Welcome to this week's newsletter and with it a bumper competitions round up, including 3 great drives from our new Cptains, and our latest promotion we're bring you in-store. Enjoy the read.

Knockouts – 5 days left to enter

Please act now if you wish to play in the knockouts and have not yet entered. The deadline is Wednesday 10th April which is 5 days from now. If you need a partner for either of the pairs knockouts please get in touch – we have paired most people up but we still have one person looking for a partner in the foursomes.

Saturday’s Pro’s Cross Country

I hope you enjoyed what was an eventful cross country this year. Derek Wilson had a hole in one at the final hole (3rd tee to 5th green) which was Derek’s second hole in one in just over a month. Pete Lamb almost had a hole in one at the second (13th bunker to 17th green) winning the closest to the pin with a shot which rolled less than a foot past the hole.

Tony Lyons almost holed in one at the 11th (13th tee to 6th green) with a shot that finished about an inch away from the hole. This hole from the 13th tee to the 6th green seemed to provoke most comment and this was indeed a good hole we hadn’t played from that position before.

The lone oak behind the 17th green should have been a good marker on at least three occasions, before you played from right next to it. Thank you for an excellent field and for all the positive comments about the course, we really appreciate it.

I must thank the greens staff for setting up the course as they were there at 5.30 am on Saturday morning and did a fantastic job.

Result as follows:

1st – Mick Burke, Fionn Davenport & Richard Capener – 73 points

2nd – John Ford, Crispian Logue & Mike Short – 71 points

3rd – Duncan Hayes, Joe Pagett & John Wright – 69 points

Derek Wilson had yet another hole in 1 – this time on the 16th Hole (1st rough to 5th green)

Derek takes half the two’s pot which is split between his team mates.

Winter Order of Merit

The Winter Order of Merit was a very close affair this year, and four people still had a chance to win with one event remaining. If you read last week’s newsletter you will know how things were poised.

As events transpired Mick Burke was in the winning team in the cross country so gained 100 points, and Paul Bruckshaw was part of the team finishing sixth so gained 10 points – the result catapulted Mick Burke from third position to the top, to win by a mere 10 points from Brucky who finishes runner-up.

Final standings as follows:

1st – Mick Burke – 510
2nd – Paul Bruckshaw – 500
3rd – Sean Connell – 475

This winter we lost only two competitions to the weather and we had record entries. The prize vouchers for the OOM will be the highest yet – congratulations and very well played Mick Burke.

Captain’s Drive-in

Well done to Dave Hamilton, Linsy Warburton & Daniel Myers who all drove in on Sunday. These were without question the best three drives I have witnessed at any drive-in to date, despite the heckling on the tee. I would like to wish all three Captains an excellent year ahead.

The Captain’s Shotgun had a huge field of 22 Teams so we had to double up on four holes. The format was 2 from 4 to count stableford with all four to count on the par 3’s. Well done to ‘Giggsy’, ‘The Tash Man’, ‘Captain America’ & ‘Skippy’ who won the competition. A very special well done for Andy Cummings (Skippy/Zinny) who managed to get on the card 15 times in 18 holes off his new summer handicap.

Results as follows:

1st – Ryan Jackson, Jon Milner, Chris Connolly & Andy Cummings – 103 points

2nd – Jeff Stockton, Lee McLachlan, Gary Hughes & Cole Parkinson – 99 points

3rd – Mal Woodcock, Sheila Cowlard, Fiona Andrew & Denzel Hunt – 98 points (CPO)

Wednesday Section Stableford

Div 1 Winner – Kevin Seaton – 37 points
Div 2 Winner – Mike Thompson – 40 points
Div 3 Winner – Frank Frost – 38 points (CPO)

Two’s = £14.25 each.