Greetings golfers,

Welcome to another exciting edition to Reddish Vale GC weekly newsletter. Enjoy the read.

Where's that?

Thank you for a fantastic response to last week’s competition, when I asked you to name where on the course the picture was taken. It was quite tricky really because although this is a very distinctive part of the course, it has changed a lot since the photograph was taken and we received a wide range of answers.

I have spoken to one person who looked at the picture and identified it immediately because he remembered it looking like that; John Dean, who has been a member of Reddish Vale since 1954.

Paddy Weadick was the first to respond with the correct answer and wins half an hours use of the swing studio. If we had a prize for the most emphatic response(s) it would go to Steve Bardsley who completely clogged my inbox with his 193 emails. Thanks Steve, I can only accept your first answer which happened to be correct, and was the fifth correct one received so Steve also wins half an hour in the studio!

If anyone has any old pictures of anything related to Reddish Vale Golf Club and particularly the golf course, please bring them in as I would be very interested to see and share them.

Indoor swing studio

As the winter months approach, the swing studio gets busier. Dry conditions and amazing technology makes this the perfect place to practice, learn and have fun. 

You can hire the studio yourself and play or practice on a variety of courses or the driving range. You can receive tuition, learn how far you hit each club with a gapping session, compare your current equipment to the latest products and be fitted for new equipment here.

Contact us in the Pro Shop to make a booking.

Juniors

The juniors are back at school again now, wishing they were out on the golf course no doubt…I was just the same. During the holidays eight juniors obtained new handicaps and lowered them.

The coaching will continue on Sundays and we are very keen to recruit more juniors so if you know of any, please put them in touch with us as we have a structure in place to make them into golfers. This week the success of Reddish Vale’s juniors was featured in The Stockport Express, if you would like to see the picture and read the article please click here. Thank you to Geoff Garnett for showing such an interest and featuring us.

Victory/Club/Seniors

This weekend is the last two day major of the year and there is much to play for. The defending champions from last year are David Walton who won the Victory Trophy, Paul Wheelton who won the Club Championship and Bill Graty who won the Seniors Championship.

If you did not enter the draw and wish to play, please contact us in The Pro Shop and we will do our best to put you in. If you can’t play on both days, you can’t win the overall prizes, but you can win the day prizes so it is worth playing any day you can.

Click here to view the results.

Saturday's Founders Trophy

Duncan Hayes and Jeff Stockton each managed three up so a play-off is required to decide the winner.

Presentation

Well done to the two major winners who received their prizes on Saturday. Ryan Swift received The Captain’s prize which you can see in the picture, and Richard Howard received The Presidents prize from our club President Derek Wilson.

Dunham Trophy

We are through to the finals day of the Dunham Trophy after a fine 5-2 win against Pike Fold. Finals day is on Saturday, 16 September at Dunham Forest Golf Club. The semi-finals will begin at 8.30am when we play Manchester Golf Club and Bolton Old Links play Harwood. The final is in the afternoon.

Our Dunham team is made up of some of the best and most dedicated players in the club. They are all proven to be good match players so this is a strong team. Thank you to all the players who have played in the Dunham so far, it’s a pity we can’t include more in finals day. In truth it was hard to raise a team at times and I was ringing around with a couple of days to go - but not anymore.

The following players have made the Dunham Trophy their main priority and are in the team to play on finals day: Ryan Jackson, Dean Martin, Ryan Swift, Keith Pownall, Vaughan Stott and Keith Seaton and first reserve is Jason Leech.

If you would like to share the occasion you are welcome to go along on the day to spectate and show your support for the team.

Pro's Stableford

• 1st - Ray Juskiw - 38 points.
• 2nd - Dave Hamilton - 37.
• 3rd - John Seaton - 36.
  

Dave Hamilton also managed the only ‘2’ of the day which is worth £26.00.

Wednesday Section Stableford

Division 1 Winner - Mike Radcliffe - 35 points.
Division 2 Winner - Tony Barnes - 38 points.
Division 3 Winner - Chris Marshall - 34 points.

Two’s = £7.37 per person.