We have loads of results for you to catch up on this week. We also have news from Bill Wrigley about the men’s nine hole league matches, a request for volunteers to help the junior section and much more.
I am also looking for lady members of any ability who are keen on improving their game with some informative and fun group lessons. If you are interested, please let me know. You won’t be committed to anything at this stage but it will help me to plan more easily and then I can let you have the details down the line.
Nine & Dine
Friday’s nine and dine was won by Vanessa & Peter Veitch with an impressive 23 points. The format was a fourball betterball stableford and was played over the back nine. Freda & Ian Hunt finished runners up with the same score but were beaten on count back. Kathleen McNairney & John Adams finished third with 22 points.
April Mixed Foursomes
The following day Vanessa struck again, this time partnering Glyn Isaac. They won the April Mixed Foursomes with a very creditable 37 points beating Vicki Wells & Bill Dixon on a card play off. Kerry Bailey & Jonny Gray were one point adrift in third place.
Ladies Competitions
Vicki Wells won last week’s Par competition with even. Wendy Jenkins was the runner up and Gill Kay & Gwynneth Bramwell shared third spot.
Well done to Val Nelstrop for winning last Thursday’s back nine stableford with a great score of 22 points. Sue Bryant was second with 20 points. Mary Cockbain had the same score but was beaten into third place on count back.
Volunteers Required
I have mentioned before that we are really excited to be included in the Mid Cheshire Junior League for the first time this year. We are in the Gleneagles league which contains ourselves and four other clubs: Delamere, Warrington, Styal and Warrington. There will be a fixture at each course and ours takes place on Sunday 15th May with tee times from 1400.
Please could some of you spare a couple of hours and volunteer as ball spotters on a few holes. It will help keep the speed of play up and help the adult golfers of the future have a great experience here at Hale GC. Please let any of the junior organisers (Peter Hindle, Phil Hickson and I) know if you can lend a hand
Men’s Nine Hole League 2022
Bill Wrigley will again be organising the nine hole league for the coming season. There will be six fixtures, three home and three away usually teeing off at 6pm with a team of eight in a four x fourball betterball format.
These fixtures are as follows :-
2 June – Poulton Park v Hale at Poulton Park
16 June – Hale v Alderley Edge at Hale
14 July – Woodside v Hale at Woodside
26 July – Hale v Flixton at Hale
11 August – Hale v Cheadle at HaleÂ
TBA – Hartford v Hale at Hartford.
The matches are over nine holes followed by sandwiches and chips. If you are not already in the nine hole squad and wish to participate then you can add your name via the teams section of the Club V1 app or alternatively contact Bill Wrigley.
Errors from Last Week
There were a few mistakes in last week’s newsletter regarding dates of the gentleman captain’s team matches. Rather than republish the correct dates, please refer to the teams section of Club V1 or speak to David Rodwell for more information.
Club V1 Booking System
We’ve had a few issues with booking this week and hopefully that will be sorted out soon. As the screenshot from my phone shows below, there are a couple of changes that have been introduced. Below is an excerpt from an email Ian Hunt sent out on Monday explaining the first of the new features.
A recent upgrade to our ClubV1 software means that you are now able make a casual booking for 18 holes in single request. Simply click on the ’18 Holes’ tile on the booking screen (see the screenshot below) and the system will reserve tee-times for both the front and back 9.
The system has been set up with the following intervals to allow you to complete the first 9 holes in time:
1 ball – 90 mins
2 ball – 100 mins
3 ball – 110 mins
4 ball – 120 mins
You can of course continue to make two separate bookings at different time intervals should you wish to do so.
The other change is that the system defaults to allowing others to join you if you book a tee time for one, two or three of you. If you are playing a knockout or don’t want others to join you, please slide this left to Do not allow under the Share Tee Time heading (see the screenshot above).
WHS Information
I have condensed the WHS information into just four sides of A4 (it was eleven!!) and moved it to the left hand panel in between the Pro Shop door and the bench, as the photo below shows.
