North East Golf Regional Championship and National Qualifier

The combined Scratch and Handicap competition was played over 18 holes in the medal format, a field of 33 competitors started out at 13:15. With high hopes of qualifying for the 2011 Civil Service Golf Festival to be held in September. The difficulty of the course was soon apparent when the scores came in and only two golfers had managed to score below their current club handicap.

2011 Scratch Competition
The regions top Civil Service golfer of recent years has been Andrew Minnikin from Legal Services. Yet again Andrew led the field recording six birdies on his way to a very impressive gross score of 68, two under par. His nearest competitors were Sean Hassen and Nigel Snowdon both with scores of 77.

1st Andrew Minnikin – Legal Services 68
2nd Sean Hassen – Home Office 77
3rd Nigel Snowdon – DWP 77

2011 Handicap Competition
Earlier this year Colin Wardle, DWP, won the regions’ Spring Cup. Proving that consistency is the name of his game he returned an excellent nett score of 69, one below his handicap. This proved to be one shot better than Paul Allen and Graeme Miller who both had impressive nett 70’s.

1st Colin Wardle – DWP 69
2nd Paul Allen – Home Office 70
3rd Graeme Miller – HMRC 70

2011 Civil Service Golf Festival
The golfers listed above will now represent the North Region in the 2011 Civil Service Golf Festival.
Good luck to all!

Neil Clarke
CSSC (NR) Golf Organiser
15 July 2011