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.

On Sunday 17th August 12 ladies played in their Annual 36 hole Challenge Bowl Medal competition, with trophies for best gross and also best nett score. The weather was perfect for golf and many ladies had good scores. Julie Parry won the best gross trophy, playing two very consistent rounds of gross 82 (gross total 164). Clare Davies was the winner of best nett, having a superb first round, nett 68, followed by a second round of nett 72 (nett total 140). Lady Captain Vicky Eyre was second place in both best gross and best nett. Following the golf Vicky presented the trophies to Julie and Clare, commenting it was lovely to present the trophy to Clare who donated them when she was lady captain two years ago.

On Saturday 16th August the Pannal Salver Stableford was held. Craig Pinches won division 1 with 4 birdie and 13 pars beating Tom Hesketh by 2 points. Nick Buckle won division 2 with 12 pars beating Phil Stott by 3 points. James Chalmers won division 3 with 1 birdie and 10 pars beating Bob Peacock by 4 points.

Division 1

Craig Pinches 43

Tom Hesketh 41

Simon Walker 40

Division 2

Nick Buckle 41

Phil Stott 38

James Gardiner 38

Division 3

James Chalmers 44

Bob Peacock 40

Philip Hudson 39

On Sunday 17th August Pannal hosted Ilkley men for the annual friendly match. The match was played in good spirits with Pannal winning 4-2.