The 49th Benwell Hill Annual Golf day took place on Sunday 12th October at Ponteland Golf Club with 24 golfers (!) contending for the prestigious AU March Trophy, the singles stableford competition which was first held back in 1975 (won back then by current Hill President Tom Williamson), and it was fitting that Tom was on hand on Sunday to present the trophy to his grandson Max, who won on the day with a magnificent 40 points, shooting a 1 over par round of 73, off a 5 handicap. Second place was Gary Lloyd with 37 points and third place was Scott Williamson with 36 points. Nearest the pins were won by Scott Williamson (2nd hole), Luke Mussett (7th hole) and Aaron Rourke (16th hole), longest drive (18th hole) was won by Max.
The pairs competition was won by Max (40) and Kyle Blackmore (30), the pair had a combined 18 hole score of 70 points, second place was Gary Lloyd (37) and Joe Moore (32) with 69 points, third place was Ben Cant (35) and Leighton Hopper (33) with 68 points.
Photos and a full list of competitor scores for the Singles competition are below :
40 Points – Max Williamson (1st place prize)
37 Points – Gary Lloyd (2nd place prize)
36 Points – Scott Williamson (3rd place prize)
35 Points – Ben Cant
34 Points – Aaron Rourke, Steve Conforth, Malcom Brown, Jen Anderson
33 Points – Leighton Hopper, Mark Wright, Paul Armstrong
32 Points – Joe Moore, Griffin, Phil Grice
31 Points – Joe Kilpatrick, Luke Mussett, Barry Evans
30 Points – Kyle Blackmore, Barry Pearson, Paul Tulip
29 Points – Anthony Hunter
26 Points – Russ Brown
25 Points – Carole Grice
21 Points – Pete Smith
1st place prize - Max Williamson
2nd place prize - Gary Lloyd
3rd place prize - Scott Williamson
Last place prize - Pete Smith
Nearest the Pin winner on 15th - Aaron Rourke
Longest Drive winner on 18th - Max Williamson; Nearest the Pin winner on 2nd - Scott Williamson
Nearest the Pin winner on 7th - Luke Mussett
Pairs Winners - Max Williamson and Kyle Blackmore
Pairs Runners Up - Gary Lloyd and Joe Moore
