News of Some Great Buys

I am running a Callaway golf club sale at fantastic prices. The following seven clubs have at least 30% off – but hurry the offer is only running until the end of this month. 

  • Callaway men’s Rogue draw driver 10.5 degree (adjustable loft), regular was £349 now £244
  • Callaway Rogue 3 wood reg shaft was £219 now £153
  • Callaway ladies X series driver was £159 now £111
  • Callaway ladies X series 5 wood was £109, now £76
  • Callaway ladies X series 5 hybrid was £89, now £62
  • Callaway men’s Epic Flash 10.5 degree (adjustable loft & head weight), light or regular shaft was £449 now £299
  • Callaway men’s Epic Flash 9 degree (adjustable & head weight), regular or stiff shaft was £449 now £299

Winter wheels are now available in store to enable your electric trolley to cause less damage to our wet golf course following the heavy rains in September and October. There are various options and they can also be applied to your push/pull trolley if you wish. 

Andrew Hay won Bogey 3 which is played over 15 holes on Saturday with a superb score of six up. Second place on a card play off went to Ian Ponter with two up.

Andrew Hay and gentleman captain Chris Wood

Congratulations to all eight of the ladies who braved the course on Thursday for the 9 hole String competition. Vicky Chamberlain finished as the winner with 29 stableford points. Corinne Veitch and Min Fishwick were joint second with 17 points. 

Lady captain Caroline Massey and Vicky Chamberlain

The ladies dinner took place last Wednesday and it was followed by several presentations as follows:

  • Louise Gerald was the winner of two silver candlesticks for returning the best four medal scorecards over the season without winning a major competition.
  • The winner of the most improved player over the age of…..well you might just need to ask… was Diana Hogben who reduced her handicap from 19.6 to 18.2.
  • The most improved player overall was Mandy Gilbert, who reduced her handicap from 17.4 to 15.7.
  • Tiff’s Fielden picked up two prizes: one for the most birdies over the season (22) and the other was the eclectic prize, both in the lower handicap category.
  • Min Fishwick recorded the most birdies over the season (3) in the higher handicap category.
  • Caroline Perkin won the higher handicap division eclectic.
  • Sally Wright won the eclectic for the nine hole competitions.
  • The lady secretary’s prize for the most improved player with a handicap of 35 or above went to Freda Hunt, who reduced from 35 to 33.
  • And finally here’s a photo of Anne Webster and Gwynneth Bramwell receiving their prize for being the runners up in the ladies pairs knockout. 
Diana Hogben
Mandy Gilbert
Tiff Fielden
Min Fishwick
Caroline Perkin
Sally Wright
Freda Hunt, Wendy Jenkins and Caroline Massey
Anne Webster and Gwynneth Bramwell

There was also some Indian dancing taking place!

Dancers
Some new recruits…..

Another dinner, the Investors one also took place last week, on Friday evening. The winner was Richard Hogben and he explained that he was very pleasantly surprised by the win! Min Fishwick was the runner up. 

Lord Lee and Richard Hogben
Min Fishwick

Our dog Buddy who is a miniature Dachshund has had a couple of trips recently to the Pro Shop. He tried out the Callaway SuperSoft golf ball and barked at me that he “likes the feel but is a little disappointed with it’s durability!!”

Buddy, the ferocious Pro Shop guard dog!
Seen better days……!