July, in the Lincolnshire PGA Assistant Pro’s championship at Kenwick Park. After a steady morning round of 77, Lippett caught fire in the afternoon session to card a 68 and take the title by two shots from ex-England international and Europro Tour player Adam Keogh from Boston. NORTH LUFFENHAM Alan Barwell shot a hole-in-one at the par three 141-yard 16th hole at North Luffenham last month. He achieved this during a recent match against Stoke Albany which he and his partner went on to half. As Alan is not particularly a big hitter, he achieved this magnificent feat using his trusty three wood, even though all his group at the time thought his drive had gone through the green. This is Alan’s first ace at the age of 70. In the recent match against Stoke Albany, North Luffenham seniors avenged their only defeat so far this season coming out on top 4-2. Results were: Malcolm Hird/Don Lambert halved, Ken Jones/Alan Barwell halved, Alan Swindley/Jim Ashworth won 3&1, Stan/Chris Lee lost 3&2, Steve Moss/ Alan Smith won 3&2, Charles Cade/David Scotchmer won 5&4.
GREETHAM The July medal was played on the Lakes course in very hot conditions. In Division One three people were tied on 73 points and were separated on count back. Nine handicapper Dave Pusch was placed second, John Simpson, also off nine took third and plus one golfer Jordan Burdall was pushed back into fourth. Jordan at least had the consolation of winning the lowest gross with a 72. The winner of the division and the competition, Nick Cunnington, got off to a good start with a par on the first then took a step backwards when he moved the ball while removing his marker – as a result he called a one shot penalty upon himself. Having thrown away 25% of his handicap a lesser man may have wilted, but Nick put it straight out of his mind and birdied the next two holes and didn’t drop another shot until the eighth, unfortunately, he then dropped another on the ninth. This left him at one over for the front nine, he got back to level when he birdied the tenth. Nick dropped just two more shots for the rest of the back nine to finish with a two over par 74, nett 70. The ladies scratch team got off to a good start winning their first match of the season, and then played Stoke Rochford away. The
in-form Emma Tipping beat Pam Watson six and five to get them off to a good start. Sophie Beardsall played in match two and she beat June Miller by three and two. Team captain Gilly Grant won the final match one up against Chris Rowley to make it a clean sweep and full points. The first team welcomed fellow title contenders Blankney on possibly the hottest day of the year, but unfortunately it was the home team that wilted in the heat of battle. The father and son combination of Paul and Adam Clegg started the ball rolling with a narrow one up victory, however, Chris Steele and Fraser Denholm struggled to hold off the visitors and finally lost out three and one. Andrew Frisby andBen Gasson were taken all the way to the eighteenth but finally saw off the visitors with a two up win. Neil Harris and Ben Easson trailed at the turn two down despite playing level par golf, however the visitors continued to make birdies and ran out four and three winners to level up the match. In game five club captain Trevor Smith and Bob Green went all the way to the final hole with the Greetham pair just failing to reverse the trend, finishing one down. However the contest was all over by then and a four to two assured victory for Blankney.
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