Yorkshire golf: Oakdale A enjoy silver lining in successive years in Harrogate Union championship

OAKDALE A came through a stern battle at Bedale to retain their Harrogate Union Ladies Silver Team title.
By The Newsroom
Published 9th Aug 2016, 19:56 BST
Updated 25th Aug 2016, 19:29 BST
Oakdale A, winners of the Ladies Silver Team Championship, l-r, Karen Leake, Penny Baxter, Patsy Rochester and Joyce Slater, with Harrogate Union president Robin Elias.Oakdale A, winners of the Ladies Silver Team Championship, l-r, Karen Leake, Penny Baxter, Patsy Rochester and Joyce Slater, with Harrogate Union president Robin Elias.
Oakdale A, winners of the Ladies Silver Team Championship, l-r, Karen Leake, Penny Baxter, Patsy Rochester and Joyce Slater, with Harrogate Union president Robin Elias.

The defending champions totalled 256 to win by just a shot from the hosts, Joyce Slater laying the foundations for their success with an 82.

Bedale came up marginally short despite an 81 from Gillian Petrie, which saw her win the gross individual trophy.

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Knaresborough A won the the best net team prize, with Bedale A again frustratingly losing out by one stroke.

Gillian Petrie, winner of the individual gross trophy, with Harrogate Union president Robin Elias.Gillian Petrie, winner of the individual gross trophy, with Harrogate Union president Robin Elias.
Gillian Petrie, winner of the individual gross trophy, with Harrogate Union president Robin Elias.

Linda Savage won best net individual with 72, and Teri Williamson was runner-up on 74, beating five other players on count back.

After all seven B teams had completed their rounds, Oakdale B led with a total of 273.

Cath Varley's 86 was their best contribution and she finished seventh in the gross individual event, and her team eighth.

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Seventeen teams from 10 clubs entered the event, for which the handicap eligibility was a maximum of 20, with three best scores to count.

Otley, winners of the Oakdale Jubilee Trophy, with Harrogate Union president Robin Elias.Otley, winners of the Oakdale Jubilee Trophy, with Harrogate Union president Robin Elias.
Otley, winners of the Oakdale Jubilee Trophy, with Harrogate Union president Robin Elias.

Gross: 256 Oakdale A (K Leake 85, J Slater 82, P Baxter 89); 257 Bedale A; 263 Thirsk & Northallerton A.

Net: 225 Knaresborough A (B Tasker 74, L Savage 72, S Braithwaite 79); 226 Bedale A; 229 Bedale B.

Otley made local knowledge count as they bested six other clubs to win the Oakdale Jubilee Trophy, a Stableford competition involving the highest tally from two teams of four.

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Pannal, the defending champions, totalled a creditable 157pts, but that left them no fewer than 10 in arrears of Otley.

Gillian Petrie, winner of the individual gross trophy, with Harrogate Union president Robin Elias.Gillian Petrie, winner of the individual gross trophy, with Harrogate Union president Robin Elias.
Gillian Petrie, winner of the individual gross trophy, with Harrogate Union president Robin Elias.

Knaresborough had only two teams in the competition, but their combined score of 160 was good enough to give them second place over Pannal.

There were also prizes for the best three team scores and Otley claimed first and third places, with a Knaresborough team - with Union match play champion Ian Backhouse in their line-up - taking second.

167: Otley; 160: Knaresborough; 157: Pannal; 153: Bedale, Oakdale; 152: Harrogate; 151: Thirsk & Northallerton.

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