A warm sunny, autumn day greeted the nineteen teams that contested the first event of the new season of the Northants PGA Winter Series at Wellingborough Golf Club. The course was presented in first class condition and looked beautiful after the recent spell of good weather. The scoring in the Professional medal once again showed Wellingborough to be one of the true tests of golf in the county with only two players breaking par. The event supported by loyal sponsors of the NPGA Glazerite of Wellingborough saw Shane Rose of Cold Ashby score a 70 two under win by one shot. Home professional Simon Lilly returned a one under 71 for second place, in third where Mike Gallagher of Farthingstone and Neil Taylor of Stratford-on-Avon who both returned one over 73’s. The minor places saw a group of six players on 74, two over, they where James Whittemore, Dan Wood, Nick Soto, David Poolton, Rodney Holt and Bryn Morris.

In the team competition the strong team of Nick Soto featuring two county junior players, Dan Ashcroft, Gavin Cope and club player Colin Lawrence  returned an excellent score of 131 – 13 under par to grasp a one shot victory. David Poolton’s composing team of Chris Poolton, Scott Flemming and Rob Clayton fini

shed one ahead of Mike Gallagher’s team from Farthingstone who closed on 133 - 11, with Kyle Knight’s team from Kingsthorpe taking 4^th place on count back from Shane Rose on 136.