Welcome to the first newsletter for 2019. We hope that you had a good Christmas and New Year, and we look forward to seeing what 2019 brings to Hornsea Golf Club.
Enjoy the read.
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Stretton's News Here I’m back again after a few weeks without the newsletter, so this is a busy one. I hope you all had a great Christmas and all the very best for 2019. Seems strange saying that so far into January but Foremost have only fully gone back to work this week unlike us! Between Christmas and the New Year, we added a new puppy to the Wright household. Here is a quick video of Luna for you all to see chasing a piece of ice. Click here to watch video. |
She is lovely but I had forgotten how much hard work they are! She really is a mischievous little thing but hopefully by the time you are reading this, she will be allowed outside so it should hopefully become a little easier. |
Fantasy European Tour It is starting again and I shall run a league like last year for any that are interested. It’s just £5 to enter with three prizes at the end of the season. Please pay in the Pro Shop. Please follow the link below and you will need this code to enter the Hornsea Golf Club league. uJkDJtTK61 Click here to enter.
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Boxing Day Bring and Win On Boxing Day, we held the traditional Bring and Win competition but I must say it was a little disappointing that only 15 people played. What great fun those 15 had though with all having great stories to tell after they had finished. All prizes this year were very good with no real bad ones. Much to my disappointment! It was Robert Rix that came out on top though wit 27pts beating Leigh Gawley and Pete Cane on the last six holes. Thanks to all that played and it would be great to see a few more playing next year.
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Christmas and New Years Eve Am Am - Pictures and Results So, let’s start with the Christmas Am Am. It was a bit of a damp affair for the 25 teams that played, with steady drizzle falling for roughly 15 holes and after the previous nights heavy rain the course was playing really long. It was great despite these conditions to see so many getting into the Christmas spirit by dressing up. The prize for the best dressed team went to, Jim Jeffries, Jiggy Giles, Alan Hood and Paul Sharpe who played all 18 holes dressed as elves and even had their golf clubs in Santa sacks! |
When my team came in with 75 points, I knew that wouldn’t be good enough but I wasn’t expecting the scoring to be as good as it was with two teams managing 13 points better than us! Ladies 1st £17.50 each Nicky Salzl, Angie Hinch, Wendy Lockwood, Sally Bird 69pts
2nd £10 each Emma Hanson, Tracey Worsnop, Pam Mounfield, Ginette Evans 64pts
Gents 1st £60 each Matty Raybould, Leigh Gawley, Tom Broadley, Joe Palmer 88pts
2nd £50 each Jim Jeffries, Jiggy Giles, Alan Hood, Paul Sharpe 88pts
3rd £40 each Dave Blanchard Jnr, Dave Blanchard Snr, Steve Blanchard, Tom Greaves 87pts
4th £30 each Mike Brooke, Paul Hitchen, Ian Pearson, Barry Jacobs 85pts
5th £20 each Rees Brown, Chris Stephenson, Alan Beaumont, Graham Brewer 85pts
6th £15 each Paul Lockwood Jnr, Andrew Lockwood, Ian Lockwood, Sharon Cane 84pts
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So, moving on to the New Year’s Eve Am Am. It was a bit like déjà vu with the first two places going to almost the same teams! It was a great day for golf though for the time of year and scoring was slightly better in this event. Only one lady team though so they received courtesy shots rather than play for their own prizes as per the agreement made last year. The prize fund also wasn’t as much due to less teams playing. 17 in this event. All money taken was paid back in prizes. 1st £55 each Nick Raybould, Leigh Gawley, Tom Broadley, Joe Palmer 93pts
2nd £45 each Jim Jeffries, Jiggy Giles, Alan Hood, Pete Cane 93pts
3rd £35 each Tom Walker, Lee Addinall, Ben Carter, Ross Meggison 87pts
4th £25 each Paul Duckworth, Martin Rowbotham, Charlie Duckworth, Lindsay Ward 83pts
5th £10 each Paul Gibson, Ash Dexter, Jon Raw, Dougie Griebenouw 83pts
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So, moving on to the New Year’s Eve Am Am. It was a bit like déjà vu with the first two places going to almost the same teams! It was a great day for golf though for the time of year and scoring was slightly better in this event. Only one lady team though so they received courtesy shots rather than play for their own prizes as per the agreement made last year. The prize fund also wasn’t as much due to less teams playing. 17 in this event. All money taken was paid back in prizes. 1st £55 each Nick Raybould, Leigh Gawley, Tom Broadley, Joe Palmer 93pts
2nd £45 each Jim Jeffries, Jiggy Giles, Alan Hood, Pete Cane 93pts
3rd £35 each Tom Walker, Lee Addinall, Ben Carter, Ross Meggison 87pts
4th £25 each Paul Duckworth, Martin Rowbotham, Charlie Duckworth, Lindsay Ward 83pts
5th £10 each Paul Gibson, Ash Dexter, Jon Raw, Dougie Griebenouw 83pts
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Yorkshire Boys Captain The Yorkshire Union of Golf Clubs today (04/01/19) announce the appointment of Jack Maxey (Hornsea) as their Boys Captain for 2019. In 2018, Maxey won the South of England Boys Championship and was tied 10th in the Scottish Boys Open Championship. He also has considerable match play experience and was a member of the Yorkshire Boys team that won The English Boys County Title at Rockliffe Hall. A strong team player with an unbeaten record, when leading Yorkshire in the singles games at Rockliffe, impressed both his team mates and County officials. He was also a member of the victorious East Riding Union Team, which secured the 2018 Men’s Yorkshire Inter District Union six-man team title, having won the Junior Yorkshire IDU six-man team event in 2017.
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In 2018, Maxey successfully defended both the East Riding Union boys Matchplay and Stroke-play titles which he had won in 2017. A member of the 2019 England Golf Boys regional squad, Jack Maxey is a respected golfer with an impressive golf CV. We look forward to seeing Jack lead The Yorkshire Boys Team in 2019 and wish him every success. |
Catering and Clubhouse News After a very busy Christmas and a fantastic party on New Years Eve with over 100 people attending the next Club function coming up is Burns Night on Friday 25th January. This is always a great night, so please book with Emma behind the bar if you would like to go. It would be nice to see some of our Scottish members supporting this event and getting dressed up as I know how patriotic you all are. Click here to learn more.
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Captains Drive-in On New Years Day shortly after I had done my draw, we had the yearly change over of gents Captain followed by his drive-in. For those that don’t know why Dave Blanchard our new Captain was dressed as Ronald McDonald it is because his middle name is Ronald and he is not too keen on it hence his brother and friends dressing him in this way. What a great laugh it was too. Well done Dave and good luck in your Captains year. Thank you also to Jill Marshall, our 2019 Lady Captain and Harry Anderson our 2019 Junior Captain for attending and driving in. Unfortunately, our Seniors Captain, Gordon McGlynn wasn’t able to make the event. We wish them all an enjoyable and successful 2019. |
New Year's Draw Many thanks to all that entered my draw again this year. As always, all money paid in goes out in prizes and this year’s prize fund was £1647. It was fantastic to see so many people in the clubhouse again for the draw and the atmosphere was great too. I had help from the Lady Captain Jill Marshall who drew the tickets out and below is a list of all the winners. These have all been put into credit in the shop if you were not at the draw. Click here to view draw.
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Wiles Cup The Hornsea pairing of Jon Mitchell and Stu Taylor have progressed through to the next round of the Wiles Cup after a 4&3 victory at Ganstead on Saturday. Our other pairing of Richard Close and Neil Jordan are playing their game this Sunday also at Ganstead so good luck to them.
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Midweek Stableford 20/12/2018 Christopher Stephenson won with one birdie and twelve pars beating Andy Marson by four points. 1st £25 Christopher Stephenson 42pts
2nd £15 Andy Marson 38pts
3rd £10 Darren Reeve 36pts
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Pro's Stableford 22/12/2018 Tom Farebrother won with one birdie and five pars beating Michael Cadmore by one point. 1st £33 Tom Farebrother 47pts
2nd £29 Michael Cadmore 46pts
3rd £24 Lee Guest 40pts
4th £19 Stewart Taylor 40pts
5th £14 David Prescott 39pts
6th £11 Jon Mitchell 39pts
7th £9 Phil Newton 37pts
8th £9 Michael Brooke 36pts
Three others also had 36pts but missed out on the back 9. Tom Farebrother and Michael Cadmore have both had their handicaps adjusted after such fantastic scores. |
Individual Stableford inc Mark Hurn Qual 23/12/2018 Adam Watts won with three birdies and six pars beating Stuart Naylor in a card play-off. 1st £25 Adam Watts 34pts
2nd £15 Stuart Naylor 34pts
3rd £10 Lee Guest 29pts Twos Comp (Only six in it) - £6 Adam Watts
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Midweek Stableford 27/12/2018 Stewart Taylor won with seven pars beating David Waterton by three points. 1st £25 Stewart Taylor 34pts
2nd £15 David Waterton 31pts
3rd £10 Adam Watts 27pts
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Pro's Stableford 29/12/2018 Paul Duckworth won with three birdies and four pars beating Adrian Bird by one point. 1st £38 Paul Duckworth 38pts
2nd £33 Adrian Bird 37pts
3rd £27 Ian Pearson 37pts
4th £22 Matty Raybould 37pts
5th £18 Phil Newton 37pts
6th £16 Joe Palmer 36pts
7th £14 Lee Guest 36pts
8th £12 Chris Stephenson 36pts
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Individual Stableford inc Mark Hurn Qual 30/12/2018 Ben Carter won with one birdie and six pars beating Stephen Roe by two points. 1st £25 Ben Carter 39pts
2nd £15 Stephen Roe 37pts
3rd £10 Adam Watts 36pts Twos Comp – Stewart Taylor, Jon Naylor, Dave Blanchard Snr, Mick France & Stephen Roe Only £4 each as a low entry today
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Midweek Stableford 03/01/2019 Michael Brooke won with one birdie and eleven pars beating David Waterton by two points. 1st £25 Michael Brooke 38pts
2nd £15 David Waterton 36pts
3rd £10 Andy Marson 36pts Twos Comp - £9.66 each goes to Ross Meggison, Lee Addinall & Michael Brooke. Tim Atkin made a two but wasn’t in the twos comp.
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January Stableford 05/01/2019 Richard Tucker won Division one with three birdies and eight pars beating Jon Bickerdike by two points. Dave Holmes won Division two with thirteen pars beating Tom Walker by one point. Steve Carmichael won Division three with one birdie and three pars beating Philip Newton by two points. Division 1
1st £25 Richard Tucker 39pts
2nd £15 Jon Bickerdike 37pts
3rd £10 Tom Broadley 36pts Division 2
1st £25 Dave Holmes 41pts
2nd £15 Tom Walker 40pts
3rd £10 Willem Smith 37pts Division 3
1st £25 Steve Carmichael 38pts
2nd £15 Philip Newton 36pts
3rd £10 Ian Pearson 36pts Twos Comp - £8.50 each, Chris Stephenson, Paul Sellers, Richard Tucker, Malcolm Train, Craig Gawthorpe & Steve Carmichael
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Individual Stableford inc Mark Hurn Qual 06/01/2019 Douglas Griebenouw won with two birdies and nine pars beating Jon Bickerdike by one point. 1st £25 Douglas Griebenouw 40pts
2nd £15 Jon Bickerdike 39pts
3rd £10 Tom Walker 38pts Twos Comp – £14.50 each Marc Overment & Oliver Skerrett
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Upcoming Competitions Saturday 12th January – Pros Stableford
Sunday 13th January – Gents Individual Stableford inc Mark Hurn Qualifier
Sunday 13th January – Junior January Stableford
Tuesday 15th January – Ladies Morning
Thursday 13th December – Mid week Stableford
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Pictures From The Course Now over the years I have seen some people in strange positions trying to retrieve their golf balls. This though has to be the best ever and thanks to Mike Smith for capturing this moment of Chris Binks who can’t have set off with many balls as this was taken just in front of the 2nd tee! |
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On Christmas Eve, Leigh Gawley took this great picture just before teeing off looking down the 18th. |
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Greens Firstly, on a damp day between Christmas and New Year many photographs were sent to me showing where people had yet again blatantly ignored the ropes. One had even stopped and lifted their trolley over the raised ropes and carried on. Please if you see anyone doing this make sure you tell them. When next year people start moaning about bad lies or the bare conditions around the greens these are the people that have caused the problems. It is your course so please make sure you look after it. Can golfers using electric trollies please stop cleaning their trolley wheels on the fairways. The 16th fairway on Sunday must have had 20 or more marks like this on it.
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I have to mention pitch marks yet again. This weekend and over the Christmas period they were really bad. Many members just can’t be looking or trying to repair any at all. Even if you don’t think you have made a mark please attempt to repair at least one per green. I’m not sure when Gareth is going to start but he is planning to solid tine the greens shortly, he might have even started by the time you receive this. He will do half of each green so the area where the flag is won’t be disturbed. When this half recovers the other side will be done.
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Rules Changes 2019 So, the new rules are in play and I am getting daily questions regarding them. I have tried to understand them through reading the new rules book and looking at various videos on line. Trust me though as of yet like the rest of you, it will be a bit of a learning curve as most of us have learned the rules through playing in the past and been corrected by those that know. The new rule book though does have all the answers and is a little easier to understand than the last one. With this in mind, we have now got two rules events organised and I would suggest really trying to get to one or the other. The first is to be held on Tuesday 15th January in the clubhouse at 2.30pm and will be hosted by Ruth Goodwin (County Handicap Advisor for England Golf). The second event will be done by Cameron Thomson (Member of the Yorkshire Union Rules Committee) and will take place on Wednesday 13th February starting at 7pm and again will be held in the clubhouse here at Hornsea. Both events will be open to members from here and other local golf clubs.
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Health and Safety Just a quick reminder that in the winter and whilst conditions at times can be wet and slippery; please check that you are wearing suitable footwear and your spikes are clean and in good order. Click here to read the Health and Safety report.
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Paul Gibson Blog Please click here to see Paul's blog.
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