On Friday 10th May we saw the annual playing of The Ashley Wood Spring Open sponsored by Ringwood Brewery
35 Teams competed from across the South in this very popular team event with great team prizes and a chance to win a Motocaddy Electric Trolley and Bag worth £500 in the Raffle!
Weather was good all day and the course played well in which thanks to Mark and his greenstaff must go!
Also we were fed and watered excellently by Lee and the team from Clubhouse 1896 who provided Coffee & Bacon Roll on arrival then a one course Roast meal following the golf.
Some great team scores were posted in this two scores to count stableford competition
The results were as follows
Winners
Jonathan Lynn, Tom Gallagher, Karl Stenning & Paul Hampson (Ashley Wood) - 89pts on countback
Best Away Team
Andy Nicholas, Martin Collins, Chris Bee & Lee Hall (Knighton Heath GC) - 89pts
Best Home Team
Tony Fox, Duncan Cameron, Ron Mullis & Ian Berry (Ashley Wood) - 88pts
4th
Dave Staddon, Ross Martin, Darren Gough & Dom Squire (Wareham GC, Ferndown Forest GC & Bulbury Woods GC) - 87pts
5th
John Chiedozie, James Baines, Dave Jenkins & Mike Hooper (Highcliffe Castle GC) - 85pts
6th
Neil Summers, Dan Murphy, Ed Redstone & Anthony Pomeroy (Parley GC)
The others winners were
Nearest The Pins
4th – Jonathan Elcock (Ashley Wood)
7th – Jim Reeves (Ashley Wood)
9th – Neal Riley (Dudsbury GC)
12th (in two Shots) – Jonathan Lynn(Ashley Wood)
14th (Barrel 1) – Lee Hall (Knighton Heath GC)
14th (Barrel 2) – Jason Budding(Ashley Wood)
15th – (in two shots) – Mike Levens (Knighton Heath GC)
18th – Roger Sherwin (Parkstone GC)
Players inside the Circle on the 18th and win a share of £50
Roger Sherwin (Parkstone) & Gary Weldon(Ashley Wood)
All players (15) who hit the 18th Green went into a draw to win £100 - The lucky winner was Lee Hall (Knighton Heath GC)
The winner of the Motocaddy Electric Trolley & Bag was Peter Day (Highcliffe Castle GC)
Finally a very special thanks to all the competitors who made this day special and we hope to see you all again next year!
