What a horrid day today has been. The lousy weather of the last two days has taken it’s toll with the ladies nine hole open yesterday having to be called off at approx 11.30am and the men’s team competition cancelled before a ball had been strck early this morning. Let’s hope we can get a few more good days in before winter sets in.

Golf Clubs 4 Cash visit (2/10/25)

On Thursday GC4C visited and 11 happy members received Pro Shop credit for their unused golf clubs. Thanks to Connor Wright from GC4C and for everyone who supported the event

Ladies 9 & 18 hole stablefords

Well done to Jo Bryant for winning Thursday’s 18 hole stableford with 36 points. Vicki Wells was the runner up with 35 points. Louise Gerald was third.

Congrats to Barbara Spark for winning the F9 stableford with 20 points. Rachel McDowell was second with 17 points beating Sally Wright on count back.

Seniors Best 2 from 3 team Comp (Wed 1/10/25)

Congrats to Graham Jones, Lee Bramley and John Wright for winning with 43 points. In second place with 41 points were John Kennedy, Nigel Taylor and Tony Adamson.

Kahla Trophy (28/9/25)

Twenty pairs took to the fairways for Kahla Trophy on Ryder Cup Sunday. This was a shotgun start at 3pm playing greensomes over the front nine with all competitors playing from the red tees.

The winners of the Kahla Trophy were Dan and Sue Broadbent with 26 points. Well done great score. The super consistent pairing of Ollie Greaves and John Brook finished as runners up.

In the alternative comp (for those with 1 or more players without an official WHS handicap), Ben Gray and James Gray were the winners. They like Dan & Sue also recorded 26 points.

The Nearest the Line prize on the 1st hole was won by Andy Gregory and on the 6th Hole by Holly Rowlinson.

Thed ay was a great success due to the combined efforts of Holly Rowlinson, James Munnery and myself. As you can see we ot some great photos and hopefully we can grow the event further in 2026.

Medal Final (Sat 27/9/25)

Of the 34 entrants, there was only one score under par an that was the winner Chris Roberts with a nett 67. Gary Beal was second with a nett 71 beating Danny Fox on a card play off. Danny’s score also happened to be the best gross of the day (76).

Well done John Kennedy for showing his season long consistency to win the Bentley with collective best 4 scores of 271 – 9 under par

Last reminder! GC4C will be here at Hale GC tomorrow morning from 0900 – 1100 so bring down your old clubs and bags and see what they’re worth! The amount you receive will be in Pro Shop credit.

As usual, we have lots of results to report on and a news of the GC4C event taking place here on Thursday. Oh and the small matter of the Ryder Cup starts today…..

Golf Clubs 4 Cash

Don’t forget to bring along your unused clubs between 9am and 11am on Thu 2nd October to get mony for them in the form of Pro Shop credit.

If you’re busy on the day, bring them along beforehand and we can speak to GC4C on your behalf.

Ladies Autumn Meeting

Well done to Pam Dixon, Wendy Jenkins, Kathleen McNairney & Gail Sampson for winning the Autumn Meeting with a gross 41 for a nett 28. One stroke adrift and in second place were Gillian Brogdon, Amanda Greaves, Vicki Wells & Jean Green.

Finals Day

We had some water logged bunkers but other than that the course was min great condition for Finals Day after the biblical rain the previous day.

The results were as follows:

• Tony Adamson beat Marcus Davies to win the Reid Plate
• Sally Budd beat Helen Williams to win the Bech Cup
• Mandy Gilbert & Gill Kay beat Chris marsh & Rosi Gerrard to win the ladies foursomes challenge
• Al Kenney & Amanda Greaves beat Min & Andrew Fishwick to win the Gordon Murray Memorial
• Rachel McDowell beat Sally Blackburn to win the Charlton Cup
• John Wright beat Jim Nicholson to win the Owen Memorial Bowl
• Brian Greenbank beat Dave Smith to win the Scratch Knockout

Charlie Hindle and grandfather Roger mattocks were also presented with the Sandiford Trophy which they won earlier in the year, beating Jonny Gray & Johnny Yates in the final.

Medal Final

As mentioned the weather go the better of us on Sat 21/9/25 and we had to abandon the Medal Final. It will be replayed tomorrow.

However before the comp was cancelled Gareth Williams recorded a hole in one on the 13th hole. Well done Gareth!

Ladies Front 9 Medal (Thu 18/9/25)

This event was won by Karen Stockton with a nett 34. Lady captain Vicky Chamberlain was the runner up with a nett 37 beating Amanda Greaves on countback.

Another newsletter chock-a-block full of results as we prepare for Finals Day on Sunday and of course the Ryder Cup at the end of the month.

Kahla trophy

Here’s another quick reminder about the Kahla trophy. I have put the details below in list form to hopefully make it easier to follow:

• It’s a 3pm shotgun start on Sunday 28th September
• It’s a pairs competition (greensomes) from the F9 red tees. 
• Pairs must both be related but be of different generations. For example, father & son, grandmother & granddaughter, uncle & niece etc. The younger player does not need to be a child btw. 
• At least one of the players must be a member here at HGC. 
• At least one of the players must have a WHS handicap.
• To win the Kahla trophy, both players need to have a WHS handicap. 
• If one of the players doesn’t have a WHS handicap, then they can win the other competition that we’re running alongside the Kahla trophy.
• This will be a fun afternoon with the opportunity to stay for a meal afterwards (and invite other family members and friends to join you afterwards if you wish).
• The food choices are 

Roast chicken, sage & onion stuffing, roast potatoes, seasonal vegetables & gravy £13.95
Cheeseburger, fries & coleslaw £9.95
Fruit crumble & custard £4.00

So if you’re up for it, please reply asap giving me the names of the players, which club they play at (if not Hale GC) and how many will be coming for dinner afterwards along with your food choices.

Golf Clubs 4 Cash

The GC4C event is taking place here at HGC on Thursday 2nd October from 9am – 11am. Turn your unused clubs into Pro Shop credit. If you’re busy at that time, bring the clubs to the Pro Shop beforehand and we’ll do the deal on your behalf. Please reply to this missive if you have any questions.

President’s Prize (Sat 13/9/25)

Congrats to Freda & Ian Hunt for winning on Saturday with 39 points. Jan & Chris Ravenscroft were one point behind to take second place beating Rosie Gerrard & Dave Smith on countback.

There were only two winners of the Tote and they were Andrew Fishwick & Dave Smith, making it a profitable afternoon for them both.

Ladies Stableford final (Thu 11/9/25)

Well done Kate Morrison for winning the stableford final with 42 points. Gail Sampson was the runner up with 39 points and third spot went to Fiona Webster.

Jane Wilkinson won the F9 stableford with 20 points and Jane Perks was second with 19 points.

Seniors Results

Lots of winners here, well done to you all.

Tuttle: 1^st Bill Harvey, 2^nd  Peter Wolfenden, 3^rd Keith Thompson
Final: 1^st Graham Jones, 2nd Bill Wrigley, 3rd Adam Hyd
Timpson: 1st Andrew Fishwick, 2^nd Graham Jones, 3^rd Patrick Brown
Morren: 1st Johnny Yates, 2nd Mike Kirchin, 3rd Ian Powell

Medal 8 (5th & 6th September)

A brilliant nett 61 ensured Ade Kershaw won Medal 8 last week. Chris Robert’s was second with a nett 65 and Paul Taylor third with nett 68. The best gross score over the two days was Danny Fox’s 75.

Adult Junior Stableford

The last event of the 2025 season took place on Friday 5th September. Congrats to Haroun & Safe Hammad for scoring a whopping 26 points to pip the McGrails by two points.

Well done Ollie Grieves & John Book for winning the OoM and becoming the first pair to win on two separate occasions in the long history of the event (15 years). Over the season, we had 46 different juniors play in one or more events over the course of the season. Harvey Walsh was second in the OoM and Charlie Blake finished in third place. 

Motocaddy Umbrella Holder Extender

Many of you have enquired about something along these lines over the years and here it is – a Motocaddy umbrella holder extender. It effectively makes your brolly holder 155mm taller so I think it’s going to be a popular accessory. I have them in stock so please pop into the shop to get hold of yours.

I’m delighted to announce that we’ve secured GolfClubs4Cash to stage a trade in event here at Hale GC on Thursday 2nd October from 0900 – 1100.

The way it works is that you come along with your unwanted golf clubs and GC4C will give you a quote to buy them from you. If you accept, that amount is then added to your Pro Shop account as credit.

If you can’t make it on the day, you can leave the clubs with me and I can speak to GC4C on your behalf.

Any questions please reply to this mail shot otherwise we’ll see on the 2nd.

Don’t forget we still have some excellent value stand and cart bags available in the Pro Shop sale.

And also the Kahla trophy still has space on Sun 28th Sept. Remember it’s a gernerational family event played over 9 holes of greensomes with a shotgun start at 3pm. Any questions, please drop me a note.

May Ashton (Thu 4/9/25)

The May Ashton was nearly rained off for the second time yesterday but somehow the forecast wasn’t as bad as predicted. Freda Hunt was delighted to be the winner and get her name on the board with a nett 72 beating Rosie Gerrard on countback. Gill Kay was one shot adrift in third place. 

Mary Cockbain won the F9 Max Medal with a nett 36 and Pauline Keeling was the runner up with a nett 38.

Centenary Trophy (Sat 30/8/25)

Congrats to Chris Wood for winning this event with 39 points beating Martin Oldfield and Howard Gill on card play offs. Martin finished second ahead of Howard.

Ladies (Thu 28/8/25)

In the ladies 18 hole stableford last week, Min Fishwick won with a fantastic 47 points. Tracey Thompson was second with 44 points and Chris Marsh third with 41 points.

In the front nine stableford, Jennifer Bradley won with 24 points and Jan Ravenscroft was runner up with 22 points. Clearly an excellent scoring week all round!

Ollie’s Travels

Ollie Grieves has recently won two juniors events. The first, a few weeks ago, was the Junior European Open Regional Final at Reddish Vale Golf Club. And the second was the Ping Junior event at Denton GC. Ollie can be seen proudly wearing his Hale GC bucket hat and golf shirt. Well done Ollie – what a couple of great wins!

Lots of results and the team comps seem to have all arrived at once over the last couple of weeks.

Hopefully you saw the email a couple of days ago about the Kahla trophy which is a fun pairs generational comp making a comeback in late September. If not, all the information is at the end of this missive – hopefully you can make it.

Golf Bag Sale

There are lots of current range golf bags with an excellent 20% discount available in the Pro Shop now… but hurry – once they’re gone, they’re gone!!

Bank Holiday Frolic (Mon 25/8/25)

This was a mixed step-a-side texas scramble played over the front nine. The winners with 28 points were Jane Wilkinson, Jackie Murphy, Andrew Hay & Nicola Kitching. The runners up were Barry & Pat Jefferies and Jennifer & Alan Bradley with 27 points. Thanks to Andrew fishwick for organising.

Lady Captain’s Day for the Gentlemen (Sat 23/8/25)

This was the first time this fixture had been held and it was a great success. The scoringwas superb with Jim Nicholson winning with 46 points to extemd his winning streak. Xavier Brooke was one point behind in second place and Paul Gilbert was third with 44 points. Special mention to Gary Beal who broke 80 in a competition at HGC for the first time, by recording a 78 gross.

Nigel Taylor won the nearest the pin on the 4th hole and Roger Laitt won the longest drive on the 15th. Thanks to LC Vicky Chamberlain for arranging uch a great day.

Ladies Charity B9 Reverse Waltz (Thu 21/8/25)

This was in aid of the excellent charity Macclesfield Samaritans. The winning team were Holly Rowlinson, Irene Kirk & Helen Williams with their great score of 52 points. Jean Green, Vicki Wells & Nicola Kitching were runners up with 48 points

Men’s Team Comp (Sat 18/8/25)

Jim Nicholson, Rob Goodall & Ben Fallows won this best two from three comp with 85 points. Roger Flint, Roger Mattocks & Paul Simpson were six points adrift to finish in second spot beating Ade Kershaw, Chris Adams & Dave Smith on countback.

B9YR Step-A-Side Texas Scramble stableford (Fri 15/8/25)

Sue Bryant, Jonny Yates & Jane Wilkinson were the winners of this medal team comp with a nett 30. The runners up were Paul Allen, Mark Williams & Keith Thompson who recorded a nett 32.

Ladies Invitation Day (Thu 14/8/25)

Congrats to Pauline Keeling, G Watmore, Jane Wilkinson / C Rawlings for winning the ladies Invitation with 84 points. Pam Dixon, Alice Madeley, Terri Broadbent & S Odlin finished second with 82 points.

Seniors Stableford 6 (Wed 13/8/25)

Martin Oldfield won SS6 with 22 points. Tony Adamson was second with 21 points beating John Kennedy on countback.

Summer Stableford (Sat 9/8/25)

Another comp and another win for Jim Nic! He won this one with 40 points beating John Kennedy on countback. Neil Roberts was third with 39 points.

Kahla Trophy

We’re thrilled to announce the return of the Kahla Trophy, a much-loved Hale Golf Club tradition that hasn’t been played for several years. This year, we’re giving it a modern twist to make it more fun and inclusive than ever!

Date: Sunday 28th September 2025
Shotgun start: 3pm
Format: Front 9 Greensomes stableford– perfect for all abilities
Tees: red tees (for all players)
Entry Fee: £5 per pair

This year’s Kahla Trophy is for everyone with a family connection, not just parent/child! Bring along your mum, dad, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, sibling, in-law… the pairs just need to be of different generations. So for example grandmother & grandson works but husband & wife doesn’t. And at least one player in each pair must be a Hale Golf Club member, which means your playing partner can be from outside the club. 

The Kahla trophy will be won by the pair that both have WHS handicaps and return the best score. If one or both of the pair don’t have WHS handicaps, they’ll be competing for a separate prize.

We’re also adding a 21st-century twist with fun spot prizes throughout the day so there’s something for everyone to play for, no matter how your scorecard is looking.

After golf, enjoy dinner and the prize presentation in the clubhouse. (food is likely to be a Sunday roast or burger & chips and will be charged separately from the entry fee). Other family members are warmly invited to join for the evening celebrations.

Let’s make the return of the Kahla Trophy a friendly, welcoming day that celebrates both golf and family.

To enter, please sign up by replying to me at this email address. Any questions, please speak to Holly Rowlinson or myself.

It’s busy one this week as we have lots of result to catch up on!

Don’t forget that there is a 9 hole team competition on Fri 15/8/25 so please sign up if you fancy a game.

Nine and Dine on Fri 8/8/25

Well done to Rob Manley, Linda Pennington, Sue Bryant & Robert Spark for winning this best two from four team format with 46 stableford points. The runners up were Al Kenney, Chris Marsh, Joanne Bryant & Glyn Isaac with 43 points. It was played over the back nine.

Par Trophy and 9 hole stableford on Thu 7/8/25

Congrats to Tracey Thompson for winning the Par Trophy with a score of 1up. There were 3 other players with the same score but it was helen Wiliams who ended up takng the runners up spot following the card play off. Sally Blackburn was third and Caroline Perkin was fourth.

Well done to Morven Millar for winning the 9 hole stableford with 20 points in one of her first ever comps. Kerry Bailey was second with 19 points.

Mixed TNC – Thu 7/8/25

Thanks to Irene Kirk for these great photos from Thursday’s mixed TNC.

Medal 7

Well done Peter Atherton for winning Medal 7 with a nett 67. Junior captain Olly Mills was second with a nett 68 and Ian Powell third with the same score. The best gross score of the comp was Danny Fox with a 79.

Honourable mentions to Tommy Lamb and Sam Hazlehurst for shotting nett 61 and 67 repsectively. Unfortunately they had not played enough comps in the previous 12 months for their scores to be able to count.

Centenary Trophy & 9 hole comp on Thu 31/7/25

Janet Grant won the Centenary trophy with a fine nett score of 68 and Clare Withey was the runner up with a nett 69.

Vicki Wells won the front 9 hole medal with an excellent nett 31 and Mary Cockbain was second with a nett 34.

Seniors Texas Scramble on Wed 30/7/25

There were two comps that took place in this event – one from the yellow tees and one from the red tees.

The winners of the yellow tee comp with 24 points were Tarik Rashid, Martin Oldfield and Ian Macklin. And the winners of the red tee comp, alsow ith 24 points, were Bill Wrigley, Phil Long and Chairman Paul Glbert.

Medal 6 on Sat 26/7/25

Antony Morris won Medal 6 with a nett 66 and his handicap continues to decrease at a rapid rate so very well done Antony. John Kennedy lost on countback to finish in second spot and gents captain Glyn isaac was third with a nett 67. Danny Fox recorded the best gross again – this time with a 76.

Sam Hazlehurst gets another special mention for recording a nett 61 but again that culdn’t count for the same reasons mentioned previously. Keep up the great golf Sam!

Nine & Dine – Fri 25/7/25

The winners of the Texas Scramble were Terri Broadbent, Bernie Wilcox, John Wilcox and Phil Long. The runners up were David and Mary Cobaine, Ceri and Adam Hyde. Both teams recorded 27 points.

Gentleman Captain’s Day for the Ladies

Irene Kirk won the 18 hole stableford with a whopping 43 points and Mary Cockbain was second with 38 points.

Sue Bryant won the F9 stableford with 19 points beating Jane Wilkinson on count back.

Seniors Stableford 5

This was played over the back nine and Derek Marshal won with a good score of 21 points. Ken Hawes was beaten on a card play off to finish second and Graham Jones was third with 19 points.

Care of the Course

Let’s help the greenkeepers and look after our fabulous golf course – please repair pitch marks and rake bunkers.

Photos

I’m sure Vicki Wells was very happy to have been drawn Scottie Scheffler in the Pro Shop Open sweepstake. Brian Greenbank was second having drawn Harris Englis. Didn’t the golf course and the views look magnificient?

Medal 5

Well done to Jez Allen for recording an excellent nett 63 to win medal 5 on Saturday. Mike Thompson was two shots back to finish second beating Jack Wilcox on a card play off.

The best gross of the day was 75. Both Freddie Fallows & Danny Fox shot that score.

MCJL at Hartford GC on Sun 20/7/25

Hale juniors finished second in the final MCJL league match of the the 2025 season. Hartford made the most of their home advantage. The bad weather meant there were rain delays so well done to the team for battling on. The full team results are below.

HARTFORD – 119 Points
Harvey Loverseed – 42
Cameron Giles – 39
Will Wallace-Hedges – 38

Hale – 110 Points
Fraser Gregory – 39
Ollie Grieves – 36
Matthew Hodder – 35

Sandiway – 97 Points
Thomas Hazlehurst – 37
Oliver Lowe – 30
Leo Murphy – 30

Bramhall Park – 97 Points
Archie Boswell – 34
Tom Hartley – 32
Oliver Gratton – 31

Ringway – 95 Points
Leo Warburton – 36
Ben Davies – 31
Alexander Le – 28

Ladies Competitions

Well done to Kairen Seaton & Kerry Gill for shooting an excellent 44 points to win the Ping 4BBB competition last week. Ann Coulson & Sally Wright were runners up with 43 points.

In the F9 stableford, Nancy Fallows was the winner with 21 points and Terri Broadbent second with 18 points.

Photo

Thanks to Kairen Seaton for sending in this pic. She explained that she hit the ball out of the right hand bunker on the 15th and this was where it finished!! Fortunately Russell was fine – or so he said!!

I think if ever there was an opportunity for a caption competition this could be it…..

Annual Leave

I’m on my hols at the mo so in my absence the pro Shop will be left in the capable hands of Phil, Charlie or Joe. Have a great week!

We have lots of results to catch up on this week. Plus there is one final space available in the Open sweepstake. First to reply will be able to have that one. I’ll be emailing out who has which players tomorrow.

Message from our new President Jane Perks

Jane became president on Thursday so we wish her all the very best for her term f office and bid a fond farewell to John Gower-Jones. Thank you John.

I wanted to say a big thank you to those who were able to be at my inauguration on Thursday and also for all the lovely cards and messages I received, I am very grateful to all of you.

Klaxon

For your information, the klaxon situated near the 14th green is currently not working. It is something Greens have looked into and haven’t yet managed to find a robust fix for. We’ll keep you posted.

HGC Pro Am

Temperature in the 30s and tricky pin positions greeted the competitiors of the 2025 HGC Pro Am. The course was immaculate.

The winning team were Sally Budd, Jo Egerton, Joanne Bryant and their pro John Cheetham with a score of 126 (14 under par). In second place following a card play off were Xavier Brooke, Gary Beal, John Dunn and their pro Steve Croman with 129.

The winning pro, for the third consecutive year, was Jason Dransfield from Heswall GC with a one under par round of 69. There was then a three way tie for runners up spot with level par and those players were Adam Wilson, Matt Tottey and Alistair Waddell.

Simon Greenhalgh won the nearest the pin on the 4th, Steve Smith won the nearest the pin on the 11th and Tracey Thompson won the nearest the line on the 15th hole.

Thanks to everyone for supporting the event and making it such a memorable day.

In the photos below, from left to right we have Jo E, Jo B, John Cheetham & Sally. Then the top four pros: Matt, Jason, Adam & Alistair and in the final photo it’s Tracey and I.

Adult Junior (Fri 11/7/25)

Congrats to Matt McGrail and his father Rick for winning Friday’s Adult Junior. The other top 10 results are below. Below that is the OoM with one event to play on the 5th September. Ollie Grieves is the man to catch!

Ladies Bridgford & 9 hole Max Medal

Holly Rolinson won the Bridgford with nett rounds of 61 (yes you read that correctly!) and 74 for a 5 under total of 135. Chris Marsh was second with 139, which included a superb gross first round of 79.

Tiff Fielden won the Moir Cup with gross rounds of 84 and 51 for a 165 total. Chris Marsh was second in the Moir Cup as well just two strokes behind Tiff.

Jennifer Bradley won the front 9 max medal with a nett 31. Kate Morris was second with a nett 35.

Summer Meeting

The 2025 Summer Meeting was a great success. Thanks to all the competitors for the speed of play and also tothe volunteer marshalls. Huge thanks to all in comps for making this happen with special mention to Guy Levers and Brian Greenbank for all their hard work.

Well done to Alex Mills for his excellent gross scores of 70 and 74 to make a 144 total to win the Galloway Scratch. Chris Hinton was second with 152. The other winners are listed below along with some photos of the winners from Sunday’s presentation.

MCJL at Wilmslow GC

Louis Wild, Joe Booth and Jack Hickson rushed from playing 18 holes at HGC in the second round of the Summer Meeting on Sunday to play another 18 holes at Wilmslow GC to represent our junior section in the MCJL. Thank you lads, well done!

The individual and team results are below. It was clearly a tough day as the best score was 38 points (often these events will have several scores in the 40s). Hale’s best scorer was Ollie Grieves with 33 points.

Thanks to the whole team for taking part. There’s just one more event to play at Hartford GC on Sunday 20th July.