Greetings from Tim, Mark, Adam, Ben & John.

 

A MAJOR triumph in the Seniors Championship.... 

Well done to Ashley Major and Trevor Ward who won the St Botolphs Salver and Millennium Trophy respectively. Alan Brown returned a very solid score of 6 over gross to win Best Gross and the Parker Bowl. Given the recent scoring in competitions, well done to all who bettered their handicaps.

Saint Botolphs Salver (best nett) - Ashley Major - 42 

Millennium Trophy (best nett over 70 years) - Trevor Ward - 38

Parker Bowl (best gross) - Alan Brown - 33

Division 1
1st - Alan Brown - 39, 2nd - Trevor Ward - 38, 3rd - Stephen Howitt - 37

Division 2
1st - Ashley Major - 42, 2nd - John Delves - 39, 3rd - Ronald Morrell - 38



Scratch Team

Well done to our Scratch team who won at home on Sunday to Overstone, 5-3. Harry Larkins led the team well going off first and winning 3&2.

- Harry Larkins - Won 3&2 
- Russell Sandiford - Won 4&2 
- George Elderton - Lost 1 down 
- Brian O'Connell - Lost 4&3 
- Danny Roberts - Won 6&5 
- Tony Lord - Won 2&1 
- Matthew Myers - Won 1up 
- Paul Godding - Lost 2

The team currently sits top of the Division with their current results.

Please click here to view the current table.


Saturday Stableford

Well done to Gary Purton who won Saturday's medal with a nett 66. The scoring was low with several players taking advantage of the softer conditions. Ben Jones won Best Gross with a 2 under par 68.

Overall Winner - Gary Purton - 66
Best Gross Score - Benjamin Jones - 68

Division 1
1st - Gary Purton - 66, 2nd - Fergus Robinson - 66 (cb), 3rd - Brian O'Connell - 68

Division 2
1st - Martin Sharman - 67, 2nd - Stephen Chalcraft - 68, 3rd - David Thomas - 70

Division 3
1st - Keith Haynes - 73, 2nd - Chris Howell - 74, 3rd - Robert Lamb - 74 (cb)


 

Improver Junior Summer Camps 

With summer holidays soon here, we're pleased to be able to confirm our Summer Coaching Camp dates. 

Aimed at the juniors who currently have a 9-hole handicap, wanting to achieve a CONGU official 18 hole handicap. 

The camps will consist of short game development, long game development followed by course management on the course with a PGA Professional, covering rules, etiquette and different formats of the game. 

The cost for the 4 hour camp is £25 per person and spaces are limited to 6 juniors per camp due to on course coaching restrictions.

Dates:

• Thursday, 28 July - 13:00pm - 17:00pm
• Monday, 1 August - 09:00am - 13:00pm
• Monday, 8 August - 13:00pm - 17:00pm
• Monday, 22 August - 13:00pm - 17:00pm

*Please note these camps will not include lunch or snacks so please bring your own*


Beginner Junior Camp Dates:

Monday, 22 August - Friday, 26 August

• Meet 9am
• Coaching 09:15am - 10.15am
• 10:15am - 10:45am break (squash and biscuits)
• Coaching 10:45am - 12:00pm
• Lunch 12:30pm - 13:30pm
• 1:30pm play on Colt Course (supervised play with Volunteers)
• 15:30pm finish
• Cost per camp per Junior is £27.50 .

To confirm places please contact Mark at ncgcjuniors@gmail.com 


Club Championships

Here are a few photos from the recent Championship. We would also like to thank David Goodham for his help with managing the scores and the competition.

   

   

 

Seniors held their latest fixture at home to The Leicestershire and continued their winning streak which is now stretched to 8 matches with a victory 4.5 to 1.5. 

Captain for the day was Frank Fitzpatrick playing against his former club and led the way with a comfortable victory partnered by Rob Spokes. 

There were victories for Dennis Walker with David Adams (good to see him back) and also John Roberts and Nigel Kaye and Greg Smart with Adrian Parr. William Wells and Steve Battison came home with a half.

One interesting occurrence was Rob Pearman hitting a Sparrow with his ball! Unfortunately the Sparrow in question was David Sparrow, a member of the opposition's team who is now sporting a Titleist tattoo on his rump!! 

Dennis Walker


 

With the recent weather the course continues to play tough. Well done to Hennie Cordner who won last week's Stableford with 34 points. 

Division 1 
1st - Denise Bellamy-Walton - 33pts, 2nd - Gillian Curley - 29, 3rd - Di Murkin - 28 

Division 2 
1st - Ursula Morris - 33, 2nd - Viv McManus - 33, 3rd - Barbara Chater - 26 

Division 3 
1st - Hennie Cordner - 34, 2nd - Andrea Alston - 33, 3rd - Dawn Mallard-Parker - 31


Cecil Leitch News

On Monday, 20 June it was a miserable wet day when our Cecil Leitch team played Rushden Golf Club. The match was at home and although the conditions were very unpleasant, our marvellous team had a clean sweep when they won 7 - 0. 

This was a tremendous boost to the team to have another good win, hot on the heels of their Rushden Away win the previous week. 

The team who played were Di Murkin, Alison Shine, Denise Brady, Jane Shearer, Diana Wells, Vivienne McManus and Ursula Morris. 

Our next match will be on Monday, 27 June with the team play Kettering at Home. 

Heather Williams


 

Topdress greens on Monday. This will be two weeks on the trot but we need to clear the soil shed for the kiln dried sand delivery in a couple of weeks. This will more than likely be the last dressing prior to the maintenance week in August. 

Strim the stream. 

Spray brambles - Tuesday. It looks to be the only day suitable according to the forecast. 

Rob Hay 
Course Manager


 

We have arranged a special shoe fitting day with FootJoy. Members are invited to have their feet measured by a FootJoy fitting expert to help you find the best fit.

Amazingly 70% of golfers wear the wrong sized shoe! 

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