Festival Day 7 – Axe Edge Trophy

Well, we made it! 7 days of open competitions concluded today with the Axe Edge Trophy, a 4BBB gents competition that has always been the concluding event in our Festival of Golf, Open Week.

There were concerns as to whether we would get through it with a horrendous forecast suggesting thunderstorms and relentless rain.  But as is often the case at 330m (1,000ft) above sea level, the weather is very difficult to predict.  It was wet; boy was it wet at times. But the course held up superbly enabling all 204 participants to complete their rounds.

 

Despite the weather, scoring from the off was good with 41 points being posted by 3 of the early teams.  But it was the pair Critchlow and Stubbs who broke ranks and sat proudly in the clubhouse with a stellar 42 points. “It may be wet out there but the course is in great condition and the greens are both receptive and slick” remarked one of the lads from Newcastle-under-Lyme.

The good scoring continued with 44 points from Walker & Clark and soon after the same score from Heapy and Kettles.  Last year’s winners Dean and Whalley must have felt good carding 43 points but this year that was just not enough.

Into the afternoon rounds and the weather really was shocking and this was reflected in the scoring. But locals are used to these conditions and so it was no surprise to see Forder and Barton top the leaderboard on a card playoff.  Bolton and Bloor came close but ultimately came up a shot short as did Featherstone and Sutton and Ponsonby and Wildgoose.  After a nervous hour and a half the new Axe Edge Champions were crowned.

Axe Edge 4BBB Open Results- August 7^th

1^st Place – £110 Each –

Malcolm Forder & Nick Barton – 44 Points (23, Back 9)

2^nd Place – £95 Each –

John Heapy & Ian Kettles – 44 Points (22, Back 9)

3^rd Place – £85 Each –

Clive Walker & Bob Clark – 44 Points (19, Back 9)

4^th Place – £75 Each –

Neil Bolton & Kevin Bloor – 43 Points (23, Back 9)

5^th Place – £65 Each –

Alister Dean & Steve Whalley – 43 Points (21, Back 9)

6^th Place – £55 Each –

David Ponsonby & Julian Wildgoose – 43 Points (15, Back 6)

7^th Place – £45 Each –

Mike Sutton & Matt Featherstone – 43 Points (12, Back 6)

8^th Place – £35 Each –

Trevor Critchlow & B Stubbs – 42 Points

9^th Place – £30 Each –

Robert Forder & Phil Major – 41 Points (21, Back 9)

10^th Place – £25 Each –

Greg Mathers & J Roberts – 41 Points (20, Back 9)

It has been some week.  1179 golfers have competed travelling from all corners of the UK.  From Norfolk to Devon and Sussex to Northumberland it’s amazing how the word has spread about our Open Week.  We love welcoming so many visitors and it is heart warming to hear such positive reviews of the course, the staff and the setup.  We rely so heavily on visitors and we are so glad when so many have such a wonderful time here.

Congratulations to all our prize winners both today and throughout the week.  Once again the big winner has been golf itself with all competitions closely contested.  As always, prizes are in the form of credit in our Proshop and as part of Snainton Golf there is a wide variety of equipment and apparel that can be ordered for you.  Just select what you want at www.snaintongolf.co.uk and then email the Proshop (Proshop@CavendishGolfClub.com) or call us on 01298 79708 and your order can be delivered directly to you.

Thanks for supporting us and we look forward to seeing you back at Cavendish Golf Club very soon.