BITA 2008 Golf Day results

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- 9 Oct 2008 ( #381 )
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James Clark, BITA secretary-general, announces BITA's 2008 Golf Day winners.
James Clark, BITA secretary-general, announces BITA's 2008 Golf Day winners.
The British Industrial Truck Association (BITA) annual golf day was a successful event, despite being cut short due to bad weather.

The winners of 2008 Golf Day, held at Moor Hall Golf Club in September, were CLT Vendor Finance [UK] Ltd, with Linde coming in second.

Competitors from EnerSys, Toyota Materials Handling, Continental Tyre Group and Watts Tyre Service played a shortened course after battling weather more suited to sailing.

James Clark, secretary general of BITA, says the 75 guests defied the weather. "They braved torrential rain and a waterlogged course to play 15 out of the usual 18 holes in the day's Stableford match play."

The winners were presented with prizes at a celebratory dinner attended by David Etheridge, club secretary, and Richard Close, BITA president.

"BITA would like to thank the club staff for working hard to ensure all guests had the best possible day," Clark says.

Results:

1st Team (EnerSys Shield, Mitsubishi Shield and BITA prizes)
Winner: CLT Vendor Finance [UK] Ltd

2nd Team (BITA prizes)
Winner: Linde

3rd Team (BITA prizes)
Winner: Continental Tyre Group

4th Team
Winner: Watts Tyre Services

Longest Drive (Powercell sponsor)
Winner: Graeme Walker
(Warehouse and Logistics News)

Nearest Pin (Powercell sponsor)
Winner: Tom Bauld (Linde)

Overall 1st Individual (Razor salver & BITA prize)
Winner: Nigel Slaughter
(CLT Vendor Finance [UK] Ltd)

2nd Individual (BITA sponsored)
Winner: Roy Burt (Watts Tyre Services)

3rd Individual (BITA sponsored)
Winner: Paul Bates (EnerSys Motive Power)

4th Individual (Continental Tyre sponsored)
Winner: Rex Hinton (Linde)

5th Individual (BITA sponsored)
Winner: Gary Banks (Continental Tyre Group)

6th Individual (BITA sponsored)
Winner: Graham Wilkinson
(Toyota Material Handling Ltd)

Additional BITA prizes:
Winner: John Chalkwright
(Warehouse & Logistics News)

Warehouse & Logistics News Best Gross Score
Winner: Nigel Slaughter (CLT Vendor Finance [UK] Ltd), gross 1 under par
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