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NICK ROBERTS TAMES ROYAL BIRKDALE TO BECOME BRITAIN'S FIRST PEOPLE'S OPEN GOLF CHAMPION

Golf enthusiast Nick Roberts from Baschurch, Shropshire is celebrating after taming the links of Royal Birkdale to become the UK's inaugural People's Open Golf Champion.

Roberts, 46 and playing off a 11 handicap, topped the final leaderboard with a Stableford score of 40 points, ahead of Matthew Syer, 19, from Loughborough and Jim Lauder, 53, from Glasgow, both of whom finished on 38 points. Syer came second after a countback of the final six holes. 56 year old Rozalyn Adams from Welling, Kent was the highest placed lady golfer with a score of 30 points.

Nick, pictured right receiving his People's Open Golf Tournament trophy from Steve Holliday of tournament sponsors Burdens, said he was in "dreamland" after his win and revealed he had studied the course during a two day visit to the Open Championship itself.

"I came up to Birkdale for The Open on the Friday and the Sunday and I watched every player come through the fifth hole," he said.

"Only two players birdied that hole all day and so to birdie it myself today - albeit in less windy conditions - was just fantastic."

Sixty nine of the country's most enthusiastic amateur golfers teed off on The Open Course at Royal Birkdale, scene of Padraig Harrington's Open Championship triumph a month ago. The field included three women, a mother and her son, and a father and two of his sons as well as the youngest competitor, 18 year old Nick Scanlon, from Sandbach, Cheshire, and the oldest competitor, 74 year old John Clarke from Quinton, Northamptonshire, both of whom played off of an 11 handicap.

"Fortunately, we were lucky with the weather, the sun was shining and all of the competitors had a great day pitting their wits against the Open course," said tournament director, David Dryer. "And some of the scores they posted were very impressive."

Nick Roberts received a crystal claret jug, similar to the famous silver claret jug awarded to the professional Open Champion, from Maurice Osen and Steve Holliday from joint tournament sponsors Ronacrete and Burdens.

The tournament will take place each year on the same course as the Open Championship. It gives amateur golfers the chance to walk in the spike marks of their professional heroes.

Entries are already being taken for the 2009 People's Open Golf Tournament, the final of which will be held at Turnberry. To register click here

PEOPLE'S OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT COVERAGE ON TV

Highlights of the inaugural People's Open Golf Tournament held at Royal Birkdale are to be screened on Wednesday 3rd September at 19:30 during the Out Of Bounds programme on Setanta Golf.


FINAL RESULTS ROYAL BIRKDALE THURSDAY 21ST AUGUST 2008

NAME RESIDENCE GOLF CLUB
SCORE
(STROKE RCD)
1 Nick Roberts Baschurch, Shropshire Ilymynech
40 pts (08)
2 Matthew Syer Loughborough, Leicestershire Park Hill
38 pts (03)
3 Jim Lauder Glasgow, Scotland The Cowglen
38 pts (08)
4 Brian Jacques Malton, North Yorkshire Malton & Norton
37 pts (06)
4 Jacques Keyser Tring, Hertfordshire Ashridge
37 pts (08)
4 Brian Murray Kilmarnock, Ayrshire Whiting Bay
37 pts (07)
7 Jimmy Green Castle Douglas, Scotland Castle Douglas
36 pts (08)
8 Graham Miles Canterbury, Kent Boughton
35 pts (04)
8 Bill Shaklady Southport, Lancashire Formby & Freshfield
35 pts (08)
8 Neil Ratcliffe Belper, Derbyshire Horsley Lodge
35 pts (05)
11 Simon Goode Bourne, Lincolnshire Belton Woods
34 pts (11)
11 Neil Calland Astley, Manchester Worsley
34 pts (09)
11 Carl Barnett Horsham, West Sussex Mannings Heath
34 pts (05)
11 Andrew Shaw Leigh
34 pts (06)
15 Stephen Pretorius Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire Lambourne
33 pts (11)
15 Ged Doherty Breadsall, Derbyshire Horsley Lodge
33 pts (06)
15 Sean Jenney Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire Burton-on-Trent
33 pts (05)
15 Menmenda Chandrasena St. Helens, Merseyside Grange Park
33 pts (13)
15 Ian Crampton Redditch, Worcestershire Ladbrook Park
33 pts (07)
20 Simon Lord Wells, Somerset Wells
31 pts (03)
20 Darren Rabbitt Bedford, Bedfordshire Pavenham Park
31 pts (11)
20 Paul Groves Little Hampton, West Sussex Hill Barn
31 pts (09)
23 Ron Foreshaw Market Drayton
30 pts (07)
23 Luke Cusick Tadley, Hampshire Bishopwood
30 pts (14)
23 David Book Chorley, Lancashire Shaw Hill
30 pts (11)
23 Rozalyn Adams Welling, Kent Addington Court
30 pts (02)
23 Christopher Mayor Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire Burton-on-Trent
30 pts (05)
28 Marthinus Oostuizen Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire Mentmore
29 pts (09)
28 Nicholas Scallan Sandback, Cheshire Wychwood Park
29 pts (08)
28 Roy Jackson Swinton Park
29 pts (14)
28 Richard Warren Edinburgh, Scotland Tantallon
29 pts (11)
28 Paul Crampton Mappleboro' Green, Warwickshire The Abbey Hotel
29 pts (03)
33 John Crampton Mappleboro' Green, Warwickshire The Abbey Hotel
28 pts (14)
33 John Clarke Quinton, Northamptonshire Northamptonshire County
28 pts (08)
33 Darren Lowe Whitchurch, Shropshire Hill Valley
28 pts (07)
33 Samuel Wyn Lloyd Barnsley, South Yorkshire Wath upon Dearne
28 pts (13)
37 George Robertson Motherwell, Scotland Carnwath
27 pts (10)
37 Craig Simmonds Wythall, Birmingham Harborne Church Farm
27 pts (05)
37 Andrew Leighton Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire St Annes Old Links
27 pts (11)
37 Tom Roberton Anerley, London Shortlands
27 pts (07)
41 Stephen Basford Bulkeley, Malpas, Cheshire Wrexham
26 pts (09)
41 Keith Bellis Wrexham, Denbighshire Carden Park
26 pts (15)
41 Neil Cartwright Astley, Manchester Bolton
26 pts (09)
41 Barry Sheard Ackworth, Pontefract Thornhurst Park
26 pts (15)
41 Richard Holland Kidderminster, Worcestershire Harborne Church Farm
26 pts (15)
41 James McCluskey Motherwell, Scotland Dalziel Park
26 pts (08)
47 John Arkwright St. Helens, Merseyside Huyton & Prescot
25 pts (07)
47 Martyn Senior Southport, Lancashire Hesketh
25 pts (04)
47 Nick Harrison West Chiltington, West Sussex West Sussex
25 pts (06)
47 Paul Liptrot Amersham, Buckinghamshire Chalfont St. Giles
25 pts (14)
51 Andrew Forde Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland Inter County
24 pts (14)
51 Brian Mathews Witham, Essex Benton Hall
24 pts (05)
51 Alex Walton Swadlincote, Derbyshire Burton-on-Trent
24 pts (11)
51 Simon Conway Stockport, Cheshire Hazel Grove
24 pts (04)
55 Simon Clitheroe Chorley, Lancashire Duxbury Park
23 pts (08)
55 Cyndonia Morley Astbury
23 pts (06)
57 Sandy Barnett Horsham, West Sussex Mannings Heath
22 pts (18)
58 Sean McCaul Astley, Manchester Worsley
20 pts (09)
59 Robert Marsh Brighouse, West Yorkshire Gregg Hall
19 pts (11)
60 Martin McCaul Leigh
18 pts (10)
60 Robert Potter Chorley, Lancashire Leyland
18 pts (10)
60 Rikki Winchester Hastings, East Sussex Sedlescombe
18 pts (11)
60 Nick Smith Saxilby, Lincolnshire Market Rasen & District
18 pts (16)
64 Graham Horton Flixton, Manchester Sale
17 pts (11)
64 Mark Dingwall Dunfermline, Scotland Burntisland
17 pts (11)
66 John Whiteside
Castle Douglas, Scotland Colvend
15 pts (11)

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