CENTURIONS CAP A NIGHT TO REMEMBER

More than 300 golfers from across the region gathered at the Sheffield Holiday Inn Royal Victoria for the annual dinner and prize winners’ presentation of the Sheffield Union of Golf Clubs.

Highlight of the night was a special award to five stalwarts who have each represented the union more than 100 times.

Richard Jones (Wath), Shaun Tarplett (Hillsborough), Tony Gelsthorpe (Tinsley/Renishaw), Iain Mackenzie (Hillsborough/Hallamshire) and Martin Haddock (Wheatley) were presented with specially-commissioned caps to mark their achievements.

Other highlights included presentations to the Doncaster junior team that won the SUGC junior team championship, the Yorkshire inter district team championship and the England junior team club championship.

Winners: Doncaster Juniors

Josh Berry, also of Doncaster, won the best British under 10 and goes on to represent GB at Pinehurst next year.

Barclay Brown, of Hallamshire, (below) also had a great season, representing his club and country, as well as being, at the age of 14, the youngest winner of the Sheffield Plate. He also won the Junior Champion of Champions.

 Barclay Brown with The Sheffield Plate

Nick Poppleton, of Wath, ( pictured below) retained his crown as Golfer of the Year, winning the Tee Up Trophy presented by The Sheffield Telegraph.

Nick Poppleton

Phoenix also had a great year, defending their first Division title in style.

Meanwhile the union saw one of its start players Joe Dean win the English Amateur Championship while local heroes, now professionals, Danny Willett and Matthew Fitzpatrick have been in winning ways of the European Tour.

The Union’s senior team won both the Yorkshire Inter District team championship and the league.

The evening, sponsored by iGolfStudio, was led by Union President, Daran Johnson, who hosted his guests, the senior figures from the regional golfing scene.

 President Daran Johnson and his guests

 WINNERS 2015

Individual Events: The Sheffield Open Amateur Championship (The Sheffield Plate), B Brown (Hallamshire); The Sheffield Amateur Championship (Past Presidents’ Trophy), N Fell (Lindrick); Strokeplay Championship (Jack Hulley Trophy), N Poppleton (Wath); Sheffield Open Championship (Lockwood Trophy) Open Champion, M Wright (Silkstone); Sheffield Open Championship (Hughes Cup), Leading Amateur, T Brind (Abbeydale); Charles Lockwood Trophy, G Fullwood (Wath); Mid Amateur Championship (Peter Wharton Trophy), M Haddock (Wheatley); Golfer of the Year (Tee up Trophy), N Poppleton (Wath); Seniors’ Championship (Jack Robinson Salver), G Dobbs (Rotherham); Veterans’ Championship, T Tate (Rotherham); Junior Championship (Tupling Trophy), C Macfie (Lindrick); Junior Champion of Champions, B Brown (Hallamshire); Junior Matchplay, A Nairn (Rotherham); Junior Mini Tour, S Longworth (Doncaster); Under 14’s Championship, J Danks (Rother Valley); Junior Under 14 Matchplay, T Osborne (Lindrick); Junior Player of the Year (Lol Morgan Trophy), Calum Macfie (Lindrick); Junior Championship (best net), T Osborne (Lindrick)

Team events:

Team Championship, Phoenix (M Woodhouse, J Perry, D Longden, R Bee); Executive Trophy (best individual score in team championship), J Perry (Phoenix); Second Team Championship ( h/cp 6-12), Wath (R Gill, E Ormondroyd, M Vickers); Executive Trophy (best individual score in second team trophy), A Haines (Sickleholme); Turner Shield, Hillsborough ( J Dean & D Wasteney); Interclub Foursomes Medal, Hillsborough (A Robinson, S Tarplett, A Denton, G Denton); Interclub Foursomes Knockout ( The Renishaw Goblet), Wath; JH Aitchison Trophy, Wath (K Crundell, H Dungworth, S Ellis, N McCall); Team Championship Leading Qualifier, Doncaster Town Moor (D Bratton, J Critchlow, G Langford, S Roberts); Charity Competition (The Queen’s Jubilee Trophy, Renishaw (R Browne, S Ord, W Pritchard, L Wilde); Junior Interclub Team Championship, Hallamshire (B Brown, T Bradley, C Board, L Hinchliffe); Junior Team Championship, Doncaster (C Longworth, J Cuillo, B Watson); Sheffield Union League Div1. Phoenix; Div2. Hillsborough; Div3. Silkstone; Div4. Tinsley Park; Div5. Birley Wood; 6 to 18 League Zone Winners 1. Silkstone; 2. Tankersley Park; 3. Sitwell Park; 4. Bondhay; 5. Phoenix; 6 to 18 League Winners, Silkstone

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