2019

Who are going to be the stars of this years Altrincham GC Board Competitions ? We will see captained this year by Mr Roy Dickens (pictured) ? IF your club enlists the services of Golf Board Competition Archives Paul Hackett and his team will transform the competitive element of your club by showing why they pen is mightier than the sword’ as the stories of the drama , agonies and ecstasies that lie behind the names that earned the right to be etched on the hallowed boards are brought to life by the GBCA team . As you can see our Board Competition Reports are detailed accounts of those special days of competition with an individual or pair emerging victorious and being able to look forward to Presentation Night where they can receive their trophy with the acclaim of their peers ringing in their ears .

Battle of the Captains as 2018 captain Bob Kay is thwarted by our present captain Roy Dickens who ultimately won the day with a magnificent back 9 on a tough day of golf at our beloved Alty when Miehe , Butterworth and Ken ‘flattered’ to deceive when NO handicap reductions at all were earned in this event for the second year running . Well done Mr. Captain ! What a start to your year in office !

Keith Ralstons’ awesome bouncebackability from a poor start and a superb back 9 gives him the Bailey Cup after a Prince faltered but then regrouped to finish second with front 9 leader Paul MacDonald fading to third ... elsewhere a frustrated President NR’s after a sublime opening octet of holes and Lee Lomas rues poor scoring on benign holes .

Brian Southworth outlasts the field with a superb back 6 finish to take the Jubilee on countback from Messrs Sainthouse , Terris Sr and Thompson whilst 5 others finish one shot shy and most with hard luck stories . At least 10 players could legitimately state that they had placed a hand on the trophy but lost out in an incredibly close contest .

Alty new boy Brian Nichols takes advantage of his high handicap to take the F Cox with 40 points whilst wily John Rossiter and returning golfing stylist Sash Nearsoo are denied as Nate Butty fails to build on a magnificent front 9 and new boy Hand makes his mark with a massive 23 point back 9 but bemoans a poor start .

2019 Mr Captain Roy Dickens (80/16/64) captured the second board comp of the season and the sixth of his career by outlasting Paul McDonald on countback with a scintillating display given that this is the event where players are reduced to playing with just 4 clubs and a putter .

Mark Terris scores heavily in the final third to beat 52 rivals to win his first board comp with former captain Kay and Alastair Holloway taking the minor places ... defending champion Slater makes a bold defence before stuttering in the final three as a crucial blob on 17 denies Miehes’ claims whilst front nine leaders Shaughnessy, Bange and Thompson all stumble down the field in another hotly contested day at our wonderful course .

The crack pairing of Nate Butterworth and Johnathan Dickens took the Greatbanks trophies today with a superb finish of +10 as newbie pair Astbury and Ewing were thwarted just one hole behind with perennial Board Comp winners Miller and MacDonald taking third place of the 21 pairs on show.

Captain-elect Stuart Mason produced a superb net 63 to take the Geoff Gibson Trophy by 3 strokes from nearest rivals Richard Paulson , Ian Wood and Brian Nichols (after his front 9 co-leaders Christian MacDonald and Kay quickly faltered ) and clinched the third Alty GC individual board competition of his career and fourth overall . The handicapper was duly impressed cutting no less than 7 members for their efforts today .

Nate kicks Butt to take the trophy after a Royle mix up initially declares Des the winner ! Nate Butterworth birdies the final hole to leap from 4th place to snatch the Ray Gellatly Memorial Trophy with Andy Miehe and Paul Southworth as the final hole destroys fellow contenders Royle and Hackett ( who finishes 2 shots back but suffers DQ ) in a busy day for the adjudicators as initially Des Royle is adjudged to be the winner after posting a 87/26/61 card when his actual score was 22 shots more !

Seasoned campaigners and multi Board competition winners Caffrey & Hogan regroup after leading halfway then faltering to play the closing holes magnificently to prevail from Christian/Hackett who had recovered from a poor start to lead then succumb late on with Rothwell and MacDonalds’ tilt for the trophies also stalling in similar circumstances. Neersoo ( net 64 best in show ) Ralston (67) and Window (68) lament the loss of form of their partners on the day to finish down the table .

Matt Goodall overcomes his 31 elite colleagues to win the inaugural James and Roland West Shield by two shots from perennial Board Comp winner Danny Miller with new boy Gary Gilbert in third on a day when high scoring on individual holes proved costly for many of our best players with Caffrey and Butterworth suffering crucial reverses whilst Alty ‘Father of the House’ Bernie Wood rolled back the years on his front 9 but could not maintain it .