A team from Mr Fothergill's beat off the challenge of 16 other industry teams to take the main honours at the GIMA Golf Day at Staverton Park Golf Club near Daventry.
Richard Keegan, Paul Howard, Kevin Chugg and Chris Owens showed their skills on the course to push a team from Haws (Steve Riley, Graham Blocksidge, Paul Whitnall, Cliff Bowers) into second place and Fiskars (Mark Nicholls, Tom Wiltshire, Henry Corbett, Simons Brookes) into third. The GIMA team of Andy Bestwick, Tim Yeo, Mike Klodzinski and Dave Peters came fourth.
Despite some very serious golf, the 17 teams consisting of suppliers and garden centre guests, completed the course amid much laughter and banter. Team DLF Trilfolium picked up the bogey prize for coming last.
Refreshment stops on the course were sponsored and manned by Sinclair Horticulture and Maryanne Stokes and the Garden Trade News team were on hand to snap shots of unsuspecting golfers taking their swings. Pictured is Martin Davies from Raglan Garden Centre enjoying the hospitality.
The fun day culminated in a presentation dinner and a charity auction conducted by the only MP with a single figure golf handicap, Tim Yeo.
The charities benefiting from the event are Greenfingers, who create magical gardens for children’s hospices, and Gardening Leave, who work with services personnel that have invisible wounds from conflict.
GIMA would like to thank everyone who came along and supported the event.
Winners were:
Beat The Pro (Sponsored by Whitefoot Forward PR): Spencer Goodall, James Walker, Kevin Howlett, Andy Bunker, Paul Taylor, Robin Walters, James Godber, Richard Newton, Mark Nicholls, Henry Corbett, Simon Brookes, Phil Kimberley, David White, Brian Archibald, Alison Novell, Steve Walker, Andy Bestwick, Paul Facey, Adrian Hillman.
Nearest the pin (Sponsors Gardman, Scotts Flower Magic, Whitefoot Forward and Norfolk Leisure): Alison Novell, Dave Peters, Richard Newton, Richard Keegan.
Longest drive (Sponsors Luxform, Elho): James Coles, Chris Owen.
Straightest drive (Sponsor Sutton Seeds): Kevin Howlett.
View the picture gallery below to see all the teams, the action, the sponsors and the presentations.
