WBA Supporters' Golf Society

Results – The Chase Driver 2012

admin — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:37:48 +0000

The Chase Driver took place on Sunday 15th April and was won by Haydn Bratt with 37 points in a close finish.

Here are the full results:

Winner – Haydn Bratt
20+ Handicap Winner – Steve Hancox
Longest Drive – Steve Hancox
Nearest The Pin – Greg Cheesman
Nearest The Pin In 2 – Martin Grange*
Two’s Winner – Ben Davies
Pink Shirt – Daniel Heath

* Haydn Bratt won Nearest the Pin in 2, but it was awarded to Martin as no player is allowed to win more than one prize under Society rules

Full Results

Pos	Name	Points
1st	Haydn Bratt	37
2nd	Steve Hancox	36
3rd	Dave Finnemore	32
4th	Tim Higgs	29
5th	Ashley Hayward	28
6th	Malcolm Tyers	28
7th	Lee Ganly	27
8th	Gavin Fereday	27
9th	Greg Cheesman	27
10th	Ben Davies	26
11th	Russ Pryor	26
12th	Greg Allen	23
13th	John Robinson	22
14th	AJB	22
15th	Daniel Hancox (Guest)	21
16th	David Ford	15
17th	Daniel Heath	9

Haydn Bratt - Overall Winner

Steve Hancox - over 20s Handicap Winner

Greg Cheesman - Nearest The Pin

Steve Hancox (again) - Longest Drive

Martin Grange - Nearest the Pin in Two

Daniel Heath - winner of the Pink Shirt

Results – 2012 Opening Event at Ombersley

admin — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 15:28:07 +0000

The Society’s first event of the year was held at Ombersley Golf Club on Sunday 18th March.

It was won by Ben Davies with an impressive 48 points – bordering on bandit country, perhaps…

Here are the full results:

Winner – Ben Davies
20+ Handicap Winner – Greg Allen
Longest Drive – Steve Hancox*
Nearest The Pin – Malcolm Tyers
Nearest The Pin In 2 – Tim Higgs
Pink Shirt – Proudly won by Dave Finnemore

* Greg Allen hit the longest drive, but it was awarded to Steve as no player is allowed to win more than one prize under Society rules

Full Results

Pos	Name	Points
1st	Ben Davies	48
2nd	Greg Allen	45
3rd	Martin Grange	43
4th	Steve Hancox	35 (18 CB)
5th	Ashley Hayward	35 (17 CB)
6th	AJ-B	35 (CB 16)
7th	Tim Higgs	35 (CB 15)
8th	Malcolm Tyers	35 (CB 14)
9th	James Haycock	34 (CB 19)
10th	David Talbot-Sykes	34 (CB 15)
11th	Russ Pryor	33
12th	John Robinson	31
13th	Dave Finnemore	30
14th	Daniel Heath “Campo” (Guest)	26

The Origins of the WBA Supporters’ Golf Society

admin — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:47:52 +0000

It was in May 2006 when Glosterbaggie, a mega poster on the WBAzone website, stated he was to have golf lessons. ’Glos’ is a ski instructor at the Ramada Hotel & Resort at Matson, Gloucester, where they have a superb eighteen hole golf course and a challenging nine hole par 3 course.

The response to this was that AJ-B suggested we meet up for a game and possibly organise a golf tournament amongst fellow ‘zoners’.

The response was quite startling, with many wanting to play. WBAzone has a great subscriber who lives in Budapest, Hungary, and was introduced to supporting Albion via Zoltan Gera signing for us. He posts under the name of Dorvan, and he said he would come over to play and to meet other subscribers to the ‘zone’.

So, on Saturday 2nd September the very first golf event was held at the Ramada resort Gloucester. AJ-B via his company, Concept Manufacturing Carpet Company Ltd., sponsored the trophies and the event was called The Concept Classic. Dorvan even brought over a trophy called the ‘Gera Cup’.

Ironically enough, against all the odds, Dorvan was the winner, beating the favourite Adrian Buckley (OxfordBaggie) into 2nd place. Adey however was presented with the ‘Gera Cup’.

Despite the event being played in almost monsoon like conditions, with fierce winds and driving rain, this inaugural event proved a great success, with 18 golfers playing and 24 attending the evening dinner.

It was then that the forum was created and a meeting was arranged for Thursday 28th December at Ombersley Golf Club from which the official WBA Supporters’ Golf Society was officially launched. We became affilliated to the EGU (English Golf Union) and at that inaugural AGM the constitution was formulated and voted for by unanimous decision.