RAWDON Golf and Lawn Tennis Club's annual meeting was held in the Clubhouse when the president, Mr J M Clough, opened the meeting and asked members to stand in respect for the following members who had passed away during the last year - Mrs Jan Craven, Mrs Audrey Burgess, Mrs Mary Hiley, Mrs Connie Holgate, Mr Ron Cooper and Mr Sam Marshall.

Mr J A H Cartwright, the club treasurer, presented the accounts, which showed a good year's finances and credit was given to the general committee for their careful handling of club business. Messrs Lesley Bray and Coy were re-elected as auditors for the year 2000.

The Tennis Section gave a verbal report on their year's progress and told members that the new floodlights were satisfactory and income would cover the cost of new bulbs and maintenance.

The president then proposed Mrs June Huggan and Mr John Cartwright to be life honorary members in recognition of their hard work and long standing membership of the club. This proposition was greeted with warm applause and complete agreement by all.

Votes were then taken on various motions regarding club rules, subscriptions and procedures.

The current president, Mr Julien Clough, then handed over and welcomed to office the new president, Mr Andrew Wilson, and the committee for the year 2000 to 2001 were duly elected as follows: Vice-president P Rawlins; golf captain P Davies; golf vice-captain K P Green; hon secretary R A Adams; hon treasurer J A H Cartwright.

Ronnie Lawson presented the captain's tie to the new golf captain,Peter Davies, and wished him well for the coming year.

The following members were then elected to serve as chairpersons of the sub-committees: Chairman of the greens, Steve Wilson; house and estates chairman, Dennis Wood; tennis chairman, Jeff Davitt; social chairman, Steve Rawnsley.

The men's March Stableford was played on Saturday with 87 golfers taking part. Results were: Division One - S Clark 43 points; M Hall 40; R Smalley 39.

Division Two - S V Wilson 41; M Burgess 39; J Binnie 38.

Ilkley Golf

Club Ladies

TWO more Stableford competitions were played in February, both over 11 holes and both on days when the players couldn't stop saying "Aren't we lucky with the weather!" On February 15 Ann Gillon won the Silver Division with 22 points from Ann Newman who totalled 21 points. First in the Bronze Division was Angela Jackson with 22 points from runner-up Shirley Metcalfe, who scored 19 points.

The scoring was again very close on February 29 with Liz Downs taking first place in the Silver Division with 19 points, just beating the lady captain Marjorie Bradley by one point. Once again Angela Jackson headed the field - the Bronze Division with a fine score of 25 points with the runner-up place going to Biddy Litten - 21 points.

The March Medal was played in the most appalling weather, gale force winds and driving rain threatened to flood the players off the course. Six gallant ladies battled their way around, finishing just before the greens began to disappear under water.

Special mention must be made of Ann Newman who won Division One with a back nine score of 39, a truly gutsy performance. Second was Jill Parfitt and in Division Two Maggie Mitchell just took first place from Shirley Metcalfe. Needless to say, none of the players were within their buffer zones!

Results - Division One: 78, Ann Newman (six); 87, Jill Parfitt (20). Division Two: 92, Maggie Mitchell (23); 94, Shirley Metcalfe (23).

Horsforth

Golf Club

AFTER early morning frost Saturday turned into a day of good weather and pleasing playing conditions at Horsforth Golf Club. One hundred and fifty-five members played in the March Stableford, with close results.

Division One: 1, P Hunter, 39 points; 2, M Dobson 38; 3, G Swithenbank, 38.

Division Two: 1, G Jackson 40; 2, D Carnall, 37; 3, S Stewart, 37.

Division Three: 1, P Glenn, 38; 2, T Buckley, 37; 3, N Luke, 36.

The Ladies' competition last Tuesday was a Four-ball Better Ball over 16 holes.

Results: 1, M Gardner and J Heap, 64; 2, J Greedwood and J Howson, 65; 3, A Croft and M Wales, 66.

Otley Golf Club

March Medal

THERE were 105 entrants for Otley Golf Club's March Medal competition, enjoying bright but very cold weather. A competition to remember for Jim Harder who not only shot the best gross of the day but shared the best net with Colin Palmer.

Division One: A Kirkpatrick 77-10-67, M Driver 78-11-67, M Lavers 79-11-68, H Walsh 76-8-68.

Division Two: J Harder 75-12-63, C Palmer 79-16-63, D Watkinson 81-13-68, A H Stott 83-15-68.

Division Three: L F Morgan 84-18-66, E L Kershaw 89-23-66, D Shaw 89-22-67, H L Smith 87-18-69, P Darby 87-18-69.

The Ladies' Section held an Extra Stableford on Tuesday. Once again the weather favoured Ladies' day and 46 took part in the competition. The winners were:

Division One: Sheila Sunderland (nine) 37 points; Isobel Denmark (20) 35.

Division Two: Pat Pick (23) 31; Iris Harrison (22) 31.

Division Three: Rhoda Smith (33) 32; Ann Ferguson (36) 25.

Jenny Quinn (above) was elected president of the Harrogate and District Society of Lady Golf Captains at their AGM at Harrogate Golf Club. Jenny is well-known in Harrogate and District Union golfing circles.

She joined Otley Golf Club in 1966 and after three years as treasurer for the Ladies' Section, was elected Ladies' Captain in 1982, closely followed by husband Jack, who was the 1987 Men's Captain. Both are active and popular members of Otley Golf Club.

Ben Rhydding

ON a crisp, frosty morning hard greens and fairways faced the early starters taking part in the Ben Rhydding Golf Club March Medal.

However, the frost soon cleared and it was back to normal golf. Fifty eight members took part. There was some poor scoring with only three people under par.

Afternoon players had to put up with a strong wind. The results were as follows:

Division One - 1 T M Lockwood 66-6-60; 2 J Watts 77-11-66; 3 S Brown 79-13-66; 4 M Parker 77-11-66; 5 A Atkins 74-7-67.

Division Two - 1 D Lee 86-25-61; 2 B Fowler 80-18-62; 3 R Rockett 84-17-67; 4 A Smith 89-21-68; 5 R Andrews 86-18-68.

Twos at eight and 17: J L Yeadon, I Firth, P Clilverd.

Bracken Ghyll

THE heavy rain during February meant that for the first time this winter the monthly competitions at Bracken Ghyll Golf Club had to be played on temporary greens. This made the course much easier to play and the results were correspondingly low.

February Stableford - Division One: 1, Doug Thompson (17), 43; 2, James Simpson (15), 42; 3, Neil Riley (15), 41.

Division Two: 1, Dave Beckett (28), 46; 2, Chris Naylor (24), 43; 3, Jonty Hawkes (27), 42.

March Medal - Division One: 1, Duncan Hall, 77-7-71; 2, Matthew Brook, 87-16-71; 3, Nick Page, 83-12-71.

Division Two: Andrew Sheldon, 94-28-6; 2, Mick Boyle, 94-28-66; 3, Richard Jeremy, 91-22-69.

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