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Eye on the prize for Seacroft ladies
30 Apr 2013
ONE of the senior citizens of the Daily Mail Foursomes is again showing she is far from ready to hang up her clubs.
Moira Wilson, who will be 64 on May 1, won the foursomes trophy as long ago as 1989, when she played with future Curtis Cup player Helen Dobson. And she showed she had not lost her to...
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Nevill launch campaign with new team
30 Apr 2013
WHEN Todd Adcock represented Nevill as English Amateur Champion, he still came up short in the Daily Mail Foursomes.
His fourth-round defeat, not for the first time, highlighted one of the strengths of the competition, that the 18-handicapper has as much chance of lifting the foursomes trophy as th...
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Champions suffer early exit from 2013 Competition
09 Apr 2013
ANOTHER season of epic struggle in the Daily Mail Foursomes has begun with the early demise of the reigning champions.
Martyn Walker and Paul Williams took the men’s trophy back to the Forest of Dean club in Gloucestershire after triumphing in the finals at the Marriott Forest of Arden in October...
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Mother and daughter win championship
17 Oct 2012
WHEN Liana O’Sullivan encouraged her mother, Hilja, to take up golf again, little could they imagine that they would be winning the world’s largest golf tournament within eight years.
But Hilja and Liana, from the Stocksbridge & District club at Sheffield, enjoyed a day out to remember yesterda...
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Forest of Dean are men's champions
17 Oct 2012
Paul Williams was not even sure he would be able to stick around long enough to play if he made the final of the Daily Mail Foursomes at the Marriott Forest of Arden.
His wife, Marie, is expecting their second child in three weeks and 35-year-old Paul had been waiting for the phone call which would...
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Boyd hoping for a tee party.
16 Oct 2012
SARAH-JANE BOYD was looking to celebrate her 21st birthday by crowning a stellar season with the Daily Mail Foursomes title at the Marriott Forest of Arden.
Sarah-Jane, the reigning Cornwall, South West England and British Open amateur champion, and Truro team-mate Nathalie John moved into the semi...
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Moor Hall eye piece of history
15 Oct 2012
SIMON CARTTER and Craig Sheerin will look to put the Moor Hall name on the men's trophy for the second time in six years at the Marriott Forest of Arden this week and create a first for the Daily Mail Foursomes in the process.
John Paul Banbury and Robert Bardsley won the trophy for their West Midl...
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Downfield head to Forest of Arden
18 Sep 2012
GRAHAM BELL has made it all the way to the Marriott Forest of Arden as he looks to add the Daily Mail Foursomes to an already glittering resume.
The Downfield golfer, from the Tayside area of Scotland, won the Angus county strokeplay championship, the county matchplay title and was part of the six-...
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Final Port of Call for Crew
11 Sep 2012
BERKSHIRE captain Tracy Crew and playing partner Charlotte Keenan again showed their fighting spirit to book a place at the Daily Mail Foursomes’ finals week.
The Reading pairing fought back from three down after seven holes to beat Sutton Green’s Trish Lynch and Vicky Hames by one hole in the ...
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O'Sullivans finally have their day
04 Sep 2012
HILJA and Liana O’Sullivan became the first pairing to qualify for finals week at this year’s Daily Mail Foursomes - four years after their bid ended in crushing disappointment.
The mother and daughter from Stocksbridge & District sealed their place at the Marriott Forest of Arden showpiece wit...
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Sixth round victories and losses for county players
14 Aug 2012
NORFOLK county captain Alex Cowie and England senior international Jo Ashmore saw their hopes in the Daily Mail Foursomes squashed, so to speak, for another year as they went out in the sixth round.
Cowie, who in her other guise steered England squash teams to seven world titles, and Ashmore, from ...
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Rare test for Stewart and Todd
07 Aug 2012
KENNY STEWART and James Todd have enjoyed such a remarkable run in this year’s Daily Mail Foursomes that their sixth-round encounter must have come as a shock to the system.
When the pairing from Stirling lost the 15th hole to Balfron’s Stuart Jamieson and Jim Hopes in round six, it was the fir...
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Extra time for Crieff pair
31 Jul 2012
LIFE at home has been anything but easy for Mike McIntosh and Adam Rennie, even though they stand just one more win away from finals week at the Daily Mail Foursomes.
The pairing from Crieff in Tayside made it through the sixth round with a 19th hole victory over Glasgow Victoria’s Jim Robertson ...
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Two Clubs still in with a double chance.
17 Jul 2012
TWO clubs are still in with a chance of sending both their men’s and women’s pairings to finals week in this year’s Daily Mail Foursomes.
The players from Accrington & District and Christchurch all triumphed in their fifth-round matches, meaning they need just two more wins each to reach the ...
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Great and the good go through to the sixth round
10 Jul 2012
THE great and the good are coming to the fore in the women’s section of the Daily Mail Foursomes as finals week moves ever closer.
Pauline Dobson, the Durham county champion, and Lesley Jennings, who also represents Durham and reached the semi-finals in the county championships, moved to within t...
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Sibling Rivalry possible between Lees Hall and Hawkstone Park
03 Jul 2012
ANNE JERVIS is closing in on an immediate return to the Daily Mail Foursomes finals week - and this year she could have her sister as one of her rivals.
Anne and Lees Hall playing partner June Miller represented the Sheffield club at Marriott Dalmahoy last October, and they moved into the fifth rou...
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Slinfold ladies set out to go one better
26 Jun 2012
KAREN ASHCROFT and Cathy Downey may have missed out on a place in the final of the Daily Mail Foursomes by a single shot last year.
But, while both of last year’s finalists went out in the early stages of this year’s tournament, the ladies from Slinfold in West Sussex are making a concerted eff...
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Hosts won't field a team at Forest of Arden
12 Jun 2012
HOME players will be confined to the role of spectators at the finals of this year’s Daily Mail Foursomes after the men and women from the Marriott Forest of Arden both went out in the fourth round.
Having a pairing from the West Midlands club at this year’s final week looked an increasingly li...
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Canons Brook win one lose one on extra holes
05 Jun 2012
ROLES were reversed for Canons Brook’s Sue Packman and Helen Sees in the fourth round of the Daily Mail Foursomes.
The women from the Essex club had to go to the first extra hole to beat Nazeing’s Una Amico and Sally Mansfield in the third round.
They were taken to extra holes again in round f...
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Last past champion standing
29 May 2012
MOIRA WILSON came out on top in a second-round battle of the former finalists to become the last woman champion standing in this year’s Daily Mail Foursomes.
Moira, a winner in 1989 and finalist in 2005, and Tara Massey, from the Seacroft club near Skegness, pulled off a 5&4 victory against Kenwi...
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County champions from Cornwall to Durham
29 May 2012
TWO multiple county champions from opposite ends of England are already over halfway along the road to finals week in the women’s section of the Daily Mail Foursomes.
Pauline Dobson, who won the Durham title for the eighth time this year, and Sarah-Jane Boyd, whose victory in this year’s Cornwa...
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Downfield hoping for a shot at the trophy
28 May 2012
GRAHAM BELL is looking to follow up a trophy-laden 2011 by landing the Daily Mail Foursomes title this year.
The Downfield golfer, from the Tayside area of Scotland, won the Angus county strokeplay championship, the county matchplay title and was part of the six-man Downfield team that won the coun...
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Silverdale Hunters continue the chase for the Finals
22 May 2012
THREE members of the Hunter family from Silverdale Golf Club are making a determined charge at the Daily Mail Foursomes titles this year.
And Ian Hunter has enlisted some expert help for his run to the fourth round.
Ian Rigg and brother Graham lifted the foursomes trophy in Saunton as long ago as ...
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Mid Kent march on.
17 May 2012
BEWARE the men of Mid Kent when the year ends in an even number.
The Gravesend club, who celebrated their centenary in 2009, sent a men’s pairing to the finals week at the Daily Mail Foursomes in 2006, 2008 and 2010.
Now Tony Lovell and Kurt Dennison hope they are on their way to extending that ...
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It's a long haul ride to get through the second round
01 May 2012
NO FEWER than three pairings were taken to the fifth extra hole before they triumphed in the Daily Mail Foursomes’ second round.
In the women’s event, Reading’s Tracy Crew and Charlotte Keenan had to go to the 23rd hole before beating Clare Fraser and Sumi Mitsumizo, from Bearwood Lakes.
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2011 Women's champions make a good start
24 Apr 2012
KAY DALTON and Angela Paton put down an emphatic marker as they launched the defence of their women’s title in the Daily Mail Foursomes.
The pairing from the Three Rivers club in Essex lifted the women’s trophy at Marriott Dalmahoy last October when they beat Drayton Park’s Lynn Gray and Juli...
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No return for 2011 men's Semi-Finalists
17 Apr 2012
ALL four clubs who sent pairs to the men’s semi-finals of last year’s Daily Mail Foursomes have seen their entries go out in the first round this time around.
Fulford Heath saw their name go on the foursomes trophy in October when Matthew Burge and Craig Birch beat Wentworth’s Alan Healy and ...
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Semi Finals Results Panel
22 Nov 2011
THE MAIL ON SUNDAY CLASSIC
GRAND FINALS
(At El Rompido, Spain)
MEN’S SEMI-FINALS
Middleton Hall 3½ Cranleigh 1½
Tony Thaxton (6) lost to Danny Adams (6) 3&2
Mike Thompson (6) bt Derek Coward (10) 7&6
Anthony Stannard (6) halved with Chris Marriott (6)
Stuart Olley (7...
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Fulford Heath men and Three Rivers Ladies triumph at 2011 Finals
21 Oct 2011
MATTHEW BURGE gave up his job to appear at the Daily Mail Foursomes finals week - and was rewarded by lifting the trophy at Marriott Dalmahoy.
Matthew and Craig Birch, 27, from Fulford Heath, beat Wentworth’s Alan Healy and Alex Paramor, son of chief European Tour referee John Paramor, by one hol...
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Results panel for 2011 Finals
20 Oct 2011
The last 16 men's and 16 women's teams played the 2011 Daily Mail Foursomes finals at Marriott Dalmahoy's East Course on 17th and 18th October. Severe rain affected play on the first day, so a Stableford competition was played on 18th October. The two highest scoring men's teams and the two highest...
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Hall has unfinished business
02 Aug 2011
Four players saw their hopes of an immediate return to finals week dashed as the Daily Mail Foursomes showpiece looms closer.
Father and son Malcolm and Daniel Cobb from Brokenhurst Manor, reached the quarter-finals at Marriott St Pierre last October. But their bid for a return to finals week was...
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Porthpean's long haul win
26 Jul 2011
Jeremy Maude and Derek Williams took three days to pull off a record-equalling victory in the Daily Mail Foursomes' fifth round.
The pair from the Porthpean Club in St Austell started their match against Carlyon Bay brothers jason and Paul Gay at around 5pm on Friday - and finished it at about 3....
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Wood falls at the fourth
21 Jun 2011
IT WASN'T father's day for Richard Wood as he bowed out of the Daily Mail Foursomes in the fourth round.
Richard, whose son, Chris Wood, is a well-known player on the European Tour, showed he can also wield a club as he joined David Milton in representing Long Ashton in the foursomes.
After beatin...
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Cobbs target repeat
14 Jun 2011
Malcolm and Daniel Cobb are over halfway to an unlikely double after an emphatic victory in the Daily Mail Foursomes' fourth round.
The father and son from Brokenhurst Manor went all the way to the quarter-finals at Marriott St Pierre last October before losing to the eventual champions.
Now they ...
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Dartford duo ease through
07 Jun 2011
MICHAEL SAUNDERS lifted the Kent county title for the second successive year at the weekend, three days after leading Dartford into the fifth round of the Daily Mail Foursomes.
The 20-year-old prospect, who successfully defended his county trophy at the Sir Nick Faldo-designed Chart Hills club, par...
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Final dream for two great Scots
31 May 2011
Marriott Dalmahoy's Brad Muir and Graeme Clyne are still dreaming of being there
when their club host the Daily Mail Foursomes finals in October, after beating
David Lamb and Mike Pirie from Murrayfield 5&3 in their third round match. Muir and Clyne
are the only pair still standing from the thr...
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Great Scots in final surge
31 May 2011
A TRIO of Scottish lasses are striving to reach a second successive finals week in the Daily Mail Foursomes.
And this year they have the added incentive of the finals being held on home soil, at Marriott Dalmahoy outside Edinburgh.
Mother and daughter Carol and Gwen Lambie, who reached the semi-fi...
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Heard brothers fight on
24 May 2011
Three brothers are still battling in the Daily Mail Foursomes after victories in the third round.
Colin and Andrew Heard from the Stone Club in Staffordshire beat Haydn Evans and Geoff Cooper from
the Manor Club, Kingstone, at the first extra hole. Meanwhile, big brother Keith Heard, 54, who play...
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Captain Cowie's winning habit
17 May 2011
FORMER England squash coach Alex Cowie is making quite an impact after switching her attentions to golf.
Alex, who guided her country to seven world squash titles, has been made Norfolk county golf captain this year.
Now Alex, 56, is looking to repeat the feat of Kevin Pratt four years ago and lif...
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Epic victory for Alresford
26 Apr 2011
JANE SCOTT and Lin Travers triumphed after one of the longer games in the Daily Mail Foursomes.
The ladies from the Alresford club, near Winchester, had to go to the fifth extra hole before seeing off Bowood's Hilary Marsh and Margaret McLauchlan in this year's second round.
Jane, 47, said: 'I hav...
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Cleckheaton put an end to hopes for another Willow Valley double
12 Apr 2011
JOHN REDDY and Tom Branker, semi-finalists last year, bowed out of the Daily Mail Foursomes at the first hurdle this time around.
And the demise of the Willow Valley golfers highlighted the continuing strength of the world's larget golf competition.
Cleckheaton & District's Peter Fenton, who teame...
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Semi Finals and Finals Match Report
19 Oct 2010
DOROTHY LARMOUR sparked a double family celebration last night after winning the Daily Mail Foursomes at Marriott St Pierre – the day after her son announced his engagement.
Dorothy and partner Isabelle Slater, from the Sandiway club in Cheshire, pulled off an emphatic 5&4 final victory over Ragl...
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Semi Finals and Finals Results
19 Oct 2010
MEN
SEMI-FINALS - Marriott Dalmahoy (Steven Lees, Gary Tillbrook, combined handicap 15) lost to Mid-Kent (Darren and Barry Smith, 14) 3&2; Willow Valley (John Reddy, Tom Branker, 9) lost to Boldon (Stuart Pinder, Lee Chape 19) 4&2. Final: Mid-Kent lost to Boldon 3&1.
WOMEN
SEMI-FINALS - Dunkeld &...
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Quarter Finals Results
18 Oct 2010
Results
MEN
LAST 16 - Yelverton (Alan Rice, Dennis Birrell, combined handicap 19) lost to Longridge (Steven Eccles, John Maddock, 21) 6&5; Marriott Dalmahoy (Steven Lees, Gary Tillbrook, 15) bt Maesteg (Ian Hall, Andrew Llewellyn, 15) 3&2; Lincoln (Eddie Smith, Keith Taylor 28) bt Woburn (Jeremy S...
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Quarter Finals Match Report
18 Oct 2010
Carol Lambie's decision to give up a holiday in Spain is paying dividends after the 61-year-old Scot reached the semi-finals for the first time in her fourth appearance at the Daily Mail Foursomes' finals week.
The Dunkeld & Birnam golfer had not made it past the last 16 in her previous three fina...
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Ferry can't take referee for a ride
06 Sep 2010
FINALS referee Paul Stewart has warned the ladies of Felixstowe Ferry not to expect any favours after qualifying for the Marriott St Pierre showpiece.
Ann Maskell and Anna Fairs, from the Suffolk club, reached the last 16 with a seventh-round success over Nazeing's Una Amico and Sally Marshall in t...
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Willow Valley Ladies may be matched by Men's team
03 Aug 2010
FORMER England cricket internationals Janet Tedstone and Linda Burnley have become the first pairing to win through to this year's finals week – and that has left their Willow Valley club halfway to achieving a remarkable double.
The West Yorkshire establishment were the only club in the country ...
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Former Scotland international golfer sees Duddingston through to round six
26 Jul 2010
FORMER Scotland international Stuart Smith is just two games away from finals week after victory in round five.
But former professional Michael Franklin is out after he and Stuart Trigwell, from Staverton Park in Northamptonshire, were beaten at the same stage.
Newsagent Stuart, 43, is looking to ...
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Former footballers face each other in Foursomes round five
26 Jul 2010
KENNY BURNS swapped his life in football for his love of golf as he launched a typically committed assault on this year's Daily Mail Foursomes.
The former Scotland defender, who won two European Cups and a League championship with Nottingham Forest, earned the right to represent Kedleston Park in t...
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West Byfleet stride on
26 Jul 2010
GOLFING success seems to be second nature to Keith Waters.
As a professional, he survived for 17 years on the European Tour until 1995, playing for 15 of them without recourse to tour school.
Then he was responsible for the tour’s phenomenal development into Asia and Australasia after becoming t...
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Kirkintilloch defy the elements to reach fifth round
28 Jun 2010
GEORGE KENNEDY defied the elements, two talented opponents and old father time to win through the Daily Mail Foursomes' fourth round after producing an outstanding outward nine.
Driving rain greeted the 76-year-old and son Stewart, 51, when they arrived at their Kirkintilloch club, near Glasgow, to...
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Previous winners Oakridge fall at Leamington hurdle
28 Jun 2010
KATIE BEALE became the last of a hat-trick of former champions to exit this year's Daily Mail Foursomes when the Oakridge golfer and partner Andrea Mace were beaten in the fourth round on Saturday.
Katie and Patricia Holt won the trophy at Marriott Forest of Arden in 2004. Katie said: 'It was a fan...
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Denbigh win 3 from 3 to take match to extra holes
28 Jun 2010
ANY pair will have to put in the hard yards if they go the distance in the Daily Mail Foursomes. But James and Stanley Roberts have already gone the extra mile to win an extraordinary fourth-round match at Holywell.
The father and son, from Denbigh in North Wales, trailed the home club's Tim Saunde...
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Finals hosts Marriott St Pierre knocked out by Llanwern
28 Jun 2010
MARRIOTT ST PIERRE'S hopes of contributing more than the venue at this year's finals week were ended by two defeats within a matter of days in the fourth round.
Club captain Graham Smith, an international rally driver in the 1970s, and Jim Campbell crashed out in a 6&4 defeat at Llanwern while imme...
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Whitburn beat England Golf Team Captain to go through
24 May 2010
Faye Sanderson, who captained the England Girls' golf team to success in the home internationals last year, had her hopes of reaching the Daily Mail Foursomes' finals at Marriott St Pierre ended in the third round.
Faye and Janet Ross, from the Heworth club in Gateshead, were beaten 5&4 by Whitburn...
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Cowglen succeed after extra 3 holes
24 May 2010
WILLIAM BALLINGALL and John Smith are finding out just how hard it can be to win matches in the Daily Mail Foursomes.
William and John became the first pair to win the two-ball trophy at Cowglen in the 87 years since James Braid designed the 18-hole Glasgow course.
The winners go on to represent t...
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Cheshire big guns match sees Stockport win
24 May 2010
DAVID PEEL was the one celebrating after three of Cheshire's big guns clashed in the third round of the Daily Mail Foursomes.
David, who represents Stockport, and Hazel Grove pair Mark Rogers and Andrew Hill have run up around 300 appearances for Cheshire between them. David, 35, is a former county...
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Woking through to round three
04 May 2010
BEWARE the injured golfer, they say, and Sally Burke took that statement at its words as she made her way through to the Daily Mail Foursomes' third round.
The Woking golfer broke a toe two days before her second-round match against West Surrey sisters in law Sue and Chris Monger.
But she sold...
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ALASTAIR TROW holes in one to win for Wyre Forest
03 May 2010
ALASTAIR TROW found the perfect way to close out his second-round match in the Daily Mail Foursomes and turn himself into a racing cert at Ludlow.
Alastair and Lee Robinson, from Wyre Forest, arrived at the 17th hole of their game against James Russell and Mark Rogers two up with two to play – an...
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Disruptions in second round
27 Apr 2010
VOLCANIC ash is still casting a cloud over the Daily Mail Foursomes, with players stranded abroad missing the deadline for second-round matches.
Frances Millar will not be able to fly back from Colorado until Thursday, and that has forced her and Claire Penman, from Carnoustie Caledonia, to give ...
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Successful start for Steve
20 Apr 2010
STEVE SIDNEY'S long-running bid to recapture the Daily Mail Foursomes trophy has been given extra incentive by the choice of this season's finals venue.
Steve and Nigel Knight put the name of Queens Park on the trophy as long ago as 1997 at Royal Porthcawl.
It took eventual champions Ian Dona...
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Record entry in 2010
13 Apr 2010
ANOTHER record-breaking season in the Daily Mail Foursomes has teed off, with over 3,000 pairings entering this year's competition.
Over, 1,700 pairings have entered the women's event, the largest number since Irish teams left to play in their own competition, while almost 1,500 pairings will con...
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Walton Heath women triumphant
21 Oct 2009
Nicola Smith, 20, showed she is making good use of a second gap year following her A levels as she partnered Jane Burrage to the Daily Mail Foursomes' women's title at the Marriott Forest of Arden.
In stark contrast to the men's final, there was never more than two holes between the pairs as the...
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Donaldson's Final Glory
21 Oct 2009
IAN DONALDSON replaced the disappointment of 12 months earlier with delight as he and Stephen Smith lifted the Daily Mail Foursomes trophy at the Marriott Forest of Arden.
The pair from Beacon Park, near Liverpool, triumphed 8&6 in a one-sided final against West Bradford's Steve Hollis and Iain ...
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Beaten Steve's Beacon of hope
20 Oct 2009
STEVE SIDNEY relinquished his chance of repeating his 1997 triumph in the Daily Mail Foursomes, then tipped his conquerors to lift the trophy today.
Steve and Matthew Doughty, from the Queens Park club in Bournemouth, were beaten 4&3 in yesterday's quarter-finals at the Marriott Forest of Arden ...
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No Olds Barred in Top Pairs' Final Tilt
19 Oct 2009
EXPERIENCE has come to the fore in this year's Daily Mail Foursomes, with eight of the 64 players who will contest finals week over the next two days having reached the same stage in previous years.
Bacup's Dorothy Beaumont, 65, made it to the semi-finals as long ago 1979 while Steve Sidney, 45,...
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Letham Grange reach Last Sixteen
29 Sep 2009
LETHAM GRANGE will be sending a pair to the Daily Mail Foursomes' finals week at the first attempt after the Scottish club realised this season they had been missing an opportunity.
The Tayside set-up had entered the Mail on Sunday Classic regularly over the last few years, but their officials d...
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Queens Park pair through to Finals
22 Sep 2009
STEVE SIDNEY is daring to dream again of Daily Mail Foursomes success 12 years after lifting the men’s trophy.
Steve, 43, and Nigel Knight put the name of Bournemouth club Queens Park on the trophy at Royal Porthcawl in 1997. But, despite qualifying to represent the club in all but three seaso...
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West Kent knock-out Champion
04 Aug 2009
TODD ADCOCK is working towards a big future in the game of golf after landing the English Amateur Championship last September. But his hopes of adding the Daily Mail Foursomes to his list of honours was ended this year by a player with a proud past in the competition.
Matt Hopkins made finals ...
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Robbery in the Park
28 Jul 2009
IAN DONALDSON helped pull off a piece of ‘daylight robbery’ to keep alive his hopes of a quick return to the Daily Mail Foursomes finals week.
Ian and Beacon Park partner Stephen Smith had never led before the final putt of their 22-hole fifth-round marathon at Bolton’s Regent Park. In fac...
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Former finalists out in the fourth
21 Jul 2009
TWO more leading lights have gone out in this year's Daily Mail Foursomes at the fourth-round stage.
Wales international Hannah Jenkins was part of the Cradoc pairing beaten by Kington's Anita Dart and Phillippa Frost, while former foursomes champion Elaine Clark and former finalist Karen Clayton...
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Torrington not so Great
07 Jul 2009
TONY GOOCH and Mark Hill saw their hopes of retaining their Daily Mail Foursomes title finally ended on the last green of their Great Torrington club where their journey began 16 months earlier.
The Devon pairing, who went into last year's tournament as the county's handicap foursomes champions,...
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Thirsty for glory at the 19th
30 Jun 2009
SHOULD their wives accuse Mike Hughes or Terry Parkinson of spending too much time at the 19th hole, they have every right to say: 'Don't blame us — it's the Daily Mail's fault.'
The Preston pair won through to the fourth round of the Daily Mail Foursomes, having been taken to the first extra h...
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Elaine's treble bid
16 Jun 2009
ELAINE CLARK is closing on a third appearance in the last four finals weeks at the Daily Mail Foursomes. And the Manchester golfer and partner Karen Clayton sent out a warning to their rivals by winning the Northern Foursomes title at Formby Ladies earlier this season.
Elaine, who won the Daily ...
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Millbrook pair march on
02 Jun 2009
SOMETHING incredible happens when Sandra Gardner and Nikki Jackson play in the Daily Mail Foursomes.
This is the third year running the two fifty-something women have represented Millbrook in the Daily Mail Foursomes - and they have yet to lose a match outside of finals week. That means they hav...
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Champion start for Gooch
26 May 2009
HOLDERS Tony Gooch and Mark Hill are attracting plenty of attention as they look to defend their Daily Mail Foursomes title.
The pairing from Great Torrington in Devon, who lifted the men’s trophy at Marriott Dalmahoy last October, kicked off their defence after a first-round bye with a 2&1 vic...
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Party over for Paddison
19 May 2009
GRAHAM WALKER helped to end Andrew Paddison’s incredible adventure in the Daily Mail Foursomes, then paid tribute to his extraordinary opponent. Andrew, a 46-year-old victim of the Thalidomide drug, was the toast of Llanymynech when he and Bob Hardy won the qualifying competition to represent the...
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Sidney back on the title track
12 May 2009
Steve Sidney is darling to dream again of Daily Mail Foursomes success 12 years after lifting the men’s trophy.
Steve, 43, and Nigel Knight put the name of Bournemouth club Queens Park on the trophy at Royal Porthcawl in 1997.
This season he is enjoying probably his best run since winning th...
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Hot-shot Hannah the danger now
05 May 2009
After the early demise of champions Kelly Hanwell and Kirstie Jennings, one of the more prized scalps in the women’s competition of this year’s Daily Mail Foursomes will be that of Cradoc’s Hannah Jenkins.
Hannah, 24, was a member of the Wales side who won the home internationals series at ...
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Champions stumble at the first
28 Apr 2009
Kelly Hanwell and Kirstie Jennings went out in the first round of this year’s Daily Mail Foursomes to continue an astonishing run of disappointment for defending champions in the women’s event.
The Northamptonshire County pair lost by two holes to Northampton’s Jackie Turner and Theresa Eas...
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Trish still an inspiration in defeat
21 Apr 2009
PEOPLE can go to the most extraordinary lengths to play in the Daily Mail Foursomes. Trish Garland lost the lower half of her right leg to cancer 22 years ago. But that did not stop her taking up golf in her retirement - and even breaking a toe on her left foot wasn’t going to stop her representi...
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Andrew beats the odds
14 Apr 2009
ANDREW PADDISON has surprised everyone with his success in the Daily Mail Foursomes.
Andrew, 46, is a victim of the Thalidomide drug, which has left him with two shortened arms, one leg and hands at right angles to his wrists. However, he has found a way to play golf at Llanymynech, the club wher...
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Just champion for Adcock
07 Apr 2009
THE world’s largest golf competition can this year boast the country’s top amateur player.
Todd Adcock, who won the English Amateur Championship last September, is representing Nevill in this year’s Daily Mail Foursomes. And the bad news for the thousands of others trying to reach finals w...
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