OSGS Northern Meeting
18 March 2016
Event Manager, James Gartside, and Formby Golf Club provided a warm welcome for the first Society Meeting of 2016.
In beautiful sunshine 12 members competed for the David Hadfield Salver on the Friday afternoon with Charles Gartside the winner with 35 points. Runner-up was Peter Simmons with 33 points with David Johnstone and Charlie Consett close behind.
After an excellent meal at Sorrento and a short visit to sample the nightlife of Formby, the party retired to the clubhouse for a snooker session where David Johnstone and Charlie Gartside in particular demonstrated their sporting prowess extends beyond the golf course.
On Saturday morning a further round was played on the Formby Ladies course. The combination of narrow fairways, heather and lack of sleep provided a real challenge. Charlie Gartside again demonstrated his good form scoring 38 points with Peter Simmons runner-up yet again with 37 points, while Mark Jenkyn-Jones (32) and Peter Summers (31) also scored well.
It was great to see two players, Giles Ruddock and Nigel Gartside, attend their first OSGS event but the quality of the courses, the club’s hospitality, the great value for money and James Gartside’s excellent organisation deserves a larger turn out and hopefully we will achieve that in 2017.
Peter Simmons (Cobham 69)