Tydd St Giles Golf Club is targetting a triumphant treble after the men’s handicap team won the Lincs Handicap B Division with just one defeat from their eight matches and the ladies team won their league in the Lincs Women’s Golf Association.
Now it is the turn of Ady Bills and Gino Ciuffini to try to make it a hat-trick after qualifying for the Daily Mail Foursomes finals in Spain.
The nationwide competition saw about 2,000 clubs enter, with the final eight competing at the El Rompido club near Huelva in the south west of Spain.
The Tydd pair started their journey in April, seeing off local rivals Sutton Bridge. After that they beat pairs from Gedney Hill, Searles (Hunstanton), Peterborough Milton, King’s Lynn and Bedford County.
That led to a final qualifying match against Kingsthorpe Golf Club, from Northampton, which Bills and Ciuffini won 6-4 to qualify for the final knockout stages in Spain.
Results
Tydd St Giles GC
Men’s October Stableford, Div 1: 1 Sean Graves 31pts ocb, 2 Michael Bates 31ocb, 3 Shane Sleath 31.
Div 2: 1 Gary Withers 37pts, 2 Darren McManus 31ocb, 3 James Brighty 31.
Div 3: 1 Steven Dewey 38pts, 2 Martyn Kierman 34, 3 Andrew Palmer 33.
Seniors – October Stableford, Div 1: 1 Mark Amor 40pts, 2 Brian Newby 32, 3 Michael Flint 28.
Div 2: 1 Alan Thompson 36pts, 2 Jonathan Schultz 35, 3 Tom Ainsley 34.
Div 3: 1 Joe Connolly 36pts, 2 Steven Dewey 35ocb, 3 Ken Walker 35.
Twos pot winners: Mark Amor and Peter Purcell.
Sutton Bridge GC
Seniors – Captain Tony Fox oversaw a convincing home 5½-½ win against Searles in his last home match as captain.
