OGC News

Another great turnout for Olton Golf Club’s prestigious Open competition with prize money of over £2000. The course was in great condition with OGC’s greens up to their usual excellent standard.

Cup Results (Nett)

1st                         Thomas Price                                                 70           72           142

2nd                       Adam Cook                                                     74           70           144

3rd                        Ryan Walters                                                  72           74           146       

4th                        Michael Pell                                                    72           74           146       

Bowl Results (Gross)

1st                         Adam Norman                                               69           72           141

2nd                       Michael Pell                                                    70           72           142

3rd                        Sam Easterbrook                                           72           71           143       

4th                        Nick Brooker                                                   74           70           144

Full results are viewable on the Opens web page

Our grateful thanks to all who took part.

Andy Watkinson
Honorary Match Secretary

Pictured: Thomas Price (Cup) & Adam Norman (Bowl) along with Olton’s Club Captain Peter Dixon

4 ladies from Olton Golf Club entered the WVLGA Singles Championship this year which took place at Leamington and County Golf Club.  The event had been due to take place in June but had to be rescheduled from its original venue of Copt Heath Golf Club due to freak storms rendering the course unplayable on the day.  44 ladies from a mixture of clubs in Warwickshire competed for the trophies and the course presented a stern challenge for all the golfers, but the ladies of Olton performed well achieving the following results:

WVLGA Championship – Overall Gross Trophy          WVLGA Championship – Overall Nett Trophy

5^th Glenda Loram                                                          2^nd Glenda Loram
8^th Hilary Dixon                                                             6^th Wendy McIntyre

9^th Elizabeth Smith                                                       12^th Elizabeth Smith
13^th Wendy McIntyre                                                    24^th Hilary Dixon  

Huge congratulations go to Glenda Loram for winning the WVLGA Championship Division One Trophy, with a Nett 72 score, 3 shots ahead of the second place lady.  Glenda has recently joined the ladies of OGC so it is lovely to see her doing so well in a Warwickshire Vets event.   

Elizabeth Smith
Ladies Section                                                                                         

42 players took part in this year’s Seniors competition with 14 teams of 3 taking part. It was a very close contest with only 4 shots diving the top 9 teams. The top five teams were separated by 1 shot with 2^nd to 5^th place on a net 65. The final places were calculated on count back.

However, in 1^st place were Graham Hoskin, Thomas Kenny & Ian Rosser with a net 64.

In 2^nd place were John Brady, Mike Cutler & Bob Ellis.

In 3^rd place were Kieran Murphy, John Pegg & Chris Tucker

Well done to organiser John Pegg and prize presenter, Seniors Captain Elect, Bob Ellis who were amongst the prize winners!!!!

A warm, sunny day with a welcome gentle breeze was the order of the day for the Lady Captain’s Day this year at Olton Golf Club, hosted by Lady Captain Debbie Forbes.  The course, as ever, presented a challenging test for the ladies with 44 competing in the 18 hole Stableford competition which was won by Wendy McIntyre on 36 points, winning the Anne Murray Bowl.  2^nd place went to Elizabeth Smith with 34 points, and Lucy Rigg was 3^rd on count-back with 33 points.  3 ladies elected to play in the 9 hole competition with Chris Mosley coming out as the winner.  For those ladies not wishing to ‘grace the fairways’ there was a putting competition.  6 ladies fiercely competed to be ‘Queen of the Putting Green’.  In a closely contested event Lynda Cooper was victorious taking the title with her precision putting.   

The sporting competitions were followed by a delicious ‘afternoon tea’ in the Heaton Lounge which was transformed with a ‘Celebration of Wales’ theme in honour of our Lady Captain’s Welsh heritage and geneology.  The room was beautifully decorated with stunning flower displays by Syliva Walker featuring yellow roses, white carnations and gypsophilia.  Denise and her helpers had done a superb job in setting out the tables to mirror the colours of yellow and white in a nod to the wonderful Welsh emblem of the Daffodil.  A chilled glass of Prosecco started proceedings followed by a delicious afternoon tea featuring a selection of cakes expertly baked by Max (Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood would have approved!), topped off with the ‘Show Stopper’ of that Welsh favourite, Barra Brith.  The Lady Captain’s ‘Golf Rules Quiz’ provided plenty of entertainment heralding two winners as the last ladies standing:  Lynn Buxcey because she was extremely good at guessing and Karen Hearn as she definitely knows her rules and knew the answers!

The afternoon concluded with a short speech by Lady Captain Debbie, the sound-bite from which was that “At the start of this year LC stood for ‘Let’s Cancel’, then ‘Let’s Carry On’ and now it was time for what we had all been waiting for – ‘Let’s Celebrate’ … which the ladies of OGC certainly did.

Elizabeth Smith
Ladies Section

Saturday 31^st August saw 64 players compete in three divisions in this year’s Club Championship. Fortunately, much of the rain forecast held off and players didn’t get too wet. The course was in magnificent condition and thanks goes to Mark Smith and his team for preparing the course so superbly.

Presenting the Trophy and Vouchers to all winners was Captain Elect Joe Bates who stepped in at late notice for a poorly Captain, Peter Dixon.

Well done to new Club Champion Ryan Hinsley for his two rounds of 71 & 73 totalling 144

Second place went to Phil Haine with rounds of 71 & 75 totalling 146 with Luke Allen in third place with rounds of 72 & 75 totalling 147.

In the 6 to 10 Division the winner was James McMahon with Lee Hendrie and Peter Meany in second and third place.

In the 11 to 15 Division the winner for the second year running was Keith Bertschin with Harrison Porter and Gary Boughey in second and third Place.

Congratulations to all entrants

Andy Watkinson
Honorary Match Secretary