Once again the Pythons were blessed with excellent weather for the 5th annual Golf Day at Oakdale Golf Club which raised around £8,000 for club funds. The event has become a vital contributor to the club allowing us to continue strengthening the player experience for our two teams as well as the brand new minis section.
Registration for the 25 teams competing began with bacon butties and coffees from 11:00am and a shotgun start at 1:00pm with golfers teeing off from all corners of the course.
Despite the large field, all teams were safely back at the 19th hole in good time for post-match hydration and to exchange tales of great shots, near misses and complete disasters. This was followed by an excellent dinner, auction lots and prize giving.
The evening’s proceedings were once again expertly compered by Pete Emmett who entertained the guests with his quick wit and interesting observations about some of the players!
The Pythons Chairman Julian Tatlow gave a “state of the nation” talk on the clubs current position, including the first teams most successful season ever in Yorkshire 1 and setting out the exciting plans for next season including new players and coaches as well as the previously mentioned minis section.
PDS were the overall winners of the Slingsby’s Café Claret Jug with Birdies & Bubbles taking the honours in the Ladies competition.
Congratulations to all our winners on the day and more importantly to everyone who contributed so generously through sponsorship, donations, shenanigans and auction purchases. Your efforts during our 5 Golf Days to-date have cleared well over £30,000 for the club!
Sincere gratitude goes to our sponsors on the day:
- Harrogate Architectural and Rob Thickett for sponsoring the ‘Beat the Pro’ challenge.
- Equity SQ and Ritchie Cooper for underwriting the Mega Prize Hole-in-One insurance
- Colour It In and Mark & Alison Lancaster for sponsoring the Nearest the Pin Challenge on the 16th together with all the on-course graphics.
- Ivory Bar and James Freeman for sponsoring the Mulligan Balls.
- William & Victoria Wine Bar – and David Straker for all the refreshments and the raffle at the Half Way House
And Special Thanks also to:
- Neil (Speedy) Somersall and Russty Roo for manning the Halfway House and running the W&V Raffle on the day.
- Impulse Decisions with Tom Hesketh and Ross Bousfield for facilitating the day.
- Tom Curtis for once again running the “Beat the Pro” challenge.
- Slingsby’s Café for supplying the splendid Claret Jug and prize voucher.
- Audsley’s Butchers for a cracking deal once again on the Pies!
- Ivory Bar and James Freeman for the last minute sponsorship of the Mulligans and the generous offer of a free drink for all balls returned to the bar!
- Armi Kundi and his team for supplying the winners champagne.
- And finally, the Oakdale Golf Club teams who looked after us all so well on the day!
Thanks once again to all involved and once we get around to publicising next year’s dates, be sure to secure your team ASAP before we sell out!
