September has lots of golf coming up here at HGC. Tomorrow we have the Seniors stableford final, Thursday is the ladies 18 and 9 hole Medal finals, the last Adult Junior comp of 2024 takes place on Friday afternoon and the Presidents prize is taking place on Saturday.
Rental Trolleys
The Pro Shop has just invested in a new fleet of push rental trolleys, replacing the previous set which were bought approx four years ago. Again they are three wheelers and beautifully weighted so a breeze to manoeuvre round the course and less strain on your back. If you use one, please pay for it in the Pro Shop. If the shop is closed, you can pay behind the bar. Thank you.
Centenary Trophy
Congrats to Ian Goulty for amassing 42 stableford points to win Saturday’s Centenary trophy. Chris Adams was the runner up with 39 points beating Gary Beal following a card play off.
Sale Rail
We also have an end of season sale rail with some items as low as £10. There are some lovely garments on there so if you want to pick up a bargain, don’t hang around!
Ladies Competitions
Well done Joanne Bryant for winning the ladies 18 hole stableford last week with 39 points. Jo Egerton was second with 37 points and Min Fishwick was third, losing out to Jo on countback.
Lisa Warnes won the front nine max score medal with a nett 31. Karen Stockton was second with a nett 34.
Ollie G on Tour
Thanks to proud (and justifiably so!) grandfather and HGC member John Book for some recent updates on Ollie Grieves’ progress.
Ollie was invited to compete in the Grand Final of the Northern Junior Golf Tour recently at Thonock Park GC, Gainsborough. You will see from the attached photo’s that this was a very professional event with the caddies having to wear bibs and players presnted with a sheet of pin positions!!
Ollie played really well but unfortunately had a rotten last hole and so finished 7th on the day but 9th out of 32 in the Tour’s Order of Merit for the year. One of the photos below shows him proudly sporting his competitors badge alongside his Hale GC badge on his bag.
Clearly Ollie’s experience in this alongside playing for Hale GC in the MCJL and also doing the Link Golf Junior Tour more locally has been a great learning experience in the wonderful game of golf, alongside which Ollie has made some really good friends in the sport and in doing so is maintaining a life learning experience which is maintaining his desire to progress and do well.
Ollie used the last hole disappointment to spur him and so went onto win the Link Golf event in the 12-15 year age group at Greenmount GC, Bury on Sunday afternoon with his mum Kirsty as caddie. He won by four shots.
Well done Ollie – it’s not just your grandfather, we’re all super proud of you! And I love the penultimate paragraph – isn’t that what it’s all about??
