Team Championships
Northcliffe stepped out first on the tee at the 2008 team championships as current champions after a whitewash victory in 2007. This year the event was held and Calverley golf club. The entire day was effected by bad weather condition with heavy rain from the start! Par for 3 scores to count at Calverley was 207. Northcliffe team score was as follows:
- Chris Watts (C) – Nett 72
- James Darcy – Nett 71
- Matthew Weldon – NR
- Will Rae – Nett 70
Team score (Best 3 of 4) was 213.
Shipley Golf Club won with a net 202
Bradford Union Junior team
Our junior captain Chris Watts has been selected once again to play for the Bradford union junior side.
4th April East Riding @ Hessle
Morning foursomes:
After a bad start loosing the first three holes the pressure was on for Chris and his partner to battle back to avoid loosing. Getting the score back to 2 down after 10 he then continued to get the score to all square after 13. Battling on Chris and his partner got to one up with 1 to go. Winning the last hole they finished 2up winners. Making Chris and his partner the only Bradford players to pick up any points in the Foursomes!
Afternoon Singles:
Chris started well winning the first 2 holes. Staying ahead all the way never worse than 1 up, he was looking good for a second victory. 1up with two holes to go Chris unfortunately lost the last 2 holes to loose 1 down.
Overall the team lost. 25 - 11
29th May Halifax& Huddersfield @ West Bradford
Halved foursomes match in the morning.
Won singles match in the afternoon
Overall the team Won. 24- 12 (More information to follow)
Coaching dates.
Beginners 10.00am to 10.45am
Intermediate 10.45am to 11.30am
Advanced 11.30 to 12.15pm.
Mondays 21st July, 28th July.
Mondays 4th August, 11th August, 18thAugust.
2008 Junior Captain is Chris Watts he has a very hard act to follow but I'm sure he his more than capable, and will have a positive influence on the Juniors section.
Junior Organiser
Phil Chester took over as junior organiser 3 years ago now. He has brought many changes to the section and increased the membership numbers to 60 now. He has brought a new lease of life to the section and its moving forward and has become in such a short time a great setup. Phil puts many hours of work into the section on a completely voluntary basis and on behalf of all the juniors I would like to thank Phil for all he has done for us. Without him we would not have achieved half as much as we have done this year. He is as vital to the success of the team as any player and is like an un praised hero for the section.
Also many thanks go to all the junior helpers and junior committee. Special thanks to John Musto, Kath Booth, Ralph Anderson on behalf of the entire junior section. Written by Chris Woodhead.
PRESENTASTION EVENING 2007
The evening was very well attended with over half are junior membership winning prizes. Thanks to Mr Paul Rae our club captain for presenting the prizes. Below are the photographs taken on the night of all the winners.
Chris Watts Junior of the Year
Joshua Rayner Most Improved Junior
First Division Champions
Team Championship winners
Champion of Champions Winner
Batty Trophy Winner
Ralph Anderson Matchplay Winner
E & D Dewhirst Trophy Winner
Holmes Trophy Winner
Les Pickles Trophy Winner
Harry Walton Trophy Winner
Skills Challenge Medal Winners
Junior Captains team versus Junior Organisers team
Chris Wilcox selected his junior team
- Chris Wilcox (C) / Matty Weldon. V Paul Rae/ Mark Buckley Halved
- Chris Woodhead / Chris Watts V John Musto/Chris Malloy Won
- Robert Malloy / Matty Stanworth V Phil Chester/ Rich Potter Lost
Although the match was halved (1½ - 1½) the trophy was retained by the junior organisers team and his team still remains undefeated in this competition
Junior Coaching 2007
This year the junior coaching was a great success. Run by our professional Mick Hillas and his assistant Rob Hillas the standard of coaching given was high. All sessions from first time players to the top end of the junior section were all well attended. Thanks to Mick and Rob for their hard work.
Skills Challenge 2007
This was the second year of the skills challenge being run at Northcliffe. The challenges ran without a hitch and were very popular. There was a mix of abilities of all levels in attendance and everyone seemed to enjoy it. Once again this event took a lot of organisation by Phil Chester, which was much appreciated by all who attended.
Northcliffe junior section 2007
The junior team have got off to a fantastic start again this season which has set us all up for a fantastic summer we are currently 9 points clear at the top of the first division with only 4 games remaining. The team spirit is fantastic throughout the whole junior section and is keeping the team going knowing we have got to fight for out places.
GET TOGETHER
I I have arranged for a 'Get Together and Chat'
evening on Wednesday 24th march in the clubhouse,
meeting at 7.00pm for 7.30 which I would like you to attend.
Hopefully next years President of the club, Captain and our
Professional will attend.
During the evening I will outline what as been
organised for you in the coming year. You will also get to know
other junior members, which will enable you to fix up times
for playing golf.
To all parents please come along to the 'Get together
and chat' evening and enjoy the social life of the club.
I look forward to seeing you all.
Regards
Philip
Chester
Junior Organiser.
Junior Coaching
This year the junior coaching was a great
success. Run by our professional Mick Hillas and his assistant
Rob Hillas the standard of coaching given was high. All
sessions from first time players to the top end of the junior
section were all well attended. Thanks to Mick and Rob for
their hard work.
Skills challenge
The skills challenge was new this year and
took a great deal of organisation by Phil Chester. The
challenges ran without a hitch and were very popular. There
was a mix of abilities of all levels in attendance and everyone
seemed to enjoy it. Congratulations to Richard Malloy on the
great score he achieved to gain a Gold medal in the event.
Presentation evening
This is another first for Northcliffe's junior
section. The attendance was high to the evening and ran to
plan throughout the night. The awards went as follows:
1. The Les Pickles Trophy – Oliver Towler
2. The
E&D Dewhirst Trophy – Chris Watts
3. The Holmes gross
trophy – Chris Wilcox
4. The Harry Walton
Trophy – Chris Woodhead
5. The Batty Trophy – Chris
Woodhead
6. The Ralph Anderson Matchplay Trophy
– Chris Watts
7. Most Improved junior – Matthew Weldon
8.
Junior player of the year – Chris Woodhead
Most improved junior
2006
This is the first time this has been run and competition for
this was of a high standard. Matthew Weldon having a great
season won the award. During his season he achieved:
1. Gained a handicap of 22
2. Reduced it to
19.5
3. Finished in the top ten of all the junior
competitions he played in
4. Finished 2nd,
3rd and 4th in the Men's Saturday
competitions
5. Won a match in the Ralph Anderson match play
6. Attended all coaching sessions
7. Attended the skills
challenge
8. Represented the junior team in the team
championships
9. Played in the Bradford Boys individual
championships
Well done Matthew, lets see if his rapid improvement
continues through 2007.
Junior player of the year
2006
This was also held for the first time.
The competition for this was close between many players. After
a great year for the juniors with high contribution from all players
the winner was decided but only by a small margin. The winner
was Chris Woodhead: During the season he:
Bradford boys individual
championships
This years Bradford Boys Individual was at
Skipton Golf Club. Last Year Northcliffe was highly successful
taking 4 of 8 available prizes. These were won by Oliver Young
(Best Gross), Patrick Young (1st Division Winner), Chris Watts (2nd
Division Runner Up), Matthew Stanworth (3rd Division Winner).
After a great start to this year's junior league and rapidly
improving golf from all juniors (new and old) chances of prizes was
once again on the cards. Northcliffe had 9 juniors playing in
the competition
Below is a list of results in order of Scores in
the competition:
1. Matthew Weldon-70
2. Oliver Young-71
3.
Matthew Stanworth-71
4. Chris Woodhead-73
5. Chris
Wilcox-75
6. Robert Malloy-76
7. Oliver Towler-80
8.
Kelvin Cook-83
9. William Rae-NR
Bradford Match play
The junior who entered this event were:
1. Chris Wilcox – 2nd round
2. Chris
Woodhead – 1st round
3. Rob Malloy – Quarter
Finals
4. Chris Watts – 2nd round
5. Oliver Young
– Semi Finals
Ralph Anderson junior
Matchplay
This event is in its second year having been
won by Chris Wilcox last year who beat Chris Watts in the
final. This year however Chris Watts after being runner up
last year played some great golf to win the event beating Chris
Woodhead in the final 3/1. There were a high number of entries
this year and competition was fierce. This event was enjoyed
by everyone who entered.
Bradford union junior team
Juniors from Northcliffe represented the team
this year, these were:
Junior team
The junior team has had a great season this
year. We won the league for the first time in 10 years.
Winning the league by 5 points was a complete team effort which
everyone made great contributions to. Thanks go to everyone
who helped out this year by support or caddying. All your
support is much appreciated by the whole team.
Regional finals
Due to winning the league we got to the
regional finals which were held at Cookridge Hall Golf Club.
Our 6 man team was Oliver Young, Chris Wilcox (C), Chris Watts,
Robert Malloy, Chris Woodhead and Matthew Stanworth
The team
posted an excellent team score of level par which over the years
would have won out right by many shots. This year however
Northcliffe was unfortunate because of three other teams who all
scored -2. 2 of these teams went onto the next stage.
Bradford team championships
The team this year was Oliver Towler, Matthew
Stanworth, Matthew Weldon, and Will Rae
They went to silsden golf club to battle hard to win but it was
not their day and they didn't win. All players played with
dignity and scored respectably.
Junior captains team versus junior
organisers team
Chris Wilcox selected his junior team was
Chris Wilcox (C), Chris Watts, Chris Woodhead, Matthew Weldon,
Robert Malloy and Matthew Stanworth
The junior organiser's team
was Phil Chester (C), John Musto, Lee bailey, Graham Roper, Richard
Potter and Jason Proctor
Chris Wilcox and Chris Watts played
against Lee bailey and Graham Roper and were unfortunately
beaten. This ment 1 point went to the junior organiser's
team. Chris Woodhead and Matthew Weldon played against Phil
Chester and John Musto; this match resulted in a draw. This
ment half a point was awarded each team. Robert Malloy and
Matthew Stanworth played against Richard Potter and Jason Proctor
and won 5/4. This ment they got 1 point for the team.
Although the match was halved over all at 1 ½ - 1 ½ the trophy was
retained by the junior organisers team after they were victorious
last year.
Junior captain
The 2006 junior captain was Chris
Wilcox. After consideration of possible candidates Phil
Chester decided to leave Chris Wilcox as captain.
Junior organiser
Phil Chester took over as junior organiser 2
years ago now. He has brought many changes to the section and
increased the membership numbers by over 100%. He has brought
a new lease of life to the section and its moving forward and has
become in such a short time a great setup. Phil puts many
hours of work into the section on a completely voluntary basis and
on behalf of all the juniors we would like to thank Phil for all he
has done for us. Without him we would not have achieved half
as much as we have done this year. He is as vital to the
success of the team as any player and is like an upraised hero for
the section.
First Division Champions
Building on our terrific team sprit, camaraderie and
third position of last season the junior team as gone from strength
to strength, finishing this season as league champions for the first
time since 1997.
The team of Chris Wilcox Captain, Chris Woodhead,
Chris Watts, Robert Malloy and Oliver Young all played their part in
this years triumph.
Chris
Wilcox
10
6
2
2
14
Christ Woodhead
10
8
0
2
16
Oliver
Young
8
4
0
4
8
Robert
Malloy
6
3
1
2
7
Chris
Watts
6
3
0
3
6
Other team members, who have supported the team, played as
reserves and in the team championship side at Silsden were Matthew
Stanworth, William Rae, Oliver Towler and Matthew Weldon.
By winning the league title our team have qualified for the
national junior club championships, the regional finals to be played
at Cookridge Hall Golf on Wednesday 27th
September.
Final League Table
NORTHCLIFFE
10
51
BRADFORD
10
46
WEST
BRADFORD
10
46
CALVERLEY
10
39
BAILDON
10
31
BEN
RHYDDING
10
27
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