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Marc Davis - Northants County3rd 181 yardsMike Kingswood - Northants County15th 185 yardsTerry Campbell - Park Hill 6th 150 yards

Susan Harris - Stourbridge10th 143 yardsAlan Tidman - Ormonde Fields18th 157 yardsCarolyn Hartopp - Market Harborough6th 129 yardsIan Fickling - Tidbury Green1st 161 yards *

Ian Fickling - Tidbury Green 9th 152 yards ** Ian’s double achievement came in two successive days *

This is where it’s at for our great Midlands golfing public, your page to record all of your on course highlights, special moments, great rounds and unusual occurrences that crop up from time to time on the layouts across the full Midlands region. The times when all of the practice and investment finally pays off and our beloved game becomes just that little bit more special, let us know here at Midlands Golfer, we want to hear all about them.

ROTHLEY PARK GC PR

ESENTS £8300

TO MARIE CURIE CANC

ER

Every year the gents a

nd ladies captains at Ro

thley Park

Golf Club (Leics) raise m

oney for a charity of the

ir choice.

Last year the captains,

Phil Watson and Pru La

pworth,

worked together for M

arie Curie Cancer raisin

g money

through a wide range o

f golfing and social ev

ents at

the club. Phil and Pru r

ecently presented a che

que for

£8300.00 to Marie Curi

e Cancer representative

Joan

Rampton (centre), who

thanked all the memb

ers of

Rothley Park for their ge

nerosity.

“It has been a real pleas

ure to support and be a

ble to donate

to such a worthy cause

.” said the captains. “Bo

th of us have

reason to be particular

ly grateful for the mag

nificent service

they provide to families

and communities locally

and we know

the money that has be

en raised over the cou

rse of the last

year by the golfers at Ro

thley Park will be put to

excellent use”.

Ian Agar and Viv Holla

nd, the 2014 Captains

have chosen

Parkinson’s UK as thei

r charity for which to

raise money

throughout year.

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Chevin Golf Club, on the edge of the Derbyshire Dales is one of the region’s nicest looking golf courses. They are welcoming visitors this season, with new facilities and there are offers available with a new fleet of golf buggies to take away the effort of traversing the well known hilly terrain. A full review of Chevin GC which includes an outstanding 2014 membership offer coming soon in May’s edition of Midlands

Golfer.

Hollinwell Sherwood Forest Lindrick

WIN A PLACE IN THE MERCEDES-BENZ HEATHLAND CLASSICThe 54 hole open pairs event, to be held from June 3-5 at three of the region’s finest golf clubs is fully booked, but Midlands Golfer have an exclusive chance for a pair of golfers to compete in the first ever running of The Mercedes-Benz Heathland Classic which could see them driving off into the sunset in a brand new Mercedes for a year. That prize is for a hole-in-one at the event, but many more from the likes of Footjoy, Titliest and Adidas are also on offer. The format for the event is pairs betterball with 180 golfers taking part

over the three days, firstly at The Notts GC (Hollinwell) on day one, then just a short drive away for day two at Sherwood Forest GC before the concluding round at Lindrick GC on the Notts/Yorkshire border. Three nominated holes, one on each course will offer the amazing hole-in-one prize and our winners will also be invited to take part in the review of the event, which will be included in July’s edition.

To enter the competition to win a starting time for two male golfers, maximum handicap 24 just answer this simple question.

Which of the three golf courses in the competition is an ex-Ryder Cup venue?

A/ Lindrick

B/ Sherwood Forest

C/ Notts (Hollinwell)

Answers please to competitions@midlandsgolfer.co.uk.

You must be free from Tuesday June 3rd to Thursday June 5th, closing date for entries is May 6th.

Cleo PiCK Phil

Renowned as being one of the region’s lea

st publicity

shy golf clubs, Cleobury Mortimer GC

came up with

a football style contract signing of the

ir new head

Professional lately as Phil Moore was

welcomed to

the club by club captain Gary hawes (

left) and owner

Graham Pain (right). Aged just 23, Phil

has packed a

lot into his golfing career already with a

n impressive

Cv from all over europe including spel

ls in Scotland,

n ireland and lithuania. The club are d

elighted to

have secured someone of Phil’s calibre

and coaching

reputation and are looking forward to

seeing him

develop their academy golfers as well

as improving

the games of the Cleobury members.

Glen Gorse GC are delighted to announce the appointment of Richard Reed as their new Head Professional. Coming through the amateur golf ranks based at Birstall in Leicestershire, Richard played representative golf for the county in both junior and senior teams whilst also competing in both midland and national amateur events. With

A levels in Physics, Psychology and Sports Science, Richard has an educational background that assists with the more scientific aspects of golf. After a spell playing golf in America and learning from some award winning coaches at a golf school in Texas, Richard began working in the professional shop at Notts Golf Club (Hollinwell) in 2006.

Richard is excited by the prospect of returning to Leicestershire and continuing to develop and improve as a golf professional whilst providing a great service to the members of Glen Gorse Golf Club.

Disabled Golf Season

tees off in Notts

21 disabled golfers (inc

luding two juniors) tee

d off

the Order Of Merit 201

4 season in the region

at The

Nottinghamshire GC. T

hey played The Open C

ourse which

presented its challenge

s with course guides t

o hand for

the early part of the co

urse. Lady golfer Lesley

Bain (MS

from Herts) hit the sho

t of the day, holing her

second for

an eagle at the dog leg

eighth.

The results - 3rd, Brian

‘Barmy’ Parsons with

32 points

(Parkinsons, Glengorse

GC, Leics); 2nd, Steph

en Wardale

with 32 points on coun

tback (Polio, from Gans

tead Park

GC, Hull); and the winn

er with 35 points was ju

nior 13 year

old Lewis Eccles (ASD,

ADHD, Dyspraxia from

Waterfront

GC, South Yorks). New

members were welcom

ed to their

first DGA event – well-r

espected shortarmgol

fer Tony

Lloyd (The Shropshire

GC); Chris Liles (Parkins

ons, from

Breadsall Priory GC) an

d Neil Maymond (who w

ears leg

irons following a car ac

cident from Notts). The

tour returns

to the East Midlands o

n April 11th at Glen Go

rse GC (Leics)

DGA is a pan-disability,

not-for-profit organizat

ion,

membership is free. M

ore information is at w

ww.

disabledgolfassociatio

n.org.uk and fb.com/di

sabledgolf

with events scheduled

Ace-Ace at Leics Am-Am

The members and officials at Leicestersh

ire’s Longcliffe

GC are convinced they witnessed a first at

the club during

their Winter Open Am-Am fourball event tha

t took place on

Friday March 21st. It was the first hole th

at provided the

excitement too as the 179 yard par three s

aw not one but

two holes-in-ones in very quick succession

from a pair of

visiting competitors. Firstly, Robin Griffiths, a

six handicapper

who had travelled all the way from Burnha

m & Berrow GC

in Somerset aced the hole, which was act

ually his second

of the day following a shotgun start. Not

long after, Vince Lee,

an Atherstone GC

member recorded

the second, the nine

handicapper starting

his round at the 17th

hole.