2 October

English County Finals at Princes Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent
The Yorkshire team of David Appleyard, Simon Bell, Gareth Evans, James Mason, Nicholas McCarthy, John Parry and Stephen Uzzell retained the English County Championship Trophy on the wind swept links of the Prince's Golf Course, from Gloucestershire, Surrey and Warwickshire. The Competition began for Yorkshire at 08.30 on Friday morning against Warwickshire, the format being three Foursomes in the morning and six Singles in the afternoon.
The day didn't start well with Simon Bell needing a Doctor for a sickness bug and David Appleyard suffering from a stiff neck, Nick McCarthy the reserve, replaced Simon and David struggled round. At lunch, Yorkshire held an advantage of 2 points to 1. Although the players started slowly each day in the singles they accumulated five wins in the afternoon to win by 7 points to 2.
On Saturday against Gloucestershire three Foursome wins in the morning gave Yorkshire a commanding lead at lunch. Only two points were needed from the afternoon Singles to clinch victory. Simon Bell replaced David Appleyard in the Singles but lost to Chris Wood and Nick McCarthy lost to Ed Butler and with the other matches close, the result was in doubt.
James Mason won 4 and 3, John Parry secured a half and Stephen Uzzell won on the last hole to secure the victory. Gareth Evans won his match 4 and 3, to clinch victory 6.5 points to 2.5.
On Sunday, Yorkshire played Surrey and three wins would probably secure the title. The Foursomes points were shared 1.5 points each, leaving 1.5 points to win the title. In the afternoon the wind blew as the storm clouds swept in. Thunder and lightening in the distance threatened the golf, but moved away.The first point came from John Parry who won 5 and 4. David Appleyard who won 4 and 3 secured the title and Nick McCarthy ensured at least a halved match with Surrey, winning 2 and 1. James Mason in his final game as an Amateur won his match against Seve Benson by two holes to win the match. Stephen Uzzell clinched victory on the final hole to give a final result of 6.5 points to 2.5.
The Trophy was presented to the Yorkshire Captain, Iain MacKenzie, by Mr Donald Steel, President of the English Golf Union.

English County Champions 2006.

Match Result Warwickshire
Match Result Gloucestershire
Match Result Surrey

24 August

Yorkshire Team Championship at Fulford Golf Club.

Eighteen Teams assembled at Fulford to compete for the Team Championship with Rotherham the firm favourites once again.
The weather forecast was not good but the morning round was played in sunshine with a light breeze. The Rotherham players, Willett 68, Booth 71, Haywood 76 and Mason 65 led the field by 13 shots, from Pike Hills and Baildon, after the morning round and were set for the third consecutive win.
Half of the teams completed the afternoon round before the weather changed and dark thunderous clouds built up. With the last group on the fifteenth tee, play had to be stopped for lightning, and the Championship was decided over 27 holes.
Teams relegated to the Second Division were Harrogate, Keighley, Cleveland, Woodsome Hall, Hull and Hillsborough.
The winners of the Team Championship were Rotherham Golf Club with a twenty seven hole total of 428 and in second place were Moortown with 436.
The individual winner was James Mason of Rotherham with a total of 99 for twenty seven holes. James had completed the afternoon round before the competition was halted. His morning round of 65, a new course record, was followed by a second round of 67 for a 12 under par total for the day. Danny Willett also from Rotherham was 9 under par with rounds of 68 and 67.
The best morning round was won by A Newton of Pike Hills and the nine hole afternoon prize was won by N McCarthy of Moortown.

21 August

Yorkshire v Durham at York Golf Club. 12 August.
Yorkshire had a comfortable win against Durham at York.
Winning the morning Foursomes five games to one gave the team confidence for the afternoon Singles. With only one loss and three halves Yorkshire won the match by fourteen and a half to three and a half points.
The League winner will be decided on the last matches. Yorkshire play Lancashire at Pannal on September 2nd and the League leaders, by half a point, Northumberland play Durham at Brancpeth Castle.

10 August

Yorkshire Vice Presidents.
Jack Hulley (Rotherham Golf Club) President of the Union in 1966.
For many years a leading figure in Junior Golfing circles at both National and County levels where he did a great deal towards introducing, popularising and developing coaching courses for young players which were invariably staffed by his old friend the late Roger Jennings, the Professional at Rotherham Golf Club and later at Lincoln Golf Club.
In recognition of the above he was awarded the Gerald Micklem Award by the EGU in 1994 in recognition of his "Outstanding contribution to the furtherance of golf in England".
Jack lived to the age of 102 years.

Laurie Plews of the Wetherby Golf Club was President of the Union in 1991.
He was a great supporter of all the County's golfing activities and for many years was Chairman of the Annual Dinner Committee. He remained active on the Executive until he reached his late seventies when a severe stroke greatly incapacitated him. In spite of this, through the help of his wife, Margaret, he remained very interested in the County's affairs until his death at the age of 87.

4 August
2nd Division Team Championship at Abbeydale Golf Club.
The Championship was played in windy but dry conditions in the first round, but during the afternoon the wind blew and the rain came in and made playing good golf difficult. However Adam Hodkinson of Hallows Golf Club returned a second round 69 to win the 36 hole prize with a score of 143 and with his playing partners, S Priest, I Limb and G Rookwood won the 2nd Division Championship and promotion to the First Division with Harrogate, Keighley, Woodsome Hall, Hillsborough and Hull.
The Team Championship will be played at Fulford on Wednesday 23rd August.
Idividual prizes were presented to R Broadley of Huddersfield G.C. with a first round score of 70 and to D Smith with a second round score of 70.
Results

27 July
Under 16 Boys' Amateur Championship at The Woodsome Hall Golf Club.
Seventy young golfers set out to win the trophy on a very warm, almost wind free day. The greens were receptive to good shots played from the dry, hard, bouncing fairways.
Thirteen of the players were in the under fourteen section, and at the halfway stage, C Hutchinson from Cookridge Hall led the field with a first round of 67. Although he faltered in the afternoon, his second round 82 was good enough to win the under 14 trophy.
The Amateur Champion for 2006 is L O'Neill from Keighley, he set a new course record with a second round 64, for a total score of 138, to win by six shots from A Wiggins of Malton and Norton.
A Starkey-Smith from Moortown won the Best First Round Score with a 71 and S Campbell from Hallows the Best Second Round Score with a 69.
The players were presented with their Trophies by the Yorkshire President, Richard Holgate, at the Prize Presentation following the tournament.
Result

12 July

EGU Northern Counties Boys at The Wynyard Golf Club
Yorkshire finished runners up to their rivals, from over the border, Lancashire by ten shots.
The competition is over 36 holes with six players in each team. Each team can discard their highest score in each round.Lancashire had a total of 721 and Yorkshire 731.
Dale Smith played well over the two rounds to share the trophy for the best 36 hole score, with a total of 139. A second round score of 68 was disappointing as after fifteen holes Dale was six under par. N McCarthy won the best morning round with a score of 71.
The result was the end of a four year domination by Yorkshire of this event and the EGU County Finals. Lancashire will now represent the Northern Counties in the finals at Pannal Golf Club on 29,30 & 31st August.

8 July

Northern Counties League.
Yorkshire lost to Northumberland in the match at Bambrough Castle Golf Club nine and a half points to eight and a half points.
Yorkshire took the lead in the morning foursomes three and a half points to two and a half points, but the home players handled the fast running links course in the singles, slightly better, to win the singles seven points to five. The match result was eventually decided with the last put, on the last green, of the eleventh singles game.
Results

27 June to 1 July

YORKSHIRE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP at Huddersfield Golf Club.

Gareth J Evans.

The Yorkshire Amateur Champion for 2006 is 26 year old Gareth Evans of The Northcliffe Golf Club. Gareth beat Danny Denison of The Howley Hall Golf Club three and two in the 36 hole final. Gareth won the first two holes of the final and never lost the lead, winning on the 16 hole of the second round with a par. The Yorkshire President Richard Holgate presented Gareth with The Amateur Championship Trophy. He also presented Danny with the Alvin Trophy, as winner of the stroke play qualifier with a score of 139.

Danny Denison

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Yorkshire played Lincolnshire in their last practice match before the Northern Counties League begins in May.
The match was played at Ashby Decoy Golf Club, Scunthorpe, in arctic conditions more suited to mid winter than spring. The course was in excellent condition, but playing good shots was affected by a strong blustery wind.
The foursomes went in Yorkshires favour, winning five of the six matches, but the singles matches favoured Lincolnshire in the early stages, up in seven and halving two after six holes. The matches were closer after fourteen holes, but still in Lincolnshires favour, and with eleven matches finished, the singles were tied at five and half points each with the last match playing the eighteenth hole. Martin Brown pitched his second shot to twelve inches to win the hole and complete the victory in the singles and foursomes.

John Parry

John Parry (Harrogate Golf Club) John Parry wins his first full England honours in their nine-strong side for the international with France at Golf du Medoc near Bordeaux on 12th and 13th May. The rest of the team is Matthew Cryer, Robert Dinwiddie, Adam Gee, Jamie Moul, Edward Richardson, Paul Waring, Gary Wolstenholme and David Horsey. Parry, at 19, will be the youngest member of the team in France but his record in recent years is second to none. An England boy cap, Parry has also represented GB&I in the Jacques Leglise Trophy, is a past winner of the McEvoy Trophy and has finished runner-up in the Carris Trophy and the Daily Telegraph Junior Championship. Last year proved exceptional for the Harrogate teenager. He won the Yorkshire Championship then went to Denmark and won their Open Amateur Championship. That earned him an invitation to the Vietnam Open on the Asian Tour in which he played all four rounds. He had a great start in 2006 by winning the Faldo Series International Trophy at the Hong Kong Golf Club before playing a part in the successful English squad at Costa Ballena in Spain and will be carrying the flag for the EGU in Peru in April.

Richard Holgate

Richard Holgate (Pannal Golf Club)

Iain MacKenzie

M. IAIN MACKENZIE (Hallamshire Golf Club) has a distinguished playing record and hails from a family with a proud golfing tradition. His grandfather, Haydn Webster, was a prominent member of the Hillsborough Golf Club and a keen advocate of junior golf. His father, Laurie, a Scotsman and former Sheffield Wednesday footballer, was a fine player, still is a doughty competitor and he made many appearances for the Sheffield Union of Golf Clubs Team. Iain and his younger brother Malcolm, a member of the European Tour and winner of the French Open Champion in 2002, have carried on the family tradition. Iain has a long list of successes in open amateur competitions, the highlights of his career being his victories in the Yorkshire Amateur Championships of 1977 and 1980 and his triumph in the European Mid-Amateur Championship in 1998. He currently holds a Handicap of one and remains a formidable opponent on the golf course. For most of his working life he was engaged in the family bakery business, but has now moved to an appointment in golf management.

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