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.