The golfing season is in full swing now with many competitions and events taking place at the club so it is important for members to keep a close eye on up and coming fixtures. One such date is Sunday 22nd June, the annual Hartley Wintney Pro-Am. The list for individual members and teams of three members will be posted this coming weekend. In previous years the event has sold out and I am anticipating this to happen this year so please get your names down quickly to avoid disappointment.
Captain Jamie Hobdell and myself played what we like to call our pre season friendly Captain / Pro match against Vice Captain Phil Welch and my assistant Sam Shipman. It was a very keenly contested game and a good practice match for the tussle’s ahead this year. Even though we lost narrowly, “It was only a warm up”and it was great to get the Captain /Pro matches under way.
Thomason Trophy
The Thomason Trophy was played over the Easter weekend. This is a competition for players with handicaps of nineteen and above. Congratulations to John Long on achieving the winning score over the two days of thirty seven points. Runner up place went to countback after three players, Tony Wardle, Michael Giles and David Haselton all scored thirty five points. Tony was awarded runner up spot and Michael took third place.
Phillips Cup Mixed
The Phillips Cup mixed foursomes was also played on the Saturday of the Easter weekend. Twelve pairs played in the competition. The two outstanding scores of the day were by the pairings of Les Greatrix partnered by Heather Rimmer and Chris Smith playing with Vanessa Kelly, both pairings scoring thirty seven points. Well done to Chris and Vanessa who were declared the winners on countback.
Good Friday Stableford
Thirty nine players contested the Good Friday Stableford competition. Well done to Nick Mault who had an especially good Friday as he played some very solid golf off his six handicap to record the winning score of thirty nine points. A group of three players tied just one point further back on thirty eight points. The countback system was needed once again to split them. Runner up position went to Phillip Reid and third place to Mark Chandler. Lee Poulter was the unlucky one to miss out on a top three finish.
Ladies April Medal
The ladies section played their April medal on Wednesday 16th. Congratulations to Nicky Harden on winning the silver division from Brigette Cullen on countback, after they both scored nett seventy five. The bronze division was won by Anne Smythe with a great score of nett seventy, closely followed by runner up Christine Curtis on nett seventy one. The Copper division was won by Pat Stowe scoring nett seventy eight and second place went to Sue Humphries with a nett eighty.
Mens County Seven’s Team
Well done to our county sevens team who had a resounding six matches to one victory over Southampton Municipal GC. The team battled through wind and rain on Easter Sunday to set up a next round match against old rivals Blackmoor GC or Liphook GC who have yet to play. We wish the team all the best in the next round.
Yonex Demo Day
- Friday 2nd May
- 1.00pm to 4.30pm
We are hosting a Yonex DEMO Day on Friday 2nd May between 1.00pm and 4.30pm If you would like to come down to the club and try any of the Yonex 2014 product range please drop in to the Pro Shop to book an appointment. Appointments are ½ hour long.
The Yonex Demo rep “Darren” will be on hand with his flightscope ball tracking device to show you how well the new Yonex range of equipment performs.
Let Darren see if he can gain you some Extra Yards!!
Yonex have always had a very strong Ladies range and this continues for 2014. They have also upped their game for both Ladies and Men this year with the fantastic Ezone XP range. The EZONE XP range features the YONEX Dual Tungsten Power [DTP] System - an innovative engineering breakthrough that produces maximum power and distance. The newly designed DTP System, featuring Tungsten in both the grip and club head, works in conjunction with the Lightweight Shaft.
The result is a swing that delivers an explosive power breakthrough with the same effort, adding more yards to your game.