Thompson Gold Challenge
Sunday 4th October
The Thompson Gold Challenge is our newest competition, only starting last year, but everyone who plays in it seems to really enjoy the day, (whatever the result). Many thanks to Peter Thompson for sponsoring the event, and for the condition of the greens which were brilliant for October.
Unfortunately, several Tigers were unavailable, which meant that we had to go a long way down the order of merit to complete the 10-man team. In contrast the lowest positioned rabbit was 13th in their table. The morning foursomes were keenly contested with every one of the 5 matches going to the last hole. Most of the afternoon singles swung backwards and forwards as well but the Tigers just had that little bit extra on the day winning by 9½ to 5½.
Thompson Gold Challenge
Rabbits team photo from left - James Swales, David Swales, Samuel Hardcastle, Fred Leek, Damian Lynch, Terry Blackburn, Simon Bottomley, Richard Squire, Tommy Tattersall, Nathan Kerrod.
Tigers team photo from left - Adrian Holroyde, Peter Thompson, Nik Kelly, Keith Goldspink, Richard Harris, David Bartliff, Simon Hardcastle, Brian Goldspink, Paul Hardcastle, Richard Badrock.
Order of Merit - Final Standings
Tigers - playing handicap of 15 or under - for full details, click on Tigers to the left
Rabbits - playing handicap of 16 or over - for full details, click on Rabbits to the left
Congratulations to Richard Badrock who won exactly one hundred grand - pity its just for fun! Will Tolley managed to hang-on to top spot in the Rabbits list, but unfortunately he was not available on Sunday.
Tigers | | Rabbits |
Name | | Running Total | | Name | | Running Total |
Badrock | R | £100,000 | 1 | Tolley | W | £61,667 |
Goldspink | K | £93,000 | 2 | Bottomley | S | £55,500 |
Bartliff | D | £84,833 | 3 | Swales | JA | £49,167 |
Goldspink | BR | £54,500 | 4 | Hardcastle | Sam | £43,000 |
Jennings | D | £51,333 | 5 | Kerrod | N | £35,000 |
Brown | DA | £50,500 | 6 | Squire | R | £34,500 |
Joyce | B | £47,000 | 7 | Drake | C | £33,667 |
Thompson | PJ | £47,000 | 8 | Leek | F | £32,667 |
Kelly | ND | £44,000 | 9 | Tolley | FC | £28,500 |
Megson | A | £40,500 | 10 | Swales | DA | £28,167 |
Hardcastle | P | £36,833 | | Blackburn | T | £26,667 |
Jackson | N | £33,500 | | Tattersall | T | £26,500 |
Shakir | N | £28,000 | | Lynch | D | £24,500 |
Lord | J | £27,500 | | Booth | D | £22,500 |
Hardcastle | S | £19,500 | | Goldspink | BA | £21,500 |
Joyce | R | £19,000 | | Goldspink | P | £21,000 |
Harris | S | £10,000 | | Cartwright | P | £20,667 |
Riach | M | £5,000 | | Haley | I | £20,167 |
Holroyde | A | £2,000 | | Jackson | I | £19,833 |
| | | | Tolley | CJ | £19,500 |
| | | | Austwick | L | £19,000 |
| | | | Bottomley | Alex | £19,000 |
| | | | Bottomley | A | £17,500 |
| | | | Moore | R | £15,000 |
| | | | Swales | MD | £12,500 |
| | | | Kerrod | S | £10,000 |
| | | | Evers | R | £9,000 |
| | | | Knights | BV | £9,000 |
| | | | Wilson | M | £9,000 |
| | | | Delaney | N | £8,500 |
| | | | Lynch | J | £7,667 |
| | | | Hardcastle | J | £7,000 |
| | | | Jukes | C | £6,500 |
| | | | Ozanne | A | £6,500 |
| | | | Fenton | I | £6,000 |
| | | | Hall | B | £6,000 |
| | | | Ramsden | E | £6,000 |
| | | | Gaukroger | R | £5,500 |
| | | | Haley | J | £5,500 |
| | | | Sampson | GP | £5,500 |
| | | | Taylor | RJ | £5,500 |
| | | | George | C | £2,500 |
| | | | Bottomley | L | £1,500 |
| | | | Wood | S | £167 |