​Fire Fighters Charity Cup - Results 2023

 
This years’ Charity Cup was hosted by Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service and supported by Horizon Shutters at Portal G&CC in Tarporley Cheshire. 

Charity Cup Report
 
This years’ Charity Cup was hosted by Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service at Portal G&CC in Tarporley Cheshire. 24 teams from across the UK set out on the parkland courses over 2 days.
 
Day 1 – Pairs better-ball stableford was the format. After 18 holes of competitive golf. It was close at the top of the leaderboard – 2 teams led the way on 78 points – GMC 2 and North Yorkshire. With another 4 teams on 77 points. One of the highlights of the day was a hole-in-one for GMC 2’s Doc Roberts on the 17th hole of the Premier course.
 
Day 2 – Singles Stableford with 3 out of 4 scores to count. There were a few weary legs having to walk to some of the starting holes on this shotgun start. But the game got underway on time at 10am. The Championship course is a long track but is more forgiving that it’s smaller sibling on day 1. However only 7 players managed to break the par of 36 points. The pick of the bunch was Mark Davison of South Yorkshire with a 41 point total. Another highlight was yet another hole-in-one. This time it was Piaras McElduff of Cheshire who holed out on the 1st hole, a par 4!!
 
Results – The scores were input into the computer and finalised and the results were as follows:-
 
Best Pair on Day 1 – P Hillaby & S Matthews (North Yorkshire) 44 points
Beat the Pro Day 1 – M Borthwick (Tyne and Wear)
Best Singles on Day 2 – M Davison (South Yorkshire) 41 points
 
NP Day 1 –       5th hole – Ste Talbot (West Yorkshire)
                        7th hole – Adrian Wilks (East Sussex)
                        15th hole – Mark Davies (West Midlands)
                        17th hole – Doc Roberts (GMC) hole-in-one
NP Day 2 -       5th hole – M Davison (South Yorkshire)
                        14th hole – Darren Charters (Nottinghamshire)
                        16th hole – Ste Jones (Kent)
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3rd Place Team – GMC 2 with 177 point total
S Whitehead
J Brook
J Gaskell
K Johnson
 
2nd Place Team – East Sussex with 182 point total
S Deakin
M White
A Wilks
S Hampton
Winners of the Charity Cup 2023 – Cheshire with 183 point total
P McElduff
P Dillon
C Hoyland
G Atkinson
 
But the big winners were the Firefighters Charity. Due to the kind donations from people, we were able to raise £5,295 for the charity via the raffle and auction on the evening of Day 1. Some fun was had by all and some generous bids for 4-ball around the UK.
 
Thank you all for your support and generosity on the day and hope to see you all in Norfolk at Sprowston Manor in 2024!

Kevin Grace
Cheshire FRS Golf Section

3rd Place Team – GMC 1

2nd Place Team – East Sussex
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