Author: Richard Booth

Today we have a round up of the weekend’s Pro Am, the ladies Bridgford and Moir Cup competitions plus some Ping demo day and wood working news! Please enjoy.

Pro-Am

The forecast was mixed for Saturday’s Pro Am but we just about escaped the bad weather until approximately 7pm when the last group of Jonny Gray, Johnny Yates, Ian Goulty and their pro Matt Tottey were playing their 18th hole. The heavens opened and the rain was biblical within seconds. They were tremendous sports finishing off their round in dreadful conditions as yours truly was squidying the final green! A big thank you to the four of them for their help in enabling us to complete the competition.

So onto the results. The winners of the Pro Am were Chris Brown, Paul Hilton, Nick Maxwell and their pro Matthew Pritchard with an an excellent 122 (18 under). Second place, on 125 (15 under) after countback, went to Paul Gilbert, Andy Gething, guest Christian James and their pro Haydn McCullen. Third spot was also decided on countback and that was Tracey Thompson, Tiff Fielden, Mandy Gilbert and pro Paul Jones.

In the professional individual event, Jason Dransfield breezed it round in 63 to shoot a new course record. The previous one was 60 by Chris Sands a few years ago but that was on the old layout (before the introduction of the par three 4th / 13th) and so that no longer stands. Jason is a great player and also a great guy so I’m delighted he ended up as the winner. Second place with 68 was shared between Haydn McCullen and Anthony Waddell.

Many thanks are required after hosting an event of this nature so here goes (my sincere apologies if I’ve omitted anyone). Thank you to the club for enabling us to host the event and all the amateurs who kindly spent their hard earned money on entering a team. Thanks to my fellow pros for coming along and also Iwan and Michael the hard working PGA staff on the day. The course was in magnificient shape so big thanks must go to Russell, Dave and Phil for their hard work in preparing it. Thanks also to Ben and the bar & catering team for doing a great job before and after play in keeping the golfers well fed and watered. Finally thank you to my super team of Will and Phil for lookinng after the shop and also playing in their first Pro Am in Will’s case. Roll on 2024….

Bridgford & Moir Cup

Last week was a big one in the Hale ladies golfing calendar as the Moir Cup and Bridgford took place on Wednesday and Thursday. The winner of the Moir Cup was Tiff Fielden with a gross score of 155 over the two days. Michelle Rea was the runner up..

The winner of the Bridgford was Joanne Bryant with nett scores of 72 and a superb 62 (yes, you read that correctly!!) for a total of 134. Tiff was second with 139 and lady captain Jan Ravenscroft was third with 142.

The winner of Thursday’s 18 hole max medal was Terri Broadbent with an excellent 66 and the winner of the back nine hole max medal was Diana Harris with a nett 33. The winner of the most improved player from day 1 to day 2 was Louise Gerald.

Tiff also won the day one nett prize and Jo Bryant won the day two nett.

Well done to all the winners – there was some really great golf played. A big thank you to Gill Kay and team for organising the event.

Ping Demo Day

Thanks to everyone who attended on Monday. Alex from Ping and I had set everything up on the practice ground, only for the pesky weather to intervene again! We had a quick change of location to the swing room. Alex was very attentive so hopefully all those that came along found the experience really useful and informative. From the Pro Shop’s persepctive, we’ve made some sales which is great news for the business!

Touchscreen Cabinet

Below is a photo of Kevin Gerard posing with his handmade, beautifully crafted cabinet which now houses the computer that resides outside the Secretary’s office. It is made from oak, some of which is from fallen trees from our very own golf course. On behalf of the club, thank you very much Kevin for this wonderful looking and highly practical cabinet.

We have lots of results and photos this week as the season rumbles on so let’s dive straight in.

Last Call for Pro Am & Ping Fitting Day

We have some spaces left in Saturday’s Pro Am if you would like to make a late entry. Also we have one space left in the Ping demo day which is taking place on Monday 10th July. To book or find out more, you can reply to this missive or call the shop on 0161 249 8427.

Men’s Summer Meeting

Well it was a big weekeknd of golf. Gusting winds and tricky pin positions meant that the best gross socre on Saturday was 79. Adam Laitt dug in though on Sunday to shoot a fine 72 to win the Galloway Scratch Challenge Cup by seven shots from Dave Smith and Tony Bray.

All the other winners are listed below. As you can see, the best 36 hole nett, the Walker Trophy, was won by Gus Murray-Brown with 134. Unlucky Roger Sheen recorded the same score but was beaten into second following ca card play off.

Below are the photos of the various winners including a snap taken by Mike Thompson of Mike Kirchin having a little tree trouble following his first drive of the day – I’m guessing it wasn’t quite the start that he had in mind!

And finally, well done and a big thank you to Brian Greenbank, Guy Levers and Bob Siddle for planning and running the weekend’s golf so successfully.

Golf Lessons

Is your golf not quite where you want it to be as we approach the mid way point of the golf season? Please click here to book a golf lesson with Richard or of course call the shop on 0161 249 8427 or just pop in.

Ladies Exchange Day with Ellesmere GC

I’ll let the lady captain Jan Ravenscroft explain…..

Last Thursday (the 29th) 30 ladies from Hale exchanged courses with 40 ladies from Ellesmere GC. The course and hospitality from Ellesmere was superb (although a rather annoying brook kept making an appearance on many of the holes!)

The winners of the day were Sally Budd, Caroline Massey and Vicki Wells while in second place were Louise Gerald, Caroline Perkin and Jackie Murphy.

There were two nearest the pin holes won by both Gill Kay and Tracey Thompson. The whole event was very slickly organised by Joanna Bates and Helen Davies… we even managed a group photo of the gathering.

The ladies from Ellesmere were so impressed with Hale – not only the course ( especially the new 4th) but especially the meeters and greeters and the whole clubhouse experience.  They’ll be back!

Seniors Texas Scramble

36 players in teams of three stayed dry last Wednesday morning to enjoy a fun nine hole Texas Scramble.

Coming out on top with a very creditable 25 points were Roger Fielding, Andrew Fishwick and Richard Dyson. In second with 24 (following a card play off over the back six) were John Kennedy, Tarik Rashid and Peter Wolfenden. Lee Bramley, John Moss and Mike Massey finsihed third.

Bell Cup

Unfortunately the ladies excellent Bell Cup run came to an end on Saturday evening. Again over to LC Jan for the details:

While a hundred or so members were enjoying Peter and Ben’s BBQ on the terrace, the Hale team were battling the Prestbury ladies away in the early evening gusty wind.

Unfortunately Prestbury’s home advantage won out and we lost in the 3rd round. However a great journey having already beaten Wilmslow and Ringway.

Special mention and thanks to Rosie Gerrard, Bell Cup Team Captain,  for all her organisation coordinating the Bell Cup Ladies over the last two years.

Well we have the men’s Summer Meeting to look forward to this weekend and then it’s the Pro Am the following Saturday. Competitons and results are coming thick and fast at this time of the season…

Open Sweepstake

Believe it or not, the final men’s major of the season, the Open, takes place at Royal Liverpool in just over three weeks time. As usual we are running a sweepstake for this.

It’s £5 for one space or £10 for three spaces. Please just reply to this message or drop into the Pro Shop to take part. Prizes are available for 1st, 2nd & 3rd overall plus the best and worst score each day.

Medal 5

Congrats to Charlie Hindle for shooting an excellent nett 66… with a double bogey on the last! Tony Bray shot a gross 75 which included a one under par back nine to secure the lowest gross of the competition and second place overall with a nett 68. Derek Marshall also recorded a nett 68 but was beaten by Tony on countback.

Nine & Dine

Friday saw the club host a back nine step aside texas scramble. The winning team with 28 points were Andrew & Gill Kay, Rosie Gerrard and Dave Smith. Rob Manley, Kathleen McNairney, Keith Thompson and Diana Hogben also scored 28 points but were beaten into second place following count back. Third spot went to Gail & Tony Sampson and Barbara & Robert Spark with 27 points.

Lady Captain’s Day

The day before was lovely weather for the lady captain Jan Ravenscroft’s big day. Everyone had a lovely time.

The scoring in the 18 hole comp was very good. Noelle Morris won with 41 points and then there were four players with 40 points. Following the card play offs, Diana Hogben finished as runner up and Tracey Thompson was third.

Caroline Smith won the nine hole event with a whopping 24 points. Ann Coulson was second with 20 points whilst Barbara Grant finished third with 19 points.

MCJL at HGC

On Sunday, we hosted the Mid Cheshire Junior League here at Hale GC as twenty seven juniors from six local clubs took to the fairways. Sadly it wasn’t for long as the storm that was forecast rolled in. We had to sound the klaxon and stop play for 45 minutes or so. We then made the decision to complete the competition over nine holes rather that the 18 that was originally planned.

There was some very good scoring with three players scoring 22 points and two players scoring 21 points. The Hale juniors playing were junior captain Matthew Hodder, Olly Mills and Alex Keeling and they scored a very creditable 16, 16 and 15 points respectively.

Spare a thought for one of the boys from another club who made a gross eagle at the first for five stableford points and then proceeded to only pick up three more points over the following eight holes for a total of just eight points. He took it superbly well and was very philosophical about it afterwards. I’m delighted to tell you that all of the juniors were an absolute credit to themselves, their golf clubs and the game of golf.

Huge thanks to the volunteers on the day who were Bill Harvey, Phil Hickson, Noelle Morris and Peter Hardern. Special mention to Edwina Greenwood from Warrington who also just couldn’t do enough to help…. even using her umbrella to escort Michael Oliver to his car as the rain was falling at it’s heaviest!

Eagle

Thanks to Mike Thompson for sending in this snap taken by Roger Sheen after Mike had holed his approach shot from 144 yards for an eagle twoI Paul Hilton then proceeded to hole his shot out of the left-hand bunker for a birdie three!

MIke reported that sadly their rounds didn’t continue at that stellar level adding that “in fact, second time around I got an eight at the 12th, so normal service was resumed!”

We are hosting the MCJL event at Hale GC on Sunday with tee times from 1400. Ourselves and five other clubs will be fielding juniors in this competition. If you could spare a couple of hours to help with ball spotting or helping the juniors find their way round the course that would be hugely appreciated. Please contact me if you can.

Upcoming

The Pro Am takes place on Saturday 8th July and we still have three team spaces left. If you’d like to play (remember it’s very much open to men and ladies), please contact me.

Also the Ping fitting day on the Monday afterwards (10th July) still has some spaces so again let me know if you’d like to try the fantastic new G430 range of golf clubs.

Archie Preston

On Sunday, the 14 player mixed Hale side beat Turton GC away 4:3 and now march on to the last 16 of the competition. Congratulations to all the players! Apparently it was a very humid afternoon which ended in torrential rain, thunder and lightning so it was a relief to get the game completed.

Junior Stableford

There was no men’s competition on Saturday but that didn’t stop the juniors playing a nine hole stableford. Ollie Grieves and Jack Hickson both scored an excellent 22 points but Ollie finished in top spot following the card play off. Oliver Mills finished in third place.

Seniors Stableford 3 F9

Last Wednesday’s front nine Seniors’ Stableford was won by Derek Marshall with a fine score of 22 points. Peter Wolfenden finished seond with 20 points and John Kennedy lost on a card play off having also scored 20 points to finish third.

Mixed TNC Dinner on 15th June

The first mixed TNC dinner was hosted last Thursday and proved to be very popular and a great success. Thank you to Irene Kirk for all these wonderful photos…. you can probably create your own captions!

Be Careful

One of the members reported having to put out a cigarette butt during last week’s very dry spell with bottles of drinking water. It might have been a walker coming past but all the same please be careful and vigilant.

Just a few results to go through this week.

Plus a reminder that there are still two team spaces available in the Pro Am which takes place on Saturday 8th July. Two days after that on Monday 10th July, we are hosting a Ping demo day here at HGC. If you would like to get involved in either (or both!), then please contact me.

Medal 4

The course showed it’s teeth for Medal 4 as the winning score was a nett 70. John Kennedy came out on top. Mike Thompson was beaten into second place following a card play off. Peter Hindle finished third with a nett 71.

The lowest score of the competition was actually a 68 nett which was recorded by Richard Bailey on Friday. Unfortunately because of the Men’s Strokeplay General Terms of Competition (which you can read by clicking here) he was not eligible to either win the event or a prize. 

The same thing happened the previous week in Medal 3 when Richard Robinson recorded an excellent nett 63. In my haste to write my newsletter last week, I neglected to mention it so my apologies Richard.

Ladies Summer Meeting

Last Thursday the ladies played their Summer Meeting. It was a shotgun start and it was two lots of foursomes scores to make up a team of four overall score.

The winners were Kairen Seaton, Sue Fallows, Gwynneth Bramwell & Lynette Lodge with 73 points. Gill Kay, Amanda Greaves, Helen Davies & Pauline Keeling finished second with 71 points following a card play off. Third place went to Sally Blackburn, Pat Jefferies, Sally Budd & Noelle Morris.

Help!

If anyone happens to be knowledgeable about Mailchimp, I’d be very grateful if you could share a few minutes with me as I’m perplexed as to why sometimes my newsletter sends and why sometimes it doesn’t! Thank you.

In this week’s missive, we look at news from the world of professional golf, a great win for the HGC ladies, other competition results and photos from Ollie Grieves frrom Selby GC.

Men’s Professional Golf

Well in the world of men’s professional golf the merger of LIV golf, the PGA Tour and the DP world tour came as a huge shock on Tuesday. It will be very interesting to see how all this plays out in the media over the coming weeks and months.

A much more heart warming story from the professional game that was trending on Twitter earlier in the week was about Viktor Hovland. He won the Memorial on Sunday and then the following day, he was spotted caddying for his friend and former team mate at Oklahoma State, Zach Bauchou, who was attempting to make it through to the final stage of US Open qualifying in Columbus, Ohio. Very classy Viktor…

Bell Cup

Well done to our ladies team that deafeated Ringway at home on Sunday to progress to the fourth round of the Bell Cup. The score was 4:2 when the final match was called off the course. We will play Prestbury in the next round but as I write this, it has not yet been confirmed whether this match will be at home or away.

The team below are left to right: Sally Wright, Louise Gerald, Tiff Fielden, Anne Webster, Rosie Gerrard (team manager & co-ordinator), Helen Davies, Gillian Brogdon and Irene Kirk.

Medal 3

Congratulations to Mark Savill for winning Medal 3 on Saturday with a nett 68. Andrew Cowan was second with a nett 69 and John Kennedy finished in third place.

Interestingly, there’s still a dearth of twos with only four being recorded over the two days of competition.

Ladies Competitions

In last week’s 18 hole Max Medal competition, there was a tie at the top with three players on nett 70. Emma Daynes won on countback, Tiff Fielden was second and Vicki Wells was pushed down to third.

The same thing happened in the nine hole max medal with three players tied at the top. The winning score was nett 34. It was Mary Cockbain who finished on top in this event following the card play off. Sue Bromley was second and Fredda Hunt was third.

Mid Cheshire Junior League at Crewe GC

Olly Mills and Will Grant represented Hale in this fourth fixture of the six event series on Sunday. Will did great in his first MCJL event and Olly had his best performance to date recording 33 stableford points on a course that he had never even seen before. Olly also played in his first men’s comp the day before so very well done sir!

The next event is here at Hale on Sunday 25th June with tee times booked from 2pm onwards.

Ollie on Tour

We mentioned Ollie Grieves’ golfing travels in last week’s newsletter and he’s been away again last weekend, this time playing at Selby GC in his third Northern Junior Golf Tour event. This was his best performance to date as he finished joint second with a nett +1.

Thanks to Ollie’s grandfather and HGC member John Book for sending over the wonderful photos below (I hope the newsletter does them justice as I have to make the image size considerably smaller) and we’ll finish with a lovely quote from John:

“Ollie seems to relish the new courses challenge which he hasn’t seen any of these before the day he turns up to play, but also great that friendships with boys from golf clubs all over the North are being made, all in all a great experience in progressing with this wonderful game, and cannot wait until Barrow in July.”

The season is most definitely in full swing as we have a long newsletter this week with loads of results and golf news to report on. Please enjoy!

Firstly, a quick reminder about the Ping Demo Day which takes place at HGC on Monday 10th July. We still have a few spots left so please contact me to reserve your complimentary space.

Frolic

On Monday, teams of four played a reverse waltz stableford from the red tees over the back nine holes. It was a really great turnout and the winners were Kairen Seaton, Joe Bluer, Nick Horrocks and Sally Budd with 48 points. Vicki Wells, Michael Wells, Louise Gerald and Roger Sheen recorded the same score but were beaten into second place following a card play off.

Archie Preston

On Sunday, we played Flixton GC in the Archie Preston at home. The format of this competition is team mixed pairs. Hale romped to a fabulous victory winning all of the first six matches meaning the final match was called in from the course. We will find out in a few days who our next opponents will be.

The team comprised of the Captains; Chris Marsh & Brian Greenbank; Mandy Gilbert & Andrew Cowan; Helen Davies & Paul Simpson; Clare Withey & Dave McGlennon; Sally Budd & Dave Smith and Gwynneth Bramwell & Jonny Gray.

Well done to the whole teams and the photos below show that there was still time for a bit of frivolity…

MCJL

This week our three intrepid juniors played at Styal GC, a course that none of them were familiar with, and acquitted themselves excellently. Seemingly the course was playing tricky with it’s firm greens and thick rough. Junior captain Matthew Hodder recorded 34 points to finish in 7th spot. Alex Keeling was 8th and Sam Morris 17th in a large field of golfers. All of the boys were taking time away from their GCSE revision to represent the club so very well done.

Spring (ish) Stableford

The rescheduled Spring Stableford took place on Saturday and Chris Wood rolled back the years and rolled in the putts to shoot a magnificient 44 points. Dave McGlennon scored a very impressive 41 points to secure second spot. Chris Ravenscroft was third with 39 points. Only four twos were recorded during the competition.

Junior Stableford

Well done to junior captain Matthew Hodder for winning Saturday’s junior stableford with 17 points. He took a break from GCSE revision to take part. Ollie Grieves was second.

Ladies Away Day

The ladies had a lovely day at Astbury GC last week for their exchange day. The winners on the day were Gillian Healey, Lynette Lodge, Kathleen McNairney and Jo Egerton with 92 points. Clare Withey, Sue Bryant, Vicki Wells and Sally Blackburn also recorded 92 points but were beaten into second place on count back. Mandy Gilbert, Wendy Jenkins, Judith Guest, and Val Nelstrop recorded 89 points to finish in third place.

The nearest the pin prize was won by Mandy Gilbert and Jennifer Bradley won the nearest the line challenge. Thanks to Sue Bryant for these wonderful photos and to Gail Sampson & Louise Gerald for orgaanising the day.

Ollie on Tour

Thanks to John Book for supplying this text and these great photos of his grandson and junior member, Ollie Grieves. He was representing Hale GC earlier int he week in his second Northern Junior Golf Tour event at Carlisle GC.

The course was tough but really pleasant and Ollie finished fifth on two under par nett out of his intermediate group of 19 players.

At Crewe GC, a couple of weeks ago Ollie finished fourth out of tweleve in his age group. Ollie is playing in another of these events on Wednesday at Selby followed by his last one at Barrow in July.

As John pointed out, these events have been a really good experience for Ollie, and despite him being really nervous when his name gets announced on the first tee, he is able to put himself to the test admirably.

Well done Ollie for having the courage to play in these competitions and we hope your results continue to go from strength to strength.

Inaugural Hole in One

Well done to Bill Wrigley for recording the first ever hole in one on the new fourth hole last week. He was watched by Brian and Phil Long. It’s Bill second hole in one, the first was recorded at Sale GC.

Photo

Thanks to Noelle Morris for sending in this evening photo of the course. It’s of Gillian Brogdon and Gillian Healey following their foursomes matchplay victory last week over Nancy Fallows and Noelle.

This week we cover the results of the last seven days or so and discuss payment of members guest green fees. Plus there’s a reminder about the upcoming Ping demo day.

Ping Demo Day here at HGC

Ping are coming on Monday 10th July with times between 1140 and 1420. Please drop me an email if you like to come along and try their latest range of G430 clubs, which is the top selling driver, fairway, hybrid and iron model year to date in the UK. We reckon some distance and consistency is sure to help your game in 2023 and beyond.

Medal 2

Well done to Alex Mills for shoiting a gross 74 for a nett 65 to win Medal 2 on Saturday. He;s worked hard at his game so it just goes to show what a bit of focused practice can do. Ade Kerhaw recorded a nett 68 to finish as runner up. Phil Long, just back from being poorly, also recorded a nett 68 but lost out to Ade on a card play off.

Nine & Dine

Michael & Vicky Wells and Gail and Tony Sampson won the back nine best two from four stableford on Friday with 46 points. Just one point behind in second place were the all female team of Sue Bryant, Jean Green, Pauline Keeling and Anne Webster.

Ladies Competitions

Congratulations go to Helen Davies and Vicki Wells for winning the R&A Coronation Foursomes stableford on Thursday with 35 points. Two other pairs also recorded 35 points but were beaten on countback meaning Gill Kay and Gillian Brogdon were runners up and Jan Ravenscroft and Tracey Thompson were third.

Val Nelstrop continued her excellent recent form to win the back nine stableford with 21 points. Karen Stockton was second with 20 points.

Seniors Stableford 2

Three players tied on 20 points with a back six card playoff deciding the result last Wednesday. It was John Johnston who finished in top spot, Andrew Kay was second and unlucky Mike Wells who went out first and lead right up to the last few cards went in was finsihed in third place. John Ashworth won three balls for the only two of the day on 13th hole.

Members Guest Fees

Hopefully you saw the memo from Greens that went out the other day. If not here it is again below. In summary, when you book a guest on Club V1 the system does not take payment.

My Golf

I played some competitive golf last week and was delighted to win the PGA Cheshire Championship which was played at Knutsford GC with a three under par round of 67.

I then headed to Essex to play in the PGA Seniors Championships which is 36 holes (one round at Romford GC and one round at West Essex GC followed by a cut. I’m delighted to say that I made the cut and so played the final round at Romford GC. I finished 22nd overall (240 players entered) and shot rounds of +5, level and -1 for a four over par total.

So I was very pleased with these performances and hope I can continue this good form into the rest of the season.

Photos

Thanks to Sue Bryant for these photos f the pong on the new 4th/13th hole. The big dark oval on the second photo is apparently a mass of tadpoles.

The course is looking great, the weather is behaving better and there’s lots of golf to report on – what’s not to like! Let’s dive straight in….

Ping Demo Day

Alex Mason from Ping is coming to HGC on the 10th July from 1100 – 1500. He’ll bring bags (literally!) of the latest Ping clubs for you to try. If you are interested in trying and ultimately buying new clubs, please contact me to book in your apointment. There are only going to be six slots available so don’t waste time 🙂

MCJL at Bramall Park GC

Junior captain Matthew Hodder and Olly Mills flew the flag for Hale GC by competing in the first Mid Cheshire Junior League (MCJL) fixture of the season at Bramall Park GC on Sunday. Matthew scored an excellent 37 points. We’re at Warrington on Sunday and then then we host on Sunday 25th June.

Gentleman Captain’s Prize

As Brian Greenbank put it so eloquently, nobody beat the course on Saturday. It was closely bunched at the top though with Jonny Gray finishing first with 35 points. Graham Jones recorded the same score but lost on a card play off to claim second spot. The world most poorly paid greenkeeper Bill Harvey was third with 34 points!

Only 5 twos were recorded from the very full field. The Shortest Drive prize was bagged by Richard Hogben on the 10th hole. He later claimed it was purely for positional purposes! And the Furthest from the Flag prize on the new 13th hole was won by Bill Dixon, who alas didn’t convert it into a two!

Poor Glyn Isaac’s trolley ended up in the pond on the 4th/13th. It would seem by the number of photos I received of the event and it’s aftermath that his friends weren’t overly sympathetic 🙁

Adult Junior Comp

Congrats to William & James Meadowcroft for winning Friday night’s event with 20 points. Noelle & Sam Morris were beaten on a card play off to finish as runners up.

That win puts William out in front in the OoM with three events to play. However Sam Morris and Matthew Hodder are tucked in close behind. 

If you would like to play in the next event on Fri 23rd June then please let me know. If you want to know what I’m talking about and whether your eligble, then please drop me a line!

Ladies 18 & 9 Hole Stablefords

Well done to Sally Budd for recording a great score of 39 stableford points to win last week’s 18 hole satbleford competition. Our hard working secretary Vicky Chamberlain was second with 37 points.

In the nine hole competition, Val Nelstrop continued her excellent recent form to win again with 19 points. Noelle Morris, who is also playing some very steady golf at the moment, was runner up with 16 points.

Tweet

I love this recent tweet from Jon Sherman of Practical Golf. It’s something we all need to remember, especially when we are so fortunate to play at such a great course and club.

Photos

Here’s a photo of the Shanks Golf Society assembling at the Britannia Inn in Aberdovey last Wednesday prior to their Spring Meeting at Aberdovey GC. Thanks to Alan Bradley for the photo. And a little birdie told me that the current gentleman captain Roger Laitt was the winner of the week 🙂

Thanks to David Burkinshaw for sending in this photo of him having a spot of tree trouble on the 17th hole in Saturday’s Captain’s Prize. I love the trolley in the background to give the photo a little perspective 🙂

Hope you all enjoyed your second consecutive long weekend. We had a reasonably quiet week of news this time around but hope you enjoy the missive all the same.

Ladies Competitions

Well done to Irene Kirk for winning Thursday’s May Ashton 18 hole medal competition with a nett 75. Gwynneth Bramwell was shot back to finish in the runner up spot. Sue Bryant also shot a nett 76 but was beaten by Gwynneth on countback.

Val nelstrop won the nine hole max medal competition that was played over the front nine with a nett 37. Kerry Bailey was one of four players to finish with a nett 40 but she took second place following the card paly off.

The two winners are below plus a very patriotic table decoration for the lady captain from Sandra Mossop.

Adults for the Adult Junior Comps

We have our next Adult Junior competition this Friday with tee times from 1730. Occasionally we are short of adults and that is the case for this Friday so if you’d like to play, please let me know. It’s nine holes from the forward tees and good fun.

If you can’t make this one but are available to help on other occasions, again please let me know. The remaining fixtures for 2023 are as follows:

• Fri 12/5/23 – tee times from 1730 onwards
• Fri 23/6/23 – tee times from 1730 onwards
• Fri 14/7/23 – tee times from 1730 onwards
• Fri 8/9/23 – tee times from 1710 onwards

The Coronation of King Charles III

Gentleman captain Roger Laitt was spotted at Saturday’s nights Coronation dinner wearing this classically understated jacket, waist coat and tie combination!!

Caption from Last Week’s Photo

If you recall last week we ran a caption competition for the photo of the golf shoes in the bin! Thank you to those who sent in their suggestions. My favourite was from Roger Sheen. “Where is the bin for our clubs?” he enquired. 🙂