GWGS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
  YEAR COURSE WINNER PTS RUNNER UP PTS
2011 Lichfield G&CC Dave Williams 9pts Andy McLeod 5pts
2010 Market Drayton Glen Cooper 10pts Kevin Oldfield 8pts
2009 Patshull Park Gary Purchase 15pts Rob Orrock 12pts
2008 Llanymynech Glen Cooper 20pts Gary Purchase 7pts
 2007 Kington GC  Rob Orrock 14pts Dave Turner 8pts
 2006 Ombersley  Bob Taylor 24pts Dave Turner 17pts
 2005 Bewdley Pines  Rob Orrock 41pts Dave Turner 39pts
 2004 Worfield  Keith Watson 42pts Andy Paddock 37pts
 2003 Arscott  Keith Watson 33pts Simon Hughes 31pts
 2002 The Abbey  Andy Cousins 37pts Martin Rainer 34pts
 2001 Ombersley  Nigel Cousins 42pts John Kelsall 41pts
 2000 Cleobury Mortimer  Keith Watson 39pts Andy Cousins 37pts
 1999 Perton Park  Martin Rainer 43pts Andy Cousins 39pts
 1998 Perton Park  Ian
Smith
39pts Mark
Hill
39pts
 1997 Perton Park  Mark
Hill
-1 Richard Gorton -1
 1996 Perton Park  Mark
Hill
-5 Ian
Smith
+1
 1995 Perton Park  Ian
Smith
-11 Keith Watson -6
 1994 Perton Park  John Kelsall -8 Richard Gorton -7

  • Played as strokeplay full handicap allowance 1994-1997                                      
  • Played as stableford full handicap 1998-2005
                                                
  • Played as modified 4-3-2-1 stableford full handicap from 2006

2011 – Lichfield G&CC
 1st Dave Williams 9pts
t-2nd Andy McLeod 5pts* 
t-2nd Dave Turner 5pts 
 4th Glen Cooper 4pts 
 5th Bob Taylor 3pts
 6th Kevin Oldfield 2pts
 7th Martin Rainer -2pts
 8th Ian Smith -4pts
*denotes on countback
2010 - Market Drayton GC
 1st Glen Cooper 10pts
 2nd Kevin Oldfield 8pts
 3rd Dave Williams 6pts
 4th Andy Paddock 3pts
 5th Gary Purchase -1pts
 t-6th Ian Smith -7pts
 t-6th Bob Taylor -7pts
 8th Dave Turner -8pts
 9th Steve Knight -9pts
 10th Andy McLeod -11pts
 11th Martin Rainer -12pts
2009 - Patshull Park GC
 1st Gary Purchase 15pts
 2nd Rob Orrock 12pts
 3rd Andy Paddock 11pts
 4th Martin Rainer 10pts
 5th Kevin Oldfield 9pts
 6th Dave Williams 7pts
 7th Keith Watson 2pts
 t-8th Gary Growcott 0pts
 t-8th Dave Turner 0pts
 10th Jamie Purchase -1pt
 t-11th Glen Cooper -3pts
 t-11th Terry Janes -3pts
 13th Andy McLeod -6pts
 14th Ian Smith -8pts
2008 - Llanymynech GC
1st  Glen Cooper  20pts 
2nd  Gary Purchase  7pts 
3rd  Dave Williams  5pts 
4th  Andy Paddock  4pts 
t-5th  Steve Knight  2pts 
t-5th  Kevin Oldfield  2pts 
t-5th  Rob Orrock  2pts 
t-8th  Andy McLeod  -2pts 
t-8th  Bob Taylor  -2pts 
t-10th  Ian Smith  -3pts 
t-10th  Dave Turner  -3pts 
12th  Martin Rainer  -6pts 
2007 - Kington GC
1st  Rob Orrock  14pts 
2nd  Dave Turner  8pts 
3rd  Dave Williams  7pts 
4th  Steve Knight  5pts 
5th  Ian Smith  3pts 
t-6th  Andy McLeod  -3pts 
t-6th  Andy Paddock  -3pts 
8th  Terry Janes  -4pts 
9th  Kevin Oldfield  -5pts 
10th  Bob Taylor  -7pts 
2006 - Ombersley
 1st  Bob Taylor  24pts
 2nd  Dave Turner  17pts
 3rd  Terry Janes  14pts
 t-4th  Rob Orrock  11pts
 t-4th  Dave Williams  11pts
 t-4th  Andy Paddock  11pts
 t-7th  John Kelsall  8pts
 t-7th  Martin Rainer  8pts
 9th  Keith Watson  7pts
 10th  Ray Dawson  5pts
 11th  Kevin Oldfield  4pts
 12th  Richard Gorton  -1pt
 13th  Gary Purchase  -2pts
 14th  Ian Smith  -3pts
2005 - Bewdley Pines
 1st  Rob Orrock  41pts
 2nd  Dave Turner  39pts
 3rd  Keith Watson  38pts
 4th  Andy Paddock  35pts
 5th  Martin Rainer  33pts
 6th  Gary Purchase  32pts
 t-7th  Terry Janes  27pts
 t-7th  Bob Taylor  27pts
 9th  Ian Smith  24pts
 10th  John Kelsall  22pts
 11th  Steve Knight  20pts
 12th  Gary Burton  16pts
2004 - Worfield
 1st  Keith Watson  42pts 
 2nd  Andy Paddock  37pts
 t-3rd  Ian Smith  36pts
 t-3rd  Gary Burton  36pts
 t-5th  Martin Rainer  35pts
 t-5th  Dave Turner  35pts
 t-5th  Terry Janes  35pts
 t-5th  Andy Cousins  35pts
 9th  John Kelsall  33pts
 t-10th  Kevin Oldfield  23pts
 t-10th  Richard Gorton  23pts
2003 - Arscott
 1st  Keith Watson  33pts 
 2nd  Simon Hughes  31pts
 3rd  John Kelsall  30pts
 t-4th  Gary Purchase  29pts
 t-4th  Ian Smith  29pts
 t-4th  Kevin Oldfield  29pts
 t-7th  Martin Rainer  26pts
 t-7th  Bob Taylor  26pts
 9th  Richard Hudson  23pts
2002 - The Abbey
 1st  Andy Cousins  37pts
 2nd  Martin Rainer  34pts
 3rd  John Kelsall  30pts
 4th  Bob Taylor  28pts
 5th  Terry Pinner  26pts
 6th  Steve Knight  21pts
 t-7th  Keith Watson  20pts
 t-7th  Gary Purchase  20pts
 9th  Richard Gorton  11pts
2001 - Ombersley
1st Nigel Cousins 42pts
2nd John Kelsall 41pts
3rd Gary Purchase  39pts 
t-4th  Keith Watson  37pts 
t-4th  Andy Cousins  37pts
t-4th  Ian Smith  37pts 
7th Bob Taylor  36pts 
8th  Martin Rainer  33pts 
t-9th  Richard Gorton  30pts 
t-9th  Richard Hudson  30pts 
2000 - Cleobury Mortimer
 1st Keith Watson   39pts
 2nd  Andy Cousins  37pts
 3rd  Martin Rainer  33pts
 4th  Bob Taylor  31pts
 t-5th  John Kelsall  30pts
 t-5th  Ian Smith  30pts
 7th  Mark Hill  29pts
 8th  Richard Hudson  28pts
 9th  Nigel Cousins  24pts
 10th  Richard Gorton  23pts
 11th  Mike Poole  22pts
1999 - Perton Park
 1st  Martin Rainer  43pts
 2nd  Andy Cousins  39pts
 3rd  Steve Bradburn  38pts
 4th  Mike Poole  31pts
 5th  Mark Hill  30pts
 6th  Ted Pearson  28pts
 t-7th  John Kelsall  27pts
 t-7th  Richard Gorton  27pts
 9th  Ian Smith  24pts
10th  Bob Taylor  22pts
1998 - Perton Park
 1st  Ian Smith  39pts*
 2nd  Mark Hill  39pts
 t-3rd  Mike Poole  36pts
 t-3rd  Bob Taylor  36pts
 5th  Martin Rainer  34pts
 6th  Nigel Cousins  33pts
 t-7th  Richard Hudson  32pts
 t-7th  Ted Pearson  32pts
 9th  Mark Warner  30pts
 10th  Keith Watson  22pts
* denotes on countback
1997 - Perton Park
 1st   Mark Hill  -1*
 2nd  Richard Gorton  -1
 3rd  Steve Bradburn  even
 4th  Andy Cousins  +1
 5th  Ian Smith  +2
 6th  Nigel Cousins  +4
 7th  Keith Watson  +8
 8th  Bob Taylor  +10
*denotes on countback
1996 - Perton Park
1st  Mark Hill  -5
t-2nd  Ian Smith  +1*
t-2nd  Ted Pearson  +1
t-2nd  Dave Ruck  +1
5th  Martin Rainer  +2
6th  Bob Taylor  +17
*denotes on countback
1995 - Perton Park
 1st  Ian Smith  -11
 2nd  Keith Watson  -6
 3rd  John Kelsall  -3
 t-4th  Ted Pearson  -2
 t-4th  Mark Hill  -2
 t-6th  Gary Eggington  -1
 t-6th  Dave Ruck  -1
 8th  Bob Taylor  +2
 9th  Steve Humphries  +3
 10th  Richard Gorton  +10
1994 - Perton Park
 1st   John Kelsall  -8
 2nd  Richard Gorton  -7
 3rd  Bob Taylor  -6
 4th  Steve Humphries  -5
 5th  Dave Ruck  -3
 6th  Gary Eggington  -2
 7th  Ian Smith  even



OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP RECORDS
  • Most competition wins    :  3  - Keith Watson (2000, 2003 & 2004)
  • Highest winning points    : 24 - Bob Taylor (2006)
  • Lowest winning points     : 9 - Dave Williams (2011)
  • Largest winning margin  : 13pts - Glen Cooper (2008)                      
(nb: records are for current format of modified 3-2-1 stableford format)