Alan Pell While we have some members who have fled north and still others locally who are afraid of the cold as well, we still managed to have 19 golfers play in a mixed 4 Ball Best Ball stableford event on Wednesday. Surprisingly, on a rain predicted day it was sunny for us for most of the … Read more
Golf at Royal Yea was Stroke & Putting this last week. Conditions were heavy with little roll and cool weather. Wednesday golf for the men saw Brendan Chenhall(13) with an outstanding 79 off the stick nett 66 clearly outgun the rest of us. Second was Phil Armstrong(21) 94 nett 73. Trout won the putting with … Read more
Saturday saw 27 hearty golfers on the course playing in stableford events. The weather was cold and didn’t really get much better throughout the day. Winner of the mens event was the in-form Martin “Polar Bear Cup” Lowe. Martin(19) had 40 points to win from recent Club Award winner Greg Clements(17) who had 38 points. … Read more
WINTER CHILL DOES NOT DETER YEA GOLFERS by Phil Armstrong.16 members fronted up to contest a Par Event on Wednesday despite the frost, fog and winter chill. 9 Ladies competed with Vicki Clements (26) registering -3 to take home top honours. Meryl Connell (25) and Cindy Armstrong (33) were next best with -5.7 Men teed … Read more
Promising junior member Oakley Ness proved the damp conditions were no barrier in Saturdays Stableford Event at Yea Golf Club. Ness (30) recorded 41 points to be a clear winner from another new member Chris Keogh (42) who posted a very impressive 38 points in difficult conditions. Both Oakley and Chris will be receiving a … Read more
Saturday’s golf saw sunshine and favourable conditions for golfers. Fifteen pairs contested the 4BBB event. Winner again, after losing 3 shots from Wednesday, was Chris Keogh(49) with John Renehan (52) as his partner. Their 46 points was 3 clear of Tony(21) and Nicola Rule(52) with 43 with Alan(15) and Zachary Pell(22) third with 42 points. … Read more
Ten men and six ladies braved the conditions on Wednesday to play Par Events at Royal Yea. But here is a great story, a new member and Hawks supporter, a person new to golf, a volunteer to Tuesday’s working bees, gets a GA 54 handicap and in his third competition gets a win! Chris Keogh(52) … Read more
Saturday saw twenty men contest a stableford event at Royal Yea. Winner with a return to form from the Club Award several weeks ago, was Michael Spagnolo(9) with a 77 off the stick 38 points. Second was young Qakley Ness(32) with 37 points from third Tony Rule(20) 35 points and fourth John Tanner(26) with 34 … Read more
Overcast conditions greeted competitors in the 2nd Round of the Prideaux Cup at Royal Yea Golf Club on Saturday. 16 men competed, with Brendan Chenhall (14) recording a very respectable 38 points to take out the daily award. Rick Wills (9) made sure Brendan didn’t make it a walk over with 37 points to finish … Read more
Monthly Medal for June attracted a strong field of 27 Men players at Yea Golf Club on Saturday. Conditions were challenging following the mid week rain and strong southerly breeze.Andrew Bohn(8) and Zach Pell(23) mastered the conditions best with Andrew Bohn collecting his first Yea GC Monthly Medal. Zach won the CB to be first on … Read more