Bader Cup

The Bader Cup is a national mixed greensomes Stableford event sponsored by the Douglas Bader Foundation. This is a national charity that promotes the welfare of persons who are without one or more limbs, or otherwise physically disabled. The winners of each club's competition proceed to an all expenses paid day out at one of the twelve regional final venues throughout the UK. From there, the twelve regional final winners are invited to the Grand Final in Portugal. A proportion of the entry fees from today's competition is paid directly to the Bader Foundation.

Seventeen mixed pairs competed in today's competition in cloudy and overcast conditions. The scoring was extremely tight at the top of the leaderboard with the first two pairings separated on count-back of the front-nine having carded identical back-nines! The winners were Steve Ives and Jean Raincock who just beat the father and daughter pairing of Trevor and Lucy Mortimer. Both scored a superb 44 points. In third place were Dean Butler and Sandy Deacon with another great score of 43 points.
Full result - click here.