Club News
Lady Captain's Final 2011
Despite awful weather which made play difficult the Ladies bravely continued with the competition. The Lady Captain thanked all who had played and is pictured above with prize winner, Vanessa Barrow.
Jim Hutchinson awarded Greenkeeper of the Year 2010
Congratulations to Jim Hutchinson who has just been awarded 'Greenkeeper of the Year 2010' in recognition of the many years he has dedicated to ecological work on the course.
Jim's enthusiasm for ecology at the club has been described as "infectious". His commitment to ecology on the course and his passion for the wildlife has always been appreciated by the club but he must be delighted to have his work acknowledged in this way.
For a copy of the full report please click here.
Fairhaven win 2010 Fylde Scratch League
Back (l-r): Paul Drinkwater / Darren Carlisle / Charles Durnian / Lee Mayers; Front (l-r): Lee Williams / Ben Haworth (Team Capt) / Luke Olsson
Team Captain (Ben Haworth) was delighted to announce that Fairhaven Golf Club Scratch Team had won the 2010 Fylde Scratch League which followed on from a superb performance to take the 2010 Knockout Trophy as well.
Being only a point behind Old Links and level with Blackpool North Shore victory was clinched with a win on the final match day of the season, away at Royal Lytham which took Fairhaven to the top of the league for the first time all season. Congratulations to all.
England v Scotland Schools
Unfortunately the ESGA were not so lucky with the weather when they held their England v Scotland Schools event at the club on 13th September and were rained off in the afternoon.
After playing the foursomes in torrential rain in the morning a decision had to be taken to cancel the singles matches in the afternoon.
The course usually drains rapidly but the photo above showing the amount of water on the course gives an idea of how much rain fell in a short period of time.
European Mens Senior Team Championships
The sun shone all week for the European Mens Senior Team Championships which began with 19 teams gathering for the opening ceremony on the August Bank Holiday Monday.
Whilst Ireland took an early lead in the first round it was England who were victorious pipping Ireland to the post in the Final.
Open link below for results:
http://www.englishgolfunion.org/showpage.asp?code=00010002000100030031/Fylde Amateur Championships
Paul Thornton of St.Annes Old Links Golf Club was the winner of the Fylde Amateur Championships hosted here at Fairhaven Golf Club on Friday, 20th August, 2010. Full details of the event and results can be found on the Fylde Amateur Golf website using the link below.
Open the link below for the full results & commentary:
http://www.fyldeamateurgolf.com/results/the-fylde-amateur-championships/Lady Captain's Final Competition
(left to right) Maria Lavery, Ruth Cooper, Francesca Beeby Lady Captain Margot Hull, Emily Shea, Anne Preston and Val Hyman
Forty eight ladies qualified and played in a two day competition for the Lady Captain's Prize.
Windy and sometimes wet conditions tested the ladies' skills, and the deserving winner was a junior player, Emily Shea who played under par on both days. With scores of 67 and 70 she played exceptionally well, beating Anne Preston, who was the runner up and took the prize donated by the Lady Vice Captain, Mrs Vera Shearer.
The winner of the first day prize was another Junior girl, Francesca Beeby, while Maria Lavery took the second day prize.
The subsidiary competition over one round was won by Val Hyman, with Ruth Cooper as runner up.
An 18 hole putting competition was won By Pat Chamberlain.
Afterwards, the Lady Captain generously hosted tea for 90 ladies, to round off an enjoyable two days.
Lancashire Amateur Championship
The club is delighted to note that two of it's members, Darren Carlisle and Lee Mayers, both made the cut for the final day of the Lancashire Amateur Championship held at Hesketh Golf Club on 4th-7th June. Congratulations to both on their highly creditable finishes from a starting field of 127 golfers.
Fairhaven Trophies
Following some great scoring in windy conditions Rhys Pugh, Vale of Glamorgan GC, won the boys championship with a 3 under par total of 285 following a final round of 71.
The girls championship was won by Emily Taylor after a course record score of 72 in her final round to win by two shots from Brogan Townend, Pleasington GC, who beat Bronte Law, Bramhall GC, on a card playoff.
The boys runner up was Liam Harper, Lydd GC, with a score of 292, which was equalled by Jack McDonald, Kilmarnock Brassie GC, who finished third.
The new course record of 68 created by Jack McDonald in the first round, on the 7015 yard par 72 course, was equalled by Harry Casey, Enfield GC, and James Burnett, Sleaford GC.
A great championship played in great spirit by all the players and Fairhaven look forward to welcoming players to next years championship, which will be held on 29th April to 1st May, 2011.
Jim Hutchinson meets Justin Rose
Jim Hutchinson was recently invited to Wentworth during the PGA championship as a prize winner in the 2009 STRI ecology awards to meet Justin Rose, who is the new ambassador for the STRI ecology environmental initiative.
He was accompanied by a member of the Greens Committee, David Shepherd.
Justin was aware of Fairhaven and recalled a Home Internationals match and Sergio Garcia playing for Spain.