Young Lizzie is Yorkshire

champion

Lizzie Brand, Ilkley Golf Club's talented junior, played in the Challenge Bowl at Otley Golf Club last week. She was joint third qualifier with a net 69 and was unfortunate to be knocked out of the first round of matches by an eventual finalist. It was an admirable effort by a 13 year-old.

Two days later Lizzie went to Shipley Northcliffe to play in the Yorkshire Schools' Championships. In difficult windy weather, and won the event with a net 73. Her handicap is now 19.

The Ilkley Golf Club Ladies' Hartley Veterans' Trophy was won by Jackie Foster with 91-22-69. Sue Black was second on 94-21-73 and Joyce Bennett was third with 96-23-73.

The lowest gross in this competition was Sue Wood on 88.

Ilkley fielded an elite team of golfers in their scratch match against Rotherham, and were delighted to beat them 51/2-11/2 despite the fact that their opponents came complete with caddies 'et al'.

The winners were H Wilman, A Newman, L Brand, F Wood, and E Downs while M Brand halved. Altogether an excellent result against last year's inter-club champions.

Rawdon

Golf Club

RAWDON Golf Club captain Kevin Green had a very successful Captain's Day. The golf, weather and the hospitality were excellent.

Many thanks to Kevin, Sam, Sam and Katie for giving us such a memorable day. The format of the day was an old-fashioned bogey (7/8ths HC).

Winners - 1, A Shakeshaft, plus 6; 2, B Adams, plus 5 (on back six); 3, D Fox, plus 5. Ladies - 1, J Smethills, minus 3; 2, S Smith, minus 3 (on back nine); 3, P Coyle, minus 4. Junior prize-winners were - J Walsh and D Newton.

The Ladies' Section played in the Webb Salver, a 36-hole gross medal competition, played over two days.

Results - 1, June Smethills, 92-84-178; 2, Pam Henderson, 94-95-189; 3, Shirley Poland, 92-99-191; 4, Sue Smith, 93-106-199.

Lady President Julie Dundas held her day on Tuesday, July 10. The weather was kind for most of the day although the later players, unfortunately, had to stop for heavy rain and a thunderstorm, but were able to resume play later.

The results of the stableford competition were very good with many handicap reductions.

Results (13-23 handicap) - Pam Henderson, 38 points; (24-35 handicap) - Norma Donnelly, 42; (36-40 handicap) - Helen Green, 47 points; (41-45 handicap) - Samantha Sands, 32 points.

Horsforth

Am-Am

HORSFORTH Golf Club's 11th annual AM-AM, initially initiated by Danny Kitching in 1991, took place on Friday. With help from the Ladies' AM-AM, a successful tombola and a raffle on the day raised £10,240 with Friday the 13th proving not so unlucky!

The cheque was presented to Ian Rothwell, from Cookridge Hospital, along with the 11th annual computer donated by Unidec.

Mr Rothwell, in turn, presented the club with a Certificate of Appreciation from Cookridge Hospital for the £100,0000 (and a bit more) raised to date.

This year's contribution is to be used to buy a piece of equipment to be used in the diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer..

Forty-four teams competed in a four-man team, with two scores to count at each hole, for a variety of prizes, all generously donated.

Results: 1, Vent Axia - P Taylor (5), N Whitaker (10), D Vine (5) and G Jackson (15), 124; 2, Yarnbury - D Daniels (11), R Petifor (24), M Thorpe (4) and N Houghton (7), 125; 3, Men With No Name - P Burtinshaw (11), M Dobson (11), T Roberts (18) and D Witherspoon (19), 127. A further 13 teams received prizes.

The Men's July Medal took place on Saturday with 153 cards entered.

Division One - 1, P Schofield (9), 62 nett; 2, D Ashton (12), 66; 3, J Murphy (10), 67. Division Two - 1, D Teale (16), 61; 2, S Stewart (14), 63; 3, A Jones (13), 64. Division Three - 1, W Brown (19), 66; 2, N Kemp (19), 69; 3, M Swinney (20), 69. P Taylor (5), nett 67, qualified for The Hall of Fame regional final at Sherwood Forest.

The Ladies' July Medal, Bretherick Chamberlain and Miss Yates Competitions, took place on Tuesday.

Medal (44 entries): Division One - 1, C Greenhalgh (18), 73 best back 9; 2, Lapsley (15), 73; 3, J Greenwood (18), 74. Division Two - 1, F Arlow (23), 63; 2, J Heap (25), 68; 3, J O'Sullivan (26), 70. Division Three - 1, C Outhwaite (33), 65; 2, P Taylor (40), 70; 3, H Freeman (36), 70.

Bretherick Chamberlain (handicaps 0-30) - 1, F Arlow, 63; 2, J Heap, 68. Miss Yates (handicaps 31-45) - 1, C Outhwaite, 65; 2, P Taylor, 70 best back nine.

Holes-in-one have recently been scored by two ladies, both at the third hole, C Sudron and J Howson.

Ben Rhydding

THE Men's July Medal at Ben Rhydding Golf Club was played in hot sunshine, making the golf very enjoyable. Results:

First Division - 1, D Firth, 75-15-60; 2, W Coates, 77-13-64; 3, T W Rockett, 76-11-65; 4, M A Parker, 78-12-66. Second Division - 1, K Gooch, 78-16-62; 2, K Smith, 88-20-62; 3, D Phillips, 80-17-63 on last nine, from 4, B Robinson, 88-25-63.

The Lowcock Qualifier was played on Sunday, July 15, a stableford off full handicap. Results: 1, A Halliday, 42 points; 2, D Lee, 42; 3, T W Rockett, 41; 4, D Chew, 40.

Twenty-one other players qualified, the cut-off being 34 points. A Halliday qualifies for The Hall of Fame 2001 Golf Championship, final to be held at Woodhall Spa Golf Club in September. The tournament is in aid of Cancer Research Campaign .

The results in the Ladies' Section are:Medal Six - 1, L M Yeadon, 85-25-60; 2, H Sefton, 101-37-64; 3, J Sheldon, 89-23-66; 4, C Lambert, 87-20-67.

The Ladies' Plate (for ladies of 50 years and over) - 1, S M Towler, 37 points; 2, H M Sefton, 36.