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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. 🙂

This week, we have lots of different competition formats and results to report. There’s also information on GUR from greens and even, for a bit of fun, a caption competition!

Frolic

The bank holiday Frolic was a waltz stableford and the winners with 43 points were Tiff Fielden, Mandy Gilbert, Johnny Yates and Bob Cooke. Runners up with 40 points were Joanne & Graham Bryant and Kerry & Howard Gill.

Bell Cup

On Sunday, the Hale GC ladies beat Wilmslow GC in the first round of the Bell Cup. It was played at Hale and we won convincingly with a scoreline of 5:2. Tiff Fielden received a whopping 13 shots in her match against a plus three handicapper and won on the last! They now march on into the next round. Well done team Hale!

Junior Comp

Matthew Hodder scored 17 stableford points to win Saturday’s junior nine hole competition just pipping Ollie Grieves by one point.

Seniors Spring Stableford

The rescheduled Seniors Spring Stableford was played on Friday and Ian Goulty was one of three players to score 20 stableford points over the nine hole competition. Ian won on count back, Tony Sampson was second and Roger Da Forno finished in third place.

Ladies Competitions

Well done to Vanessa Veitch and Louise Gerald for winning last week’s Australian Sppons foursomes stableford with 37 points. Second spot went to Helen davies and Sue Bryant with 33 points.

In the back nine stableford, Noelle Morris won with 18 points and the evergreen Barbara Spark was second with 17 points.

Message from Greens – Ground Under Repair

Important! – There are currently no areas of GUR on the course. 

GUR areas on the course are generally marked by a solid white line and grass cutting lines for Greenstaff to follow are marked by a dotted white line (that said the sunken area to the right of the 3rd/12th hole is currently marked by a solid white line which should be a dotted line – apologies for that!).

Whilst it is fairly easy for us to mark GUR areas when they are first established, it is often difficult to declare them back in normal play when the area has recovered but the traces of the original line and/or the letters “GUR” can still be faintly visible on the grass.

We plan in future to introduce clearer guidance to members about precisely where and when GUR areas on the course are in operation and when that situation ceases to apply. 

In the meantime please remember that there are currently no GUR areas anywhere on the course so play the ball as it lies throughout the general area.

Caption Competition

The gentleman captain Roger Laitt spotted these discarded shoes in the bin by the shop and felt it may stimulate a good caption competition so please let me have ’em!!

It seems Pro Shop newsletters are likes buses – you wait ages for one and then two appear practically at the same time! Hope you enjoy your second missive of the week.

Captains’ Mixed Foursomes

Well done to Kerry Bailey & Jonny Gray for winning Saturday’s Mixed Foursomes competition with a whopping 45 points! Rosie Gerrard & Glyn Isaac were runners up with 35 points.

We didn’t have enough ladies so some had to partner two different men! So ladies the message is please try and sign up for these fun competitions whenever possible.

Lady Captain’s Car Parking Space

Here’s a message from the lady captain Jan Ravenscroft:

Thank you all very much indeed for so generously supporting the Raffle for Lady Captain’s car parking space. All the money raised will go to Guide Dogs, this year’s charity.

The draw took place on Saturday afternoon, at tea after the Mixed Foursomes competition. The lucky winner was Glyn Isaac!

Hale GC Pro Am 2023

We still have some sapces left in this year’s Pro Am which takes place on Saturday 8th July. This really is a great event. If you’ve not yet played in it, why not give it a try? Just ask anyone who has particpated and I think they’ll give it a hearty thumbs up. It’s open to ladies and gents.

The format is teams of four (one professional and three amateurs) with the best two scores to count on each hole. You can enter with any handicap but the maximum playing handicap allowed on the day is 18 for men and 24 for ladies. The entry fee is £230 if all three amateurs are Hale members or £260 if one or more of the team are not Hale members.

Sandiford

Congratulaions to Guy Levers & David Rodwell for beating Tony Sampson & Andrew Fishwick 2 & 1 on Monday in the final of the Sandiford, which is the men’s winter foursomes knockout.

GPS Devices

With the new pat three 4th hole now being in operation plus other changes to the course, we are busy contacting the GPS companies to ensure that their information is correct. Shotscope and Skycaddie have updated. I am in email communication with Garmin to finalise them updating their data.

Are there any other companies that have not yet updated their information correctly? If so, please can you let me know so that I can make contact with them. Thank you.

Snips from greens – Health & Safety on the Course

The opening of our new 4th/13th hole means that the shortest route from that green back to the next teeing area for Crowbank, can tempt members to walk along the edge of the fairway of ‘Bend’ (the 3rd/12th fairway). Please do not use that route, tempting as it is, but instead use the path which is cut to run alongside the riverbank and through the sunken area which leads up to Crowbank’s 14th Teeing area. This is not only a much safer route it also avoids players on Bend having to delay play whilst waiting for their target area to clear. Thank you.

The New Patio looking good in the Sunshne

It’s been a busy week so I’m a little tardy in getting my newsletter out to you all so my apologies! The good news is that there’s loads of golf to report on so I’ve simply gone through the competitions in time order with the most recent ones first.

Adult Junior

The first adult junior competition of the five event season was played on Friday evening. The scoring was excellnt, the weather stayed fine and a good time was had by all. The winners were Spencer & Andy Plastow with 26 points.

Second place was tied on 25 points but much to the gentleman captain’s delight, he & junior captain Matthew Hodder beat Adam Laitt & Hector Neary on countback.

The next one is on Friday 12th May. Please let me know if you would like to play or just require further details.

Nine & Dine

There was a great turnout for the Nine & Dine which also took place on Friday. The format was a waltz stableford and the winners with a whopping socre of 50 points over the front nine were Judy & Ian Pinnington and Ceri & Adam Hyde. Second place was secured by the all female side of Jane Wilkinson, Amanda Greaves, Sally Budd & Kairen Seaton. They were just one point behind the winners.

Thanks to Jo Egerton for her help in running the event.

Ladies Competitions

Well done to Mandy Gilbert for winning Thursday’s Bunty Booth stableford with 35 points. Louise Gerald also recorded the same score but was beaten on countback.

Pat Jefferies won the nine hole competition with a fine score of 21 points. Jane Perks finished as runner up just one point back.

The previous week, the weather took it’s toll again so only a nine hole competition was played. It was a max score medal with a three way tie at the top with scores of 38. Jo Bryant won the card play off, Noelle Morris was second and Sally Blackburn was third.

Seniors Summer Stableford 1

A super turnout of 40 seniors took place in Wednesday’s nine hole competition. Well done to John Gower-Jones for finishing in first place with 19 points. Ian Hunt was second with 18 points. Andrew Fishwick finished third also with 18 points.

Medal 1

The scoring reflected the difficult conditions for last Saturday’s Medal 1. Jonny Gray was one of four players to record a nett 70 to win on countack. Second was Nick Maxwell, Tony Adamson was third and Roger Sheen was fourth. The best gross score of the competition wwas Adam Laitt with a 76.

The weather on the alternate day was terrible – cold, wet and windy so bad luck to those players who pegged it up then.

Ladies Rules Evening

A big thank you goes to Phil Long for running the Ladies’ Rules Evening with the lady captain jan ravenscroft. The winners of the quiz were Pat Jefferies, Mandy Gilbert and Jo Egerton. Thanks to Gwynneth Bramwell for the photo.

Snips from Greens

We politely ask you to please make sure that when you making your way from the 6th green to the 7th tee that neither you nor your clubs are in the way for the group behind.

Photos

There are an eclectic mix of photos from the last seven days or so below.

Cornwall

I was very forunate earlier in the week to have a whistle stop golf tour to Cornwall where Chris Adams and I played Trevose and St Enodoc. Both courses feature in the UK’s top 100 links courses. The weather was kind to us and the courses didn’t disappoint. I have included some photos below. The first in from a clody Trevose on day one and the second two are from a much sunnier St Enodoc on day 2. If you are a lover of links golf, these two should be on your “to play” list – challenging and stunning.

4th Hole

Thanks to Ian Hunt for these photos as the birds get used to having a new pond.

Trolley Trouble

Neil Stockton is still smiling whilst rescuing his trolley as it attempted to make it’s way into the Bollin on Friday night. Phil Long took great delight in sharing this with me 🙂

Well done to Jon Rahm for playing some excellent golf on the long final day to secure this year’s Masters. Richard Hogben must have been happy too as he had him in this year’s sweepstake.

The bad weather that disrupted the Masters also meant that the Frolic scheduled for Easter Monday had to be cancelled.

Callaway Demo Day

And talking of Jon Rahm, you may well be aware that he is a Callaway staff player,. As such, he is using the latest Paradym driver and fairways amongst other Callaway clubs.

This leads me nicely into reminding you that we have a demo day here on Friday 28th April. We still have some spots left. If you are interested in some new clubs for 2023, this is a great opportunity to have a go with them under the watchful eye of master fitter, Tom Gradwell.

Junior Stableford (Front 9)

The junor stableford on Saturday did go ahead though and Sam Morris won with 13 points. Ollie Grieves scored the ame number of points but was beaten on a card play off.

Snips from Greens – Scorecards and Maximum Scores in Medal Competitions

In order to ensure that cards can be easily checked at the end of a competition players should only mark the gross score of the person they are marking for in column A together with their own score as Marker in column D. No other players scores should be recorded on an individual’s card.

During this year’s Medal competitions we will again be implementing the ‘Maximum Score’ competition format to help ensure a prompt pace of play. This establishes a maximum score for each hole of 5 over par. Players who have not yet holed out after playing that number of shots must pick up and continue with their round.

As you mark your card, please indicate where you have picked up by placing a square around the score for that hole. This information will be used to aid in tie-resolution in the event of any card play-off. You must gain confirmation from your marker that your score is correctly recorded before submitting it.

A properly completed card should look like this (apologies Dave for using your scorecard label in this example, as we all know you would always score far better than this!!)

Hole #4 – Player has hit 8 shots and has not yet holed his/her ball, so he/she picks up and moves on to hole #5.
Hole #7 – Player has hit 9 shots and has not yet holed his/her ball, so he/she picks up and moves on to hole #8.
Hole #9 – Player holes out with his/her 9th shot (no square needed).

Well it’s Masters week which, as we all know, is the unofficial official start of the golf season!! There was some fantastic golf played yesterday but a a relatively slow start for Rory. Hope you all get chance to watch some of it and good luck to those of you who have entered the Pro Shop Masters Sweepstake.

In this week’s newsletter, we have the following:

• a round up of competition results
• news and photos of the new patio
• a great deal on Titleist pro V1 golf balls
• new of some great value junior golf sets
• a rules reminder from greens and
• a link to Seamus power’s consecutive holes in one!!

Ladies Stablefords

Congratulations to Mandy Gilbert for winning Wednesday’s 18 hole stableford with 36 points. Noelle Morris was runner with two points less.

Freda Hunt was the winner of the nine hole stableford with a fine score of 20 points. The runner up was Karen Stockton with 16 points. Karen beat both Pat Jefferies and Gail Sampson on count back.

The other photo below is of the lady captain Jan Ravenscroft and Sandra Mossop with flowers presented to Sandra for her very special birthday at tea on Wednesday. Sandra treated all the ladies to a birthday glass of fizz. 

Ladies Spring Meeting

Well done to Jackie Murphy, Joanna Bates Mandy Gilbert and Jane Perks for winniung last week’s nine hole Spring Meetingwith a cracking score of 51 points. Second placve went to Gwyneth Bramwell, Jane Wilkinson, Gill Kay, and Terri Broadbent. Third place was secured by Lady Captain, Wendy Jenkins, Joanne Bryant and Pam Dixon

The shotgun start golf was followed by lunch.

Titleist Pro V1 Promotion

Why not stock up on Pro V1 golf balls for the season with this amazing offer? So 4 dozen balls would cost you £149.97 and if you wanted them personalised the price would be £165.96. Please contact me to place your order.

Nine & Divine

Well done to Graham Bryant and Amada Greaves for winning Sunday’s Nine & Divine pairs betterball stabeford competition with 23 points. There were four team just one point behind on 22 points but Mandy & Paul Gilbert beat the others following a card play off.

New Patio

Below are some photos of the work in progress. Many of the members turned out in force to help with the new hedge planting. As you can see the whole project has brough Tracey to her knees!!

… and here’s the finished product with some of the members not being able to resist using our excellent new facility, despite the weather!!

Snips from Greens – Mark your ball

Rule 6.3a requires players to put an identifying mark on their golf ball so that they can clearly identify it before playing it.

If your ball is not visible after your shot and you find an unmarked ball of the same make and number lying in the area where your ball landed you cannot just assume that is your ball unless you have a personal mark on it. You will be obliged to apply a stroke and distance penalty to yourself for a lost ball and go back to play a new (clearly marked!) ball instead.

Junior Clubs

We have a few second hand sets of junior clubs at various price points if ayone is looking for some. Perhaps instead of Easter Eggs for a grandchild? Much healtheir and fulfilling than chocolate!!

What are the Odds…?

How about Seamus Power recording back to back hole in ones in the the Masters Par 3 tournament on Wednesday…..

It’s a busy one this week with news of the Captains’ Drive in, a Callaway demo day plus lots more! We also have lots of great photos for you to persue so thank you to everyone who’s sent those in – my apologies if I didn’t use yours on this occassion!

Callaway are Coming

I’m delighted to announce that we have secured a Callaway demo day here at Hale GC on Friday 28th April. They’ll be showcasing their full range including the multi tour winning Paradym range. Times are available between 1100 and 1430. Don’t miss this excellent opportunity to upgrade your clubs. Please drop me a line to book your appointment

Captains’ Drive In

The new captain’s took up office over the weekend. They can be seen below before their drive in and also in action. They are Roger Laitt, Jan Ravenscroft and Matthew Hodder. We wish them all the best for a fabulous year.

Farewell and a big thank you to the retiring captains of David Wainwright, Judy Pinnington and Dan Turkington for all their hard work during their year of office.

Before the drive-in, we staged a nine hole stand a side Texas Scramble. Thanks to Tiff Fielden for organsing this. It was a shotgun start and it was so popular that we had to make it teams of five!

There were two winning teams, each scoring a gross 34 (one under par). Dave Madeley, Kerry Gill, Glyn Isaac, Joe Bluer & Dave Burkinshaw made up one of the teams and Ted Shaw, Judith Guest, Tony Sampson, Tracey Thompson & Andrew Fishwick made up the other. Well done to all!

New Ladies Spring/Summer Clothing Range

Annastasia has dropped off a whole new range of fabulous clothing so please pop in and have a good browse….

Ladies Texas Scramble

Last Thursday, the ladies played a back nine Texas Scramble. Congratulations to the winners – Kerry Gill, Caroline Smith and Noelle Morris with 24 points. Second place went to Kerry Bailey, Joanne Bryant and Karen Stockton with 21 points following a card play off with two other teams.

The third photo below shows Sally Budd presenting flowers to Judy Pinnington as a thank you for her year as lady captain.

Ladies Starter / Returner Golf Lessons

I’m not even sure “returner” is the appropriate word but hopefully you understand what I mean! This Spring, I am offering group lessons on a bespoke basis to new golfers or golfers that haven’t played for a while to help them “Get into Golf”. It’s a course of six one hour lessons.

Should you know any friends or family that might be interested, please ask them to contact me and I’ll can explain more about it. My email address is richardsboothuk@gmail.com and the Pro Shop phone number is 0161 249 8427. Thank you.

Snips from Greens – Ready Golf

The R&A recommend various methods to help speed up play including the following:

• Be ready to play when it is your turn.
• Hit your shot before helping someone else search for their ball.
• Hit your shot if you are ready to play but a player further away from the hole is not (eg they may be raking a bunker or looking for a ball).
• Position your bag on the side of the green nearest the next tee when putting.
• Play a provisional ball if there is a risk that your ball may be lost.