4th Pythons Golf Day – The Best Yet . . .

What a fabulous day for the club as the 4^th annual fundraiser has broken all records by adding over £11,000 to club funds, so helping strengthen the fortunes of Harrogate based Yorkshire 1 club.

A record number of 26 teams took to the fairways and greens (but mainly searching for errant balls in the rough) at Oakdale Golf Club on Thursday 19^th June and the beautiful sunny weather did not disappoint either.

Registration began with bacon butties and coffees from 11:00am and a shotgun start at 1:00pm saw golfers at all corners of the course begin their challenges with bat club and ball.

Despite the large field, all teams were safely back in the bar before 6:00pm for post-match debate followed by dinner, auction lots and prize giving that was once again expertly and hilariously hosted by compare and comedian Pete Emmett.

Importantly, the evening’s proceedings were opened by our Chairman Julian Tatlow who welcomed our guests, gave an update on Pythons last season and paid a very moving tribute to Eddie Kernoghan a much-loved Pythons Stalwart (and past halfway house helper) who sadly had lost his battle with MND.

Our winners on the day were:

Beat the Pro – Drawn Winner Jamie Letts (Cash Prize donated back to the club. Thank you Jamie!) – Sponsored by Harrogate Architectural.
Longest Drive on the 5^th – Won by Scott Brown – Sponsored by Teakwood Partners.
Nearest the Pin the on 16^th – Won by Simon Smith – Sponsored by Colour It In.
Halfway House Prize Draw – Won by Rob Taylor – Sponsored by William & Victoria Wine Bar.
Ladies Runners Up Team – Par-Tee-Girls – (Sally Cahill, Liz Kaye, Alison Stratford & Nicola Hardacre).
Overall Runners Up Team – Oakdale (Mark Woolley, Graeme Fenwick, Andy Hughes & Mick Emmerson).
Ladies Winning Team – Scrumilicious (Pat Impey, Judy Foxton, Karen Sweeting & Val Smith-Jackman).
Overall Winning Team – Sand Communications 2 (Alistair Juragu, Craig Barrass, Josh Falkingham & James Barraclough).

Congratulations to all our winners on the day and more importantly to everyone who contributed so generously through sponsorship, donations, shenanigans and auctions purchases – You were all fantastic! Your efforts during or 4 Golf Days to-date have cleared over £25,000 for the club!

Sincere gratitude goes to our sponsors on the day:

Harrogate Architectural and Rob Thickett for sponsoring the ‘Beat the Pro’ challenge.
Sand Communications and Simon Rodham for underwriting the Mega Prize Hole-in-One insurance and sponsoring the gift in the Goody Bags
Colour It In and Mark & Alison Lancaster for sponsoring the Nearest the Pin Challenge on the 16^th , all the on-course graphics and so much year during the last year.
Teakwood Partners and Mark Rudolf for sponsoring the Longest Drive challenge on the 5^th.
William & Victoria Wine Bar – Our newest sponsor for the Golf day and with the hot weather and essential one too. Thank you David Straker for all the refreshments and the raffle at the Half Way House

And Special Thanks also to:

Gus Dunlop our First Team Manager and Fixture Secretary for his organisational support.
Neil (Speedy) Somersall and Russty Roo for manning the Halfway House.
To Mark Lancaster of Colour It In for running the W&V Raffle on the day.
Our Chairman Julian Tatlow and our President Paul Day.
Impulse Decisions with Ross Bousfield and Tom Curtis for facilitating the day.
Slingsby’s Café for supplying the splendid Claret Jug and prize voucher.
Audsley’s Butchers for a cracking deal on the Pies!
And finally, the Oakdale Golf Club teams who looked after us all so well on the day!