So with each week that passes, things inch closer to returning to how they were pre pandemic. The club’s takeaway bar service has added food to it’s list of options and Medal 1 took place on Saturday for the men. The ladies start with both a nine and eighteen hole stableford on Thursday in aid of Maggie’s Charity.
There was an enormous turnout for Medal 1 with approximately 90 golfers taking part. This is certainly the biggest field for a men’s competition during my time at the club. Rob Manley won by breaking 90 gross and shooting a tremendous nett 63. Congratulations Rob – it must be all down to those new Ping clubs you recently bought 😉
Brian Greenbank finished in second place with a nett 68 beating both Howard Gill and Roger Laitt on count back. Charlie Hindle finished fifth with a 69. There were then nine nett 70s and so all of these players have qualified for the Medal Final which is scheduled for September.
A big thank you to our Chair of Greens Ian Hunt for all his hard work behind the scenes preparing online scoring, booking systems and collating scores to ensure the smooth running of this and other competitions.
Beginner Ladies Coaching Programme
We are resuming the ladies lessons from this week so if you know anyone who might be interested then please ask them to contact me asap. The ladies who have enrolled are allowed to use the club’s practice facilities so please make them feel welcome should you meet. The programme leads to an initial temporary membership and ultimately full membership (we hope) down the line.
A Belated Happy Birthday!
Peter Turkington’s 50th birthday celebration took place on the course the other week. As you can see, his friends turned up with a special outfit for him to wear during his round. Thanks to Roger Sheen for sending this photo in and as he commented “it’s great to see an NHS key worker relaxing.”
