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TEEingoff18 holes,breakfast roll,tea/coffee, buggy£37.504-24 playersCaptains take thehelm at MatfenEuropean Seniors Tour Player JohnHarrison signalled the start of thenew season at Matfen Hall when heintroduced new captains Neil Conwayand Barbara Clayton.The Matfen Hall head pro will, nodoubt, be combining a busy season withplaying on the Seniors Tour, coachingtop players including Ken Ferrie andrunning one of the bet golf operationsin the North.Not many set-ups can boast 27holes, an excellent par three course anddriving range in a stunning location witha clubhouse and a top-quality hotel.The drive in was followed by a ninehole Texas scramble competition withAlfy Wood eagling the second to help histeam including Jimmy Howarth, JohnUrwin and Doug Stuart to victory.Matfen golf manager Peter Smithsaid: “The course is in excellentcondition for the time of year andeverything is in place for Matfen to haveMOOR ALLERTONGOLF CLUBCoal Road, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS17 9NH• 27 stunning golf holes – 3 loops of nine• State of the art performance centre• Pay 90% in our 90th year. £1042 for12 months. Age-related discounts apply• Host venue for Europro Tour for 2013Call 0113 266 5209 now for a great day outCall 0113 266 1154 for membership enquiriesanother memorable golfing year.”Both Harrison and Ferrie will behoping for the same as their seasonstarts to really get under way.Fourth place in the Spanish SeniorOpen was the highlight of Harrison’ssecond Senior Tour campaign as hefinished the year in 32nd position on theOrder of Merit, a steady improvementfrom 41st position in his debut season.It was a hat-trick of Harrisons on theSenior Tour, following in the footstepsof elder brothers Philip and Steve andhe did play on the European Tour as didPhil experienced that has proved crucialin his coaching career with doubleEuropean Tour winner Ferrie.Harrison has been Ferrie’s coachsince the Ashington lad was 16 butthere’s more to him than that as heproves by winning regularly on the Northand NE and NW PGA scene and morethan holding his own on the SeniorsTour.06 Northern GolferTel 0113 2665209www.magc.co.uk