Well this will be my last missive of 2020 and of course, what a year it’s been. The course has been closed for approx 11 weeks out of the 52 and I can’t imagine that has ever happened before since the club was founded in 1903. Then when we did open in May, the course was consistently busy in a way that I haven’t seen in my eleven plus years at the club.
This wasn’t just at Hale as a golf boom gripped the nation. All was well unless you wanted to play a course as a non member or get hold of a golf trolley of any kind, as stocks were quickly depleted and still remain so even now to an extent.
My business predictably has been stop start but I just want to take this opportunity on behalf of Phil and I to thank both the club and the members for continuing to support the shop in such an emphatic way. Nationwide the call is to shop local and support small businesses so thank you for doing your bit here at HGC. So I’d like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and hope you have a fabulous and, more importantly, healthy 2021.
Pro Shop Christmas Draw
Talking of support, the Pro Shop Christmas draw sold over 600 numbers which is a fantastic effort so thank you once again! Our President, Barbara Grant, kindly agreed to draw the numbers out for me from the very high tech tombola that I bought online last year.
So the winners and the amount of Pro Shop credit they each receive are listed below:
| POSITION | AMOUNT | NUMBER | WINNER |
| 1st | £250 | 586 | Lee Bramley |
| 2nd | £200 | 221 | Cliff Wright |
| 3rd | £150 | 72 | Jonny Gray |
| 4th | £100 | 445 | Iain Carstairs |
| 5th | £75 | 121 | Alan Cannell |
| 6th | £60 | 59 | Howard Gill |
| 7th | £50 | 215 | John Book |
| 8th | £40 | 512 | Diana Hogben |
| 9th | £30 | 395 | Mandy Gilbert |
| 10th | £25 | 38 | Tiff Fielden |
Saturday 9 Hole Stableford
We had a great turn out at the weekend for the 9 hole stableford. Well done to Richard Robinson for winning the men’s event with 21 points. Bill Dixon had the same score but was beaten into second place on countback. Alex Mills was third with 19 points.
In the ladies event, the ever reliable ladies competition secretary Sally Wright won with 18 points. Gwynneth Bramwell was second with 16 points beating Mandy Gilbert on a card play off.
Shop Christmas Opening Hours
The shop will open as normal until Wed 23rd and then the hours will be as follows:
| Fri 25 – Mon 28 December | Closed |
| Tues 29 – Thu 31 December | 0900 – 1400 |
| Fri 1 Jan 2021 | Closed |
| Sat 2 Jan | Normal opening hours resume |
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