Hello golfers,

 

Notice to members - Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) status

Your Management Committee has overwhelmingly decided to adopt the changes required to maintain our status as a Community Amateur Sports Club and thereby retain the substantial financial benefits that such status provides. 

Your committee is satisfied that the benefits of retaining our CASC status far exceed any associated cost and will equip us to face the future with some confidence. A report detailing the main changes is posted on the Secretary's Notice Board and is available in the members' section of the club website. 

Please feel free to get back to me if you would like further detail or wish to comment but please be mindful that I must notify HMRC of our intention by the end of the month. Consequently it may not be possible to process any late proposals. 

Hon. Secretary 01.03.2016

The trolley crash club 

Some weeks ago, the Saturday Winter Cup Group found a variation to this:- All our Members were gathered on the first tee waiting to start. One of the Members (who wishes to remain anonymous but whose initials are KW) was given the "difficult" task of throwing 4 balls into the air to decide the pairing.

For some unknown reason, he decided to throw the balls sideways and about 20ft, whistling past the heads of two ladies who were passing him, having just been invited to tee-off ahead of the group! 

KW had had his driver in his hand and at that moment, accidentally knocked the button on his trolley causing it to leap forward, knock over another Members trolley and then career after the ladies to hurry them on. Luckily, no-one was injured and everyone saw the funny side of the moment. Charlie Chaplin would have been impressed... 

Dave Smith (Endon)
 
1836 Tour - Phill Davies 

James McCormick reaped the benefits of playing and practicing in Portugal by winning at Fulford with a seven under par 65 despite a bogey at the par five last. 

He won by two from Low Laithes` Richard Law who led for most of the day with a five under par 67. McCormick had seven birdies and an eagle in his round at the par five 9th. Law had seven birdies and one double at the short par 13th for his round. James helped his Amateur partner Phill Davis from Leek Golf Club to the team event with a superb score of 46 Stableford points. 

Congratulations on a fantastic score.




Winter League - Sunday 28th February 2016 

1st Place - Pete Nixon - 40 Points - 5 pts 
2nd Place - Mike Andrews - 38 Points - 4 pts 
3rd Place - Josh Broster - 37 Points - 3 pts 
4th Place - Mike Turner - 35 Points - 2 pts 
5th Place - John Lawton - 34 Points - 1 pts

New Handicap 
Pete Nixon - 9

Pro's Sunday Comp - Sunday 28th February 2016

1st Place Dave Robinson, Pete Nixon, Neil Shenton, Brian Fernyhough - 125 Points 
2nd Place Mick Wainwright, Mick Hughes, Chris French - 124 Points
3rd Place Leon Bagguley, Ian Hunt, Nigel Bowcock - 121 Points


 

Masters - Money back special - 1st March to 6th April

Purchase any Titleist, PING, Cobra, Nike, or TaylorMade driver from now until the first tee shot of the Masters 2016 on 6th April and if a selected player below with from the purchased brand wins the Masters we will give you your money back! 

Titleist - Adam Scott 
PING - Bubba Watson 
Cobra - Rickie Fowler 
Nike - Rory McIlroy 
TaylorMade - Dustin Johnson