Welcome to this week's newsletter bringing you all the latest news from the club, and what a busy week it has been with both the RV Trophy and a county match held, and we also look at how every cloud has a silver lining.

So sit back and enjoy this week's read.

RV Trophy

The rain stopped at just the right time, and 50 visitors and 24 members took part in this year’s event which is a very good entry indeed. Marc Singleton was left rueing a 7 up the last to miss out by one, and by contrast Colin Barr’s 3,2,4 finish (Colin holed a 5 iron at the17th) catapulted him into 3rd place.

When he handed in the card, Kevin Sumner from Marple was disgruntled and thought his 7 at the 14th had ruined a good day. When I told him 67 was leading he looked more than a little surprised. Kevin waited around until the last group was off the course and all the cards were checked so I could declare him the winner.

Kevin didn’t want to tempt feat by even looking at the trophy before the last group came in and stayed away from it! Kevin said he would be delighted to attend a presentation meeting and receive the trophy from The Captain.

1st: Kevin Sumner (Marple) – 76-9=67
2nd: Marc Singleton (RV) – 83-15=68
3rd: Colin Barr (RV) – 79-10=69 (CPO)

Lowest Gross (Shared): Carl Rushton (Formby Hall) & Paul Sloane (RV) – 73

Twos: All members accounts have been credited.

Cheshire Boys vs Yorkshire Boys

On Monday we had the pleasure of hosting Cheshire Boys vs Yorkshire boys where, despite the close finish, Cheshire came through with a great win.

These boys were aged under 18 years old with Yorkshire having one junior aged 14 off a handicap of 1. The standard of golf was very impressive with Cheshire’s highest handicapper playing off 3.

All the golfers appreciated the great greens we have and thoroughly enjoyed the challenge of Reddish Vale.

Every cloud…

The weather returning to normal is good for the golf course and more people are using the swing studio again. The GC2 system is the ultimate way to practice, learn and be fitted for new equipment. The GC2 is the most accurate launch monitor there is, the technology is amazing and you can be in there using it.

So why not book in for a lesson, club fitting, gapping session or hire the studio and use it yourself.

The regular users of the studio will tell you how good it is, and how easy to operate the system.

Members hire prices are as follows:

Half hour £10
¾ hour £13
1 hour £16

Plus you can play a variety of great courses too, such as Carnoustie which recently hosted a thrilling Open Championship. Play off the back tees at Carnoustie if you like and you will appreciate how long the course really is. Set to ‘Auto putt’ if you like it’s great, you simply one putt every green which really speeds things up.

Your shop stock offers...

Titleist AP2 Irons - One set in stiff flex - Normal price £840 save £120 now £720
PING i200 Irons - One set in regular flex - Normal price £599 save £100 now £499

Free fitting, free customisation and free gapping session is included in the price.

New ball – better again...

Titleist’s new AVX is in now.

The AVX is a premium, urethane covered ball which runs alongside the Pro V1 and Pro V1X, the AVX name is an abbreviation of ‘Alternative to Pro V1 and Pro V1X’.

The AVX is a 3 piece ball and, although it’s basically made of the same materials, they are configured slightly differently giving a softer feel than even a Pro V1 and X. The difference you can actually see is the dimple pattern as these are larger dimples that are less curved (contact lens shape) and instead have steeper, sharper sides and a flatter centre section.

The result is less spin, a lower flight and more distance.

We are selling them at the same price as the Pro V so please give them a go.

There are none in the ever popular second hand department yet though as they’re so new!

This Bank Holiday Weekend...

Don’t forget Pro’s Running Stableford – Sunday & bank holiday Monday.

Pro Shop Special - FJ Spikeless Shoes – Contour Casual £20 off now £59.99. 

Saturday’s Norman Pike Trophy

There is yet again another Play-off for The Norman Pike Trophy, both Gary Hughes & Paul Wheelton finished with nett 66’s.

1st – Gary Hughes – 90-24=66 (Playoff)
1st – Paul Wheelton – 68-2=66 (Playoff)
3rd – The Captain – 82-15=67 (CPO)
4th – John Northrop – 75-8=67

Lowest Gross – Paul Wheelton – 68
Lowest Gross (Over 55’s) – Dave Hamilton – 78

Two’s = £5.18 each.

Sunday’s Pro’s Stableford

1st – Danny Wilkinson – 33 points
2nd – Mark Plaskett – 29 points

There were no twos which means the money will be carried over to the Pro’s Running Stableford on Sunday & Monday.

Click here to view results.

Wednesday Section Stableford

Div 1 Winner – Paul Sloane – 38 points
Div 2 Winner – Gary Inman – 38 points
Div 3 Winner – Ray O’Sullivan – 35 points

Twos = £8.28 each.