Welcome to this week's edition to Hornsea Golf Club's weekly newsletter. We hope that you're having a good week both on and off the golf course. Enjoy the read.
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Stretton's News I have had a few people asking recently when the results of the survey that the club did will be available. We have been waiting for England Golf who ran and organised the survey to get back to us, and we believe this should all be ready for next week to display in the clubhouse and hopefully on email for you all. One thing that has been pointed out to us is that it is a shame more members don’t try to encourage others to come and join. Did you all know that if you propose a new member and they re-join the following year you will receive 20% of their fee off your subscription the following year. Now with 12 months to do this you could make your golf even more reasonable in 2020. Paul is away in Portugal again this week with another coaching trip and by the looks of his vlogs they are having a great time again. I know he has already had quite a bit of interest regarding next year, so if it is something you are interested in, I would have a word with him when he is back. |
Just a quick reminder as lot’s are asking, preferred lies stays on until the end of this month. When a player’s ball lies in a part of the general area cut to fairway height or less, the player may prefer the lie within six inches. See Model Local Rule E-3 for details of how this must be done. For the full text of any Model Local Rules referenced, please refer to the Official Guide to the Rules of Golf. Unless otherwise noted, the penalty for breach of a Local Rule is the General Penalty. |
If anyone wants to upset Nathan, just ask him how he is getting on pricing up our yearly supply of tee pegs. It is not his favourite job!
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Tuesday Club Just a quick reminder that the Tuesday club start next Tuesday, 9 April. Please read the poster for more details. Click here to learn more.
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Club Knockouts
The sheets are now up for the Club Knockouts in the clubhouse and also on the Club V1 App. Below is a copy of the rules for you to look at, and please make sure you arrange your games early and don’t end up leaving them until the last few day’s which happens far too often!
Click here to view rules. |
First Full Yorkshire Game For Jack What a start Jack Maxey had in his first game for the full Yorkshire side. It even got a tweet from Yorkshire. It is mentioned below how he got on. |
East Riding Union Dinner Last Friday, eleven members of Hornsea Golf Club attended the East Riding Union of Golf Clubs’ 71st Annual Dinner, at Willerby Manor Hotel. It was a very good night for Hornsea Golf Club. The president, Andy Woodhead of Hessle Golf Club, in his speech, highlighted Jack Maxey who represented the Union at England Golf regional Coaching Squad, Luke Robinson and Matthew Raybould in the Yorkshire team, and Jack Maxey in the Yorkshire under 18’s team – Jack is the Yorkshire Boys captain for 2019 ( the day after the dinner, Jack represented Yorkshire at Senior level- he won his opening foursome 4&3 but was narrowly defeated in his afternoons singles match 1 down but it was a big win in the end for Yorkshire 12/3 - a great start to his Yorkshire career.
Jack won individual trophies for the Golden Jubilee Trophy and the East Riding Boys’ 2018 Championship.
The President was delighted to announce that the East Riding Union won the 2018 six man Yorkshire team Championship for the first time for 43 years - Jack Maxey, Nick Raybould Leigh Gawley, all from Hornsea Golf Club made up half the team! This is a tough completion, as all six players have to count over two rounds of scratch golf.
The president continued to present the ERUGC Scratch League Trophy Division 1 to the Hornsea Team, who were represented by Rees Brown, Leigh Gawley, Jack Maxey and Nick Raybould. Hornsea also won the ERUGC team championship as well!
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The East Riding Union of Golf Clubs organises coaching and competitions for elite golfers. This is the base level of the coaching and competitive pyramid which continues through the Yorkshire Union and England Golf- there is a direct route from Hornsea Golf Club to the top levels of performance. As a member of Hornsea Golf Club, you can enter the East Riding Union Championships at Junior, Adult and Senior levels – the entry forms are all on the East Riding Union Noticeboard in the gents’ locker room. The East Riding union also organises four events for club level golfers. Entry is open to any member of an affiliated club of the East Riding Union of Golf Clubs, and costs just £15.00 per person for the betterball events and £17.50 per person for the Am-Ams. To enter, contact the Members' Meeting registrar Peter Lappin on 07736 003100 or by emailing: peterdml@gmail.com. May - Thursday, 2 May - Members - Meeting Fourball Betterball - Bridlington - Tee Times TBA
- Thursday, 23 May - Members - Meeting AM-AM - Hainsworth Park - Tee Times TBA
June
- Thursday, 27 June - Members Meeting AM/AM - Scarborough NC - Tee Times TBA
July
- Thursday, 25 July - Members Meeting Am-Am - Brough - Tee Times TBA
August
- Thursday, 15 August - Members Meeting Fourball Betterball - Burstwick Country Golf - Tee Times TBA
Steve Robinson
Hornsea Golf Club
ERUGC representative
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European Tour Fantasy Race To Dubai A great week from Mike Smith scoring 1,819 points to top the weekly leaderboard has seen him jump into second place but it is Gareth Maiden who still leads the way but his lead now is only just over 400 points. It’s all getting very interesting with some big money events coming up. Click here to learn more. |
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Captain's Journal - March Hello everyone, March went even quicker than February!
I have just returned from a couple of days playing golf with my Dad on Vale do Lobo in the Algarve, it was nice to get some very warm sun on my face and touch of sunburn!
So, into the season we go!! Hopefully the weather will now be kind to us, and we will have a summer like we did last year, although I know Gareth has been praying for some rain and as I sit and write this…. It’s raining! Lots of events coming up in April: - Spring Centenary Silver Medal - Saturday, 6 April.
- Hornsea Lions Trophy - Sunday, 7 April.
- Junior April Medal - Sunday, 7 April.
- Ladies Alexandra Rose Bowl - Saturday, 6 & Tuesday, 9 April.
- Holmes Ramsden & Cutting Cup Qualifiers - Saturday, 13 April.
- Shotgun Masters AMAM - Sunday, 14 April.
- Ladies Medal & Medal Winners - Saturday, 13 & Tuesday, 16 April.
- Maw Scratch Cup Qualifier - Saturday, 20 April.
- Toogood Tankard - Saturday, 20 April.
- Jimmy Glew Trophy - Saturday, 20 April.
- Ladies MacMillan Spoon & Lorna Porter Trophy - Saturday, 20 & Tuesday, 23 April.
- NPFA Shield - Sunday, 21 April.
- 2nd & 3rd Division Open - Saturday, 27 April.
- Mark Hurn Trophy - Sunday, 28 April.
- Junior Bob Gibbins Trophy - Sunday, 28th April.
If that lot doesn’t wet your golfing appetite, I don’t know what will!
That’s a lot of traffic on the golf course, please remember to respect the course, take care when its wet and please don’t take trollies / buggies between bunkers and the greens. Also, please repair pitchmarks, even if it’s not yours it takes 20 seconds!
No Captains Challenges to report on as the one we had lined up was unfortunately cancelled due to bad weather.
It was great to hear that Hornsea won the East Riding & District Gents Winter Alliance Presidents Salver. Congrats to Steve Uzzell, Paul Duckworth, Luke Robinson, Sam Middleton, Nathan Wright & Malcolm Train. To add to that It was great to see Jack Maxey was picked for the full gents Yorkshire team, it seems as though his career is only heading in one direction!
Congrats to all of you!
Captains Prize
Tickets are selling nicely for the trip to the Algarve, If I am not around there are tickets behind the bar or in the pro shop
That’s all for now, happy golfing!
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Midweek Stableford 28/03/2019 Robert Mercer won with four pars beating Oliver Skerrett in a card play-off. 1st £25 Robert Mercer 38pts
2nd £15 Oliver Skerrett 38pts
3rd £10 David Blanchard Jnr 37pts Twos Comp - £18.50 each David Blanchard Snr & Martin Rowbotham
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Pro's Stableford 30/03/2019 Michael Gilroy won Division one with one birdie and thirteen pars beating Andrew Nelson by one-point. Simon Wedge won Division two with three birdies and eight pars beating Sam Nicholson by two points. Paul Marshall won Division three with five pars beating Adam Piers Bodsworth in a card play-off. This is the first time we have done an Individual Pro’s Stableford in divisions and I would appreciate any feedback you might have. Can everyone entering a Pro’s Stableford please remember to return your cards through the computer and put your card into the box whether it is a good or bad score. Division 1
1st Michael Gilroy 42pts
2nd Andrew Nelson 41pts
3rd Sam Middleton 38pts Division 2
1st Simon Wedge 43pts
2nd Sam Nicholson 41pts
3rd John Thackray Jnr 39pts Division 3
1st Paul Marshall 42pts
2nd Adam Piers Bodsworth 42pts
3rd Peter Cane 40pts
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Individual Stableford inc Mark Hurn Qual 31/03/2019 Tom Broadley won with five birdies and seven pars beating Philip Newton by two points. 1st £25 Tom Broadley 38pts
2nd £15 Philip Newton 36pts
3rd £10Steve Carmichael 35pts Twos Comp - £6.75 each, Joe Palmer, Ross Meggison, Jonathan Raw and Paul Duckworth who made his on the 12th with a chip that nearly broke the flag stick and went straight down!
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Upcoming Competitions Saturday, 6 April – Spring Centenary Silver Medal inc Singleton Senior Medal
Saturday, 6 April – Ladies Alexandra Rose Bowl
Sunday, 7 April – Hornsea Lions Trophy
Sunday, 7 April – Junior April Medal
Tuesday, 9 April – Ladies M & M Betterball
Tuesday, 9 April – Tuesday Club Starts
Wednesday, 10 April – Seniors Invitational Better Ball Open
Thursday, 11 April – Midweek Stableford
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Update From The Course As I write this on Tuesday at last we have a little rain. The first in roughly three weeks. Not good for the golfers out playing but it was much needed for the course especially the tee’s and greens which recently had fertilizer applied to them. The greens were also on Tuesday morning sprayed with a wetting agent. Now this was a learning curve for me as I thought rain was a wetting agent but how wrong I was. The wetting agent actually is like soap and is applied to help rain penetrate the main soil profile, and also helps to condition the soil and aid better growth on the greens. We could do with some warmer weather now, however, the cold nights and occasional morning frosts are not what we want. Some work has been done strimming and tidying the copses. A few leaks have appeared on the irrigation system and these have been fixed. Fairway discs have been edged round and some of the greens banks have had a trim. We are also planning some works to try and improve the quality of the fairways.
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Photos From The Course Now this one did make me giggle as I have done this before. It is Shaun Prout who thought he would see how quickly his new electric trolley would go only for it to get slightly ahead of him, tip up and dump his clubs on the ground! I don’t think he will be trying that again.
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Holiday Photos Just a couple this week from our Captain Dave as he had a quick mini break in the Algarve last weekend. I do wonder if he was there though as he isn’t in the pictures! As mentioned before, if you are away please send in your pictures. |
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Paul Gibson Blog Please click here to see Paul's blog. |
One Last Thing On Friday morning, I shall be putting up the sheet up in the Rolston Bar for the Texas Scramble which is to be played on Monday, 20 May and is a 5pm shotgun start. Everyone loves a Texas Scramble, so make sure you get your names down. There will be separate ladies prizes as long as there are two or more teams to play for their own prize fund.
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