CLUB NEWS

Catch up on all the latest updates from PANNAL GOLF CLUB

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11th, September 2025

On Tuesday 2nd September 47 Ladies competed in the 18 hole Stableford and Annual Stableford competition. Division 1 was led by Carole Whiles, 38 points, her round included two birdies and five pars. Both second and third scored 35 points, Lucy Hindmarsh placed second on countback from Claire Hutchinson. Division 2 winner was Amanda Allen 36 points, beating Rebecca Booth, 35 points and Gail Wilson, 34 points. Sally Jenkins won division 3 on a card play off from Carol Clayton, both having 35 points. Third place in this division was Val Jackson, 34 points.

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4th, September 2025

38 ladies played in the Medal and Marjorie Whitehead Memorial trophy competition on Tuesday 26th August. Division 1 was won by Ann McDonough, nett 72, with five pars and one birdie. Gail Witcomb came second, nett 74, followed by Carole Whiles, nett 76. Division 2 had some excellent scores, four ladies having a nett score below their handicap. This division was won by Margaret McNeill, nett 69. Margaret had seven pars and one birdie. Vanda McKenzie was in second place, nett 71, Natalie Boyle third, nett 72. Division 3 was won by Amanda Allen, nett 69, Stephanie Turner, nett 70 came second. Amanda Allen was the Marjorie Whitehead memorial winner on countback.

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28th, August 2025

On Saturday 23rd August the Pannal Trophy was held, a medal over 36 holes. Jonathan Honeysett won with an impressive 143, beating Lincoln Brailsford on countback. Tim Matthews was 3rd with a nett score of 144.

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21st, August 2025

Tuesday 12th August was the Ladies Exchange Day, 43 ladies travelled to Brancepeth Castle Golf Club for a wonderful day of golf followed by a meal. The competition was an AMAM, with a ‘nearest the pin’ on the 15th Par 3. The 15th was a tough uphill hole with lots of debate about what club to take to reach the green, needless to say most ladies found themselves at the bottom of a steep incline pitching up for their second shot! Only 2 ladies managed to hit the green all day, Rebecca Booth and Sally Jenkins. The AMAM was tightly contested the result as follows: 1st place: Pam Dodds, Lynn Sheldrake, Susie Stuart-Brown and Helen Mountford, 82 points. 2nd place: Sandra Dewey, Jo Walker, Clare Davies and Sandra Taylor, 80 points. 3rd place: Gail Witcomb, Lynne Roberts, Sophie Jacob and Hilary Ingram, 79 points.

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14th, August 2025

The Ladies 18 hole Stableford competition on Tuesday 5th August had 42 entries. Division 1 was topped by Ann Whiteley, achieving her lowest ever score at Pannal and amassing 43 points. Ann had 6 pars and 4 birdies, including a 2 on the par three 10th and 17th holes. Bella Mountain came second, 37 points, Lynne Roberts third, 34 points. Susie Stuart-Brown pipped Betsy Haldon to first place in division 2 on countback, both ladies scored 39 points. Third place went to Vanda McKenzie, 37 points. Not to be outdone, division 3 also had some high scores, Val Jackson 40 points, Bernie Ruffell 37 points, Vicki Nee 35 points. 

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7th, August 2025

39 Ladies played in a 3-ball Florida Scramble Medal on Tuesday 29 July. To celebrate Yorkshire Day and also 125 years of Yorkshire Ladies County Golf Association ladies were encouraged to dress in ‘Yorkshire Attire’, there was a range of interesting and innovative outfits and bag decorations, including Yorkshire puddings, rhubarb, flat caps and lots of blue and white on display! First placed team were Sophie Jacob, Debbie Bruce and Alison Stratford, with an impressive nett 63, followed by Annie Burke, Clare Davies and Steph Turner, nett 64. Margaret McNeill, Gail Witcomb and Lisa O'Reilly coming third with a nett 66. 

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31st, July 2025

42 Ladies played in the 18-hole Stableford competition on Tuesday 22nd July. Ladies could choose to play from the red or yellow tees. Division one winner, Sophie Jacob had another super round of golf, scoring 41 points, her round included 11 pars and 2 birdies, from the longer yellow tees too! Hilary Ingram came second with 36 points, Hilary had a super back 9, scoring 23 points, to recover her less good score on the front nine. Pam Dodds came third with 35 points. Susie Stuart-Brown led division two with 39 points, closely followed by Rebecca Booth, 38 points, Helen Mountford in third place, 36 points. Carol Clayton won division 3, 38 points. Second and third places both had 34 points, Val Jackson taking second place from Helen Pettit on countback.

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24th, July 2025

24 ladies braved the wet and windy weather on Tuesday 15th July to play the 18 hole medal competition, which was also the annual Centenary Comport trophy competition. The top three ladies in division 1 all scored nett 77. On countback Anne Padgett was first, Sophie Jacob second, Gail Witcomb third. Anne’s round included 5 pars. Vanda McKenzie was top of division 2 with nett 69, including 1 birdie and 3 pars. Val Smith-Jackman, nett 72, was second, followed by Alison Stratford, nett 75. Division 3 had another nett 69, Dee Miller, who had 4 pars. Second and third places in division 3 were Zoe Laver and Lydia Scott respectively. The winner of the Centenary Comport trophy, on countback, was Vanda McKenzie.

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17th, July 2025

47 ladies competed in the 18 hole Stableford and Grannies Cup competition on Tuesday 8th July. It was another glorious day for golf. Sophie Jacob topped division 1 with 38 points, including 11 pars and 2 birdies. Second and third places both scored 37 points, Pam Dodds taking second spot, on countback, from Tara Phipps. Division 2 winner was Alison Stratford, 37 points. Another countback was required, Betsy Haldon taking second, Carol Wakelin third, both with 35 points. Division 3 was won by Carol Clayton, 40 points. 38 points secured Anne Burke in second place, Rebecca Ellacott third with 35 points. In line with the terms of competition Pam Dodds was the winner of the 18 hole Grannies Cup.

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10th, July 2025

On Tuesday 1st July 42 ladies took part in the Ladies 18 hole Medal competition, which was also the Jubilee Bowl trophy competition. There were some great scores on the day. Division 1 was won by Dawn Fabbroni, nett 71. Dawn’s round included 7 pars. In second place was Anne Padgett, nett 73. Sophie Jacob came in third with nett 73. Joanne McCormack was division 2 winner and also the Jubilee Bowl trophy winner, with nett 69. Val Smith-Jackman, nett 71, was in second place, Vanda McKenzie taking third place with nett 72. Division 3 was topped by Rebecca Ellacott, nett 71, followed by Lydia Scott, nett 74, third placed was Jo Walker, nett 75. Two ladies took part in the 9 hole Stableford competition, Ann Chippindale the winner with 16 points.

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3rd, July 2025

On Tuesday 24 June the blustery showers did not deter 64 ladies taking part in Ladies’ Captain’s Day 18-hole Stableford competition, with 15 ladies clearly enjoying the conditions enough to score 36 points or higher! 

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26th, June 2025

ns to Tim Rhodes who won the Centenary Porringer, on a countback, on Saturday 14 June.

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19th, June 2025

Tuesday 10 June was Ladies Invitation Day, 17 teams of four took part in the AMAM competition (two scores to count, with all four to count on the 18th). The winning team, with a score of 88 points, was Katie Burke and Rachel Laycock with their guests, K Appleton and Joanne Clark. In second place, with 84 points, was Joy Bowler and Rebecca Booth with their guests, Sue Severn and C Lewis. Lady Captain Vicky Eyre and Helen Mountford, with their guests, S Huddy and K Sutton came third, 82 points. All players enjoyed complimentary refreshments at the halfway house. Following the golf there was a delicious meal and presentation of prizes.

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12th, June 2025

On Tuesday 3 June 44 ladies took part in the Ladies 18 hole Stableford competition. Division 1 was won by Carole Whiles, with a score of 39 points, Carole played a very tidy round of golf which included 6 pars. In second place was Pam Dodds with 36 points, followed by Gerry Callander, also with 36 points, third on countback. Division 2 was won by Mary Duffield with 40 points, Mary played the par 3’s particularly well and picked up lots of points on these holes. Susan Taylor came second with 38 points, beating Helen Mountford who scored 36 points. Two ladies took part in the 9 hole Stableford competition, Donna Fenn taking first place with 17 points.

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5th, June 2025

On Saturday 24th May the club held a Pro’s competition; BB medal and the winners were as follows:

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29th, May 2025

52 Ladies played in the Fourball Betterball Stableford competition on Tuesday 20 May. The sun was shining and the run on the ball continues to be great, which was reflected in the amazing scores. Helen Mountford and Gail Witcomb set an early total with 48 points which was the winning score of the day. Closely followed by Alison Stratford and Natalie Boyle who had 47 points, with Sue Halliday and Steph Turner third with 46 points. There were 15 pairs with 40 points or over, which is a record for the Ladies section, this included 13 ladies getting a WHS handicap index reduction as they had done so well. This competition was also the England Golf PING qualifier, the club have submitted the results to EG and we await to hear if our top scoring ladies have qualified for the national final in September.

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22nd, May 2025

On Saturday 10th of May, the Harewood Cup medal was held. The results per division were:

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15th, May 2025

On Sunday 4th of May, Pannal juniors entertained Rudding park for the first league match of the year. In total 10 juniors from each club showcased some great golf. Although only the first six matches counted for the result, Pannal had 7 wins and 3 losses. The matches were played with good spirit and the main match ended up as a draw. Archie Greenwood Jowet, Zach Marsh and Harry Stalker were successful for the Pannal Team.

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8th, May 2025

On Tuesday 29th April, in wonderful spring sunshine, forty Ladies played in 18 hole Stableford competition, nine ladies scoring to their handicap or better.

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1st, May 2025

On Tuesday 22 April, 33 ladies played in the first Ladies Medal of the season, which was also a qualifier for the top 8 ladies to go into the Bunny Belmont singles Matchplay knockout competition. Division 1 was won by Hilary Ingram with net 72, second place was Anne Padgett, nett 73, beating Rachel Memmott, also nett 73, on countback. Division 2 was won by Vanda McKenzie, nett 73, Natalie Boyle came second with nett 77 and Helen Mountford in third place also nett 77, on countback. Division 3 winner, with the lowest nett score of the day, was Jo Walker, nett 69, Dee Miller, nett 73 in second place, Lydia Scott, nett 78 in third. 6 Ladies played in the 9 hole Stableford competition, Sally Honeysett winning with 19 points. 

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