter, so it suited me down to the ground, a lot of the lads struggled out there today but this is my kind of course. I watched a bit of the senior open on SKY yesterday and I noticed Corey Pavin doesn’t half look like me, but he can’t hit it as far!”

1^st: Malcolm Crossfield 35pts         New H/Cap     15.2

2^nd: Paul Haskins      32pts.  New H/Cap     14.5

No Two’s today..

25th June 2010

Eskdale Golf Course.

Format Medal.

Sixteen members turned up at this picturesque little course at Eskdale, and the golf was a very low scoring day for some of them. Group three were really on song with Dick Cobban blitzing the first nine in 34 shots (1 under par), Chris Kelly & John Stewart with 36 shots on the first nine, so it's easy to see why the eventual winner came from this group.

Chris Kelly finished with the best gross of the day 75 playing handicap of 4 nett 71 and that was 5th place, Chris commented later "no matter how I tried Dick & John were too steady for me today, everything they hit went down the middle".

1st.      John Stewart              Gross 77.         Handicap 8.9. Nett. 68. New H/Cap 5.9

2^nd Place was won on a card play-off, three players on 69, Dereck with a better back 6.

D Cobban

G Garrett

D Borrowdale

2nd.     Dereck Borrowdale     Gross 82          Handicap 12.5.Nett. 69. New H/Cap.11.5.

Two’s.

16^th Bonanza hole 101yd par 3. D Borrowdale.

14^th Island hole 147yd par 3. C Brannon.

Friday 28^th May 2010

Appleby GC

Stableford format.

Not a bad turn out today, thirteen in all played this very forgiving but still tough little course. ‘Thirteen’ unlucky for some but not for ‘BIG BOOM BOOM BOB SUPERMAN McFARLANE’ a  great round Bob, scoring 17pts on the first nine, and blitzing the back nine with 20pts.  

Bobs the first member to go round under par in this society for a long time, scoring a fantastic 37pts, Bob commented ‘ I was really disappointed with my game at Herons Reach where I was pretty confident that I would do well, and because I won the  last time we played there, I was also the winner at Bolton & Ripon in case you didn’t know, anyway I had to go out today and show this lot I can still compete with the best, once I sank that 40’ putt for a birdie two on the 10^th there was no holding me back, just as Long John Daly says ‘Grip it and rip it’ and that’s just what I did, and yes I did model my swing on Long John, not Daly, Baldry’. Cliffy Bragg pushed Bob close with a very creditable 35pts but Bob was just a different class today.

1^st: Big Bob McFarlane    37pts. New H/Cap 13

2^nd: Cliffy Bragg                 35pts. New H/Cap 11.6

Two’s.

Bob McFarlane 164yd par 3 10^th.

Billy Thompson 162yd par 3 17^th.                               

FIXTURES

TBA 

Next Away Day

R. McFarlane v M. Shakley

C. Brannon Bye

E Garner v R. Batey

A. Williams v C. Kelly

G. Garret v D. Borrowdale

J. Green v J. Richardson

N. Colquhoun v J. Pattinson

G. Hine v S. Seeds

W. Thompson v G. Batty

C. Bragg v S. Kirkbride

A. McCullough Bye

C. Kirkbride Bye

J. McClean v P. Haskins

G. Burns v M. Crossfield

M. Kirkbride Bye

D. Cobbon v J. Stewart

 

Saturday 22nd May 2010.

Venue, Herons Reach Blackpool.

 

The weather was sweltering and the golf was also hot, Jonathan Pattinson burning the course up with the best gross of the day, going round in 76 shots, 12 pars, 2 birdies, 2 bogeys & 2 double bogeys, a great round but not good enough to take the prize, in fact he finished 3^rd, 1^st prize went to his mate Gary ‘Bambi’ Burns, he went round in a gross 81 birdying all the par 5’s and 2^nd prize went to his mate Chris'Paddy' Kelly who also went round in a gross 80, it was a close run thing with some really great golf played by these lads and they're all mates.

Stephen Kirkbride and Carl Kirkbride both finished with a nett score of 72, but unfortunately they hadn't played in enough of the local competitions to qualify to win the championship.

 

 

 

1^st : Stephen Kirkbride.  Gross 96, H/Cap 24, Nett 72. Card play-off better back 6. New H/Cap 21

2^nd : Carl Kirkbride,           Gross 93, H/Cap 21, Nett 72. New H/Cap 19

Both players didn’t qualify through lack of competitions played, Bobby Batey picked the winning player, winning £29.

Club Champion for 2010.

Winner Gary Burns. Gross 81, H/Cap 7.6, Nett 73. New H/Cap 4.6.

2^nd:         Chris Kelly. Gross 80, H/Cap 5.5, Nett 74. New H/Cap 3.5.

3^rd:         Jon Pattinson. Gross 76, H/Cap 1.1 Nett 75. New H/Cap 0.1.

Bonanza hole was the 4^th hole 146 yard par 3, birdie 2 Chris Brannon. £12.

Nearest the pin on the 16^th hole 154 yard par 3, John Stewart.

Longest Drive on the 18^th hole 439 yard par 5, Gary Batty.

Two’s, all on the 12^th hole 149 yard par 3,

Jon Pattinson.

John Stewart.

Gordon Hine.

1. Friday 30th April, Keswick GC, Medal Format.

Fantastic turn out today on this tough undulating hilly golf course, 24 players played and only one came out on top.

Mark Kirkbride blazed a trail here today taking just 40 shots on the first nine holes and he just held it together on the back nine with a 47, Mark commented " I played with Gary (Bambi) Burns and I was determined to stick with him shot for shot, he used to be my boss so I was determined to kick ass today!

Gary had 38 and I had 40 on the first nine and I knew it was just a matter of time before he cracked, but I nearly lost it on the 13th with quadruple bogey 8, but I managed get my focus back on the next hole by birdieing the 14th, that settled me down for rest of the round and a winning score". Dick Cobbon was second beating Gordon Hine on a card play-off with a better back six, both players finished with a nett 76.

1. M Kikbride Gross 87. H/Cap 14. Nett 73. New H/Cap 12
2. D Cobbon  Gross 84. H/Cap 7.7 Nett 76. New H/Cap 6.7

Bonanza Hole. G Garret on the 3rd 154yd par 3.

Other twos G Burns on the 2nd 235yd par 3.

One card disqualified, not signed.

Singles competion this year is MATCH PLAY!!!

Friday 11th December St Bees

Friday 13th November Brampton