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Updated January 9th 2010
LEAGUE FINALS DAY RESULTS Gross Individual 1) N Langston & L Collins (Mendip Spring) 68 John Rees Cup Net Individual 1) D Hale & L Osbourne (The Bristol) 68 John Ireland Cup Team Gross 1) Mendip Spring 291 Avon Cup Team Net 1) Saltford 295 HOLE in ONE’s See YOUR SAY Well done to Shirehampton HI-lo winning team 144pts, 2nd The Players 142 & 3rd Bath 138 in the team event. Shirehampton ‘E’ B Lee & M McGrane 41pts, Worlebury ‘B’ R Berry & J Skinner 40pts (b9) & Woodspring ‘A’ T Dougherty & T Bird 40pts (b6). It is a shame that Cumberwell Park, Henbury, The Kendleshire & Weston failed to send teams.
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 Harvie with Alan Shore (league President) Gordon Wood (Club Captain of Henbury) John Morrison (1st team Captain of Henbury) League Committee members Alistair Hannan, Terry Glossop & Mike Downs
PLEASE CAN YOU HELP? The John Ireland Trophy has not been seen since the Finals day at Cumberwell Park in 2007.
PROMOTION & RELEGATION 2009 At the A.G.M the committee were asked to look at he promotion in divisions with 7 teams. We have decided that Rule 5 will be amended, 5 b) 2009 season 2 teams will be promoted from divisions 7 & 8, 2 teams will be relegated from divisions 6 & 7. All other divisions will be 1 up and 1 down. The committee were also asked to clarify who could play 12 games and have amended rule 6 f) A player may only play matches 11 & 12 in a division with 7 teams.
TIME IS UP ! I (Alan Shore) will be stepping down as the Match secretary & web site updates of the BDGL Committee. Having served 24 years with the Committee & many as match secretary (lost count as to how many) I feel the time has come for someone else to take over. Setting up this web site & operating it has been most rewarding especially when I look at the hit counter records & see that well over 100 of you log on every Monday evening in season & 31,000 hits in just 5 years confirms that this was the correct way to proceed. Most of you now return the results quite promptly which makes things so much easier to keep up to date records. We have been lucky inasmuch that Adrian Hands has offered (honest) to take over the position of match Secretary. We will be swopping in the next couple of weeks & will keep you informed of all details & I hope you will support Adrian in the same way that you have me Adrian has been co-opted to our committee along with Mike Downs & we will be looking for your approval to elect them at the AGM. As long as I am re-elected I would like to continue relax & enjoy some terms as your President. Thanks for your support A great day at Thornbury was delayed at the start due to mist. However the eventual foursomes finals got away to witness an ever improving course in fine condition - All results are to be found on the Photograph page. It’s always good to see younger players playing in our league....Neil Pirie of Lansdown tells me that 15 year old Mike Little made his league debut for the second team & celebrated with an 8 & 6 win. At Wells Josh Knight (off 5 handicap) made his 2nd team debut this season when he was twelve years old & it wasn’t long before he was included in the first team squad - now reached the age of 13 & growing shows immense promise.....Tell us about the younger players in your team. CONGRATULATIONS Firstly to Chris Wood of Long Ashton for his fantastic performance to finish fifth in the British Open & also win the Silver medal as the leading Amateur. Chris has of course played in our league but now is to turn Professional & We all wish him the best of fortune Secondly to Saltford G. C. who are the 2008 league Champions already... Well done boys so early in the season. Mike Downs (The Park) & Adrian Hands (Woodspring) have agreed to assist our Committee for the remainder of the season - especially at Thornbury on our Finals day & then will offer themselves for election to the committee at our AGM. This will lighten the work load on our two busy days & offer the points of view to the committee from that of a proprietary club something which we don’t think has happened before We are sorry to learn that Danny Savage (Bristol & Clifton third team team Captain) had a heart attack recently. We all wish him a speedy recovery Knowle beat Minchinghampton 5 - 1 at Knowle in the second leg of the inter league final Knowle earned a 3 - 3 halve at Minchinghampton in the annual inter league match against the North Gloucester Foursomes league Champions. It was a bitterly cold day, the greens had recently been hollow tined & both teams fielded weakened sides. The return leg is at Knowle on Sunday 30th March so it looks like our champions have a great chance to retain the shield for the BDGL. CONGRATULATIONS to Worlebury & Mendip Golf Clubs on reaching their Centenary year. The League Committee wish them a successful year of celebrations. The one page on this site that hasn’t seemed to “taken off” is the YOUR SAY page. Maybe because it is attached to the About us page ? There have been just two letters in two years when I expected many interesting topics & debates about our league or any golfing matters. It is a good opportunity to “air” your views so send me some material. With 21,000 hits in just about 4 years there must be someone out there with a moan or even some praise or just an argument !!!!????
Hole in one at The Park ! Mike Stroud of The Park notched a hole in one at the 12th on his home (Cromwell) course in a halved division nine match against The Players Club (13/5/07) SUPERB WIN BY OUR CHAMPIONS HENBURY became the first team to win at Cotswold Hills for nine years. They won the second leg of the inter league challenge shield by beating the North Gloucestershire Foursomes League Champions 4 - 2 after a convincing home win of 5 - 1. Things looke as though the game could go either way after nine but a determined back nine brought the trophy to a Bristol & District Golf League team for the very first time... WELL DONE HENBURY
Photograph shows the Cotswold Hills team (left) With Henbury (right) with Captains Dave Williams (C.H.) & John Morrison (H) holding the shield with Alan Shore the BDGL President 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. It say’s that the manufacturer & one sponsors name may appear on each garment. It must not exceed a perimeter measurement of 220 mm. Two sponsors on a single garment will breach the rules. The R&A confirm that a breach reported to them will be investigated. Some teams have had the name of a sponsor put on the back of clothing from shoulder to shoulder. This is a breach of the rules, please do not do it. If you have multiple sponsors you can have a different sponsor for each piece of clothing (i.e. different sponsors names on shirts/pullovers/waterproofs/shoes/trousers) but not on the same article of clothing. I know that sounds strange but it is a way out at the moment & keeps your players the right side of the rules & gives you the opportunity to have more than one sponsor on your kit. Please get in touch with me if you are unsure of anything I have said. We don’t want our players being picked up on this because the Captain has given them some free kit. For your info Decisions 6-2/13 & 6-2/15 will be revised a little in 2008 in the new ‘decisions on the rules of amateur status’ book. I will keep you informed of those slight changes. Ian W Ian Watkins Secretary GGU EXCELLENT FIRST LEG RESULT FOR HENBURY ! Henbury won the first leg of the inter league challenge with Cotswold Hills 5 - 1 Results (Henbury first)... Alex Cousins & Sam Payne bt Stuart Baker & Andy Deall 4 & 3 Nick Day & Nick Scholey bt Ian Melvin & Drummond Watt 3 & 1 Paul James & Richard Gorney lost to Simon Green & Elliot Nichols 4 & 3 John Morrison & Ian Broome bt Steve Prosser & Adam Stevens 5 & 4 Richard Bolding & Julian Church bt Stewart Logan & Tom Dawson 1 up Colin Jackson & David Windebank bt Ian Benzie & Ashley Wilson 5 & 4
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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