In this week’s missive, we have plenty more results for you to catch up with and news of some ladies group coaching sessions. Enjoy the read!

Frolic

Well done to new recruit to the ladies section Kerry Gill for winning the bank holiday frolic with 21 points. Gentleman captain Dave Wainwright, Chris Adams and Andrew Fishwick all scored one point less to finish just behind Kerry.

Ladies Max Score Medals

Congratulations to Terri Broadbent for winning her first 18 hole competition on Thursday,. She shot an excellent nett 69 to do so. Gillian Recorded the same score but was beaten via a card play off. Rosie Gerrard finished in third place.

Sue Bromley was the winner in the front nine max score medal with a nett score of 35. Vanessa Veitch also scored a nett 35 but like Gillian was beaten on countback. Emma Daynes finished one shot further back to take the third spot.

Ladies Group Coaching Sessions

I emailed out some information yesterday about some ladies group coaching for the newer members of the club. The response has been great and some of the classes are already full. Despite that, please email if you’d like to take part as I will endeavour to put on extra sessions wherever possible. The dates, times and topics are as follows:

DATE	TIMES	TOPIC
Fri 13th May	1400-1500	Chipping – simple techniques & strategies for when you’re just off the green
Mon 16th May	1000-1100	Putting – learning the key variables of distance control and direction
Wed 25th May	1100-1200	Bunker Shots – taking away the fear of sand shots
Fri 10th June	1400-1500	Driving – gaining more distance and more accuracy
Fri 17th June	1100-1200	Rules & Etiquette – looking at situations that can crop up at HGC

Each group will have a maximum of four participants and the price will be £15 per person. This price includes a tea or coffee in the clubhouse afterwards.

Junior Matchplay

The closing date for this year’s junior knockout is the 10th May. Please remind your son, daughter, grandchild about this if you it applies to you. Please just let me know via email. Thank you.

Junior Stableford

Well done to Rory Hobbs for winning this event on Saturday. He scored a very creditable 20 points. Matthew Hodder and Alex Mills finished as runners up with 16 points.

Adult Junior

We ran the first event of the 2022 season on Friday and had a good turn out of 12 pairs. The winners with 22 points were Tommy and Roger Lamb and it would be remiss of me not to mention that Tommy was using his newly bought clubs from the Pro Shop for the very first time!! Ollie Grieves and John Book finished two points behind in second place. Matthew Hodder and Al Kenney were third with 16 points.

The next event is a week on Friday so please let me know asap if you would like to play. So the remaining events are as follows:

• Friday 13th May (tee times from 1730)
• Friday 17th June (tee times from 1730)
• Friday 29th July (tee times from 1730)
• Friday 9th Sept (tee times from 1730)
• Sunday 6th Nov (tee times from 1400) – end of season junior awards (golf, dinner and presentations)

Boys Toys

Thanks to Colin Bamford for this photo of hefty hire equipment arriving at the club last week. Just look at that beautiful blue sky too…