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Ben Jackson (golfer)
Benedict Jackson (born 23 May 1967) is an English professional golfer who has resided in Australia since 1987. During the course of his career, he has won several major golf tournaments, most notably the Western Australian Open in 1995. Biography Jackson was born on 23 May 1967 in the village of Helperby, North Yorkshire. He was educated at the private King's School in Ely, Cambridgeshire. As a young amateur, Jackson represented the England Boys team in 1984. In 1987, at the age of 19, Jackson emigrated to Australia where he went on to win numerous pro-am events throughout the late 1980s and 1990s. Jackson played in the 1995 Western Australia PGA Championship at Joondalup, finishing second by one stroke. Weeks later, Jackson won the 1995 Western Australian Open in a sudden-death playoff, becoming the first European champion in the tournament's history. He temporarily retired from professional play in 1999. In 2018, Jackson gained a place on the Australian PGA Legends To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helperby
Helperby is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brafferton and Helperby, in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England, about five miles west of Easingwold. Over the years it has joined onto Brafferton. On 1 April 2019 the parish was merged with Brafferton to form "Brafferton and Helperby". Helperby has the Millennium Village Hall, a butcher's shop, a doctor's surgery and a mobile bakery and post office (open only on specific days). There are two pubs, one a restaurant with rooms, one a village inn, and a disused Methodist Chapel which is now a house. In 2008 Helperby had a new pavilion at the football and cricket pitch. There is also a war memorial, in memory of war soldiers in World War One There is also an annual beer festival held in September to raise funds for future development of a Children's play area. The film ''The Life and Crimes of William Palmer'' was filmed in the village in 1998. There is now a Children's play area, located ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
