Morecambe Golf Club

Finals Day 2010

On Saturday 4th September, in beautiful September sunshine, we saw the golf season reach its conclusion with the annual Finals Day. All finalists from the season's knockout competitions competed for the honour of seeing their names entered on one or more of the prestigious trophy boards. The full results with all the winners are listed below.

The day concluded with the now traditional Prize Presentation Evening with a Buffet and Disco provided by Pat Madden Sounds.

Winning Finalists

Foursomes Salver - Pat Forrest & Jean Bibby

Mixed Knockout - Chris Wilson & Lady Captain (V Skelcher)

Centenary Medal - Christian Needham

Council Prize - Darren Mattinson

Harper Trophy - Richard Wolff

President's Prize - John Feather

Captain's Prize - Chris Wilson

Townend Trophy - Joanne Barrow

Palamountain Trophy - Dave Carney & Keith Morley

Blenkinsop Token 2010

The 56th Blenkinson Token tournament was held at Lancaster Golf Club on the 28th August 2010. After a hard fought match Lancaster Golf Club ran out winners with a score of 398; Morecambe came second on 415. Full scores are detailed in the Junior Section page.

Congratulations to the Lancaster Team and well done all competitors who represented their respective clubs in the traditional exemplary manner.

The Morecambe Team are photographed below with the Captain, President and Lady Captain.

Clayton Triumph

Following on from the marvellous victory by our Senior golfers in the Seniors Triangular Trophy win at Morecambe on the 16th July our leading golfers travelled to Heysham Golf Club (celebrating their Centenary year) on the 8th August and lifted the prestigious Clayton Trophy.

An excellent performance in the morning foursomes saw Morecambe pull out an early lead of 6 strokes from Lancaster and 15 from Heysham. The afternoon singles saw this lead extend to 15 from Lancaster and 29 from Heysham with final scores of 879 for Morecambe, 894 for Lancaster and 908 for host club Heysham.

The leading score on the day was a magnificent two under par 68 for Tom McCann.

The Morecambe team were: M S Carney, A I Chester, J A Gillespie, O C Hirst-Greenham, T J McCann, S Sandham, M C Wilson and T J Winn.

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Ladies Annual Dinner

Morecambe Golf Club Ladies Annual Dinner took place on Wednesday 17th March 2010. The evening concluded with a recital by Welsh harpist, Rhian Spence who played a number of traditional pieces on the Harp.

Pictured left to right with Rhian are Rosemary Rogers, Lady Captain Vanessa Skelcher, Eileen Scott, Lady Vice-Captain Pat Forrest, Pam Bentley, Marjorie Pickles and Val Campbell

New Vice-Captains Announced

At the Christmas Dance, held in the Clubhouse on Saturday 12th December, it was announced that Mr Rob Kavanagh would be the nominee for Vice-Captain in 2010 and Mrs Pat Forrest would be the nominee for Lady Vice-Captain. We feel sure the whole membership will wish them every success in their respective terms of office upon election next March.

Pictured below are the President, Captain, Lady Captain, Vice Captains and new nominees with their respective spouses.

Ladies Prize Giving Dinner 2009

The Ladies section held their annual Prize-giving Dinner in the Clubhouse on Wednesday 11th November. Pictured (below) with the main Prizewinners are the Lady Captain, Beth Hartley and Lady Vice-Captain, Vanessa Skelcher.

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Gentlemen's Prize Giving Dinner 2009

The Gentlemen's Prize Giving Dinner was held in the Clubhouse on Saturday 7th November and attended by the season's prize-winners, their friends and official guests. Toastmaster for the evening was the Vice-Captain, David Scott. A toast to the Prize Donors was made by John Newby and Nick Marshall proposed the toast to the Prize Winners with John Feather responding on behalf of the prize winners.

A full list of prize-winners and more photos can be found on the Gents Member's page.

Pictured below are the Captain and President with the major Prize-winners.

Shoe Cleaner

The new Shoe-Cleaning Bay is now complete and was inaugurated by the Captain, Lady Captain and immediate Past Lady Captain, Sheila Shadwell, on Sunday 28th June, the day of the Open Charity Mixed golf competition.

Pictured (left to right) are the Captain and Lady Captain with Sheila and Norman Shadwell.

It is hoped that Members will enjoy the benefit of this facility. The Captain and Board of Directors would once again like to thank the Ladies Committee for all their magnificent efforts in helping to raise a high proportion of the funding for the project. Thanks also to Mike Benson and Nathan Robinson for their hard work in construction and installation.

Blenkinsop Token 2009

Morecambe Juniors, once again, did their club proud by re-taking the Blenkinsop Token on Saturday 29th August.

On a very windy and testing day over the Morecambe Course, the Morecambe Team found themselves 10 shots adrift after 9 holes but came through in the end to win by just one shot from Lancaster.

Although winning is a team effort, the leading score of the day; a magnificent 71, was posted by our own David Gartside. All in all it was an excellent day with all three clubs competing in the true spirit of the Blenkinsop Token.

Pictured at left with the Trophy is the winning Morecambe Team.

Full results:

President's First 'Nine 'n Dine'

The first of the President's 9 & Dine mixed couple golfing events took place on Friday evening 8th May 2009 and was a great success, enjoyed by all. The President hopes to stage another event soon so keep an eye on the corridor noticeboard.

The winners of the competion were in 1st Place - Mr & Mrs B. Atkinson and Mr & Mrs S. McNamara (pictured below left with the President and Lady Captain). In 2nd Place - Mr & Mrs R. Barker and Mr & Mrs D. Dale (pictured below right).

Charity Coffee Morning

The annual Charity Coffee Morning took place in the Clubhouse on Friday 4th April 2009 in aid of the Captains' Charity - The Stroke Unit, Royal Lancaster Infirmary.

Organised by the Ladies' Committee the event was a great success and raised £1012. The Captain and Lady Captain wish to thank all those who attended and contributed to raise this magnificent total.

The photograph shows Mrs Jackie Barker and Mrs Brenda Bushby; two of the many helpers at the event .

Ladies v Seniors Match

The bi -annual match between the Ladies and Seniors was held at Morecambe Golf Club on Thursday 2nd April 2009.

The ladies won and the photograph shows Mrs Jackie Barker accepting the trophy on behalf of the Ladies from the President, Trevor Bentley. The match was followed by a meal and drinks provided by the senior section.