Schnacke helps Fixby to success

Schnacke, who works on the green staff at West End in Halifax, helped Huddersfield step up on last year’s runners-up position.

The plus two handicapper had to settle for a 74 second time around but still had the best 36-hole gross score by a couple of shots and that helped the Fixby quartet total 583 for a two-shot win over Dewsbury.

Todmorden were 14 shots further back in third in an event sponsored by Glenbrae.

Bradley Hall, last year’s winners on their own course, had to settle for fourth this time while the host club, who included Union president David Pullen in their line-up, were fifth.

Ryburn, Woodsome Hall, Outlane and Hanging Heaton filled the bottom four places in the 15-team line-up and were relegated to the second division for 2015.

Runners-up Dewsbury had the consolation of picking up two prizes with James Ward’s 70 the best gross in the morning and Daniel Hartley’s 68 the best in the afternoon.

Results: 1, Huddersfield 296-287-583 (A Schnacke 66-74-140, C Webb 77-69-146, B Tupman 74-73-147, T Calvert 79-71-150); 2, Dewsbury 291-294-585 (D Hartley 74-68-142, J Ward 70-73-143, B Crowther 77-73-150, M Colcombe 70-80-150); 3, Todmorden 297-302-599 (F Greaves 72-76-148, M Murray 75-74-149, M Birkett 73-77-150, C Thornsby 77-75-152); 4, Halifax Bradley Hall 304-304-608 (A Hare 72-73-145, M Cockroft 76-76-152, S Sweeney 81-74-155, C Lander 75-81-156); 5, Saddleworth 303-316-619 (S Pullen 70-76-146, N Marner 73-75-148, M Wray 79-81-160, D Pullen 81-84-165); 6, Crosland Heath 311-310-621 (A Wilford 71-78-149, J Caine 77-76-0153, L Edmonds 79-77-156, O Shaw 84-79-163); 7, West End 317-310-627 (C Ingham 73-76-149, B Hardcastle 81-74-155, S Horrocks 84-76-160, J Dix 79-84-163); 8, Hebden Bridge 314-315-629 (R Smillie 77-76-153, I Powell 75-78-153, G Bamford 82-74-156, M Powell 80-87-167); 9, Meltham 314-316-630 (R Hunt 75-74-149, A Battye 78-79-157, J Fish 80--79-159, R Dunleavy 81-84-165); 10, Halifax 319-317-636 (D Davison 75-76-151, J Smith 75-78-153, M Crouch 83-77-160, J Jennings 86-86-172); 11, Crow Nest Park 311-325-636 (I Nicholl 79-78-157, J Campbell 77-80-157, N Scott 76-81-157, B Adamson 79-86-165); 12, Hanging Heaton 322-317-639 (S Minto 77-74-151, P Ratcliffe 75-77-152, S Wilcock 83-81-164, A Webster 87-85-172); 13, Outlane 320-323-643 (J Hazelden 73-76-149, J Lawton 77-81-158, S Beeby 80-79-159, B Jenkinson 90-87-177); 14, Woodsome Hall 340-315-655 (A Malins 79-75-154, G Brady 90-73-163, J Lister 83-84-167, S Hooley 88-83-171); 15, Ryburn 345-318-663 (S Whiteley 77-80-157, C Rudd 82-76-158, A Kershaw 86-76-162, J Burton 100-86-186).

The Halifax-Huddfersfield Union’s junior side broke its duck for the season with a 20-16 win away to East Riding at Driffield on Sunday.

Tommy Ward’s side were level at 6-6 after the foursomes but won six of the 12 singles contests and halved two more.