Sunday Driver (Macdonald Portal) Sun 5th to Mon 6th October 2025
Nigel Cooper is organising this trip.
Outline Itinerary & Costs
Itinerary & Golf
| Time | Activity |
| 11.15am | Arrival for refreshments and introductions at the Premier Course clubhouse |
| 12.28pm | Round 1 on Premier Course, Portal GC |
| 7.30pm | Dinner & Prizegiving |
| B&B at Macdonald Portal |
| Time | Activity |
| 7.00am onwards | Breakfast |
| 10.04am | Round 2 on Championship Course, Portal GC |
| 2.30pm approx | Refreshments & Prizegiving |
| 3.30pm approx | Depart for home |
Accommodation and Room Arrangements
We will have one night on a DB&B basis at:
Macdonald Portal Hotel
Tarporley
Cheshire
CW6 0DJ
The cost of the trip is £135 per person for those sharing in a twin room and £175 in a single room. This includes the golf, dinner in the hotel, bed & breakfast and a contribution to the prizes.
TWIN ROOMS:
Max Hopkins & David Rowlands
Darren Priest & Kevin Anderson
Ken Mackay & Peter Bollands
Rob Holliday & Richard Scott
Mick Collins & Simon Cowan
Nigel Cooper & Alex Cooper
SINGLE ROOMS:
| Mark Wray | Paul Sherwood | Ian Forster |
| Brendan Austin | John Gill | Martin Gaunt |
| Chris Rigden | Lance Porter | Mike Thompson |
| Maurice Jones | Alister Weightman | Lee Chadwick |
| Ben Wilson | Kevin Herbert | Andy Arthur |
Competitions & Teams
Competitions
Each day there will be an individual Stableford competition off 95% of Course Handicap.This is based on your Handicap Index at the start of round 1 (and is not affected by any HGS adjustments or any cards submitted for round 1).
There will be a Trip Individual competition taking the total Stableford scores for the two rounds.
The Team competition is for the overall trip, with the best 5 out of 7 scores in each round contributing to the team score.
The GHOST will be drawn at the end of each round from all 27 players.
Darren Priest will be arranging the sweepstakes as usual, with prizes or guessing the total lost balls, total scores of 30 or over, total gross pars, and the winners of each of the two rounds.
Teams
The following teams and team names have been drawn (at random by Penny Bollands, whilst engrossed in watching the Ryder Cup):
Team Fleetwood:
Mark Wray, Max Hopkins, Brendan Austin, Andy Arthur, Chris Rigden,
Richard Scott & Alister Weightman
Team Rahm:
Lee Chadwick, Peter Bollands, Martin Gaunt, David Rowlands, John Gill,
Simon Cowan & Rob Holliday
Team Rose:
Ben Wilson, Maurice Jones, Kevin Herbert, Kevin Anderson, Mike Thompson,
Darren Priest & GHOST
Team McIlroy:
Nigel Cooper, Lance Porter, Alex Cooper, Mick Collins, Ken Mackay, Paul
Sherwood & Ian Forster
Order of Play & Results
The order of play for both rounds has been randomly pre-selected to ensure no-one plays with the same person in both rounds (other than Darren and Ian who want to share a buggy).
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