County Scene & Team News

Catch up with all the news on our league teams and representatives in County and National events during 2013.

County

In the County Foursomes played at Bedlingtonshire and Newbiggin over the weekend 13th &14th April, Shaun Philipson and James Curry secured victories over Percy Wood, Seahouses, Alnmouth Village and Blyth to reach the final.  The final played at Heworth on 20th April against Hexham they lost at the first extra hole when Matty Lamb holed a massive putt from off the green. Disappointing especially as they had been 3 up after 11 holes. The picture on the left shows Shaun and James at Heworth

For the North & South played at Morpeth on 21st April, we had 4 players, Kevin Robson and Kyle Humphrey both shot 159 with Phil Bradley shooting 161. James Currey failed  to return a score in the 2nd round. The winner was Sandy Twynholm with a 147.

Qualification for the County Stroke-play Championship was played at Stocksfield on 19th May (the 18th was washed out). Success for Shuan Philipson (143), Kyle Humphrey (144) and James Curry (145) all made it to the final 36 holes to be played on Monday 27th May.  Current leader after 36 holes is Simon Lee (138).  Two players who did not make the cut were Phil Bradley (165) and Denny Ward (N/R) 

Other County events include  Teams Championships (15th June), County Matchplay Championship (22nd June and 26th - 29th June) and Fenwick-Smith Trophy (27th July). 

In the TR Percy competition played in April our ladies lost 4-3 at home against Stocksfield.

On Sunday 12th May our Davison Cup team suffered defeat 3.5 - 1.5 away to Warkworth. The links golf was too much for them. 

Team News
In the Daily Mail competitions our team - Shaun Philipson, Steve Nichol, Kyle Humphrey, Phil Bradley and Paul Potts lost to Hexham in the first round. In the pairs competition Phil Brookbanks and Anthony Jackson lost to Tyneside 5&4 in the first round.

League Golf
Interested in playing league golf in the Hadrian or Newcastle & District leagues during 2013?  If so, you can add your name to the list in the locker room (copy of form attached click on link) or if you would like to discuss your participation contact our Captain John McKillup directly.  Click here for further details

Newcastle & District League

The Team Manager is John McKillup - the fixtures 2013 are:
MAY
2nd Backworth (H) Won 11-1 , 8th Blyth (A) Drew 6-6, 16th City of Newcastle (H) Drew 6-6, 23rd Ravensworth (A), and 30th Newbiggin (H)
JUNE
6th Northumberland (A), 14th Tynemouth (A), 20th Tyneside (H) and 25th Westerhope (A)
JULY
4th Whitley Bay (H),11th Gosforth (A), 18th Morpeth (H) and 25th Newcastle Utd (A)
AUGUST
1st Ponteland (H) and 8th Arcot Hall (A)

We finished runners in 2012. As the results are posted and league table takes shape it will be available to view here. 

Hadrian League

The Team Manager is David Miller - the fixtures for 2013 are:

MAY
5th Bellingham (A) Lost 7-5, 7th Ponteland (H) Won 9-3, 15th Bedlingtonshire (A) Lost 10-2, 21st Tyneside (H) Won 10-2, and  28th Stocksfield (A).
JUNE
4th Close House (H), 12th Parklands (A), 18th Matfen (H) and 24th Wallsend (A)
JULY
2nd Hexham (H), 9th Westerhope (A), 16th Ryton (H), 23rd Newbiggin (H) and 31st Slaley Hall (A)
AUGUST
7th Newcastle Utd (H)

We finished 9th place in 2012. As the results are posted and league table takes shape it will be available to view here.

Northumbria Junior League

The Junior Captain is Oliver Quinn - the fixtures for 2013 are
APRIL
21st Blyth (A) - Lost 10 -2
MAY
12th Newcastle Utd (A) Lost 10-2, 19th Backworth (A) Won 7-5 and 26th City of Newcastle (H)
JUNE
9th Tynemouth (A), 16th Arcot Hall (A) and 23rd Blyth (H)
JULY
7th Newcastle Utd (H), 14th Backworth (H) and 28th City of Newcastle (A)
AUGUST
4th Tynemouth (H)

The date of the home match against Arcot Hall to be confirmed.

To check out details of the latest league tables click here

We finished 4th in the league in 2012.  

Ladies League
The fixtures for 2013 are:

MAY
10th City of Newcastle (A) Lost 6-1, 10th Whitley Bay (A) and 30th Alnmouth (H)
JUNE
6th Bellingham (A)
JULY
25th Ponteland (H)
AUGUST
15th Matfen Hall (H)

The 2012 Season In Summary

County Stroke-play Championship - Played during May at Bellingham, James Curry won by 5 shots after shooting a 4 round total of 276.

During September at the Cumbria v Northumberland Junior County Event - two of our juniors (Kyle Humphrey and Oliver Quinn)  both represented their County. Kyle played for Cumbria and Oliver for Northumberland -we think it was a first?

In the N&D League we finished runners up with our player of the year was once again Kevin Robson.

A 9th place finish in the Hadrian League with Steven Pallister the player of the year

The ladies and juniors both finished mid table in their leagues.