Championship Rules 2016
To mark the thirtieth anniversary since Alex Russon’s
triumphant victory in the 1986 Stonehaven Junior Championship, I propose the
following changes to the 2016 club championship entry criteria.
a) Entrants must be born somewhere between 28th
August 1969 and 30th August 1969, not inclusive (ie. they must have
been born only on the day in the middle).
b) Participants must have been born in the West Midlands.
c) And support Aston Villa
While this may narrow the field down a little it throws the
tournament wide open to players who don’t carry the surname ‘Irvine’. It’s
about time the engraver was offered some variety rather than expecting him to
inscribe the same set of letters year after year. It would also represent a
well deserved gesture to one of the giants of Stonehaven Golf Club’s history, a
humble gentleman who selflessly followed his junior championship victory as a
16 year old with a return to his Birmingham roots, purely to give others a
chance. There’s little doubt that had this individual remained at the club he
would have become a multiple winner of the club’s flagship tournament (in the event
however he went to Birmingham Polytechnic, started drinking and didn’t pick up
a golf club for another nineteen years, but that’s another story).
Further amendments to the club championship rules will be…
1) Tournament reduced from 72 holes to 3 holes (Bruce’s
Corner ie. 1st, 2nd, 18th)
2) Honorary lifetime membership awarded to the winner.
3) And complimentary stovies after every round.
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