Captains Weekend So, it is not long now until Captains Weekend. The sheets are up in the Rolston Bar and below you will find a note from your Captain Rees and a programme of events he has planned. A Message From Your Gents Captain It has been a while since I last wrote a message so here I am catching up to let you all know what has been going on. The golf season is in full momentum and has certainly swung me away with its follow through, golf, golf, golf. I have never played so much golf in my life before, but for certain I am enjoying every moment of it. Back in February I donated a golf bag to my Captains Raffle, which proved successful. The draw was made on the evening of 14th May at the same time as the prize presentation for the Shot Gun Texas Scramble. The lucky winner was Neil Jordan, Neil then very kindly donated it back to me to auction in the room. Thank you to Alan Scarlet who placed the winning bid, I would like to thank all those who purchased a raffle ticket. This month for my Captains Raffle I have a Callaway Rogue Driver worth £429. I intend to draw this at my Captains Weekend in July, again all profits will go to my charity. Raffle tickets can be purchased from the Pro Shop at £5 a ticket. In May, I hosted a Hull and District Golf Captains Association match against Harrogate Captains Association. Hosted my Captains Invitational, where all the Hull and District Captains and Vice Captains of 2018 attend. Hosted a Past Captains am-am, where our Past Captains invite a team of Past Captains from the Hull and District of their Captaincy year. Now you can see where this is going, that’s a lot of Captains to be hosting ha, ha. This weekend I have also hosted and played for the East Riding Union Team against Teeside Union. Now that has to be an accolade that quite possibly has not been achieved before, but it gets better. A Hornsea Captain playing for his County at Hornsea who brought home the winning point for the East Riding in the afternoon singles, after been two down with five to play, this didn’t look possible. But after playing the last five holes in three under par I managed to win one up and seal the victory for the East riding. The final score was a resounding victory to the East Riding 27-9. For all the hosting and meeting many a person, most of which are important people within the golfing community, players that have represented their Unions and Counties, coming from different Counties far wide. One thing that stands out that I want to tell you the members of Hornsea the number of compliments I have received have been phenomenal, here are just a few. “Absolute beauty of a golf course” “Astonished on the price of membership” “If I lived closer I would be a member tomorrow” “Best greens I have played this year by far” “Thank you everything has been fantastic, hospitality, course and food” Just a few of the many complimentary comments I have received in the last month, this is what makes me proud to be Captain of Hornsea Golf Club. A massive thank you to all those involved at Hornsea Golf Club making it the best I have ever known it since I have been a member. I am now looking forward to Captains away trip 14th 15th June for those on board, Captains weekend 7th 8th July, please see attached the programme of events, Casino Night 7th July, 200 Holes 29th June and Invitational Day 30th June. Click here to view my booklet. Happy golfing, your Captain Rees Brown. Yorkshire Match This coming Saturday Hornsea are hosting a County match between Yorkshire and Durham. This is your chance to come and watch some fantastic quality golf for nothing. I am sure you would all learn a thing or two. They play foursomes in the morning with the first groups going at 9.30am. In the afternoon the singles matches start from 1.30pm. The best place to watch is to pick a game and follow them all the way around or maybe go up to the tower and wander around up there. All the golfers will be scratch handicap or better. Scarborough North Cliff Exchange The sheet for the gents Scarborough exchange will be going up next week. I am still waiting for the food price to be confirmed but it is looking like £25 for coffee and bacon sandwich, 18 holes of golf, a two-course roast dinner and prizes. The date for your diaries is Sunday 29th July. East Riding Union Match As Rees has just mentioned in his report Hornsea hosted the East Riding Union match against Teesside last Sunday. What a great result it was for the East Riding too with a 27 to 9 victory. It was nice to watch them all playing some very good golf but more satisfying to me was to listen to all the very complimentary comments about the course from all the players. |