BOLEHILL INSTITUTE IN AMONGST THE SILVERWARE AS No 1 TEAM LIFT THE CUP

BOLEHILL INSTITUTE No 1 TEAM - 2012 CAPTAINS CUP WINNERS
Background L-R: Alan Hopkinson (club chairman), Simon Zoppi, Ian Birks, Colin Marchington and Andrew Brough. Front: Ricki Slack (captain).

A SUCCESSFUL season was had by all three teams at Bolehill Institute in the 2011/12 Darley Dale and District League season.
The No 1 team lifted the Captains Cup competition with a thrilling final victory over Matlock Golf Club after a gap of 15 years since their last such success and also finished runners-up in A Division, just one point behind the champions PJ'z Club No 1 of Ripley.

The No 2 team finished fourth to retain their A Division status and were also runners up in the Jimmy Harper Plate competition, losing to Jaxx Q Club No 1 of Belper in the final, while the No 3 team were a very respectable third in B Division.

Keith Robertson took runner-up for most wins in the A Division with 13 out of 16 while Ricki Slack and Colin Marchington won the Hartshorne Cup 2-man team event, beating Paul Ogden and Steve Robinson of Jaxx Q Club 3-2 in the final.

Ricki was also runner-up in the Open Handicap final, losing narrowly 4-3 to twice Derbyshire champion Graham Jones of Matlock Golf Club and also took time away from league competition to finish bridesmaid again in the Derbyshire Seniors (over 40s) event won by Duffield's Paul Fowell.

Sean O'Sullivan and Steve Hawkins won the Combined Billiards/Snooker competition, beating Belper Strutt Club's Dave Pownall and Peter Darby in the final and were also runners-up in the Christmas Pairs 6-Red Shootout event where they lost to Ben Monk and Steve Robinson.