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John Sterling - Doyen of Professionals |
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This is an interview with one of the guest speakers from the Centenary Dinner - John Sterling, Honorary member and Past Captain of the PGA. John is now retired, after 55 years of being a Club and Teaching Professional, the latter to the highest level as John was head coach for the England team for over a decade. He entertained the Centenary Dinenr guests with how he started his interest in golf as a caddy for a rather un-talented golfer, a man who eventually ended up playing a round with the club professional - ' a very different game', said Sterling.
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The Centenary Dinner - A fitting end to 100 years ... |
| and the beginning of the next 100. The National Motorcycle Museum - Saturday 25th November 2006. In front of more than 320 diners, the Warwickshire Union concluded the Centenary year with its annual dinner, and some very special guests. Our President John Stubbings led out the top table and the four principle guests at the start the evening, to huge applause - EGU President Donald Steele, Sir Michael Bonallack OBE, Peter McEvoy OBE and John Sterling, Honorary member and Past Captain of the PGA.
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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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