JOANNE Morley is a golfing legend both nationally and internationally being arguably the finest lady player the North West has ever produced.
Her superb list of successes at amateur and professional level culminated in her being vice captain of the European Solheim Cup team in 2011.
She has always kept up her long involvement with her beloved club at Sale and has her various honours displayed by the club as well as the Solheim Cup putter she presented as a prize for a ladies club ‘major’ after playing for the European team in the 1990s.
Now the current lady captain, Sophia Casey, has assembled some of Joanne’s finest moments in a pictorial display in a prominent part of the main lounge in the club.
Sophia said: “We already have pictorial records of our former Open champion Richard Burton on display and I have always wanted to give Joanne’s fantastic career the permanent recognition it deserves and I am delighted with the end product.”
SALE ladies played a Jubilee Stableford and Jennifer Dolphin was out on her own with an amazing 47 points which saw her handicap reduce from 36 to 29.
Next in on 33 was Shanu Varma by two from Cynthia Hammond and Chris Harris.
Hale’s men played for the Captain’s Prize and James Scott was a clear winner with 42 points from Roger Laitt 38, and Richard Duerr 37.
Hale ladies also played for the Captain’s Prize and Gwynneth Bramwell won a cpo on 32 points from Sue Holden with Helen Allottt next in with 31.
There was a close battle for the Stern Cup at Dunham Forest with P Becker leading in with 39 points and in hot pursuit were A Jones, S Ruia and J Dwek, all with 38 points.
A big field enjoyed the Jubilee pairs at Dunham Forest and none more than new members James O’Brien and Richard Murdoch who carded 40 points to finish ahead of Vic and Cath Barker 38, and Clement and Vanessa Goldstone 37.
Forest ladies played for the Eileen Webber Prize and Ruth Bertfield won a cpo on 33 points from Sally Cohen.
The class of Gary Hempstead paid dividends in a midweek Stableford at Ashton-on-Mersey as he won a midweek medal after a cpo on 40 points with junior Hayden Parry, three points clear of Luke Donnelly.
William Wroe Vets enjoyed two competitions with a medal being won by Barry Broadbent on 59 from Charlie Williams 61.
Soccer legend Roy Tobin posted 40 points to win a singles Stableford from George Smith by two points.
Davyhulme Park ladies played an EWGA medal and Trophy qualifier and after a cpo on 72 Sue Keefe claimed top spot from Apricot Choi and Elaine Sanderson.
The Marsden Cup at Flixton was played over 36 holes and the overall winner with 145 was P Holstein from C Gorton and J Dowd, both 146.
Individual round winners were S Winkley 69, and C Gorton 68.
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