Walter Priestley Handicap Final
11th October
Walter Priestley was Captain of Castlefields Golf Club in 1959 and Honorary Treasurer from 1962 to 1979 and this trophy is in honour of his memory. Since 1987 it has been an 18 hole strokeplay competition played in early autumn for those members who have managed to reduce their handicaps over the period covered by the club medals. Last year's winner spared the Captain's blushes by turning-up with a gleaming trophy - thanks Craig.
This year, 22 of the 28 qualifiers were available and found the course in excellent condition again thanks to Peter Thompson's hard work, helped especially this week by Rod Gaukroger and Richard Badrock and other members too numerous to mention. Pin positions were relatively simple with the aim of catching a few in the handicap reduction trap and this succeeded with three golfers beating the standard scratch of 50, although there might have been more if the morning had not been windy and a little cold and wet.
Eventually thanks to Brian Goldspink saving us from the Captain's faffing by collating the scores, Nathan Kerrod was the winner by a single shot from Paul Goldspink. Ryan Joyce recorded the best gross. The full results were:-
NAME |
| GROSS SCORE | PLAYING HANDICAP | NET SCORE |
Kerrod | N | 68 | 22 | 46 |
Goldspink | P | 63 | 16 | 47 |
Hardcastle | Sam | 74 | 26 | 48 |
Wood | S | 68 | 18 | 50 |
Kerrod | S | 72 | 21 | 51 |
Tolley | CJ | 71 | 19 | 52 |
Joyce | R | 58 | 4 | 54 |
Bartliff | D | 68 | 14 | 54 |
Swales | JA | 72 | 17 | 55 |
Pritchard | J | 83 | 28 | 55 |
Tolley | W | 73 | 18 | 55 |
Jennings | D | 68 | 12 | 56 |
Lynch | D | 74 | 17 | 57 |
Harris | R | 62 | 5 | 57 |
Austwick | L | 84 | 25 | 59 |
Goldspink | BR | 71 | 12 | 59 |
Moore | R | 77 | 18 | 59 |
Goldspink | BA | 82 | 22 | 60 |
Squire | R | 77 | 17 | 60 |
Swales | DA | 76 | 15 | 61 |
Badrock | R | 76 | 14 | 62 |
Drake | C | DQ |
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Nathan having received the Trophy from the Captain