DGU COUNTY CAPTAINS DAY AUGUST 4TH 2024

The DGU County Captains Day was held at Clays last Sunday 4th August. 25 Clays entrants set forth out of a total entry of 74 entrants. There were 6 categories of prizes with winners and runners up awards in each. That makes 12 in total. NO FEWER THAN 8 OF THE PRIZES WERE WON BY CLAYS PLAYERS! These included 4 winners - Richard Collier, County Scratch Champion - Phil Davies County 6 to 16 Champion - Nigel Davies Senior Handicap Champion - Nick Buley Captains Day Stableford Winner. Plus the 4 runners up! This is a fantastic result. My congratulations to all 8 of you. My thanks also to our other entrants for their support on this day. Many thanks as well to Wayne Harris from the DGU for his organisation on the day, to Gareth Roberts who brought the event to Clays, and to Peter Bowen for his very long stint as starter. Below is the full text from the DGU web site with all the details. Alan Pocklington Competitions Secretary DGU County Captain's Day 4th August 2024 : Results ---------------------------------------------------- This year's County Captain Gareth Roberts has passed on his and the County's thanks to Clays' G.C. management and their greens staff for hosting and presenting the course in such a fantastic condition. He had received many compliments from members of other DGU clubs. He also thanked John Hatcher and Wayne Harris for their organisation skills on what turned out to be a very long day. Also, thanks went out to both Peter Bowen and Allan Pocklington for doing the starter duties on the day. COUNTY CAPTAIN'S DAY : RESULTS County Scratch Champion - Richard Collier Clays 75 Runner Up - Ian Hall Plassey 76 County 6 to 16 Champion - Phil Davies Clays 65 Runner Up - G. Davidson Clarke Clays 69 County 17 to 28 Champion - Gavin Millington Moss 43 Runner Up - James Houston Clays 36 Senior Gross Champion - Andy O’Loughlin Denbigh 79 Runner Up - Huw Parry Denbigh 80 CPO Senior Handicap Champion - Nigel Davies Clays 69 CPO Runner Up - Dave Palferman Clays 69 CPO Captain’s Day Stableford First Prize - Nick Buley Clays 42 Second Prize - Jack Whitehouse Clays 36 CPO All Scores are Stableford Points, except for County Scratch and Seniors Gross Competition which are shown as gross score. CPO = Card Play-off NOTE: Prize Vouchers will be issued via Club Representatives as soon as possible Spot Prizes of golf balls were given on the day to the following : Nearest Pin 12th - Chris Parry MVGC/County Vice Captain. Longest Drive 14th - Arwel Hughes Denbigh GC Nearest the pin in two 18th - Ian Hall Plassey GC