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Nine-hole role perfect for Stancer

IT’S a crisp bright morning on the outskirts of Morpeth and Mark Stancer has an evangelical gleam in his eyes. There is also a rosy tint on his cheeks as he sucks in the bracing air of the Northumberland countryside. Read

Anna's driving ambition Tees up place on American Women's tour

ENGLAND international Anna Scott has taken a step nearer her ambition of becoming the first woman golfer from the North East to play on the glamour circuit of her sport, the American women’s tour. Read

Grass is greener for Andy

MATFEN Hall’s Andy Paisley has been chosen by Hexham to replace Ben West, who yesterday started work as director of golf at Lyford Cay in the Bahamas. Read

Female duo break down barriers by joining men for dinner

TWO women sat down to eat with 144 men at a golf league dinner in Newcastle last night, ending almost six decades of tradition in the North East. Read

Meeting off as directors quit

THE extraordinary general meeting of the English Women’s Golf Association, scheduled to take place in Birmingham yesterday, was called off following last week’s resignations of the four non-executive directors who were the subject of its only resolution. Read

National prize for Twynholm

THE Journal Champion of Champions, Sandy Twynholm, has won the HSBC Golf World Champion of Champions, a national tournament open to the 3,000-plus golf club champions in Great Britain and Ireland. Read

Curry’s hot in his big win

MICHAEL Curry, twice the Durham county champion, polished off a consistent 2008 season by landing his first big win, capturing the Ravensworth Bowl by two shots from Newcastle United’s former England international, Simon Lee. Read

Bill simply the best in our book

GOLFER of the Year in the North East? This is the last Teeing Off column of 2008, so by now there will be many who secretly will fancy themselves. But if anybody can match Bill Gradon, The Journal has yet to hear about it. Read

Southern shines amid gloom to take Journal ladies trophy

THE cream rose to the top in The Journal Ladies Trophy yesterday when the only single-figure handicappers in the field, Fiona Southern and Pat McIntosh, filled the top two places, despite having the worst of the weather. Read

Lockerbie’s first win seals his tour place

PENRITH’S Gary Lockerbie secured his return to the European Tour with his first victory as a professional at the Kazakhstan Open, the most lucrative regular event on the Challenge Tour Schedule. Read

Battling Saltburn hold nerve to clinch victory

THE Dixon Cup produced an unexpected winner at Hartlepool yesterday when Saltburn became the second Teesside League team in three years to capture the trophy, following Eaglescliffe in 2006. Read

Hexham hope to be kings of Castle

BAMBURGH Castle go into North East league golf’s top fixture of the season at the Hartlepool club on Sunday in rampant form. Read

McIntosh in form to win trophy

FORMER beauty queen Pat McIntosh plays in The Journal Trophy final at Gosforth Park Ladies Club on Monday as the lowest handicapper in the 12-woman field. Read

McDonnell in glorious form

CHRIS McDonnell, a former Barnardo’s boy, landed his first big win after 18 months as a professional yesterday – in a tournament which saw him lay to waste the other three winners of the 2008 regional majors. Read

Slaley showpiece moved to March

SUNDAY’S Journal Champion of Champions tournament bowed to the inevitable yesterday, falling victim to the 12 inches of rainfall that has saturated Northumberland since the start of the month. Read

Injury denies Anna gold

THE North East’s No 1 woman golfer, Anna Scott, and the Durham county captain, James Handy, have both been having their problems lately. Read

Switch eases schedule

YESTERDAY’S Champions postponement was good news for somebody, Golftext, who brought a much-appreciated touch of class to the event last year. Read

Fenton shoots for Champions crown

FORMER Premiership football star Graham Fenton goes into The Journal Champion of Champions tomorrow week insisting he has a chance of winning despite playing golf off a handicap of four. Read

Champions contender ‘can strike it like Seve’

CALLUM Tarren, described by last year’s County Durham captain John Kennedy as a shot-maker in the Seve Ballesteros mould, will be sprinkling his star dust over The Journal Champion of Champions tournament at De Vere Slaley Hall on Sunday week. Read

Ponteland prodigy loves to attack like Spaniard

ONE of the most exciting young Northumberland golfers playing in The Champions is Richard Robson-Crosby, the 16-year-old son of the Ponteland club professional, Alan. Read

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Golf North East

Nov 2008

As always we have some great stories for you in this issue of Golf North East. We report on young Jack Hermeston's exploits in the US, while we also focus on what's been a terrific season for the new North East champion of champions, Saltburn. Read

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