The Astbury Jewel Trophy Competition was founded in 2000. This year the name of the competition has been extended to commemorate the life of Eric Morten who supported so much at the club

A Gents 36 Hole Scratch Medal competition played from the white tees, the field is limited to 63 players with a maximum handicap limit 5.

Entry fee per person is £30.00 which includes a light lunch with a hot meal at the end of play.

Entry forms can be downloaded from our web site under 'Open Competitions'.

2010 Jewel Open Entry Form   

Local Rules for the Jewel    

 PRIZES ARE AWARDED FOR THE FIRST 6 PLACES:

1st Prize        £300.00 Marks and Spencer Voucher

2nd Prize       £200.00 Marks and Spencer Voucher

3rd Prize       £150.00 Marks and Spencer Voucher

4th Prize       £100.00 Marks and Spencer Voucher

5th Prize       £  90.00 Marks and Spencer Voucher

6th Prize       £  80.00 Marks and Spencer Voucher

There are additional Prizes for players not in the first six places:

BEST AM Gross Score  &  BEST PM Gross Score

There is only one prize per player

The Winner shall receive a replica of the Jewel Trophy

Kenwright sparkles in Astbury Jewel

Tuesday 10th August was when Astbury opened its doors to the The Northern Order of Merit in The Astbury Jewel - The Eric Morten Trophy - named to commemorate long time Astbury member, supporter and event benefactor Eric Morten, who sadly passed away in the last year. The Northern Order of Merit is a series of scratch open golf competitions held at courses throughout the North of England. All events are 36 hole individual golf competitions played off scratch held mostly in the Lancashire and Cheshire areas. Throughout the year competitors are awarded points on their finishing position in each tournament with the golfer accumulating the most points throughout the season being crowned the Northern Order of Merit Champion. The Jewel is the Astbury event in this series and as always it attracted a top class field of the best golfers from the North of the UK. The field of 62 players contained 15 players with a + handicap i.e. they are very good golfers indeed ! These included County Champions and County players.

The course was in great condition albeit quite lush after all the recent damp weather but the weather was kind on the day. Those of us lucky enough to watch these talented players deal with Astbury's set up soon realised these guys are playing a totally different game from those of us that turn out every week. The talent, prodigious distance and accuracy was breathtaking and was so much more tangible because on one's own course you can see that performance against a test you are very familiar with. With that said the scores in the first round showed the challenge with 6 players bettering the Par of 71 - best score of the morning round being 67 from Ian Menzies from Wilmslow. In the second round 9 players were better than 71 with low score from eventual winner Ian Kenwright with a fabulous 66.
 

So after 36 holes it was LANCASHIRE player Ian Kenwright who had put on a sparkling performance to win and move into seventh place in the Mitsushiba Northern Order of Merit. The youngster from Haydock Park  opened with a 69 then stepped up a gear in the second round which he started by birdying the first three holes on his way to his 66 and a seven-under-par total. Steve Bryan, from Bolton Old Links, was two back on 137 who was a further 2 shots in front of Ellesmere’s Steve Hindle on 139.

{ Picture shows winner Ian Kenwright with the Astbury Jewel trophy and Captain Peter Bozon and organiser Dave Westrup}

Recent Chronicle Cup winner Astbury's Glyn Davies (1) continued his fine recent form and finished with a superb 67 to add to his 75 of the morning and to finish 6th and in the prizes.

SCORES (Par=71): 135 Ian Kenwright (Haydock Park) 69 66; 137 Steve Bryan (Bolton Old Links) 68 69; 139 Steve Hindle (Ellesmere) 69 70; 140 Sean Towndrow (S&A) 72 68, Dominic Barnes (Caldy) 69 71; 142 Glyn Davies (Astbury) 75 67; 143 Craig Bolton (Penwortham) 73 70, Michael McCormack (Moor Hall) 71 72, James Newton (Prestbury) 68 75; 144 Jay McGarvey (Whitefield) 74 70, Mike Bedford (Prestbury) 73 71, Ian Menzies (Wilmslow) 67 77.

{Picture left shows winners on patio after the event.}