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The Draw for the 2005 Warwickshire Cup |
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This is the last Centenary Championship, the draw for 2006 Warwickshire Cup. Once again entries are up so look out for your club's results over the next four months as the Warwickshire try to defend the trophy they won this Spring. For the draw, CLICK HERE |
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Two wonderful players |
| If you are coming to the Centenary Dinner this Saturday, you will be able to see one of the most impressive trophies in any form of golf, let alone County Amateur Championships. It is the TP Cooke Cup for the Matchplay Champion of each year and the winner's roster from even the 50s reads like a history of our greatest players of the last half century (minus just one or two names). This feature includes extracts of the Centenary book about two of those wonderful golfers and starts with the player from the 20s who reached the heights of both Amateur and Professional golf -
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Oh so near - a Profile of the 2006 Junior Team |
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This was a 'nearly' year. We started with a very promising group of players who lived up to our hopes by winning the Four Counties tournament for the sixth successive time with mostly excellent and occasionally spectacular golf. Two League wins did nothing to concern us but failing to qualify for the EGU finals by a single stroke (755 against 754) seemed to take the wind out of our sails and absences and injuries seemed to multiply as we lost two league games narrowly, the final one being 7 - 8 to Shropshire & Herefordshire, the match being to decide our group winners. The following players represented Warwickshire Boys:
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Famous First Figures in Warwickshire Golf |
| The Final Centenary Celebrations and the Centenary Book - next week will see the biggest event in our Centenary Celebrations, the Centenary Dinner. If you don't have a place at the fabulous conference facilities of the National Motorcycle museum, it may well be too late. Its not too late to make sure you have a copy of the Warwickshire Union Centenary Book which will be first available at the Dinner. This feature is some more extracts from the book to give you a flavour of what will be a must have for any Warwickshire Golfer.
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The Warks County 2nd Team 2006 Season |
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After a difficult year in 2005 out of the haze came one Graham Hargreaves, a born organizer of men and Warwichshire to the core. It soon became very clear that no stone was going to be left unturned in this the County?s Centenary Year. Pre-season meetings took place at County Match Secretary Mark Smith?s home over the Winter and a lot of background work was put in culminating in a squad of around 36 being drawn up which consisted of the old guard, new kids on the block and those from the development squad.
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Celebrating the Centenary of the Warwickshire Union - Part I |
| In three weeks time, the main event of the WU Centenary celebrations will take place at the National Motorcycle Museum with the Centenary Annual Dinner. If you don't have a ticket yet, see your Club Secretary as soon as possible. It is sure to be the perfect occasion to conclude 100 years of fantastic golf. The guest list includes Sir Michael Bonallack and Peter McEvoy. At the Diner, the Centenary book will be launched and for the next three weeks, we will be featuring a number of extracts from the book to whet your appetite of a must read.
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