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| NICK ROBERTS TAMES ROYAL BIRKDALE
TO BECOME BRITAIN'S FIRST PEOPLE'S OPEN GOLF CHAMPION |
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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."
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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
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| PEOPLE'S OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT
COVERAGE ON TV |
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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.
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| FINAL
RESULTS ROYAL BIRKDALE THURSDAY 21ST
AUGUST 2008 |
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NAME |
RESIDENCE |
GOLF
CLUB |
SCORE
(STROKE RCD)
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| 1 |
Nick Roberts |
Baschurch, Shropshire |
Ilymynech |
40 pts (08)
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| 2 |
Matthew Syer |
Loughborough, Leicestershire |
Park Hill |
38 pts (03)
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| 3 |
Jim Lauder |
Glasgow, Scotland |
The Cowglen |
38 pts (08)
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| 4 |
Brian Jacques |
Malton, North Yorkshire |
Malton & Norton |
37 pts (06)
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| 4 |
Jacques Keyser |
Tring, Hertfordshire |
Ashridge |
37 pts (08)
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| 4 |
Brian Murray |
Kilmarnock, Ayrshire |
Whiting Bay |
37 pts (07)
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| 7 |
Jimmy Green |
Castle Douglas,
Scotland |
Castle Douglas |
36 pts (08)
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| 8 |
Graham Miles |
Canterbury, Kent |
Boughton |
35 pts (04)
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| 8 |
Bill Shaklady |
Southport, Lancashire |
Formby & Freshfield |
35 pts (08)
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| 8 |
Neil Ratcliffe |
Belper, Derbyshire |
Horsley Lodge |
35 pts (05)
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| 11 |
Simon Goode |
Bourne, Lincolnshire |
Belton Woods |
34 pts (11)
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| 11 |
Neil Calland |
Astley, Manchester |
Worsley |
34 pts (09)
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| 11 |
Carl Barnett |
Horsham, West Sussex |
Mannings Heath |
34 pts (05)
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| 11 |
Andrew Shaw |
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Leigh |
34 pts (06)
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| 15 |
Stephen Pretorius |
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire |
Lambourne |
33 pts (11)
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| 15 |
Ged Doherty |
Breadsall, Derbyshire |
Horsley Lodge |
33 pts (06)
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| 15 |
Sean Jenney |
Burton-on-Trent,
Staffordshire |
Burton-on-Trent |
33 pts (05)
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| 15 |
Menmenda Chandrasena |
St. Helens, Merseyside |
Grange Park |
33 pts (13)
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| 15 |
Ian Crampton |
Redditch, Worcestershire |
Ladbrook Park |
33 pts (07)
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| 20 |
Simon Lord |
Wells, Somerset |
Wells |
31 pts (03)
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| 20 |
Darren Rabbitt |
Bedford, Bedfordshire |
Pavenham Park |
31 pts (11)
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| 20 |
Paul Groves |
Little Hampton,
West Sussex |
Hill Barn |
31 pts (09)
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| 23 |
Ron Foreshaw |
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Market Drayton |
30 pts (07)
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| 23 |
Luke Cusick |
Tadley, Hampshire |
Bishopwood |
30 pts (14)
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| 23 |
David Book |
Chorley, Lancashire |
Shaw Hill |
30 pts (11)
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| 23 |
Rozalyn Adams |
Welling, Kent |
Addington Court |
30 pts (02)
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| 23 |
Christopher Mayor |
Burton-on-Trent,
Staffordshire |
Burton-on-Trent |
30 pts (05)
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| 28 |
Marthinus Oostuizen |
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire |
Mentmore |
29 pts (09)
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| 28 |
Nicholas Scallan |
Sandback, Cheshire |
Wychwood Park |
29 pts (08)
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| 28 |
Roy Jackson |
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Swinton Park |
29 pts (14)
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| 28 |
Richard Warren |
Edinburgh, Scotland |
Tantallon |
29 pts (11)
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| 28 |
Paul Crampton |
Mappleboro' Green,
Warwickshire |
The Abbey Hotel |
29 pts (03)
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| 33 |
John Crampton |
Mappleboro' Green,
Warwickshire |
The Abbey Hotel |
28 pts (14)
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| 33 |
John Clarke |
Quinton, Northamptonshire |
Northamptonshire
County |
28 pts (08)
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| 33 |
Darren Lowe |
Whitchurch, Shropshire |
Hill Valley |
28 pts (07)
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| 33 |
Samuel Wyn Lloyd |
Barnsley, South
Yorkshire |
Wath upon Dearne |
28 pts (13)
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| 37 |
George Robertson |
Motherwell, Scotland |
Carnwath |
27 pts (10)
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| 37 |
Craig Simmonds |
Wythall, Birmingham |
Harborne Church
Farm |
27 pts (05)
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| 37 |
Andrew Leighton |
Lytham St. Annes,
Lancashire |
St Annes Old Links |
27 pts (11)
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| 37 |
Tom Roberton |
Anerley, London |
Shortlands |
27 pts (07)
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| 41 |
Stephen Basford |
Bulkeley, Malpas,
Cheshire |
Wrexham |
26 pts (09)
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| 41 |
Keith Bellis |
Wrexham, Denbighshire |
Carden Park |
26 pts (15)
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| 41 |
Neil Cartwright |
Astley, Manchester |
Bolton |
26 pts (09)
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| 41 |
Barry Sheard |
Ackworth, Pontefract |
Thornhurst Park |
26 pts (15)
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| 41 |
Richard Holland |
Kidderminster,
Worcestershire |
Harborne Church
Farm |
26 pts (15)
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| 41 |
James McCluskey |
Motherwell, Scotland |
Dalziel Park |
26 pts (08)
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| 47 |
John Arkwright |
St. Helens, Merseyside |
Huyton & Prescot |
25 pts (07)
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| 47 |
Martyn Senior |
Southport, Lancashire |
Hesketh |
25 pts (04)
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| 47 |
Nick Harrison |
West Chiltington,
West Sussex |
West Sussex |
25 pts (06)
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| 47 |
Paul Liptrot |
Amersham, Buckinghamshire |
Chalfont St. Giles |
25 pts (14)
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| 51 |
Andrew Forde |
Stockton-on-Tees,
Cleveland |
Inter County |
24 pts (14)
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| 51 |
Brian Mathews |
Witham, Essex |
Benton Hall |
24 pts (05)
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| 51 |
Alex Walton |
Swadlincote, Derbyshire |
Burton-on-Trent |
24 pts (11)
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| 51 |
Simon Conway |
Stockport, Cheshire |
Hazel Grove |
24 pts (04)
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| 55 |
Simon Clitheroe |
Chorley, Lancashire |
Duxbury Park |
23 pts (08)
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| 55 |
Cyndonia Morley |
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Astbury |
23 pts (06)
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| 57 |
Sandy Barnett |
Horsham, West Sussex |
Mannings Heath |
22 pts (18)
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| 58 |
Sean McCaul |
Astley, Manchester |
Worsley |
20 pts (09)
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| 59 |
Robert Marsh |
Brighouse, West
Yorkshire |
Gregg Hall |
19 pts (11)
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| 60 |
Martin McCaul |
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Leigh |
18 pts (10)
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| 60 |
Robert Potter |
Chorley, Lancashire |
Leyland |
18 pts (10)
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| 60 |
Rikki Winchester |
Hastings, East
Sussex |
Sedlescombe |
18 pts (11)
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| 60 |
Nick Smith |
Saxilby, Lincolnshire |
Market Rasen &
District |
18 pts (16)
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| 64 |
Graham Horton |
Flixton, Manchester |
Sale |
17 pts (11)
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| 64 |
Mark Dingwall |
Dunfermline, Scotland |
Burntisland |
17 pts (11)
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| 66 |
John Whiteside
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Castle Douglas,
Scotland |
Colvend |
15 pts (11)
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