AARON Schnacke triumphed in a titanic battle of youngsters in the final of the BM Howarth-sponsored Halifax, Huddersfield Union match-play championship at Meltham, edging Jamie Bower on the 35th green.Read
TWENTY-two-year-old Ben Sharp was the toast of Wortley Golf Club members after winning the prestigious Examiner Matchplay title over the broad acres of Meltham’s Thick Hollins course.Read
CHRIS HANSON will pose a serious threat when Alex Belt, from Bridlington Links, attempts to become the first to successfully defend the PGA North Region championship for nearly 40 years at Marriott Hollins Hall tomorrow and Wednesday.Read
JAMIE BOWER, the Yorkshire Boys player, aims to see Meltham celebrate a Halifax, Huddersfield Union match-play championshiptriumph when he has home course advantage on Fixby’s Aaron Schnacke in tomorrow’s 36-hole final.Read
UNION team manager Chris Mear and Meltham clubmate James Moore won the Union scratch foursomes, beating Ryburn’s Chris Rudd and Craig Hare 5&4 in the 36-hole decider at Woodsome Hall after standing four up at the end of the first round.Read
RECORD-SETTING Chris Hanson, the man of the moment on the Yorkshire professional golf scene as the first to score back to back victories in Yorkshire PGA majors, is also making career change.Read
WOODSOME HALL Ladies were just edged out in the final of the Yorkshire Inter-Club Team Championship (B Division) when they were pipped 4-3 by Hallamshire in the final.Read
CHRIS Hanson was back in brilliant winning form, hitting the birdie trail in big style in filling top spot in the £5,400 Yorkshire PGA Sandburn Hall Masters, a victory that shot him into contention for the Yorkshire professional order of merit.Read
FIXBY’S Donald Haywood and Anne Pollock can be said to be the leading octogenarian golfers in the country after winning their respective titles in the Lawrence Batley OBE Over 80s championships at Moortown, Leeds.Read
HOPES of Halifax, Huddersfield defying the odds in the Yorkshire Inter-Union Team stroke-play championship never materialised and they finished a disappointing second last.Read
LEE SHEPHERD went agonisingly close to winning the Harold Lees Trophy, a top PGA North Region assistants title, before losing out to Alex Belt at the fifth hole of a drama packed play-off at Sheffield’s Dore and Totley course.Read
