Hello golfers,

Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly newsletter. In this week's email, we give you the results from the four ball betterball competition, invite you to the first of the themed nights, make sure your topped up on balls, and talk slow play. Enjoy the read.

4BB Winter Knockout

1st - Chris Griffiths and Graham Palmer = 44pts

2nd - Andy Deacon and David Wauchope = 43pts

3rd - Stephen Haylett and Jonathan Harris = 43pts

The Draw for the last 16 knockout stage has been finalised and can be found on the board in the Men’s locker room or on the website.

Ladies’ Stableford

Division 1

1st - Sue Pritchard = 35pts, 2nd - Linda Mottram = 32pts (ocb), 3rd - Jean Evans = 32pts (ocb)

Division 2

1st - Pat Turner = 32pts, 2nd - Hilary Fabian = 31pts, 3rd - Mary Saull = 29pts

Division 3

1st - Amanda Christmas = 22pts, 2nd - C.W. Middleton = 18pts

Seniors Team competition - Thursday 26th October

Congratulations to Paul, Blake, David and Timothy on winning this week’s Seniors team competition with an exceptional score of 102 points. The tough format consisted of best two from 4 scores on the par 4’s and 5’s and best three on the par 3’s. More than 50% of the teams were well under par which was great to see so many good scores from the Seniors. There were 7 twos worth £12.57 each!

1st - Paul Somers, Blake Turner, David Fisher & Timothy Jones = 102 points

2nd - Keith Blumfield, Alan Hughes, Glyn Hughes & Tim Warrick = 99 points

3rd - Michael Lloyd- Court, Ricky Wolstenholme, Ian Timmins & Keith Smith = 98 points

4th - Alan White, Paul Morgan, Richard Jones & Peter Jones = 98 points

Greek Night

We welcome you to the first of our themed evenings. Make up a table of 8 (maximum) or join with others to enjoy the Greek Meze that our chef David Atkinson is preparing.

Vegetarian options available (please advise when booking tickets).

Tickets are available from the bar and office priced at £20 per person.

Please note that all tickets must be paid for one week beforehand – (by 11th November). As No refunds will be given after this date.

Prize Night Friday 10th November 8pm

Meals available 5-7pm (please book with the caterers) Everyone is Welcome.

TaylorMade woods

We have now nearly sold out of all our TaylorMade stock in anticipation of the launch of the new products. We currently have available some great deals on the M Series products including:

TaylorMade 2016 M2 3 Hybrid regular shaft for £99.99

TaylorMade 2017 M1 3 Wood at £244.99

Second hand Irons for sale

Mens Taylormade Burner 4-PW & 52 & 56 degree wedges, Midsize grips, ½ inch longer. £150

Mens Srixon I-201 3-SW, Graphite light regular shafts, standard size Lamkin grips. £150

Is slow play coming to an end?

The Rules of Golf are undergoing dramatic change at the moment as the R&A and USGA – golf’s two governing bodies – look to bring the game inline with today’s needs. Their Rules Modernisation initiative includes several updates that’ll hopefully bring about a faster speed of play and shorter rounds of golf; no one wants to be taking 4+ hours to play 18 holes.

Well now the European Tour want to do their bit and to be fair to them, they’ve been at the forefront of modernising golf with innovative events such as Super 6 and GolfSixes. This week they’ve introduced a new event onto the 2018 calendar – the 2018 Shot Clock Masters. As the name suggests, players will have a strict 40-second shot clock on each stroke in an aim to cut round time by at least 45 minutes. The punishment if they take too long? A one-stroke penalty.

Will it work? Let us know your thoughts.