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Clacton on Sea Golf Club
Newspaper Report for Thursday 17th July

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1 Club Captain, Neil Hutchinson congratulating Fi Cope on winning the Club Captains Day prize with 41pts, Steve Hunt was second with 40pts. Captain Neil was a very generous host on the day, looking after the members on the course and at the evenings hog roast, he was very pleased to announce that he had raised £1225 for his charity - Y.E.S.

Another great golfing week for Clacton Golf Club, the Thornton Challenge Cup team had a great win playing at Colchester against Rochford Hundred on Sunday. They had an exceptional start in the morning pairs with 4 ½; going into the afternoon singles they required 3 ½. Matt Baker, Nick Tedder-Ward & Jake Wells all secured early points from the first four singles with Andy Duffin securing the vital ½ point on the 18th green to send them to the semi-finals. The remaining groups agreed to a half, making the final score 11&4.

The Junior Inter Club Youth Shield A Team of Charlie Beasley, Ashley Haddon, Jay White, Vince Chung, Coco Locke (R) & Louie Brewer are also through to their semi-finals after winning their match 4&1 against West Essex playing at Thorndon Park on Sunday, their reserve player, Coco Locke also managed to win a friendly round with the West Essex reserve.
Photo 2- Junior Inter Club Youth Shield Team A

The Seniors, led by their Captain Graham Haslam, were playing at Colchester on Monday in their away match and won 4 ½ & 3 ½, the home and away scores allowed a resounding win for Clacton 9 ½ & 6 ½ Martin Jackson won the Monday Seniors Fun competition with 42pts, Dave Needham second 39pts on countback from John Wood

Last Tuesday the ladies played for the Rachel Neal Vase & Windfall qualifier. Emma Murphy took the win with 39pts, closely followed by Emma Cole with 38pts and Helen Chung with 36pts on countback from Ann Wright.
The Mid-week medal was won by Roger Green 86-19=67, Carol Beecham Sewell was second with nett 68 and Tony Chandler third with nett 70.