January Sale - Ends Sunday!

The £10 and the Ladies sale rails are thinning. Last chance to bag a bargain as the January sale ends Sunday.

Weekend Winter League #8

For many pairs it was all to play for to make the final top 8 for the knockout stages. Congratulations to Nick Beal & Brian O'Connell winners of WWL8 with 43 points.

Results as follows 

1st Nick Beal & Brian O'Connell 43 points
2nd on c/b Glenn Cottrell & Alan Linney 42 points
3rd on c/b Daniel Roberts & Paul Harris 42 points

The pairs who qualified for the knock stages are:

Paul Harris & Danny Roberts (172) v Mark Veitch & David Brooks (162)
Harry Larkins & Matthew Myers (170) v Glenn Cottrell & Alan Linney (162)
Simon Richmond & Ken Stroud (167) v Stuart Basford & Alan Brown (163)
Adam Naylor & Edward Taylor (163 Better back 6) v Malcolm Evans & Mike Abbotts (163)

Please note Adam & Edward had the best 163 finishing 4th with a better back 6 than Mike Abbotts and Malcolm Evans who finished 5th on c/b. Stuart Basford and Alan Brown finished 6th with the lowest back 9 score of the 163 points scorers.

Countback was used on the back 9 of the four counting cards to identify 7th and 8th as four pairs finished on 162. Glenn and Alan had the best back 9 of their four counting cards with 80 points taking 7th place.

8th place went to Mark Veitch & David Brooks who had a better combined back 6 of 54 - 2 better than Dave Goodrham and David Green with 52 after they both had the same back 9 of 79 points Jon Edwards & Chris Dowell who also scored 162 points had the lowest back 9 score of 76 points.

New course manager appointed

The club was pleased last week to announce the appointment of Robert Hay as their new Course Manager. He is due to take up his post on Monday, 2nd March 2015.  

Rob joins us from Shirland, in Derbyshire where he was appointed Course Manager in 2011. Previously he had worked at Dalmahoy, Royal Porthcawl and Royal Birkdale. Rob was awarded the Top Sports' Turf Student award at Myerscough College where he achieved a distinction in his National Diploma in Turf Science and Sports' Turf Management.

A distinction was also obtained in his NVQ level 2 in Amenity Horticulture. He is an avid supporter of fast running fairways, firm fast greens and the regeneration of heathland.

On Course this week

The greens staff will be aiming to finish the work on 9th bunkers. 

New Turf will be laid on top of the trench at the 11th. 

They will also be clearing debris from around the copses as they continuing with the heath land recovery / STRI work. 

Regards,
Phil

    
 

- Tues 27 : Singles and Foursomes Matchplay 08.00 - 13.00
- Thurs 29 : Competition Social Stableford Supper Bridge - Dining Room 2nd Year Learners Bridge - 19th Bar 09.00 - 12.00 18.00 19.00
- Sat 31st : Dining Room Private Function 12.30-15.30
- Sun 1st : February Competition Junior Captain's Day Scramble & Meal 11.00 12.00 



Ladies 

Joan Bradley showed some fine form in last week's Winter Ringer and managed to edge out Denise Bellamy-Walton on countback to win. 

20th January 2015 - 15 Hole Winter Ringer

1st: Joan Bradley nett 57 (on countback) 
2nd: Denise Bellamy-Walton nett 57 
3rd: Lesley Whalley nett 61 (on countback) 

9 Hole 

1st: Angela Duck nett 35.5 
2nd:Janet Halliday nett 36 
3rd: Denise Brady nett 37 
4th: Laura Steedman nett 38

Juniors 

Parents and juniors are looking forwards to this weekend's Junior Captains day. The format is Texas scramble with mixed teams of parents and juniors.