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Golf: The 150th Open will be played at St Andrews in July - Heswall's Derek Lawrenson looks forward to it

By Mark Gorton

5th Jun 2022 | Local Sport

The place and the prize - St Andrews and the Claret Jug (Photo by Liam Allan/R&A/via Getty Images)

Derek Lawrenson, golf correspondent of the Daily Mail, looks forward to this year’s very special 150th Open Championship.

The Ticket Ballot for The 151st Open at Hoylake will open on Tuesday 21 June 2022

By Mark Gorton

31st May 2022 | Local Sport

Royal Liverpool - Picture by Kevin Murray / RLGC

If you want a ticket to The Open at Hoylake next year you will have to enter a Ticket Ballot and cross your fingers.

Golfing great Ian Woosnam part of a plan to save Brackenwood golf course

By George Morgan - Local Democracy Reporter

17th May 2022 | Local Sport

March 31st - the last day of play at Brackenwood

Wirral's Brackenwood golf course which has suffered from vandalism since being closed down due to council cuts could be reopened. .

Heswall touring golf pro Rachael gets in the swing with £10,000 boost

By Guest

17th May 2022 | Local Sport

Caption: Iron lady – European Tour pro Rachael Goodall at Heswall Golf Club with, from left, her partner, Jason Dransfield, assistant professional at Heswall Golf Club, and James Parry and Dan Boden, of sponsors, Wrexham-based Hadlow Edwards Wealth Management. Picture by Mandy Jones Photography.

Heswall Golf Club's touring professional Rachael Goodall has been given a £10k sponsorship boost to her career.

Local golf: whither now for our munis?

By Mark Gorton

8th May 2022 | Local Sport

March 31st - teeing off the last time at Braceknwood

The closure of two Wirral municipal golf courses is bad news when the popularity of the game has increased despite - or perhaps because of - the pandemic.

Heswall FC - a round-up of recent action

By Robbie Matthews, Heswall FC

24th Apr 2022 | Local Sport

Showing our support for #TeamDDB, helping those affected by cancer

Robbie Matthews, Chairman of Heswall FC, on the disappointments and hopes of a decent season coming to a close.

Heswall FC: a round-up of the weekend action and news of big games to come

By Mark Gorton

13th Apr 2022 | Local Sport

A job well done by the First Team on Saturday as we welcomed Prescot Cables Reserves to a chilly but sunny Gayton Park. .

Whither now for municipal courses as local golf hit by a double bogey?

By Mark Gorton

8th Apr 2022 | Local Sport

The last hole? Teeing off at Brackenwood yesterday.

Yesterday, maintenance of two of our municipal golf courses ended.

In a double blow for public golf in Wirral, both Brackenwood and Hoylake courses have closed as Wirral Council attempts to save £20 million pounds and present a balanced, legal budget.

Heswall FC: a round-up of last weekend's action

By Mark Gorton

6th Apr 2022 | Local Sport

With our First Team bizarrely having the weekend off again, it was another big game for our Reserves as South Liverpool 3rd were the visitors to Gayton Park.

With a couple of First Team players in the line up to get some minutes before the run in, and First Team gaffer Andy Cass on the bench, we were confident of victory.

Heswall FC: the Reserves battle hard, but can't stop Sutton Athletic winning both the game 3-2 and the league title

By Mark Gorton

29th Mar 2022 | Local Sport

With our First Team having a day off this weekend, it was all eyes on our Reserves as we welcomed Champions Elect Sutton Athletic - knowing that if they took three points they would claim the Third Division title.

While we wished them well, at the same time nobody wanted to see another club celebrate at Gayton Park, so the lads were fired up to try and spoil the party.

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