May 23rd, 2024
The first team has been in action twice recently in the Harrogate and District Union Inter Club league.
On Wednesday May 8th they recorded their first win of the season with a 5½ to 2½ home victory over Bedale. In the singles Jason Taylor, Will Caldecott, Simon Walker and Callum Macnair won 3 & 1. The pairs was a more closely fought encounter: there was a 2½ to1½ win for the team of David Everingham & Martin Padgett, Ian Davison & Craig Hunter, Jon Clayton & Alan North, and Mike Smith & Tom Booth.
On Monday May 13th there was a short trip to Rudding Park for what was likely to be the toughest challenge of the season as Rudding have been serial league winners in recent years. And so, it proved with the singles team going down 3-1. Jason Taylor was the only winner making it home at the 18th. Despite a hole-in-one at the 8th, Team Captain Will Caldecott lost his match on the final hole. In the pairs section the result was 2-2: the new pairings of Callum Macnair & David Barden and Gary Macnair & Lewis Wells both won, making the overall result 5-3 to Rudding Park.
After the match Will Caldecott congratulated the team after a strong but ultimately unsuccessful performance commenting that the result was a significant improvement over the 2023 whitewash! The next match is a home fixture versus Romanby on Monday May 20th.
On Sunday 12th May, Pannal GC played Headingley GC in a friendly 4BBB at Pannal and the home team won 3 ½ to ½. There was also an Open Stableford competition held on the same day and Nick Wyatt came first with 37 points.
Tuesday 14 May was another damp day for the Ladies competition, they are now very used to playing in wet weather! The competition was round 1 of the 36-hole Spring Meeting trophy alongside an individual medal competition. 12 ladies took part, individual medal competition result was as follows, in Division 1 Julie Parry was in first place, net 75, closely followed by Gerry Callander, net 77, with Janet Jones, also nett 7, coming third on countback. Division 2 was won by Carol Wakelin, net 84. The Tuesday ladies 9-hole Stableford competition was won by Josephine Walker, with 16 points.
Thursday 16 May was the second round of the Ladies Spring Meeting, alongside an individual medal competition. 15 ladies took part. Julie Parry was the individual medal winner in Division 1 with another net 75 and the division 2 winner was Carol Wakelin, net 78. The overall Spring Meeting trophy winner, with playing handicap of 7 and having two very consistent rounds, was Julie Parry (150), the runner up was Sophie Jacob (156).
On a lovely evening (15th May) there were some great scores recorded over the 13 holes on Captain’s night:
1st Ian Webber – 28 points (won on countback)
2nd Alan Pater – 28 points
3rd Mike Armstrong – 26 points
4th Lindsay McKenzie – 26 points
Pannal had their annual match on Friday 17 May against BattleBack, the wounded & injured servicemen who Royal British Legion and Help for Heroes support in playing golf.
As usual, it was incredible to hear the stories of what these guys have been through and amazing to see what golf brings them. Pannal are pleased to support one of their 25 events across the country.
In lovely conditions, we were well and truly beaten 2 ½ - ½ in fourball match play, but we don’t mind losing to these guys. It was a humbling experience in all sorts of ways.
Saturday 18th May saw the Veterans Cup Medal being played in glorious conditions. Patrick Allen won with a net 69, going out in 41 coming back in 41 with 2 birdies and 8 pars beating Philip Miles by 1 shot. There was also a Stableford competition played on the same day, which William Wragg won with 42 points, second was Jordan Jonas with 38 points and Mike Cliff came third, also with 38 points. Across both competitions 29 twos scored.