Members

Welcome to the members section. This section will be constantly kept up to date with club news, competition results and all club social events throughout the coming year. Please keep in touch with any club news, stories or events by email webmaster and they can be added to the website.

 

News & Newsletter

For an update on all the club news please download the latest newsletter. Click on the download icon to get your own copy. If you do not run Adobe Reader on your pc then you can grab a copy by clicking on the link below.

March/April 08

 

The Open  Daryl played first qualifying round for the Open today at Effingham GC and we all wish him the best of luck. Check out his scoring here.

Paul Ryder is the 2008 Club Champion. Paul has won this big event now 5 times and played very well in very hot conditions scoring 144 over the two rounds. The course was in fantastic condition and was playing very well indeed with the wonderful weather we had. Congratulations to Paul and to all that competed. Please see the results page for listings.

New Course Record- Oliver Hooper has claimed a new course record and also clinched the title of the Open Championships whilst doing it. Well Done Oli.

Please visit the results page for full results on this and all other club competitions.

 

 

Filton Forum

Filton Forum Login (new members will need to register)

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Filton Forum - The forum now has 99 members and growing. The forum now has a new look to it and I will be making a few personal changes very soon. Existing members just input your log in details above. Non-registered members please click here to register. Please put in your name and a password that is familiar to you only and then you will be approved as a member within 24 hours. There are lots of different sections to look at, to post messages, or to communicate with other members. Get online and have your say!

 

Captain 2008 - Gary Duke

Gary Duke

As you will all be aware the course is in very fine condition due to the very hard works completed by our dedicated green staff. I would like to personally thank Marcus and his staff particularly for their super efforts to present the course for my captain’s charity golf day on the 16 May. The kind messages and thank you calls that I have received since then have congratulated us on the condition of the course, our service and our facilities. We may win some new members as a result.

More of that wonderful event a bit later.

The first bank holiday mixed greensomes competition held on the 5th May brought out another good number of our members who enjoyed the event immensely. The eventual winners of division two were Chris and Kathie Foran with 38 points, John Ireland and Maureen hatch in second place with 30 points coming second on count back. In division one Barry Wilcox and Esme Mannering came first with 36 points with me and our lady captain Judith Brain in the prizes again at second place with 35 points again on count back. These events really are good fun and I hope for an even better field for the bank holidays to come.

The first Texas scramble held on Saturday 25th May was a bit of a wash out due to bad weather, we had four hardly players complete the course and I would guess that they feel they have won hands down. Sorry not so lucky chaps this competition will be re-scheduled to a later date in the year.

The Doug Lockyer memorial trophy mixed competition due to take place on Monday 26th May was unfortunately cancelled due to the exceptionally bad weather; this will also be re-scheduled to later in the year.

Returning to my charity golf day. The entire event went off very well with some 140 players enjoying a very good day of golf and fun in the sunshine. I have to sincerely thank my wife, my daughter, her best friend, my sister in law and my wife’s best friend for their sterling efforts to feed the players at the halfway house which this year (after our own facility was wrecked by arson) was located on the patio.  We changed the course around with players starting off the 10th tee; which made the spectacle of Daryl our professional on his knees challenging all players to out drive him even more enjoyable.

Daryl raised the princely sum of £960 for my charity and I offer my sincere thanks to him for this outstanding contribution. I hope that your knees are getting better.

More thanks are of course due to Julia and her staff at the bar and in the kitchen for their hard work in keeping everyone happy and well fed. Thanks also to our secretary Trevor and his assistant Linda for their huge efforts in making the whole day go so smoothly. Thanks to Andy Chivers for getting the scores to appear on our new plasma TV, this made a huge difference to the day and created a great deal of interest as players finished their rounds. Thanks to Jim Henderson for his booking in desk and of course to our course Marshalls in getting everyone off the tenth in timely fashion. Thanks to Graham “The Bear” Maggs for his outstanding efforts.

To all of those members and guests who took part on the day and to those who provided me with many items to raffle and auction, I extend my sincere thanks for your contributions as the entries and items provided helped raise the total on the day to a figure close to £7,500.  My charity the New Siblands School in Thornbury are truly delighted and have requested that I offer their sincere thanks everyone concerned. The figure raised so far will go a very long way towards their much needed total which will help them in their bid for a very large sum of money from a government charity.

“I just knew that Filton would come through as you do every year”

The next high profile date for my year will be captain’s day on the 29th June when I again hope to reverse the course; we will be holding a barbeque at the half way rest station on the patio. I look forward to seeing many members there on that day; hopefully the weather can be a little kinder to us than it was this bank holiday weekend.

Finally I would like to wish everyone a great golfing year at Filton

 

 

 

Pro Shop

Daryl  Jock  Oli  Tom

Daryl our Head Teaching PGA Professional and his staff, Jock, Oli and Tom are on hand to help with any of your problems or technical queries. We now have a live web feed and weekly newsletter that is available for you to see whats on offer and pick up tips and win prizes. I have most of your email addresses but if you are not on the list please click on the link below to register and give your game a helping hand.

Filton Golf Pro

New kit in stock....Callaway square's and mack daddy wedges (back spin has never been easier)

Buggy Hire

  • £15* Per Round (£20 Visitors)
  • £25* Per Day (£35 Visitors)

*Members Rates

Equipment

  • The very latest in all top brands of clubs, clothing and accessories
  • A selection of clothing to suit all seasons
  • A selection of ladies clothing
  • A custom fit service
  • A wide range of demo clubs
  • Filton Golf Pro Price Match (I am on your doorstep if you have any problems)

Services

  • PGA qualified advice on equipment and fitting
  • Club repairs
  • Club refurbishment
  • Loft and lie
  • Re-gripping
  • Re-shafting
  • Pre season check-up

Contact me with any questions or advice

If you would like any Centenary Apparel for 2009 please see order form download below. Spend £70 or more on centenary clothing you get a free cantenary cap worth £12.95

 

 

 

Seniors

Seniors Captain 2008 - Trevor Thompson

Trevor Thompson

The April highlight was Trevors Captains Away Day at Tall Pines. This proved to be a great success and everyone I spoke to thoroughly enjoyed an excellent day of golf on an interesting course. There were lots of prizes and a very good meal and speeches. Two things stick in my mind, one was Bill Gray winning the individual prize with 40 plus points, and the other was, why dont we play there in our Seniors matches? (Aeroplanes? What aeroplanes)


Once again May has given us a few drops of rain, but this time we haven't suffered any match cancellations as a result of it and have been able to play all our scheduled matches. Trevor has managed, sometimes by the skin of his teeth, to field full teams. He asked me to include the following in the hope of attracting more newcomers to seniors inter-club match golf.


Teams are selected on a rotational basis, everyone who enters their name and is then selected are picked irrespective of form or handicap. The principal object is participating in the best tradition of seniors golf. If a player wins, well done.. If the player should be on the losing side, then I hope they have had a good match and made new friends. We like to win, but it is not the end of the earth if we lose.
Here are the more recent results: St Pierre and Shirehampton (away), lost, Chipping Sodbury (home), our first win of the season, (hurrah) followed by Saltford at home, who we also beat, losing none of the individual matches and only halving one-almost a whitewash.. We lost at Cotswold Edge by the same margin that we beat Saltford and then halved our home match with Knowle who, I am happy to say, this year managed to field a full team for us. We lost at Henbury and also Kendleshire, by the smallest possible margin, won at home against St Pierre and, in our last match in May, lost at Cotswold Hills. I discovered on talking to the Cotswold Hills Captain, that they have an abundance of applications for every match, so come on chaps, join the happy wanderers..
Other competitions have been progressing, with Jim Powell winning the Winter Eclectic, well done, Jim. Our over 55's Open is due on 12 June, which will be our first Seniors' major of the year.


I must also say that the work on the greens that we all moaned about when we seemed to be putting on washboards, has paid off and we now have our usual immaculate greens again. Well done Marcus and his men...
I'll finish by wishing all our walking wounded, (latest recruit, John Lewis), a speedy recovery; see you all on the course sometime soon I hope.

 

 

 

 

Ladies

Ladies Captain 2008 - Judith Brain

Judith Brain

 

We are now well in to the season and lots of competitive golf has been played.
In the 3rd round of the Mail on Sunday Classic, Filton narrowly lost to Bowood 3 games to 2 and we lost in our Daily Mail Foursomes match at Forest Hills.
Our Alliance Scratch Foursomes pairing lost on the 18th to Thornbury at Orchardleigh. However the Alliance Handicap Foursome pair, Sue Bindon and Josie Peirce, continued their successful run with a win at Knowle against Lansdown. They now go into the Quarter-finals, meeting Bristol and Clifton at Orchardleigh. Best wishes to both.


The winners of the Vie Davis Cup for the best Filton pair in the Mixed Open were Ginny and Pete Peachey.


For the Ladies Open, with good weather, we welcomed visitors from 13 clubs and received many compliments from them regarding the excellent condition and standard of the course. Congratulations to Ginny Peachey for winning the Filton Cup with a nett score of 72. We now look forward to the Ladies Club Championship, Alliance and Friendly matches still to be played and hopefully more good news!!

 

 

 

Social

Goff Pimm

You should all by now have noticed that the club are offering a carvery lunch on (usually) alternate Sunday lunch times. These are proving very popular and, at only £6.95 a head, are extremely good value as anyone who has experienced them will testify. Due to their popularity, to be sure of getting in you need to pre-book, or you are likely to be disappointed! The carvery dates are all advertised on the notice board, or please call the clubhouse for more details and to book on: 01179692021.

The social event calendar has now been drawn up for the rest of the year and we need all members to support them to make them a success. Cross Country Golf and Pig Roast are set for Sat July 26th, so please book early to avoid dissapointment. Please click images below to enlarge.

 

If you have other ideas that you would like to see us try, please contact myself, Trevor, or any other member of the House and Social Committee. (Andrew Chivers, Jim Henderson, Julia, Joy Woodman, or Alan Barclay).

A Date for your Diaries

Cross-Country Golf followed by Julia's Pig Roast. Saturday 26 July 2008. Keep an eye open for the notices.

 

 

 

Centenary 2009

Alan Barclay

The main news to impart this time is the agreement that we have signed with other clubs, that were formed in 1909, to allow any participating club's members the opportunity of playing on other participating clubs courses absolutely free from 1 January 2009. In most cases all the 23 clubs that have signed up to the scheme intend that this arrangement should continue indefinitely. I am sure you will agree that this is a great perk to have as a club member and I know that there will be plenty of our members looking forward to playing some of these courses. Obviously there are controls, you can't expect to spend your summer holidays in Weymouth and get free golf every day for example, but as long as no-one tries to abuse the system it is a nice little bonus for being a Filton member.
We have produced a mug with the Filton Centenary crest on it, available as shown behind the bar in the club house, or in porcelain. If you would like to have one (or more) please order them at the bar, with payment, and I will place an order when I can put a sizeable one together. The price is £5 per mug.
Also don't go buying your 2009 calendar from anyone else, the Filton Centenary calendar will be available in a few weeks. It will have seasonal views of the course, space for appointments and dates of Centenary year events - not to be missed!

You may have some thoughts of your own and would like to discuss these with us, please feel free. If you want to contact me by email below.

  

2009 will be a year when you can proudly say “I am a member of Filton Golf Club”

 

 

Fixtures

March

Date
Fixture
Time
H/A
Mon 03
Start of Maintenance Week
   
Tue 04
Maintenance Week
   
Wed 05
Maintenance Week
   
Thu 06
Maintenance Week
   
Fri 07
Maintenance Week
   
Tue 11
Ladies Roll-Up
10:00
 
Sat 15
Stragglers Pre-Season Match
15:00
Home
Tue 18
Seniors-V-Cotswold Edge
12:30
Home
Thu 20
Ladies-V-Seniors
12:00
 
Mon 24
Mixed Greensomes
   
Thu 27
Seniors-V-Clevedon
15:00
Home
Sat 28
Professional Medal (White Tees)
   

 

 

April

Date
Fixture
Time
H/A
Thu 03
Seniors-V-St Pierre
12:00
Away
Sat 05
P.G.A. Trophy medal
   
Sun 06

Business Ladies Stableford (Q)

   
 
Juniors-V-Chipping Sodbury
13:00
Home
Mon 07
Seniors-V-Shirehampton
12:00
Away
Tue 08
Ladies Stableford (Q)
09:00
 
Thu 10
Seniors Percy Owen (1) Medal
   
Sun 13
Business Ladies Medal
   
 
Juniors-V-Knowle
 
Away
Tue 15
Ladies Medal
09:00
 
 
B.A.G.S-V-The Bristol
16:00
Home
Wed 16
Midweek Medal
   
Thu 17
Seniors-V-Chipping Sodbury
13:00
Home
 
Stragglers-V-Glos Police
16:00
Home
Fri 18
Juniors-V-Saltford
14:00
Home
Sat 19
Verdon Smith Spring Cup
   
Sun 20
Business Ladies Kit Kat (Q)
   
  Cap Charity Junior Qualifier
13:00
Medal Qualifier
Mon 21
Junior Night
18:00
 
Tue 22
Ladies Kit Kat (Q)
09:00
Home
 
B.A.G.S-V-Weston Super Mare
16:00
Home
 
Seniors Away Day (Tall Pines)
   
Thu 24
Seniors-V-Saltford
16:00
Home
 
Stragglers-V-Henbury
16:00
Away
Sat 26
B.A.G.S-V-Tony Screen Cup
14:00
Home
Sun 27
Famous Grouse
   
 
Juniors-V-Saltford
 
Away
Mon 28
Seniors-V-Cotswold Edge
13:00
Away
Tue 29
Ladies Extra Medal
09:00
 
Wed 30
Stragglers-V-Bristol & Clifton
16:00
Away

 

May

Date
Fixture
Time
H/A
Thu 01
Seniors-Jackson Medal (Q)
   
 
Stragglers-V-Lansdown
 
Home
Sat 03
County Medal
   
 
Business Ladies Medal
   
Sun 04
Juniors-V-Bath
13:00
Home
Mon 05
Mixed Greensomes
   
 
Junior Night
18:00
 
Tue 06
Ladies Coronation Foursomes
09:00
 
Wed 07
Midweek Medal
   
Thu 08
Annual General Meeting
20:00
 
 
Ladies Ping 4BBB Qualifier
   
 
Seniors Percy Owen(2) Medal
   
Fri 09
1st Team-V-Long Ashton
17:30
Home
Sat 10
Business Ladies Stableford
   
Sun 11
Open Championships
   
Tue 13
Ladies Stableford
09:00
 
 
B.A.G.S-V-The Park
16:30
Home
Thu 15
Seniors-V-Knowle
13:00
Home
 
Stragglers-V-Shirehampton
16:00
Away
Fri 16
Captains Charity Day
   
Sat 17
Members Invitation
   
Sun 18
Business Ladies Medal
   
 
1st team-V-Weston-Super-Mare
14:00
Away
Mon 19
Seniors-V-Henbury
13:00
Away
 
Junior Night
18:00
 
Tue 20
Ladies Medal
09:00
 
 
Seniors-V-Kendleshire
10:00
Away
Wed 21
Stragglers-V-Mendip Spring
16:30
Away
Thu 22
Seniors-V-St Pierre
13:00
Home
Fri 23
Ladies Friendly-V-Thornbury
09:30
Away
 
1st Team-V-Lansdown
17:30
Away
Sun 25
Texas Scramble
Shotgun
 
  Juniors-V-Bath
15:00
Away
Mon 26
Doug Lockyer Mem Trophy
   
Tue 27
Ladies Medal Winners Play Off
09:00
 
Wed 28
Mid Week Medal
   
Thu 29
Seniors-V-Cotswold Hills
13:00
Away
 
Stragglers-V-Lansdown
16:00
Away
Fri 30
2nd Team-V-Mendip Spring
17:30
Home

 

 

June

Date
Fixture
Time
H/A
Sun 01
Mixed Open
   
 
Stragglers-V-Weston-Super-Mare
14:00
Away
 
Juniors-V-Lansdown (Knockout)
15:00
Home
Mon 02
Junior Night
16:00
 
Tue 03
B.A.G.S-V-Woodspring
16:30
Home
 
Seniors-V-Cotswold Hills
13:00
Home
 
Stragglers-V-Knowle
16:00
Away
Thu 05
Ladies Open Day
15:00
Home
Frid 06
1st Team-V-Clevedon
17:30
Home
Sat 07
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
   
Sun 08
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
   
Tue 10
Ladies medal
09:00
 
 
Stragglers-V-Cotswold Edge
17:00
Home
Thu 12
Seniors (Over 50) Open
   
 
Ladies Friendly-V-Shirehampton
12:00
Away
Fri 13
1st Team-V-Long Ashton
17:30
Away
Sat 14
Strathcona Shield
   
Sun 15
Business Ladies medal
   
 
2nd Team-V-Woodspring
14:00
Home
 
Juniors-V-Chipping Sodbury
 
Away
Mon 16
Seniors-V-Bristol & Clifton
12:45
Away
 
Junior Night
18:00
 
Wed 18
Ladies medal
09:00
 
 
Midweek Medal
   
Thu 19
B.A.G.S-V-Stragglers
16:30
Home
 
Seniors-V-Chippenham
12:30
Away
Fri 20
2nd Team-V-Knowle
17:30
Away
Sat 21
Ladies Club Championships
13:00
 
Sun 22
Ladies Club Championships
13:00
 
 
2nd Team-V-Shirehampton
14:00
Away
 
Stragglers-V-Mendip
14:30
Home
Tue 24
Ladies Challenge Cup
09:00
 
 
B.A.G.S-V-The Dukes
16:30
Home
 
Seniors-V-Wells
13:30
Away
Wed 25
Ladies Friendly-V-Henbury
13:45
Home
 
Stragglers-V-Mendip Spring
14:30
Home
Thu 26
Seniors-V-Clevedon
12:00
Away
Sat 28
Captains Driver
   
Sun 29
Captains Day
   
Mon 30
Junior Night
18:00
 

 

 

July

Date
Fixture
Time
H/A
Tue 01
Ladies Friendly-V-Lansdown
13:45
Home
Wed 02
Midweek medal
   
Thu 03
Seniors-V-Bristol & Clifton
13:00
Home
Sat 05
Michael Pruett Cup
   
Tue 08
Ladies Friendly Trophy
09:00
 
 
Seniors-V-Lansdown
12:15
Away
Wed 09
Ladies Stableford
   
Thu 10
Seniors Veteran Cup-Stableford
   
 
Stragglers-V-Cotswold Edge
17:00
Away
Fri 11
1st Team-V-Cumberwell
17:30
Away
 
Ladies Friendly-V-Knowle
13:45
Home
Sun 13
Business ladies Stableford
   
 
1st Team-V-Weston-Super-Mare
14:00
Home
 
Juniors-V-Knowle
15:00
Home
Mon 14
Seniors-V-Kendleshire
13:00
Home
 
Junior Night
18:00
 
Tue 15
Ladies Invitation Day
   
 
B.A.G.S-V-Orchardleigh
16:00
Home
Wed 16
Midweek medal
   
 
Seniors-V-Chipping Sodbury
13:00
Away
 
Stragglers-V-Saltford
16:00
Away
Thu 17
Seniors Championships
   
Frid 18
1st team-V-Clevedon
17:30
Away
Sat 20
Ken Gooder Trophy
   
Sun 21
Business ladies Medal
   
 
Open Championship Shambles
Shot Gun
 
  2nd Team-V-Bath
14:00
Home
Tue 22
Ladies Muriel Button Medal
09:00
 
 
B.A.G.S Captain-V-Vice Captain
16:00
Home
 
Seniors-V-Saltford
12:45
Away
Thu 24
Seniors-V-Lilley Brook
13:00
Away
Fri 25
Ladies Friendly-V-Bristol & Clifton
13:45
Home
 
Stragglers-V-Bristol & Clifton
16:00
Home
Sat 26
Business Ladies Medal
   
Sun 27
2nd Team-V-Knowle
14:00
Home
Mon 28
Junior Night
18:00
 
Tue 29
Ladies Extra Medal
09:00
 
Wed 30
Ladies Friendly-V-Saltford
13:00
Away
Thu 31
Seniors-V-Wells
13:00
Home

 

 

August

Date
Fixture
Time
H/A
Fri 01
1st Team-V-Cumberwell
17:30
Home
Sat 02
Bill Heywood Medal
   
Sun 03
Business Ladies Medal
   
 
2nd Team-V-Bath
14:00
Away
 
Stragglers-V-Weston-Super-Mare
14:00
Home
Mon 04
Junior Open
   
 
Seniors-V-Thornbury
13:00
Away
Tue 05
Ladies Mary Western medal
09:00
 
Wed 06
Midweek medal
   
 
Stragglers-V-Saltford
16:00
Home
Thu 07
Seniors-V-Lansdown
13:00
Home
Fri 08
2nd team-V-Mendip Spring
17:30
Away
Sat 09
Cooksey Trophy
   
Sun 10
Business Ladies Stableford
   
Mon 10
Junior Night
18:00
 
Tue 12
Seniors Summer Cup
   
 
Ladies Friendly-V-Chipp Sodbury
13:45
Home
Wed 13
Ladies Qualifying Stableford
   
Thu 14
Seniors Percy Owen (3) Medal
   
 
Stragglers-V-A&S Police
16:30
Home
Fri 15
B.A.G.S-V-R.S.R.E
13:30
Home
 
2nd Team-V-Woodspring
17:30
Away
Sat 16
Business Ladies Mercia Castle Stb
   
Sun 17
4BBB Open
   
Tue 18
Ladies Mercia Castle Stableford
09:00
 
 
B.A.G.S-V-Stockwood Vale
16:00
Home
Thu 21
Seniors (over 60) Open
   
 
Stragglers-V-Henbury
16:00
Home
Sun 24
1st Team-V-Lansdown
14:00
Home
Mon 25
Mixed Greensomes
   
 
Junior Night
18:00
 
Tue 26
Ladies Friendly-V-Stockwood Vale
13:00
Home
Wed 27
Midweek Medal
   
Thu 28
Seniors-V-Bath
13:00
Home
Fri 29
Lady Captains Day
   
Sun 31
2nd Team-V-Shirehampton
14:00
Home

 

 

September

Date
Fixture
Time
H/A
Tue 02
Ladies Medal
09:00
 
Wed 03
Midweek Medal
   
Thu 04
Seniors-V-Henbury
13:00
Home
Sat 06
Diana Princess Of Wales Trophy
   
Sun 07
Business Ladies medal
   
Mon 08
*Course Maintenance
2 weeks
 
 
Seniors-V-Knowle
13:00
Away
 
Junior Night
18:00
 
Tue 09
*Course Maintenance
   
Wed 10
*Course Maintenance
   
Thu 11
*Course Maintenance
   
 
Seniors-V-Lilley Brook
13:00
Home
Fri 12
*Course Maintenance
   
Sun 14
Stragglers-V-Ladies
   
Mon 15
*Course Maintenance
   
Tue 16
*Course Maintenance
   
 
Ladies Friendly-V-Woodspring
13:00
Home
Wed 17
*Course Maintenance
   
Thu 18
*Course Maintenance
   
 
Seniors-V-Chippenham
13:00
Home
Fri 19
*Course Maintenance
   
Sat 20
B.A.G.S  S&C Cup
14:00
Home
Sun 21
Robert Pierce Mem Trophy
   
 
Business Ladies Winter Medal
   
Mon 22
Junior Night
17:30
 
Tue 23
Ladies Winter Medal
09:00
 
Thu 25
Seniors-V-Thornbury
13:00
Home
Fri 26
Ladies Open Bowmaker
   
Sat 27
John/Diana Bradshaw Rose Bwl
   
Mon 29
Seniors-V-Bath
13:30
Away
Tue 30
Ladies Centenary Roll-Up
   

 

 

October

Date
Fixture
Time
H/A
Thu 02
Seniors-V-Shirehampton
13:00
Home
Fri 03
International Challenge Shield
   
Sat 04
Stragglers Match & Dinner
11:00
Home
Sun 05
Business Ladies Medal
   
Tue 07
Ladies medal
09:00
 
Thu 09
Seniors Les Golledge Trophy
10:00
 
Fri 10
Past Captains Trophy
12:00
 
Tue 14
Ladies Daily Mail Foursomes
09:00
 
Thu 16
Seniors-V-Weston-Super-Mare
12:00
Home
Tue 21
Ladies Friendly Match
   
Thu 23
Seniors-V-Ladies
   
Sat 25
Business Ladies Winter Medal
   
Tue 28
Ladies Winter Medal
   

 

 

November

Date
Fixture
Time
H/A
Sat 08
Ladies Annual General Meeting    
Thu 13
Seniors Stableford & AGM
   

 

 

December

Date
Fixture
Time
H/A
Thu 04
Seniors Christmas Stableford
   
Frid 05 Trophy Presentation Night
20:00