Cleckheaton Golf Day - Friday 24th April 2026
Format, Costs & Timings
This is the round 1 match of our 2026 programme. The Organiser for this event is Mark Wray.
It is an individual Stableford competition, played off 95% of calculated Course Handicaps. Members' latest HGS Handicap Adjustments are applied for this event.
The charge for the day is £55, which includes:
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coffee & bacon rolls on arrival
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18 holes of golf
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a 1-course meal afterwards
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prizes, and a £1 tip for the catering staff.
Please pay HGS by funds transfer in advance (or contact Maurice Jones).
Please reply to the Organiser by Sunday 19th April to confirm whether or not you will be playing.
The first Tee Time is at 10.36am, so please aim to arrive at the clubhouse around 9.30am.
If you want to hire a buggy, please contact the Pro-Shop directly on 01274 851226 (ext 1) (please note that one buggy is usually reserved for HGS). Dress code in the clubhouse for the meal is smart-casual or clean golf gear.
Order of Play
The provisional order of play is:
| Tee Time | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 10.36am | Mark Wray |
Nigel Cooper |
Andy Arthur |
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| 10.44am | Richard Scott |
Brian Williams |
Simon Cowan |
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| 10.52am | Peter Bollands |
Ben Wilson |
Maurice Jones |
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| 11.00am | Paul Sherwood |
Lee Chadwick |
Lance Porter |
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| 11.08am | John Crackles |
Kevin Lund |
Mark Boast |
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| 11.16am | Alistair Babbington |
Ian Forster |
Mick Collins |
Rob Holliday |
| 11.24am | Mike Thompson |
Tony Fletcher |
Alister Weightman |
Martin Gaunt |
Predicted Playing Handicaps
The latest predicted playing handicaps of the confirmed attendees, based upon the latest recorded WHS Handicap Indexes on the website (at 23/04/26), the Slope Rating of the course, and the latest HGS handicap adjustments are:
| Cleckheaton GC | ||||||
| Slope Rating: | 129 | Handicap Index | Calculated Course H'cap | 95% | HGS adj'ment | HGS Playing Handicap |
| CR - Par: | -0.5 | of Course Hcp | ||||
| Arthur, Andy | 13.6 | 15.0 | 14 | 14 | ||
| Babbington, Alistair | 35.2 | 39.7 | 38 | 38 | ||
| Boast, Mark | 14.2 | 15.7 | 15 | 15 | ||
| Bollands, Peter | 18.6 | 20.7 | 20 | 20 | ||
| Chadwick, Lee | 13.6 | 15.0 | 14 | 14 | ||
| Collins, Mick | 13.2 | 14.6 | 14 | -3 | 11 | |
| Cooper, Nigel | 20.5 | 22.9 | 22 | 22 | ||
| Cowan, Simon | 15.6 | 17.3 | 16 | 16 | ||
| Crackles, John | 26.1 | 29.3 | 28 | 28 | ||
| Fletcher, Tony | 22.3 | 25.0 | 24 | -1 | 23 | |
| Forster, Ian | 26.4 | 29.6 | 28 | -1 | 27 | |
| Gaunt, Martin | 25.0 | 28.0 | 27 | -3 | 24 | |
| Holliday, Rob | 9.5 | 10.3 | 10 | 10 | ||
| Jones, Maurice | 25.6 | 28.7 | 27 | 27 | ||
| Lund, Kevin | 23.6 | 26.4 | 25 | 25 | ||
| Porter, Lance | 20.7 | 23.1 | 22 | 22 | ||
| Scott, Richard | 12.4 | 13.7 | 13 | 13 | ||
| Sherwood, Paul | 15.0 | 16.6 | 16 | -1 | 15 | |
| Thompson, Mike | 12.9 | 14.2 | 14 | 14 | ||
| Weightman, Alister | 27.9 | 31.4 | 30 | 30 | ||
| Williams, Brian | 11.4 | 12.5 | 12 | -2 | 10 | |
| Wilson, Ben | 4.9 | 5.1 | 5 | 5 | ||
| Wray, Mark | 15.0 | 16.6 | 16 | 16 | ||
Prize Winners
Prize winners were:
| Winner | Mark Boast (35 Stabelford points) |
| 2nd place | Mark Wray (34 points, on countback) |
| 3rd place | Lance Porter (34 points, on countback) |
| Nearest Pin (in 1) | Rob Holliday |
| Nearest Pin (in 2) | Lee Chadwick |
| Twos | Paul Sherwood |
| Birdies | Ben Wilson (3), Brian Williams (2), Andy Arthur & Paul Sherwood |
Scores & HGS Handicap Adjustments
The detailed scores were:
| Player | Playing Handicap | Stableford Score | Countback | HGS Handicap Adjustment | ||
| Winners Adj'ment | Playing Adj'ment | Revised | ||||
| Boast, Mark | 15 | 35 | -3 | -3 | ||
| Wray, Mark | 16 | 34 | 18 | -2 | -2 | |
| Porter, Lance | 22 | 34 | 16 | -1 | -1 | |
| Williams, Brian | 10 | 34 | 15 | 1 | -1 | |
| Chadwick, Lee | 14 | 31 | ||||
| Lund, Kevin | 25 | 31 | ||||
| Scott, Richard | 13 | 30 | ||||
| Arthur, Andy | 14 | 29 | ||||
| Cooper, Nigel | 22 | 29 | ||||
| Bollands, Peter | 20 | 28 | ||||
| Collins, Mick | 11 | 28 | 1 | -2 | ||
| Cowan, Simon | 16 | 28 | ||||
| Holliday, Rob | 10 | 27 | ||||
| Weightman, Alister | 30 | 26 | ||||
| Fletcher, Tony | 23 | 25 | 1 | |||
| Sherwood, Paul | 15 | 24 | 1 | |||
| Thompson, Mike | 14 | 24 | ||||
| Wilson, Ben | 5 | 24 | ||||
| Crackles, John | 28 | 22 | ||||
| Forster, Ian | 27 | 22 | 1 | |||
| Jones, Maurice | 27 | 21 | ||||
| Gaunt, Martin | 24 | 15 | 1 | -2 | ||
| Babbington, Alistair | 38 | 14 | ||||