No. 82 Captain: David Whittingham June 2008

McNAMARA'S BAND STARS, BUT EGAN WINS

Tom McNamara and son Tony were both in tune on Vice-Captain Dave Whaley's big day, but youthful Paul Egan was the one blowing his own trumpet after winning the 36-hole event following a dramatic six-hole playoff against Tom, the reigning Veterans' Trophy holder.

Tom, with a round of 83-7-66, (despite a ten on his card), took the Division Two honours in the morning on a countback from Mark Henshaw (87-21-66).
But in the afternoon, with an even better round of 81-17-66, he was pipped by Tony (78-17-61).

Meanwhile, Paul was in sparkling form in the morning with a level par 68-6-62, but had to concede first place in Division One to Terry Melia (72-11-61).
In the second round, Paul carded 74-6-68 on an afternoon dominated by Paul Rowbotham with a splendid sub-par 65-1-64, with Dave Griffiths (77-11-66), in second place.

The end result was that both Tom and Paul had two-round net scores of 130, and had to set out on a six-hole playoff. Sadly for Tom, an eight and a six on the first two holes left him with an impossibly high mountain to climb.

TESSIER, DAWSON WIN MONTHLY MEDALS.
Simon Tessier, with a round of 71-10-61 beat Dave Nield (74-12-62), to take the Division One honours in the June monthly medal.

The Second Division was won by Lawrence Dawson (77-16-61), with Ian Gillies (77-15-62), in second place.

HALF CENTURY FOR HULLEY AND BRITT.
Jack Hulley (16), and Steve Britt (11), were in blistering form in a fourball Stableford event, scoring a remarkable fifty points.

Terry Rooney (20), and Ron Fowden (l6), had to content themselves with second place despite carding an impressive 47 points.

ROWBOTHAMS STILL IN PRIZEWINNG MODE.

Those Rowbothams are still at it!
In a three-man team event in late May, Adam, partnered by Michael Farrimond and Geoff Dawson finished top of the pile with 90 Stableford points, eight more than dad Paul, brother Lee (who both play off a handicap of one), and John Armstrong.
Paul, Lee, and John then recruited Michael to win a 4-ball Texas Scramble with a net 52.9 off a combined handicap of just 2.1.

Second were Alf Selby, Brian Hope, Duncan Hough, and Kevin Roberts with 55.1 off a 4.9 handicap.

The Rowbothams were there again when Hyde's Brewery held their annual open, with Adam and Lawrence Dawson carding 46pts, one more than Paul and regular partner John Armstrong, the club's most regular 13-handicap prizewinner. Wonder why?
And the first Fairway Cup qualifier was won by Adam (67-5-62), on a card playoff from 11-year-old Jack Fallows (84-22-62) - but as both are juniors they will not be among the eighteen who won through to the final.

Adam got his revenge by going on to win a medal comp. with a score of 66-5-61, with Mark Henshaw (85-22-63) the runner-up

DEATH OF DOUGGIE LOWE.
The club has lost yet another well known member with the death of Douggie Lowe at the age of 78 - just a year after his great friend Fred Keating.

The pair were renowned for their daily, legendary, snooker matches which often lasted for more than an hour per frame, with Doug on crutches following a stroke.

Doug, who lived in Ashton-under-Lyne, was a draughtmen's union shop steward at ICL, West Gorton, and a fine footballer in his youth.

A widower, he is survived by a son and a daughter to whom we offer our condolences.

MORE DRAMA FOR DUNHAM FOREST TEAM.

Our men advanced into the last sixteen of the prestigious Dunham Forest Trophy with a last ditch home win over Harwood.

And, once again, professional James Matterson was the hero.
James was two up with two to play against the visiting pro. but lost both holes.
When the pair went down the 19th, James emerged triumphant when his opponent three-putted

This was the second time in successive matches that James guaranteed a 4-3 victory, holing a tricky last-green putt in the home win against Birchwood in the previous round.

But James said the real hero on that occasion was young Adam Rowbotham, who won his match by 5 and 3 after being called up at the last moment.

POWER SEES A GHOST!
Buggy-bound Alan Power had a frightening moment while playing a social round with his friends.

Like many other club members, he had read in the obituaries column of the Oldham Evening Chronicle that Terry Melia had passed away.

But, as Alan prepared to take a shot, there was the aforesaid Terry walking up an adjoining fairway, large as life and as chirpy as ever.

"I thought I'd seen a ghost," said Alan. "But it transpired that someone of the same name had died."

He was not alone in being both shocked and then surprised. Terry said several people had rung his home to express their condolences.

LADIES SECTION.

LISA HALL TAKES VICE-CAPTAIN'S PRIZE.

Lisa Hall, a relatively new member, won the top prize when Lady Vice-Captain Hilda Garner staged her major event of the year.

Lisa shot a net 71 to defeat Sheila Lees by two shots.
An LGU Medal was won by Lady Captain Brenda Jarvis with a score of 91-22-69, with Fiona Dooley in second place with a fine 77-6-71.
A lady with a familiar surname won a two-ball Stableford - Gail Rowbotham with 37pts, on a card play-off from Jane Clark.

In the Dorothy Ayrton 3-ball Alliance, played in late May, the winners were Joan Swindells, Judith Wilkinson, and Lily Bevins with a score of 59.
And a 2-ball Stableford was won by Sylvia Haq with 38pts.

FALSE DAWN IN BATLEY LEAGUE.
Hopes of a long awaited success in the Lawrence Batley seniors' league were raised when our men won their first two matches, and went on to record three wins out of five.

But things have not gone as well since, with defeats against Saddleworth (3-5), Outlane (3-5), and Crosland Heath (0-8), with a
4-4 against South Bradford the only consolation.

The club's A team fared better in the League knock-out competition, winning 4-1 against Stamford, but the B team lost 4-1 against the same club's second string.

In the league, the A team drew 4-4 in their home match with Dukinfield, but the B team suffered a 8-0 defeat in the corresponding away fixture.

Our Alliance Foursomes team lost 5-2 at Denton

WILLIAMS THE IRON MAN.

An all-irons Stableford was won by Paul Williams with 38pts, one more than ex-Captain John Yemm.

Victors in a three-ball Stableford, kindly sponsored by our stewardess, Carol Buckley, her husband, and son, were Tony Jones, Ian Sutton, and John Suttie with 85 pts. Second were Aaron Rowbotham, Jordan Hindley, and Jack Suttie after countback.

Tony Roddy, with 70-9-61 was too hot for everyone else in a medal comp., with Paul Egan relegated to second place despite a shooting a level par 68 (net 63).

SENIORS.

BARLOW WINS ON PRESIDENT'S DAY.

Club secretary John Barlow took the first prize on Seniors' President Joe Swindells' day with a fine 41 Stableford points.

Runner up was Jack Hulley with 39pts.
The delighted President himself won the over 70s prize with 35pts.