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Issue 1134
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8th October 2020
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ELLIOTT ROGAN CONTINUES FINE FORM
ELLIOTT Rogan (pictured) has had a good summer of golf, lowering his handicap from 15 in May to 12 in October.
He actually got down to 11 in September, but has just tipped back over to 12 in the last couple of weeks. In the last week he won the Pro’s Prize on October 3 in torrential rain; came ninth in the midweek nine hole stableford and still played better than his handicap. The week before, in a South Yorkshire Am Am competition at Hillsborough, Elliott came third in the four ball team stableford format, playing with Joseph Sedgwick, Liam and Liana O’Sullivan. Elliott’s consistent form has seen him play at or better to his handicap for more than half of the competitions he
has entered over the summer months.
The weather over the weekend did affect the number playing, particularly on Saturday when the scheduled Fox Trophy was delayed until next weekend because of the torrential rain and wind. A Pro’s Prize was hastily organised for those still keen enough to go out and as already mentioned was won by Elliott Rogan (12) with a highly creditable 36 points. Carl Thomas (15) was second with 32 points and Jay Whittaker (19) was third with 30 points. Sunday saw slightly better conditions for a second Pro’s Prize of the weekend. Danny Costello (7) won the competition with 42 points and played to one over gross with his score. Mick Hulbert (13) also scored 42 points,
but lost out to Danny with a lower back nine total. Steve Coutts (9) came in third with 40 points. On October 1, with less time for play in the evening, the weekly stableford was a nine hole competition, with players handicaps adjusted down accordingly. Richard Grimmer (7) won with 22 points in a tightly fought competition. Trevor Moseley (5) was second with 21 points. Andrew Finney (0) playing to scratch came third with 20 points, beating Neil Elliott (5) who had the same score but lost out on count back. Andrew’s nine holes included three birdies in four holes.
Mackie wins mile track race
HUGH Mackie, in a time of 4-54, won a close battle with Barnsley AC runner Gary Briscoe (4-55) over one mile on a wet and windy Wednesday evening at the Dorothy Highman track in Curdworth.
Penistone Footpath Runners booked the track for the evening and ran a series of races from one mile down to 100 metres for the club’s younger members. There were lots of good performances on the night and despite the challenging conditions a number of club records were set. Those recording club records at the one mile distance were Ray Brown (over-80 man 9-11), Julia Johnson (over-55 lady 6-39), Malcolm Rose (over65 man, 6-13), Bill Phillips (over70 man 6-58). Youth runner Graihagh Turner also set clubs records in the girls under-13 category at one mile (5-55) and 400 metres (1-16). Bill Phillips ran a Virtual London Marathon around the paths of Penistone recording an impressive 3-53-09 for the 26.2 mile distance. The Hedgehog Half marathon was cancelled for Covid-19 reasons but a number of Penistone runners decided to run a virtual equivalent closer to home. Dawn Broom was one of the those and ran a time of 1-35-24 which if it had been a certified race would have been a club record.
Other Penistone runners doing a virtual Hedgehog Half were Jacqueline Howsham (1-49-01 pb), Ian Sutcliffe (1-41-24), Jon Lawcock (1-43-48), Richard Williams (1-4236), Rhianna Banford (1-42-34) and Kris Smith (1-45-12). Gareth Cook ran the Big Flat Runway Marathon in very tough windy conditions, nonetheless Gareth managed to clock a very impressive 2-35-16 to claim eighth place. The Runway event also hosted some shorter races including 5k which new member James Mumford took part in.
James ran a very impressive 17-12 to claim 2nd in the over-40 man category which was also a new club record. John Spencer completed the 10k event in 1-05-02. Much further afield Nichola McNally ran the route normally used for the Loch Ness marathon in very tough conditions and achieved a very impressive 3-30. Some member of Penistone competed in an orienteering event in Norfolk Park, Sheffield. Completing the Green course were Hugh Mackie (seventh) and Lorraine Mackie (18th). Ewan Mackie came a creditable fourth on the Light Green course whilst Richard Mackie came 14th on the Orange course. Flynn Rogers came 15th on the challenging Yellow course.
