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.

It’s day two of the Summer Meeting as I write this missive so we’ll have all the results from that prestigious men’s comp in the next newsletter.

HGC Pro Am 2025

The Pro Am take places next Saturday and there are still team spaces available. If you’ve not played in it before, I urge you to consider doing so as the feedback we get from the event is always so positive.

It’s open to men and ladies and you really don’t need to be an expert golfer to take part. The maximum handicap index for men is 18.4 and for ladies it’s 24.4. If you’re handicap is higher than this, you can still play but you’ll just play off 18.4 / 24.4 on the day. Please contact me if you’d like to know more.

Ladies Away Day at Vicars Cross GC on Thu 3/7/25

The ladies had a fab away day on Thursday at Vicars Cross GC.

The winners with 93 points were Pauline Keeling, Jan Ravenscroft & Jo Bates. One shot back in second place were Sally Blackburn, Caroline Perkin & Sue Broadbent. And in third place, following a card play off, were Corinne Veitch, Min Fishwick & Jane Wilkinson with 90 points.

Caroline Perkin won the longest drive and Pam Dixon the nearest the pin prize.

MCJL here at Hale GC on Sunday 29/6/25

Well done to Jack Hickson for recording 43 points to win the Mid Cheshire Junior League (MCJL) fixture last Sunday by one point. It’s the best 3 stableford scores from 5 to count on the day so you can see from the results below that we also won the team event with 116 points.

It’s been a great season so far with loads of junior section contributing to the team effort. There are two more events to play starting with Wilmslow today (Sunday 6/7/25) so fingers crossed this good form can continue.

Medal 4 (27th & 28th June)

Nigel Taylor rolled back the years to record a nett 60 to win Medal 4 last weekend. Joe Booth was runner up with a nett 63 and Chris Brown finished third with a nett 64. The lowest gross score of the day was 74 and both Dave Smith and Tony Bray recorded that score.

Fraser Gregory shot a nett 62 but unfortunately hasn’t yet played his three qualifying rounds so that score couldn’t count in the competition. 20 players qualifiied for the Medal final which as high a number as I can recall.

Nine and Dine (B9 Reverse Waltz) on 27/06/2025

Congrats to Jan & Chris Ravenscroft and Vicki & Mike Wells for scoring 46 points to win this event from 9 days ago. The runners up were Freda & Ian Hunt and Barbara & Robert Spark with 44 points. Third place went to Richard Jenkins, Lynne Zendra, Linda Pennington & Graham Jones with 43 points.

Senior Stableford 4 B9Y on 25/06/2025

Well done to Bill Harvey for putting down his strimmer, picking up his golf clubs and recording 22 points to win SS4. Martin Oldfield was second with 20 points beating president John Gower-Jones on count back.

On Sunday afternoon, we are delighted to host the Mid Cheshire Junior League (MCJL) comprising of Bramall Park, Ringway, Sandiway, Wilmslow, Hartford and ourselves. 29 junior golfers will take to the fairways and the tee is blocked from 1350 – 1730.

If any of you would like to help and by volunteering to ball spot, that would be great. Please get in touch if so.

Group Bunker Lesson

There is still one space left in Tuesday’s group bunker lesson running from 2pm to 3pm. Please contact me if you’d like more details.

Bell Cup

It was great win for our ladies team on Sunday 22/6 when we beat Blackburn at home. The score was 5:2. So we march on into the next round and we have been drawn at home again, this time against Westhoughton. The date has yet to be confirmed.

Ad Jun Fri 20/6/25

Well done to Seb & Andrew Butterworth for winning Friday’s event with a whopping 26 points and also to Charlie Blake who remains on top in the OoM. The best newcomer award went to Charlie McCann. The rest of the results are below.

The final two events are on Friday 11th July with tee times from 1730 and Friday 5th September with tee times from 1710. Please let me know asap if you’d like to play.

F9Y Stableford (open to ladies & gents) on Fri 20/06/2025

Congrats to Bill Wrigley for winning this event with 21 points. Andrew Fishwick was second with 20 points beating Chris Adams on countback.

Ladies F9 Hole Max Medal on Thu 19/6/25

Congarts to Marie Irwin for inning this comp with a great score of nett 31. Amanda Greaves was second with 34, beating Emma Daynes on countback

MCJL on Sunday 15/6/25

Ahead of Sunday’s home fixture and in our last run out, Hale were the winners at Bramall Park GC by 4 points from Sandiway. Hopefully we can maintain this form….

There are still spaces in the group coaching session on Tues 1/7 where we take on bunker shots. The class runs from 2-3pm. The price will be £20 each if the class is full with 4 people. It will be £25 each if three attend and £30 each if there are just attendees.

If you’re free in the morning of Friday 20/6, why not enter the front nine hole stableford? It’s open to ladies and gents and everyone will play from the yellow tees.

Mixed Centenary

Congrats to Jackie Murphy & Jonny Gray for winning Saturday’s Mixed Centenary with 39 points. Chris Marsh & gents captain Glyn Isaac were runners up with 36 points beating Carolin Perkin & Paul Taylor on countback.

Karl Morris

Thanks to everyone who attended the Karl Morris presentation on Monday. We had over 60 there and the feedback subsequently has been fantastic. Karl is a prominent golf performance coach and he gave us several great takeaways to work on and implement.

Recent Ladies Comps

Congrats to Janet Grant for winning Thursday’s 18 hole stableford and to Irene Kirk for winning the Granny Cup with 34 points.

Jackie Murphy also won the F9 stableford on Thu 12/6 with 23 points, having pointed out in the pro shop beforehand how poorly she was playing! Well done Jackie. Jean green was second with 21 points.

Sue Bromley won the F9 max score medal the previous week (5/6/25) in lousy weather. The other 3 players that completed their nine holes were Jennifer Bradley, Jane Perks and Pat Jefferies. Well done all for battling round!

Seniors Stableford 3

Five players tied on 20 points on Wednesday and following a complex series of card play offs that Chris Adams performed, Nigel Taylor was declared the winner. The club’s president John Gower-Jones was the runner up and Rob Manley & Bob Siddle shared third place.

Medal 3

Alex Mills breezed round in a one over par 71 for a nett 66 the day before his 21st birthday to win Medal 3 on Sat 7th June. Congratulations on both counts Alex! Our secretary Robin Russel-Fisher was second folowing a card play off and Neil Thompson was one shot adrift to finish third.

Summer Party (Fri 6/6/25)

And here’s a essage from the club’s social team

The Summer party was a great success. The Livertones kept the members dancing and singing all evening. We’d like to extend thanks to all members who supported the event. 

This week’s news letter might look a bit different as I have a new method of sending them out – I hope it works!!

There is a front 9 hole singles stableford taking place on Fri 20/6 going live anytime. All players wll be playing from the yellow tees.

MCJL at Sandiway (Sun 1/6/25)

It was a tough, breezy day for our five juniors who played at sandiway on Sunday. The overall winner scored a mighty impressive 44 points. Our junior captain Olly Mills took a break from GCSE revision to record our best score with 35 points. Seb Butterworth & Joe Booth scored 32 points , Ollie Grieves 30 points and Jack Hickson 26 points.

It’s just great that we are regularly getting a full team to compete in these events this year. The next fixture is at Bramhall Park GC on Sun 15/6/25. 

Captain’s Prize (Sat 31/5/25)

Liam Murphy won on saturday with 41 points. I feel it would be remiss of me not to mention that Liam had a golf lesson with me two days earlier! Timothy Kilroe shot 29 points but hasn’t got enough competitive rounds under his belt for hissc ore to count. This meant that Guy Withey finished as runner up also with 39 points. Neil Thompson was third with 38 points.

Liam also won the longest drive on the 10th hole and Danny Fox won the nearest the pin on the 13th.

Best 2 from 3 B9 Stableford (Fri 30/5/25)

Everyone played from the red tees for this event and Jo Egerton, Sally Blackburn & Kerry Gill won with a fabulous total of 44 points. Bill Wrigley, Andrew Fishwick & Ian Hunt were second with 38 points beating Vicki Wells, Pauline Keeling & Mike Wells on countback.

Ladies Comps (Thu 29/5/25)

Caroline Smith won the the Bunty Booth with a great score of 42 points. Sally-Anne Heaford was the runner up with 39 points beating Diana Hogben and Chris Marsh on countback.

In the front nine hole stableford, Jennifer Bradley was the winner with 22 points and Ceri Hyde was second with 17 points.

Ollie Grieves

Junior member Ollie Grieves is pictured below at Carus Green GC just before his game at the recent Faldo Futures Regional Final. Poor Ollie missed out on a trip to the Belfry by just one shot. I have no doubt that he’ll learn from it and bounce back to more success in the future.