Golf Days @ THE GL@ZINE

Halo Putts its Best Feet Forward

WHS Halo recently held a golf day at the Forest of Arden Marriott Hotel and Country Club, Meriden, for its network of approved manufacturers and installers.

Guest of honour at the event was Fred Wedlock, famous for singing the aptly named, “Oldest Swinger in Town’. Pictured placing their best feet forward (left to right) are Winston Duguid (Managing Director, WHS Halo), Fred Wedlock and Nick Cotter (National Profiles), and on the right, how Fred used to look.

Premier Donation Tees Up New College Mini-Bus

Premier Profiles, extruder of PVCu window, door and cellular foam profile, has donated the £5,750 proceeds from its annual corporate golf day to Doncaster School and College for the Deaf.

Located on its own purpose-built campus, the college is nationally and internationally recognised as one of the leading facilities in high quality education, training and care for deaf and hearing-impaired young people as well as those with communication and/or learning difficulties. Premier’s donation will go a long way towards the cost of a brand new mini-bus for the college.

The cheque was presented to college principal, Alan Robinson and chair of the trustees, Bobbie Roberts by Premier’s new managing director, Paul Rice. Paul said: ‘We are delighted that we have been able to support such a worthwhile local cause with funds raised at our annual golf day. Each year we look to put something back into the community, and I would like to thank all employees, customers and suppliers who took part in the golf day and contributed so generously towards an impressive final total.’

Alan Robinson added: ‘Organisations like ours rely heavily on charitable donations from external partners and local businesses and we are extremely grateful for the generosity and support shown by Premier Profiles. The money will go directly towards the purchase of a new mini-bus, an invaluable resource in bringing academic and recreational benefits to all our students.’

Tel: 01302 311200

Sierra's Golf Day Raises Money for Charity

Customers, staff and suppliers enjoyed beautiful blue skies and late summer sunshine at Sierra Windows’ annual Golf Day recently, and raised money for charity at the same time.

The event, held at Puckrup Hall, near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, proved doubly successful for Simon Redman of All Glass UK, who was the overall winner, and also part of the winning team, which also comprised Gary Hemmings of Pinnacle Glazing, Ian Davis and Bob Campbell, both of Sierra Windows.

Winning team, left to right: Ian Davis, SE Area rep for Sierra Windows, Gary Hemmings of Pinnacle Glazing, Simon Redman of Allglass UK, Bob Campbell, Production Manager, Sierra Windows.

The day was rounded off with presentations after dinner, and a charity auction that raised a generous £510.00 for the Parkinsons Disease Society.

Brian Webb, Sierra General Manager, comments, 'I think everyone enjoyed the day, and the fabulous weather was a real bonus. And I’d like to thank everyone for their generosity on behalf of the Parkinsons Disease Society.'

Contact: Brian Webb
Tel: 01803 697000

Unitec’s ‘Golf Safari’

In glorious sunshine and in a scene reminiscent of a mini safari, a convoy of over fifty motorised buggies weaved their way onto the famous Nicklaus Course at the DeVere Carden Park, Cheshire, ready for a shotgun start in this years Unitec Charity Golf Challenge.

With twenty-seven teams taking part, the Unitec Hardware golf day ranks as one of the industries premier sporting events. Following a Le-Man style start up, Phil Moulds, Unitec’s Managing Director, led out a prestige field of customers and suppliers for this, the company’s 9th annual charity golf tournament.

On finishing the course a jubilant Phil commented ‘This is our first time at Carden Park, but based on the many positive comments from the other golfers, I am sure it won’t be the last. The course itself was in superb condition and whilst it looked like a simple walk in the park, the layout ensured that every hole was a real ‘head scratching’ challenge'.

In addition to a host of on course prizes to be won, including a Mini Cooper on the hole-in-one, numerous sponsors generously supported the event, which culminated with an after dinner auction. This included advertising space donated by industry magazines, Glass and Glazing Products, Glass Age and Fenestra Journal and courtesy of Glassex organisers EMAP, a stand for the 2004 exhibition. The event was an overwhelming success and raised £6500 for the Down’s Syndrome Children’s Charity.

Tel: 01908 633 700

Eurocell Building Plastics/ Marshall Tufflex Golf Day

Eurocell Building Plastics has recently held its golf day, supported by Marshall Tufflex Rainwater Systems, at Hawkstone Park Country Club in Shropshire. The photo shows overall winner Bob Evans of Country Charm together with John Russell, Chairman of Marshall Tufflex. Bob Evans managed the enviable total of 45 points narrowly beating Tony Clarke, of Wombourne Windows and Dave Benbow of Bromsgrove Window Installations into second and third place respectively.

‘Yet again the Eurocell Building Plastics Golf Day has been a huge success. We hope that next years event will be even better.’ David Salt, Eurocell Building Plastics, Sales Director.

Tel: 02476 637229
Email: mailto:marketing@eurocell.co.uk
Web: http://www.eurocell.co.uk

A Status Classic

Talk about insider trading - Status general manager Chris Foreman awarded the overall winner's prize to his national sales manager Kevin Warner at the recent Status Classic Golf Tournament held at Cheshire's Mottram Hall. It must be pointed out that Kevin was the principal organiser for the entire event.

Kevin commented: 'I just played well today and deserved the prize wholly on merit!'

Tel: 01457 875731
Email: mailto:sales@status-systems.co.uk
Web: http://www.status-systems.co.uk

Time for Tee

Paul Davidson, Area Representative for hardware distributor, Wagner (GB) Ltd, recently hosted the 3rd annual Wagner North East Golf Challenge at Ramside Hall Golf Club in Durham.

With 25 competitors from across the north east of England, this was the largest field yet and excellent weather helped to make the day really go with a swing.

The day’s overall champion was Ernie Matthews of RPM Windows, who was delighted to have achieved his first ever tournament win. His trophies are now proudly displayed in his office for all to see.

Winner of the ‘Most Golf Played’ award was Gofor Windows’ Geoff Potter. Geoff spent so much time in the bunkers that it has been rumoured that he has part-exchanged his clubs for a bucket and spade in order to defend his ‘King Of The Sand’ title at the 2004 event!

Skimmer Of The Year award went to Wagner Commercial Director, Bob Hayes, who caused quite a stir when he managed to achieve 5 bounces across a water hazard before holing out.

All players eventually retired to the restaurant for a well-deserved meal and agreed that the day was a great success.

Tel: 01634 26326
Web: http://www.wagnergb.com

Float Glass Industries Customer Day - a Success in One!

A big 'Thank You' to key customers and suppliers for their support and patronage over the years was the main reason behind The Float Glass Industries’ (FGI) inaugural Golf Day. Deemed a tremendous success by all who attended, the event took place at the Marriot Worsley Park Hotel & Country Club on 18 September. Non golfers were not forgotten and participated in a range of exciting activities including Reverse-Steer 4x4 Driving and Crossbow Archery.

Golf Pro, David Screeton, hosted the after dinner prize ceremony where Atul Patel of All In One Windows was particularly congratulated for achieving the highest individual score of a fantastic 48 playing off a handicap of 15. It was a good day’s golf for Atul who was also part of the Stableford winning team which included Chris Matthews of Glass Link, Eddie O’Neil of EJ Electrical and FGI’s own Mike Thompson.

Winners of the non-golfing activities were Rob White and Neil Butler from BGGS.

FGI held an Open House the next day, inviting customers to see first hand the new Tamglass ProConvection™ toughening system up and running to schedule and new efficient factory layout, as well as the company’s recently relocated dedicated glass processing division.

'As one of the FGI golfers, which included most Offland family golfers not least Chairman, Roy Offland, and past Chairmam, Ken Offland, I can safely say we all enjoyed excellent company and great golf,' commented Joint Managing Director, David Offland. 'The day allowed us to demonstrate our appreciation to valued customers, suppliers and industry friends, many of whom have been with us for many years, indeed decades, and we look forward to continued good business relationships. The Open House event also proved very popular and presented the ideal opportunity to show customers around our newly refurbished operation.

Stableford, (left to right), Golf Pro David Screeton with
winners Atul Patel (All in One Windows), Chris Matthews (Glass Link), Eddie
O'Neil (EJ Electrical), and Mike Thompson (FGI) and FGI's Chairman and Joint
Managing Director, Roy Offland.

Highest Individual Score, Atul Patel (All in One Windows),
centre, winner with the fantastic score of 48 playing off handicap of 15.

Masterframe Players Pick Up Awards

July 16th saw two teams of Masterframe Windows Preferred Installers network competing in the London Region Glass & Glazing Federation (GGF) Golf Day at the Finchley Golf Club. Despite the weather’s best efforts to disrupt the day’s events, Masterframe players achieved notable successes picking up a variety of awards – including the wooden spoon!

The morning pairs competition was won by Dominic Baxter and Andy Hinchcliffe and Dominic went on to claim the afternoon ‘Best Individual’ crown with 41 points. Impressively, Dominic also scooped the ‘Nearest the Pin’ competition and shared the ever prestigious ‘Longest Drive’ title. Dominic, playing off a handicap of 9, topped the scoreboard just one place above Masterframe's production director, Barry Game who scored 39 points and came in 2nd. Another Masterframe customer, Lars Evans, followed them all onto the awards rostrum to collect the wooden spoon.

Tel: 01376 510410
Email: mailto:sales@masterframe.co.uk
Web: http://www.masterframe.co.uk

Synseal Customer Hits Hole-in-One for Charity

Steve Judge, partner of Synseal fabricator Shield Conservatories Ltd, won a car with three friends after taking part in Oldham Athletic Golf Classic tournament. The golfers meet once a week for a round together so in true team spirit, on hitting a hole in one, Joe Shammah, a solicitor, insisted it was a team effort.

It was as a team they decided to give the prize away to the St Francis Hospice in Manchester, which cares for terminally ill children.

When the sponsors of the ‘Hole in One’, Lookers of Oldham, heard about the plans for donating the prize they upgraded the car to a five-door saloon to make it easier to transport the children.

Tel: 01623 443 200
Web: http://www.synseal.com

3rd Glazing Industry Fun Charity Golf Day

The third annual Glazing Industry Fun Charity Golf Day was held at Shirley Golf Club in the West Midlands on July 29th. Twenty-five teams entered the competition, the largest ever entry for this event.

The winning team was Glass and Glazing Products magazine with a total of 85 points, second was Promac and third was Deceuninck.

The winners trophy was made by Rankins Glass and presented by 'Mr Glass' Cliff Rankin himself.

Longest drive was made by Pam Etchingham from Metsec; Nearest the pin was won by Atul Patel playing in the Promac team.

The event committee, consisting of Mike Gray, the Gl@zine's Norman Setra, Andy Dunn of G&GP, and Dave Broxton of Glass Age, expect to raise in excess of £7,000, an increase of some £2,000 over last year's event. Most of the funds raised will be donated to the Parkinsons Disease Society, with a smaller amount going to McMillan Nurses.

Our thanks to all of our sponsors: Rankins Glass, Status Systems, Promac, Regent Windows, Glassex, Glass Processing and Technology Show, Plastmo, Proact Solutions, and Indigo Products.

Alternative Win for The 4th annual Jotika Golf Day

Now a firm fixture in the Glazing industry events calendar, The 4th annual Jotika Golf Day was held last Friday, 13th June – a date that offered a great excuse for having a bad round! Despite which, the overall standard of play was excellent, even from the novices, and there were some very close scores.

Darren Pratt won with a 43, while the Winning Team was CDM

Overall Winner was Darren Pratt of Alternative Windows with a Stableford score of 43, and who also came first in the 0-18 Handicap. The 19-28 Handicap was won by Anita Day of AG Glass with a score of 40.

The Winning Team was CDM, which comprised brothers Jim and Dave Warburton, Jim Jellicoe of Promac, and Andy Priestly of Glass & Glazing Products. The Brownhills Glass team came in 2nd with a score of 84, and snapping at their heels in 3rd place was Alternative Windows with 83.

Other prizes were:
Nearest the Pin, won by Andy Priestly of Glass & Glazing Products; Longest Drive was Stephen Holden of HW Glass; Most Improved golfer was Jerry Hawthorne of Darby Glass; Best Excuse of the Day (we kept the award despite the date!) was from Phil Manley, also of Darby Glass, who 'didn’t know there was any water there'.

Best Gross Score was Jim Jellicoe of Promac, who we think is going to be the one to watch at Mike Grey’s Fun Charity Golf Day held in July, as Jim says he is now going for the ‘hat trick’ of winning the three major industry golf tournaments in a row.

Winner of this year’s Media Challenge trophy, sponsored by Austen Harlow Flitter PR for the best scoring Glass Industry Media player, was The Glazine’s own Norman Setra with an excellent score of 33 that saw off the competition (pictured left).

The event also raised over two hundred Pounds for the Air Ambulance service, which was raised by taking a £5 bet from each player at the 6th hole to see if they could get on to the green in one. We’re pleased to say that every player that did achieve the feat, immediately returned their 'stake' to this worthy cause.

The scores were compiled by the specially written piece of Jotika software that enables Stableford computations to be made as easily and as rapidly as individual scores are entered in to the laptop computer from the player’s scorecard. Jotika will be pleased to give this software away completely free of charge to any industry golf tournament provided there is a benefit to charity from the occasion.

JoTiKa (Midlands) Software Ltd
Tel: 01386 793415
http://www.jotika.com
mailto:sales@jotika.com

Eurocell Golf Day

Eurocell Profiles Corporate Day was recently held at the Bredsall Priory Hotel and Country Club, in Derbyshire. As well as the golf, there were a number of other activities designed for the non-golfer including 'human table football' and 'falconry'.

Colin Teare from Alpine Window Systems claimed the top golfing prize with his 40 point haul, closely followed by 2nd placed Richard Abrahams from Alternative Windows (36 points) and Rick Oliver from Evans Windows in 3rd place (34 points).
Mike Brotherton from S.R.Witcomb Bros. claimed the longest drive and nearest the pin.

The non-golf competition was won by Eurocell's Commercial Manager Eric Gale's team, which included Martin Houghtby and Andrew Scigala both from Tradeglaze of Lincoln, Steve and Guy Allcock from Stafford Aluminium windows Company and Dave Edwards from Atcost Windows.

In the bag: The Promac Golf Tournament 2003

One of the industry's most eagerly sought-after events, the annual Promac Golf Tournament, was held last Wednesday, 28th May at the Moor Hall course near Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands.Scoring to a form of Stableford, invited teams of four players tackled the par 72 course, which was judged to be fair test of golfing ability. The overall winning team (pictured with Promac chairman David Stockton-Chalk, left), included Jim Jellicoe (2nd left), Vic de Costa, Solaglas St Gobain (centre), Jason Williams of UKae (2nd from right), and Nigel Green (right) also of Solaglas St Gobain.Our winners, the so-called 'four musketeers' are also shown celebrating in the bar afterwards!

PREMIER'S PACT BENEFITS CHILDREN'S CHARITY

Premier Profiles, leading extruder of PVCu window, door and cellular foam profile, has donated the proceeds of its corporate Golf Day - over £7,430 - to the charity PACT (Parents' Association of Children with Tumours and leukaemia), based at Sheffield Children's Hospital.

PACT was established 25 years ago, with the aim of providing relief and support for children in the care of Sheffield Children's Paediatric Oncology and Haematology Unit, and to help with the continued care of children following treatment. The charity funds a "Home from Home" just a few hundred yards from the hospital, a refurbished house which is not only a refuge for children receiving and recovering from treatment, but also offers parents and siblings the opportunity to stay with or near the children, providing vital support to families in stressful times.

Premier Profiles' donation will be put towards the ongoing upkeep of the PACT Home from Home. Managing director Paul Dickins and commercial director David Mulholland visited the house in person to present the cheque to PACT co-ordinator Beryl Welburn and house manager Sheila Jackson. Beryl commented: "The PACT Home From Home has been open for over ten years now, and is absolutely essential to the well-being of children receiving treatment at the hospital, and their families. We are very grateful to Premier Profiles for their contribution towards the ongoing running costs of the house, which will enable us to continue offering children and their families much-needed support."

Paul Dickins added: "I would like to thank all the customers, suppliers and employees who supported our Golf Day and enabled us to raise over £7,400 for such a worthy cause. It was remarkable to see the effort and enthusiasm that PACT puts into caring for poorly children and their families, and we are delighted that our contribution will help, in however small a way, to continue such admirable work."

For more information on PACT or to make a donation, call 0114 272 4570. For more information on Premier Profiles call 01302 311200.


Industry Golf Days 2003
Halo Putts its Best Feet Forward WHS Halo recently held a golf day at the Forest of Arden Marriott Hotel and Country Club, Meriden, for its network of approved manufacturers and installers. Guest of honour at the event was Fred Wedlock, famous for singing the aptly named, “Oldest Swinger in Town’. Pictured placing their best feet forward (left to right) are Winston Duguid (Managing Director, WHS Halo), Fred Wedlock and Nick Cotter (National Profiles), and on the right, how Fred used to look. Premier Donation Tees Up New College Mini-Bus Premier Profiles, extruder of PVCu window, door and cellular foam profile, has donated the £5,750 proceeds from its annual corporate golf day to Doncaster School and College for the Deaf. Located on its own purpose-built campus, the college is nationally and internationally recognised as one of the leading facilities in high quality education, training and care for deaf and hearing-impaired young people as well as those with communication and/or learning difficulties. Premier’s donation will go a long way towards the cost of a brand new mini-bus for the college. The cheque was presented to college principal, Alan Robinson and chair of the trustees, Bobbie Roberts by Premier’s new managing director, Paul Rice. Paul said: ‘We are delighted that we have been able to support such a worthwhile local cause with funds raised at our annual golf day. Each year we look to put something back into the community, and I would like to thank all employees, customers and suppliers who took part in the golf day and contributed so generously towards an impressive final total.’ Alan Robinson added: ‘Organisations like ours rely heavily on charitable donations from external partners and local businesses and we are extremely grateful for the generosity and support shown by Premier Profiles. The money will go directly towards the purchase of a new mini-bus, an invaluable resource in bringing academic and recreational benefits to all our students.’ Tel: 01302 311200 Sierra's Golf Day Raises Money for Charity Customers, staff and suppliers enjoyed beautiful blue skies and late summer sunshine at Sierra Windows’ annual Golf Day recently, and raised money for charity at the same time. The event, held at Puckrup Hall, near Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, proved doubly successful for Simon Redman of All Glass UK, who was the overall winner, and also part of the winning team, which also comprised Gary Hemmings of Pinnacle Glazing, Ian Davis and Bob Campbell, both of Sierra Windows. Winning team, left to right: Ian Davis, SE Area rep for Sierra Windows, Gary Hemmings of Pinnacle Glazing, Simon Redman of Allglass UK, Bob Campbell, Production Manager, Sierra Windows. The day was rounded off with presentations after dinner, and a charity auction that raised a generous £510.00 for the Parkinsons Disease Society. Brian Webb, Sierra General Manager, comments, 'I think everyone enjoyed the day, and the fabulous weather was a real bonus. And I’d like to thank everyone for their generosity on behalf of the Parkinsons Disease Society.' Contact: Brian Webb Tel: 01803 697000 Unitec’s ‘Golf Safari’ In glorious sunshine and in a scene reminiscent of a mini safari, a convoy of over fifty motorised buggies weaved their way onto the famous Nicklaus Course at the DeVere Carden Park, Cheshire, ready for a shotgun start in this years Unitec Charity Golf Challenge. With twenty-seven teams taking part, the Unitec Hardware golf day ranks as one of the industries premier sporting events. Following a Le-Man style start up, Phil Moulds, Unitec’s Managing Director, led out a prestige field of customers and suppliers for this, the company’s 9th annual charity golf tournament. On finishing the course a jubilant Phil commented ‘This is our first time at Carden Park, but based on the many positive comments from the other golfers, I am sure it won’t be the last. The course itself was in superb condition and whilst it looked like a simple walk in the park, the layout ensured that every hole was a real ‘head scratching’ challenge'. In addition to a host of on course prizes to be won, including a Mini Cooper on the hole-in-one, numerous sponsors generously supported the event, which culminated with an after dinner auction. This included advertising space donated by industry magazines, Glass and Glazing Products, Glass Age and Fenestra Journal and courtesy of Glassex organisers EMAP, a stand for the 2004 exhibition. The event was an overwhelming success and raised £6500 for the Down’s Syndrome Children’s Charity. Tel: 01908 633 700 Eurocell Building Plastics/ Marshall Tufflex Golf Day Eurocell Building Plastics has recently held its golf day, supported by Marshall Tufflex Rainwater Systems, at Hawkstone Park Country Club in Shropshire. The photo shows overall winner Bob Evans of Country Charm together with John Russell, Chairman of Marshall Tufflex. Bob Evans managed the enviable total of 45 points narrowly beating Tony Clarke, of Wombourne Windows and Dave Benbow of Bromsgrove Window Installations into second and third place respectively. ‘Yet again the Eurocell Building Plastics Golf Day has been a huge success. We hope that next years event will be even better.’ David Salt, Eurocell Building Plastics, Sales Director. Tel: 02476 637229 Email: mailto:marketing@eurocell.co.uk Web: http://www.eurocell.co.uk A Status Classic Talk about insider trading - Status general manager Chris Foreman awarded the overall winner's prize to his national sales manager Kevin Warner at the recent Status Classic Golf Tournament held at Cheshire's Mottram Hall. It must be pointed out that Kevin was the principal organiser for the entire event. Kevin commented: 'I just played well today and deserved the prize wholly on merit!' Tel: 01457 875731 Email: mailto:sales@status-systems.co.uk Web: http://www.status-systems.co.uk Time for Tee Paul Davidson, Area Representative for hardware distributor, Wagner (GB) Ltd, recently hosted the 3rd annual Wagner North East Golf Challenge at Ramside Hall Golf Club in Durham. With 25 competitors from across the north east of England, this was the largest field yet and excellent weather helped to make the day really go with a swing. The day’s overall champion was Ernie Matthews of RPM Windows, who was delighted to have achieved his first ever tournament win. His trophies are now proudly displayed in his office for all to see. Winner of the ‘Most Golf Played’ award was Gofor Windows’ Geoff Potter. Geoff spent so much time in the bunkers that it has been rumoured that he has part-exchanged his clubs for a bucket and spade in order to defend his ‘King Of The Sand’ title at the 2004 event! Skimmer Of The Year award went to Wagner Commercial Director, Bob Hayes, who caused quite a stir when he managed to achieve 5 bounces across a water hazard before holing out. All players eventually retired to the restaurant for a well-deserved meal and agreed that the day was a great success. Tel: 01634 26326 Web: http://www.wagnergb.com Float Glass Industries Customer Day - a Success in One! A big 'Thank You' to key customers and suppliers for their support and patronage over the years was the main reason behind The Float Glass Industries’ (FGI) inaugural Golf Day. Deemed a tremendous success by all who attended, the event took place at the Marriot Worsley Park Hotel & Country Club on 18 September. Non golfers were not forgotten and participated in a range of exciting activities including Reverse-Steer 4x4 Driving and Crossbow Archery. Golf Pro, David Screeton, hosted the after dinner prize ceremony where Atul Patel of All In One Windows was particularly congratulated for achieving the highest individual score of a fantastic 48 playing off a handicap of 15. It was a good day’s golf for Atul who was also part of the Stableford winning team which included Chris Matthews of Glass Link, Eddie O’Neil of EJ Electrical and FGI’s own Mike Thompson. Winners of the non-golfing activities were Rob White and Neil Butler from BGGS. FGI held an Open House the next day, inviting customers to see first hand the new Tamglass ProConvection™ toughening system up and running to schedule and new efficient factory layout, as well as the company’s recently relocated dedicated glass processing division. 'As one of the FGI golfers, which included most Offland family golfers not least Chairman, Roy Offland, and past Chairmam, Ken Offland, I can safely say we all enjoyed excellent company and great golf,' commented Joint Managing Director, David Offland. 'The day allowed us to demonstrate our appreciation to valued customers, suppliers and industry friends, many of whom have been with us for many years, indeed decades, and we look forward to continued good business relationships. The Open House event also proved very popular and presented the ideal opportunity to show customers around our newly refurbished operation. Stableford, (left to right), Golf Pro David Screeton with winners Atul Patel (All in One Windows), Chris Matthews (Glass Link), Eddie O'Neil (EJ Electrical), and Mike Thompson (FGI) and FGI's Chairman and Joint Managing Director, Roy Offland. Highest Individual Score, Atul Patel (All in One Windows), centre, winner with the fantastic score of 48 playing off handicap of 15. Masterframe Players Pick Up Awards July 16th saw two teams of Masterframe Windows Preferred Installers network competing in the London Region Glass & Glazing Federation (GGF) Golf Day at the Finchley Golf Club. Despite the weather’s best efforts to disrupt the day’s events, Masterframe players achieved notable successes picking up a variety of awards – including the wooden spoon! The morning pairs competition was won by Dominic Baxter and Andy Hinchcliffe and Dominic went on to claim the afternoon ‘Best Individual’ crown with 41 points. Impressively, Dominic also scooped the ‘Nearest the Pin’ competition and shared the ever prestigious ‘Longest Drive’ title. Dominic, playing off a handicap of 9, topped the scoreboard just one place above Masterframe's production director, Barry Game who scored 39 points and came in 2nd. Another Masterframe customer, Lars Evans, followed them all onto the awards rostrum to collect the wooden spoon. Tel: 01376 510410 Email: mailto:sales@masterframe.co.uk Web: http://www.masterframe.co.uk Synseal Customer Hits Hole-in-One for Charity Steve Judge, partner of Synseal fabricator Shield Conservatories Ltd, won a car with three friends after taking part in Oldham Athletic Golf Classic tournament. The golfers meet once a week for a round together so in true team spirit, on hitting a hole in one, Joe Shammah, a solicitor, insisted it was a team effort. It was as a team they decided to give the prize away to the St Francis Hospice in Manchester, which cares for terminally ill children. When the sponsors of the ‘Hole in One’, Lookers of Oldham, heard about the plans for donating the prize they upgraded the car to a five-door saloon to make it easier to transport the children. Tel: 01623 443 200 Web: http://www.synseal.com 3rd Glazing Industry Fun Charity Golf Day The third annual Glazing Industry Fun Charity Golf Day was held at Shirley Golf Club in the West Midlands on July 29th. Twenty-five teams entered the competition, the largest ever entry for this event. The winning team was Glass and Glazing Products magazine with a total of 85 points, second was Promac and third was Deceuninck. The winners trophy was made by Rankins Glass and presented by 'Mr Glass' Cliff Rankin himself. Longest drive was made by Pam Etchingham from Metsec; Nearest the pin was won by Atul Patel playing in the Promac team. The event committee, consisting of Mike Gray, the Gl@zine's Norman Setra, Andy Dunn of G&GP, and Dave Broxton of Glass Age, expect to raise in excess of £7,000, an increase of some £2,000 over last year's event. Most of the funds raised will be donated to the Parkinsons Disease Society, with a smaller amount going to McMillan Nurses. Our thanks to all of our sponsors: Rankins Glass, Status Systems, Promac, Regent Windows, Glassex, Glass Processing and Technology Show, Plastmo, Proact Solutions, and Indigo Products. Alternative Win for The 4th annual Jotika Golf Day Now a firm fixture in the Glazing industry events calendar, The 4th annual Jotika Golf Day was held last Friday, 13th June – a date that offered a great excuse for having a bad round! Despite which, the overall standard of play was excellent, even from the novices, and there were some very close scores. Darren Pratt won with a 43, while the Winning Team was CDM Overall Winner was Darren Pratt of Alternative Windows with a Stableford score of 43, and who also came first in the 0-18 Handicap. The 19-28 Handicap was won by Anita Day of AG Glass with a score of 40. The Winning Team was CDM, which comprised brothers Jim and Dave Warburton, Jim Jellicoe of Promac, and Andy Priestly of Glass & Glazing Products. The Brownhills Glass team came in 2nd with a score of 84, and snapping at their heels in 3rd place was Alternative Windows with 83. Other prizes were: Nearest the Pin, won by Andy Priestly of Glass & Glazing Products; Longest Drive was Stephen Holden of HW Glass; Most Improved golfer was Jerry Hawthorne of Darby Glass; Best Excuse of the Day (we kept the award despite the date!) was from Phil Manley, also of Darby Glass, who 'didn’t know there was any water there'. Best Gross Score was Jim Jellicoe of Promac, who we think is going to be the one to watch at Mike Grey’s Fun Charity Golf Day held in July, as Jim says he is now going for the ‘hat trick’ of winning the three major industry golf tournaments in a row. Winner of this year’s Media Challenge trophy, sponsored by Austen Harlow Flitter PR for the best scoring Glass Industry Media player, was The Glazine’s own Norman Setra with an excellent score of 33 that saw off the competition (pictured left). The event also raised over two hundred Pounds for the Air Ambulance service, which was raised by taking a £5 bet from each player at the 6th hole to see if they could get on to the green in one. We’re pleased to say that every player that did achieve the feat, immediately returned their 'stake' to this worthy cause. The scores were compiled by the specially written piece of Jotika software that enables Stableford computations to be made as easily and as rapidly as individual scores are entered in to the laptop computer from the player’s scorecard. Jotika will be pleased to give this software away completely free of charge to any industry golf tournament provided there is a benefit to charity from the occasion. JoTiKa (Midlands) Software Ltd Tel: 01386 793415 http://www.jotika.com mailto:sales@jotika.com Eurocell Golf Day Eurocell Profiles Corporate Day was recently held at the Bredsall Priory Hotel and Country Club, in Derbyshire. As well as the golf, there were a number of other activities designed for the non-golfer including 'human table football' and 'falconry'. Colin Teare from Alpine Window Systems claimed the top golfing prize with his 40 point haul, closely followed by 2nd placed Richard Abrahams from Alternative Windows (36 points) and Rick Oliver from Evans Windows in 3rd place (34 points). Mike Brotherton from S.R.Witcomb Bros. claimed the longest drive and nearest the pin. The non-golf competition was won by Eurocell's Commercial Manager Eric Gale's team, which included Martin Houghtby and Andrew Scigala both from Tradeglaze of Lincoln, Steve and Guy Allcock from Stafford Aluminium windows Company and Dave Edwards from Atcost Windows. In the bag: The Promac Golf Tournament 2003 One of the industry's most eagerly sought-after events, the annual Promac Golf Tournament, was held last Wednesday, 28th May at the Moor Hall course near Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands.Scoring to a form of Stableford, invited teams of four players tackled the par 72 course, which was judged to be fair test of golfing ability. The overall winning team (pictured with Promac chairman David Stockton-Chalk, left), included Jim Jellicoe (2nd left), Vic de Costa, Solaglas St Gobain (centre), Jason Williams of UKae (2nd from right), and Nigel Green (right) also of Solaglas St Gobain.Our winners, the so-called 'four musketeers' are also shown celebrating in the bar afterwards! PREMIER'S PACT BENEFITS CHILDREN'S CHARITY Premier Profiles, leading extruder of PVCu window, door and cellular foam profile, has donated the proceeds of its corporate Golf Day - over £7,430 - to the charity PACT (Parents' Association of Children with Tumours and leukaemia), based at Sheffield Children's Hospital. PACT was established 25 years ago, with the aim of providing relief and support for children in the care of Sheffield Children's Paediatric Oncology and Haematology Unit, and to help with the continued care of children following treatment. The charity funds a "Home from Home" just a few hundred yards from the hospital, a refurbished house which is not only a refuge for children receiving and recovering from treatment, but also offers parents and siblings the opportunity to stay with or near the children, providing vital support to families in stressful times. Premier Profiles' donation will be put towards the ongoing upkeep of the PACT Home from Home. Managing director Paul Dickins and commercial director David Mulholland visited the house in person to present the cheque to PACT co-ordinator Beryl Welburn and house manager Sheila Jackson. Beryl commented: "The PACT Home From Home has been open for over ten years now, and is absolutely essential to the well-being of children receiving treatment at the hospital, and their families. We are very grateful to Premier Profiles for their contribution towards the ongoing running costs of the house, which will enable us to continue offering children and their families much-needed support." Paul Dickins added: "I would like to thank all the customers, suppliers and employees who supported our Golf Day and enabled us to raise over £7,400 for such a worthy cause. It was remarkable to see the effort and enthusiasm that PACT puts into caring for poorly children and their families, and we are delighted that our contribution will help, in however small a way, to continue such admirable work." For more information on PACT or to make a donation, call 0114 272 4570. For more information on Premier Profiles call 01302 311200. RETURN TO HOME PAGE