Sport
Yeovil Golf Club annual awards By Kye Harman
Trevor MacDonald Trophy Eighty-four-year-old Brian MacDonald nr was a guest at this year’s Yeovil Golf Club’s Senior Chrtistmas Lunch. His attendance was to present the Claret Jug in memory of his son’s contribution in organising the Monday competitions alongside another Yeovil stalwart, George Scott. Trevor sadly passed away in 2018 at the age of 57 following a long illness but his support for the Monday competitions remains so warmly remembered by the club’s Senior Members that it was decided to name a new trophy in his honour. The honour of being the first winner of this new trophy fell to Andy Sinclair who said, “I was so touched to receive
the trophy from Brian, and I think that naming the claret jug after his son Trevor is a marvellous way of ensuring that the latter’s work for us seniors lives on in the annals of Steve Upton Richard Yeovil Golf Club.” Senior Golfer of Polson winner Andy was also the Year of the nett presented with the championship Bill Moulding Statuette. salver The climax of the his name was announced. presentation ceremony was Jim Paterson received the the announcement of the accolade of winning the 2021 Senior Golfer of the Year, which this year went to Order of Merit for the most consistent performances in Steve Upton for his ongoing senior competitions during support for the senior friendly team matches. It was 2021. Sadly, Colin Leach the winner of the Senior an award that caught him completely by surprise as he Championship was unable was busy taking photos of all to attend to receive the the other prize winners when gross championship salver.
Andy Sinclair winner of the Trevor MacDonald Trophy Richard Polson, the winner of the corresponding nett championship salver, was however there to receive his trophy and join the numerous other trophy recipients as they reflected on and celebrated their 2021 achievements.
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Blandford United have announced the appointment of David Walsh as First Team Manager and Simon Leney as Assistant Manager. David has a strong coaching career with spells at AFC Bournemouth, Wimborne Town and Shaftesbury and is currently helping Romsey u23 as well as coaching for Chelsea development. Simon Leney (Assistant Manager) knows the Blandford set up and recently worked with Dave at Shaftesbury. Dave explained his reason for taking the job with Blandford: “Blandford are a good club, I had a good chat with the board and the committee. Their vision matches my own personal ambitions. “I presented ideas and our ideas matched. It came about with my assistant Simon, he knew a few people there. Me and Simon worked well together at Shaftesbury when I did the reserves for a little period of time. It was good that me and Simon have found a job to work together in.” The club expect to make announcements on additional coaching staff in the near future as the club continue to push on.
Division One Stalbridge A Child Okeford A Compton A CVA Falcons Compton B Child Okeford B Compton C
P 9 10 7 8 9 10 9
W 9 6 6 6 3 0 1
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L Points 0 238 4 209 1 188 2 158 6 145 10 81 8 74
Division Two Child Okeford D East Stour A East Stour B CVB Nightjars Compton D Child Okeford C Compton E CVC Robins Stal B Juniors
P 8 9 8 6 8 9 8 9 9
W 7 5 5 6 5 5 2 1 1
D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
L Points 1 218 4 182 3 158 0 150 3 142 4 129 6 122 8 115 8 90
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