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Updated Sept 12th 2012

Leagues Finals Day
25 of the 26   participating clubs of the Bristol & District Golf League entered a team of ten in the annual Finals foursomes medal round where 4 of the best 5 cards were to count in a team & pairs contest, this year held at Bath Golf Club.
Some of the leagues’ committee worked 13 hours to make a very successful day as did the staff at Bath G.C. The weather was kind but greens tricky, however Chipping Sodbury brought in 310 gross for the best team trophy. The Kendleshire (311) & Cumberwell Park (315) followed.
The best team net trophy went to Henbury who scored 298 . 5 with Mendip (300 .5) & Long Ashton (302) close behind.
The best pairs (Gross) was won by Rhys David with Bradley Porter (The Kendleshire) with a good 73. Mark Snape & Josh Dee (Cumberwell Park) on a countback with James Rowles & Jack Bamford from Henbury.
The pairs net prize went to the experienced Richard Streeter & Paul Davies from Mendip scoring 70. Long Ashton’s John Worgan & Kevin Morris were not far away with 70 .5 just ahead of John Keenaghan with Jason Heaven from Chipping Sodbury who had 71 .5 on a countback.
It is customary to present the divisional winners trophies & prizes at this event & despite the horrendous weather, this season fixtures were completed on time.
Division one has been keenly competed for & produced the league’s brand new Champions in The Kendleshire 1^st followed closely by Knowle 1st.    Last years’ Champions, Saltford 1^st were surprisingly relegated along with Cumberwell Park. 1st
Division 2 champions are Chipping Sodbury 1^st who are promoted along with Clevedon 1st while Shirehampton 1^st & Weston-S-Mare 1st were relegated, their places taken by Bristol & Clifton 1^st & Knowle 2nd but relegated from the third division are Mendip Spring 1^st & Tall Pines 1st
Moving up from Division four are The Players 1^st with Bath Sham 1st. Moving in the other direction will be Kingsdown 1^st & Wells 1st. Cumberwell 2^nd & The Kendleshire 2nd have made excellent progress in recent years & will move up a division into 4, whereas Clevedon 2^nd & Tracy Park 1st move down.
Thornbury 1^st & Long Ashton 2nd will jump out in the right direction from division 6 but unfortunately Knowle 3^rd are relegated along with Kingsdown 2nd & Bristol & Clifton 2^nd    The Bristol 2nd & Chipping Sodbury 3^rd will be promoted from division 7 while Bath 2nd, Shirehampton 2^nd & Tracy Park 2nd move in the other direction .   Farrington 1^st gain promotion from division 8 in their first year & Lansdown 2^nd move up as well.

League Chairman Richard Bennett (Long Ashton) & President Alan Shore (Wells) presented the trophies & prizes. The Chairman thanked Bath Golf Club especially for feeding the 250 participants so well, & spoke highly of the league committee for their all year commitment.

The Bristol & District Golf League boasts of 51 teams playing scratch foursomes in eight divisions, however every May the Committee stage a Hi-Lo Foursomes Championship at a participating club.

The format of five pairs from each participating club allows each pair to consist of one player with a ten or below handicap & one player eleven to twenty one handicap & the best four of the five stableford cards to count. Many of the 250 entrants may not have played much foursomes golf & find it a very tough experience but each year the event is full.

This year Clevedon were the host club which somehow found a bright sunny but breezy day after a long wet spell Scoring was not high but prizes were keenly contested.

The Bristol & Clifton team led the sore board all day & finished outright winners with 132 points (& the cup) The home club finished second scoring 129 with newcomers to the league, Farrington third with 128.

The best pairs Cup was won by Rob Skinner (13) & Mike Blake (6) from Bristol & Clifton scoring 38 points followed by Andrew Latteny (7) & Alec Rendell (13) from Clevedon. Mendip pair Dave Cox (6) & Chris Johnston (12) were third with 36.

The Bristol & Clifton Rep. thanked the Committee who started at 7 30 a.m. till the prize giving at 8 p.m. League for organising a most successful day. Chairman Richard Bennett praised Clevedon Golf Club for the presentation of the course despite recent adverse weather. The Prizes were presented by League President Alan Shore.

The Bristol & District Golf League was formed in 1955 by Golf Correspondent John Reece (Henbury) with John Ireland (Saltford) & was known then as the Western Daily Press golf league. Teams are formed from golf clubs from throughout the Bristol, Gloucester, Somerset & Wiltshire area providing in the region of 1,000 of the best Amateur golfers per season.

PHOTO...L to R Alan Shore (League President... C. Ashworth & M. Sercombe (two Bristol & Clifton team members) & Richard Bennett (league chairman)

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The English Golf Union and English Women’s Golf Association merger

The merger to form England Golf has not & will not affect the BDGL which has always been a men’s league and can continue to be so. No plans are in place to force men & ladies to play in mixed leagues.

The merger at present only affects golf @ NATIONAL level and has not even filtered down to County level yet.

The above is a brief account of my conversation with Ian Watkins the Gloucestershire County Secretary

Adrian
Match Secretary

HOLE in ONE’s See YOUR SAY

The committee have been trying to meet with past league president Bob Harvie but Bob hasn’t been too comfortable about driving so Henbury invited the league committee to their “start of season bash” & invited Bob to join them.
Bob looked well & enjoyed meeting his friends once again. Henburys’ 1^st team captain, John Morrison, made a presentation of an attractive engraved jug to Bob in recognition of his long association with the Henbury teams & of course the league.
Representing the league, Alan Shore, Terry Glossop & Mike Downs were kindly invited to join in a meal with the 40 odd team members that took part in a competition for their “bash”
The whole evening was exceptionally enjoyable & it was really good to see Bob in remarkably good spirits.
The Committee plan to hold a committee meeting at Henbury to offer Bob the chance to catch up again.

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Bob Harvie with Alan Shore (league President) Gordon Wood (Club Captain of Henbury) John Morrison (1^st team Captain of Henbury) League Committee members Alistair Hannan, Terry Glossop & Mike Downs

Here is a memo sent to the league by the Gloucestershire Golf Union...

Amateur Status of Club team members There has been a recent problem with Club teams and the showing of team sponsors logo’s on clothing. To clear this up & before engaging in the fitting of sponsors logo’s for 2007, team captains must make themselves aware of the rules regarding their team members, especially juniors. The leaflet regarding the rules of amateur status can be downloaded for free from the R&A website but it would be more sensible for the club to purchase the decisions on the rules of amateur status for about £8 from the R&A bookshop. It will leave you in no doubt about what you can or cannot do with a sponsor’s logo. To remind you, it is a player’s responsibility himself to know the rules of golf including the rules on amateur status. I am mindful of the fact that not all players particularly juniors, take much notice of this fact. Captains of teams who allow logos on clothing & equipment have a responsibility to make sure they do not put their players at risk of losing their amateur status. There are only 2 penalties that can be applied, one is a warning to the player not to do it again or they will lose their amateur status. The other is automatic loss of amateur status for a period of time resulting in the player only being allowed to play in a professional tournament & removal of their CONGU handicap. These penalties will be applied by the R&A.

The relevant decision that you should read is 6-2/15.3b.

The Chairman Presented retiring President Bob Harvie with a decanter & a bottle of blended whisky Bob now 86 years old has been with the league for over 25 years & President since 1996

Chairman Richard Bennett presents Bob Harvie with a decanter & whisky

Alan Shore was elected as the new President

New & Old. Alan Shore (left) new President with retiring President Bob


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