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Hot stuff at Pike Fold
Pike Fold is one of the newest golfing venues in Greater Manchester and has settled into a mature, well presented and challenging course.
It has excellent hospitality in its historic Unsworth Hall clubhouse and their highly respected professional Grant Hamerton was the MDGA Captain in its recent Centenary season.
A strong field produced a string of good scores and there was an unusual win in the Nearest the Pin prize being won by Sam Jaafari (Styal) in the first group out.
The hot pace for the day was set up by early starters Josh Corrigan (Ashton-on-Mersey) and his club colleague Niall Holohan as they posted 46 points to top the Am Am section and they stayed there throughout the rest of the day.
Their nearest challenge came from Alliance Captain Alistair Holloway (Denton) and his regular partner Anthony Kenny (Prestwich) who won a cpo on 42 from John Dempsey and Gary Myerscough (Turton) to take the runners-up berth.
In the individual pro section the top spot was shared by Phil Kelly and OoM leader Josh Crumplin (Disley) three more than Jamie Howarth (Davenport) and Grant Hamerton.
The Pro am section was also very competitive with Stand GC’s dynamic duo of Mark Hancock and his stunning partner Marco Cabretta untouchable on 47.
Just a point behind were Craig Corrigan and Phil Cooney (houghwood) and in joint third place were Phil Kelly and Andy Angelone (Stamford) and Josh Crumplin and Chris Jackson (Tytherington) 45.
With the Alliance’s technical wizard Jim Cunliffe away on holiday in the Far East Kevin Shea stepped into his shoes to give vital and skilled assistance to his Bolton Old LInks colleague and MDGA President Ian Brooks to ensure that the competition ran like silk to provide another great day of ‘Friendship Through Golf’.
Geoff Garnett
| Position | Professional’s Individual Stableford | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1= | Phil Kelly | 43 |
| Josh Crumplin (Disley) | 43 | |
| 3= | Grant Hamerton (Pike Fold) | 40 |
| Jamie Howarth (Davenport) | 40 | |
| 5= | Ryan Owen (Styal) | 39 |
| Ryan O’Neil | 39 | |
| Mark Hancock (Stand) | 39 | |
| Craig Daggitt (Bramall Park) | 39 | |
| Scott Howarth (Davenport) | 39 | |
| 10= | Phil Archer (Poulton Park) | 38 |
| Alan Crompton (Haigh Hall) | 38 | |
| 12= | Dave Green (Dukinfield) | 37 |
| Craig Corrigan | 37 | |
| 14= | Alex Pritchard (Poulton Park) | 36 |
| Harry Doyle (New Mills) | 36 | |
| Sean Owen (Bolton Old Links) | 36 | |
| 17= | Colin Maroney | 35 |
| Andy Palmer (Chorley) | 35 | |
| 19 | Sammy Jaafari (Styal) | 34 |
| 20 | Tom Clancy (Cheadle) | 33 |
| 21 | Steve Ingham (Blackley) | 29 |
| 22 | Kris Andrews (Ashton on Mersey | 27 |
| Position | Pro Am | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Hancock (Stand) & Marco Cabrelli (Stand) | 47 |
| 2 | Craig Corrigan & Phil Cooney (Houghwood) | 46 |
| 3 | Josh Crumplin (Disley) & Chris Jackson (Tytherington) | 45 |
| 4 | Phil Kelly & Andy Angelone (Stamford) | 45 |
| 5 | Alan Crompton (Haigh Hall) & John Egan (Haigh Hall) | 44 |
| 6 | Ryan O’Neil & Martin Packingham (Hart Common) | 44 |
| 7 | Sammy Jaafari (Styal) & Scott Anderson (Styal) | 43 |
| 8 | Jamie Howarth (Davenport) & John Nightingale (Shaw Hill) | 43 |
| 9 | Sean Owen (Bolton Old Links) & Paul Greenhalgh (Turton) | 43 |
| 10 | Scott Howarth (Davenport) & Peter Botterman (Stockport) | 42 |
| 11 | Craig Daggitt (Bramall Park) & Gary McCoy (Bramall Parkj | 42 |
| 12 | Grant Hamerton (Pike Fold) & Neil McMurdo (Pike Fold) | 42 |
| 13 | Harry Doyle (New Mills) & Steven Pinnington (Tytherington) | 42 |
| 14 | Ryan Owen (Styal) & Joel Norcross (Styal) | 41 |
| 15 | Dave Green (Dukinfield) & Paul Crisp (Ashton on Mersey) | 41 |
| 16 | Colin Maroney & Joe Donnelly (Harwood) | 41 |
| 17 | Phil Archer (Poulton Park) & Mark Pasquill (Leigh) | 41 |
| 18 | Andy Palmer (Chorley) & G. Pickerhill | 41 |
| 19 | Alex Pritchard (Poulton Park) & Ray Fogg (Poulton Park) | 40 |
| 20 | Tom Clancy (Cheadle) & Mick Holmes (Cheadle) | 38 |
| 21 | Steve Ingham (Blackley) & Mike Smith (Blackley) | 36 |
| 22 | Kris Andrews (Ashton on Mersey) & Niall Evans (Ashton on Mersey) | 33 |
| Position | Am Am | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh Corrigan (Ashton on Mersey) & Nial Holohan (Ashton on Mersey) | 46 |
| 2 | Elliot Kirton (Prestbury) & Tom Kirton (Prestbury) | 42 |
| 3 | John Dempsey (Turton) & G. Myerscough | 42 |
| 4 | Alistair Holloway (MDGA Captain) & Anthony Kenny (Prestwich) | 42 |
| 5 | Steve McDermott (Turton) & John Howard (Dunscar) | 41 |
| 6 | Tony Palmer (Chorley) & Andy Hannay (Rochdale) | 41 |
| 7 | Paul Thornley (Flixton) & Chris Mulhearn (Flixton) | 40 |
| 8 | John Barrow (Flixton) & Keith Wellings (Flixton) | 40 |
| 9 | Carleton Weldon (Stamford) & Spencer Lavery ((Stamford) | 39 |
| 10 | David Wakerley (Ellesmere) & Colin Donelan (Duxbury Park) | 37 |
| 11 | Roy Battersby (Hart Common) & Billy Newsome (Dunscar) | 37 |
| 12 | Dom Curley (Harwood) & Graham Martin (Harwood) | 37 |
| 13 | James Ignotus (New Mills) & Neil Hyde (New Mills) | 36 |
| 14 | Paul Traynor (Saddleworth) & Richard Margrave (Stamford) | 36 |
| 15 | Ian Fearns (Stamford) & Paul Ralph (Hazel Grove) | 35 |
| 16 | John Kilner (Hart Common) & Tom Baker Jnr. (Hart Common) | 34 |
| 17 | Greg Norbury (Flixton) & Phil Dearden (Flixton) | 34 |
| 18 | Ewan Jamieson (Blackley) & James Glen (Blackley) | 32 |
| 19 | Chris Lee (Mellor) & Mike Taylor (Mellor) | 26 |