February 8th, 2024

England Golf hold an annual competition to find the national Champion Handicap Golfer of the Year sponsored by yourgolftravel.

A male and female member from each eligible club is entered into their local Area Final based upon being the players with the lowest aggregate of four net score differentials in individual qualifying club competitions in 2023. The top 6 from the Area Final then go on to the Grand Final at the Hodgkin Course, Woodhall Spa, the home of England Golf.

Going to the 18 hole individual Stableford Area Final at Kirkbymoorside GC on June 2nd ,with the warmest congratulations from all members, will be Tim Considine and Vanda Mackenzie.

Another deluge of rain on Monday January 29th only resulted in a next day closure and by Saturday the course was ready for 16 holes of play with no need for temporary greens.

Once again PGA Professional Martin Padgett staged a 4BBB competition which attracted the usual full Saturday field. The “twist in the tail” this week was the need for both players in the partnership to count their scores on the four par 3 holes.

The target score was therefore 40 points, achieved by 18 of the 49 returns indicating the challenge posed by a full-length course and windy conditions. Once again countback was needed to determine second and third place with consistent contenders Jordan and Callum Jonas’s score of 44 points this week only making third. Second spot went to Winter League partners Gareth Whiles and Andrew Asquith. They finished one point behind winners Chris and Andrew Booth with a commendable 45 points.

There was an improved result in the Twos Club where 21 of the 98 players made a pair, versus 12 out of 82 in the prior week. Three players made a couple of two’s each to bring the total to 24: 11 at the 10th, 5 at the15th, 4 at the 3rd, and just one at the 17th