Good Afternoon,

Welcome to this week's newsletter with all the latest news from Hornsea Golf Club.

Enjoy the read.

Golf Clubs Reduced

This week we have some offers on PING clubs that are in stock and when they’re gone there won’t be any more at these great prices.

• PING G Irons 5 to SW steel shafts – Were £595 Now only £495.
• PING G 5 Wood regular shaft – Was £185 Now only £150.
• PING G Hybrid regular shaft – Was £150 Now only £125.
• PING G Crossover stiff shaft – Was £159 Now only £120.

200 Holes in a Day!

I received the following from Joe Palmer last week which is a great read even if what they're proposing is a little crazy!

Following on from the Hornsea100 in 2015 and the Hornsea150 in 2016 we are looking to make it a hat trick of endurance golf by completing 200 holes in a day on Friday, 29th June 2018 at Hornsea GC.

Spurred on by the recent success of “Night Golf” we’re looking to replicate this by setting up several holes to enable us to play circa 50 holes in darkness before taking on the final 150 or so holes similar to the 2016 schedule!

As usual will be raising money for charity; we will once again be supporting CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young). A charity close to the hearts of everyone connected to Hornsea where the Fell family have campaigned tirelessly following the tragic sudden death of their son Josh aged 15 in 2011. More recently this silent killer has claimed the lives of two more young men connected to Hornsea; in 2017 James Moorfoot a teacher at the Secondary School aged 28 and earlier this year, Phil Cross aged 43.

The 2nd charity we will be supporting will be the 2018 Captain’s Charity - Help for Heroes, a charity close to the incoming Captain Rees Brown given his and his family’s military background and also the charity that the incoming Lady Captain Sue Howell is going to support.

As usual we will be asking for support on the day, caddies, spectators, barbecue helpers etc. In 2016 the club really came together and we estimate over 100 people turned out throughout the day with 50 or so walking round and getting merry on the patio as we reached the end.

If anyone can help us get some press exposure, local or nationally or wants to get involved with the planning of the day, please get in touch or speak to any of the Pro shop staff.

We will be upping our requests for help in the spring of next year, but in the meanwhile please follow us on Twitter @hornsea200 or Facebook (search Joe Leigh).

Thanks

Joe Palmer & Leigh Gawley

Golf Lessons

Paul is having some great results with a number of golfers he is currently or has coached in the past with nearly all playing much better golf. There is no better time to get booked in to see him as he has some great winter package offers on at the moment. Why continue to struggle with your game or if you want to make more improvements get booked in to see him.

If you don’t fancy an individual lesson, which I know some people find intimidating, why not give his group lessons a go. A great way to learn in a relaxed atmosphere and only £5.

Great Golf At Hornsea

On Saturday there was a bit of a battle that occurred on the course. Leigh Gawley managed a fantastic score of 43 points in the Pro’s Stableford which with his 1 shot allowance meant he was round in 66 gross. Unfortunately for Leigh though he only managed to share the money in his group of 12 with Steve Uzzell who went around in a 65 gross. Between them they made 2 eagles and 10 birdies! I’m sure Nathan and our Junior Captain Matt who were playing with them would have enjoyed watching this fantastic golf.

More amazingly in the better ball match they had in their 4 ball with Steve partnering Nathan Wright and Leigh with the junior captain Matt McDonnell, Steve and Nathan were round as a pair in 14 under and that was only good enough to win 1 up. Great scoring from Leigh and Steve with some good backup from Nathan and Matt.

Juniors At Hessle

On Sunday I had the pleasure of taking 7 of our juniors up to Hessle for a friendly match. Our 7 boys were Jack Maxey, Alfie Tidder, Matt McDonnell, Albert Anderson, Harry Anderson, Alfie Anderson and Max Osborne. Hessle had 11 juniors so how it worked was Jack went first in a singles match, then Alfie T and Matt followed by Albert and Harry with our final pairing of Alfie A and Max.

The other 4 Hessle players had a match between themselves with 2 competing for Hornsea. With light and food being the main worry for getting around, it meant the matches were played over 18, 12, 9 and 9 respectively. I had the pleasure of following our captains match and they successfully won 2&1. As we are a team after getting rid of their clubs it was back out to support. We met up with Albert and Harry who had won 2 up.

Hole In One

It has been a few weeks since I last mentioned a hole in one, but on Saturday playing on the 17th the latest member to achieve a 1 was Colin Porret.

Well done Colin.

Christmas Mixed Open

21 teams entered the Christmas Mixed Open, which was played on a cold but fine day on Monday 13th November. Players travelled from all over the County, and many complimented the quality of the course. Although fairly wet under foot, the greens were in great condition.

3rd with 73 points: Nev & Linda Lucas, Sally Nelson & John Florence, (Ganstead and Burstwick)

2nd with 74 points: Chris Gregory, Pam Mounfield, Mark Bird & Tim Fox (Hornsea and Driffield)

1st with 80 points: Steve & Carol Simpson and Jim & Judy Butler (All single figure h/c golfers from Malton & Norton)

Prizes with a Christmas theme were presented by Captain, Sarah Stonier to the top 12 teams. In his winners’ speech Jim Butler thanked the organisers, catering and bar staff, and of course, Santa’s Little Helpers, Barry Gregory and Pete Mounfield for the gluhwein and mince pies (made by the Chair). He especially commended the greens staff on the quality of the course, particularly after the heavy rain in the preceding 24 hours, saying that the greens were excellent for November!

A great day was enjoyed by all.

Thanks to Paul Lockwood for sending me this report and pictures. It does make my life easier and more chance of going in the newsletter if I get sent information before Tuesday lunchtime for it to make the deadline.

Winter Alliances

Last Thursday was the final Hull and District Alliance before the break for a couple of months and was played at Cottingham. After some very poor weather in the run up to the event the course did well to be open, but was a little wet in places. I think that will have to be our team’s excuse anyway, as we could only manage a best score of 3 under, 69 by Sam Middleton and Adrian Bird. This now puts us 8 shots behind with only 4 events to go.

A rather large miracle may be needed, but we haven’t given up hope just yet.
Yesterday saw the East Riding Alliance played at Malton. If I haven’t managed to do a report for this keep an eye on Facebook and Twitter and hopefully you will read some good news.

European Tour Fantasy League

With only one event left it really is looking like Paul Gibson has it in the bag. I’m sure he must be looking at the team I’m picking as he keeps picking practically the same team so I can’t make any headway on him. The other battle is for who comes last in our league and this is between Neil from behind the bar, Paul Duckworth and Dave Bissett. Now Dave works away in Canada so I guess he is not doing it each week but I know Neil and Paul are trying. Well so they say!

How Did I Do Order of Merit

HowDidiDo is proud to announce that registration for the 2018 Order of Merit is now open for all HowDidiDo members. You can enter on their website and it is good to see quite a few of you have done so already.

2017’s competition was an overwhelming success and we are looking forward to more of you joining us next year.

As always, entry is FREE and once entered you stand the chance of winning a host of great prizes, just for playing golf the way you always have done. We’ll monitor your medal rounds, like we always do but will also update your ranking on the Order of Merit leaderboard, so you can see how you compare to the rest of your country.

The competition will run throughout the 2018 golf season ending with the Grand Final event in the autumn.

More than 15,000 HowDidiDo members took part this year and we look forward to seeing you again in 2018, as well as a host of new competitors, in what has become one of the largest participation sporting events in the world! So with great prizes to win, make sure that you get your golfing buddies lined up to take part, as you put your golfing skills against an audience of over 540,000 golfers in the UK and Ireland.

Good luck!

Bunker Works

Yesterday Fine Turf arrived with their big digger and dumper to start on the re bunkering of the next few holes at Hornsea.

The plan this year is to do the 2nd, 3rd, and 15th. This field will then be completed. I shall be posting regular pictures and videos of how they are getting on both on Twitter and Facebook and also next week in the newsletter.

Whilst this work is being carried you may find some of the holes playing shorter or to temporary greens. Please keep away from the digger at all times even though it is amazing to watch them work

Pics on the course

I had this week to include a couple of pictures from our 11th and 18th flags, which both had poppies on them. A nice touch from the Golf Club for Remembrance Day. I also quite liked the way Joe Palmer had marked his ball up as well before he played on Saturday. Apparently he managed to get round all 18 holes without losing it.

The final picture is one that our incoming Captain Rees Brown posted on Saturday along with a number of other pictures regarding his past Army days and remembering those friends that he lost whilst serving our Country. You should be very proud Rees. Respect to you and all our other members who have served our Country.

More funny pics

Gareth sent me this picture earlier in the week of a picture of what we might be seeing Nathan wearing whilst picking balls up from the practice ground! The one of the ball scoop is from Jim Jeffries who took this picture after Paul had kindly lent it to one of his playing partners who then dropped it into the pond! Finally this was the picture of last years team that won the best outfit it last years Christmas Am Am. Again there will be a prize this year for the most festive team.

Upcoming Competitions 

Saturday 18th November – Club Stableford
Sunday 19th November – Individual Stableford including Mark Hurn Qualifier
Tuesday 21st November – Ladies 4 Ball Betterball
Thursday 23rd November – Mid Week Stableford

If the course is not playable due to the bunker work we shall just put Pro’s Stablefords or Betterballs on instead.

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