Call for clubs to support new Seniors comp

The Yorkshire Union of Golf Clubs is appealing for clubs to support its new seniors championship, to run in tandem with the long-standing divisional teams competition.

As detailed on page 26 in this edition, the YUGC has got behind the amazing successes of the Yorkshire Seniors in 2022 in their clean-sweep season, by announcing two new championships for the over-55s.

The top players in the Seniors Championship will now progress to a knockout matchplay format alongside the qualifiers from the Yorkshire Amateur.

In an effort to broaden the appeal to seniors, a new three-man club-team championship is planned to take place over 18-holes, again alongside clubs playing in the 7-division qualifying format.

In this instance, the winner at each qualifying event (details, p26) would go into the finals at Hornsea on Friday July 26. The format is scratch strokeplay (combined actual handicap of 30 maximum) with all three scores to count.

YUGC secretary Jonathan Plaxton said: “We’d really like to see our member clubs embrace this new competition, but so far the response hasn’t been as positive as we’d hoped.

“Being a new event on the calendar, it’s understandable if awareness isn’t as high as it could be, but we would encourage clubs to support it.”

Entry fee for clubs is £80 per team with a deadline for application of March 1st. Team and individual prizes are awarded at every event.

For more, contact Mr Plaxton on 01904 468442, 07484 730349 or email him on secretary@yugc.co.uk.