Greetings from Tim, Mark, Adam, Ben & John.
Good news for you all! The course will return to red, yellow & white summer tees on Thursday, 24 March, just in time for the busy bank holiday period.
We have to say the course is looking in great condition for the long summer ahead.
Thursday Medal
There were several comments throughout last week that the speed of the greens had caught players out, and this showed in last weeks Thursday Medal with a nett 69 being the overall winner.
Peter Mattingley was the one who managed to adjust best to the new speed of the greens, coming out as the overall winner.
Overall Winner - Peter Mattingley (Nett 69)
Best Gross Score - Simon Blundell (Gross 74)
1st Divison
- 1st - Peter Mattingley - Nett 69
- 2nd - Phil Harris - Nett 69
2nd Division
- 1st - Simon Blundell - Nett 69
- 2nd - Lee Woolerton - Nett 69
3rd Division
- 1st - Ray Kingston - Nett 70
- 2 nd- Bob Garrett - Nett 71
Saturday Medal
102 players teed off in the March Medal, with the CSS being 70. With the greens speeding up, 28 players made a 2. Some of the results went to count back.
Overall Winner - Jon Edwards - (Nett 66)
Best Gross Score - Paul Godding - (Gross 72)
1st Divison
-1st - Jon Edwards - Nett 66
- 2nd - Roy Martyniak - Nett 69
- 3rd - Keith Francis - Nett 68
2nd Division
- 1st - John Evans - Nett 68
- 2nd - Ronnie Steadman - Nett 69
- 3rd - Roger Street - Nett 70
3rd Division
- 1st - Michael Cheney - Nett 70
- 2nd - Adrian Parr - Nett 70
- 3rd - Tom Starcevic - Nett 71
Midweek Winter League
Peter McNally and John Duggan won the Midweek Winter League beating Club Captain Frank Ainger and Ian Kennedy by 3 & 2 in the final.
Chris Thompson and Peter Darby were the losing Semi Finalists along with Malcolm Evans and Mike Abbotts.
Club Knock Out Competitions
The closing date was the Sunday, 20 March. The draws will be published soon.
Annual Captain v Vice Captain Match
Please be advised that the Annual Captain v Vice Captains match will take place on Saturday, 30 April.
The maintenance team have been busy at work for the long summer approaching. With Easter events just around the corner the dogwood at the 15th hole has been cut back. We have also started to cut back all the brambles around the course, to minimise the damage if you ever need to dig for your balls!
The aim this week for the maintenance team is to get the remaining bunkers on the 1st, 2nd & 3rd holes back in play. There is also one turfed bunker on the 17th that will have sand added soon. Otherwise all other bunkers are now in play.
The summer course will be set up again this coming Thursday, 24 March, and new golf balls were put into the range dispensar on Monday for you all to get your practice in.
If anyone has any ideas what to do with the old range balls, then please do not hesitate to contact Rob, otherwise they are going in the skip!
STRI Ecology
The STRI will be returning to the Club on the Tuesday, 19 April. It's been 3 years since Bob Taylor visited the club to help write the original Environment Management Plan and with the hard work carried out during that period, there is now an opportunity to revisit the plan and develop it further.
During the 3 years, there has been not only extensive management of the gorse around the course, but also a number of projects to remove the scrub and reinstate grassland, thin a number of tree copse to improve the habitat for the remaining tree species and a considerable amount of tree planting of more suitable tree species to suit our golf course environment.
The timetable of events for the visit on the Tuesday, 19 April is:
- Members Course Walk - 3pm
- Presentation - 7pm
With last week's green speeds catching many people out, it's worth noting that the last few places remaining for our upcoming Aimpoint Putting Clinic.
The afternoon class is now full but there are still spaces remaining for the morning class. Don't miss out on your chance to read your home course greens better, and improve your scores and handicap this summer!
To find out more about what the Aimpoint clinic has to offer, please click here.
Society Social
On Thursday, 24 March, we are holding 2 events at the club. Firstlym a Hippies Golf Society day, running from 12pm - 3pm, then later that evening the Supper Bridge night in the dining room at 6pm.
Juniors Results from Sunday, 20 March: 18 Holes
- 1st - Thomas Sandiford - 35pts
- 2nd - George Elderton - 31pts
- 3rd - Jack Peters - 29pts
- 4th - Joshua Beal - 22pts
- 5th - Joshua Bryanton - 22pts
- 6th - Ronan Mckay
9 Holes
- 1st - Jack Wilson - 19
- 2nd -Ruben Sanchez - 18
- 3rd - Kai Whitson - 12
- 4th - Harrison Taylor - 11
- 5th - Natasha Starcevic - 10
- 6th - Vlad Cartwright - 5
Ladies Irish Stableford:
- 1st - Barbara Chater, Pam Oliver & Dianne Moore - 74 points
- 2nd - Dawn Mallard-Parker, Hennie Cordner & Geeta Patel - 70 points
- 3rd - Diana Wells, Christine Rudge & Kerry Spooner - 69 points
9 Hole Stableford: 1st - Diana Arrowsmith
