Halesowen Golf Club News Archives
Wales Sneak in to Win Home Internationals
Sunday 30th of October, the golf club held its annual Home International Golf Tournament, with members nailing the allegiance to the respective nationalities.
With 72 players taking part, representing England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, golf again was played in fantastic conditions given the time of year.
Captain would like to thank everyone who took part, also, those who stood in at very short notice, I think an enjoyable day was had by all.
My particular thanks go to Merlyn Roberts, Terry Hoare and John Andrews for organising the Wales, Ireland and Scotland teams respectively (Thank you to Captain also for all his hard work and organizational skills on the day - Ian).
With an American Greensome format, using a stableford scoring system, there were nine pairs in each team with the best six cards to count, unless in the event of a tie, the seventh card would be taken into consideration.
The results being as follows.
My congratulations go to Welsh Captain Merlyn for the Welsh Victory albeit on the Seventh Card, a fantastically close event.
Best scores of the day were as follows:
Well done to the above eight golfers who all received vouchers.
My thanks also to the Ladies for taking part, a fantastic club event.
Picture shows the Victorious Welsh Team
Captain Andy
More photos here.
Christmas Competition
Saturday and Sunday Christmas Competition played in lovely weather, with a fantastic turnout from the membership yet again.
Thank you to everyone who took part and my special thanks to Joyce Parkes for helping out with desk duties, yet again.
Captain.
Results were as follows:
Men's Competition
Congratulations to Mark and Martin on their win in a very close competition with many scores on 43 points or there abouts.
In the Mixed Competition results were as follows:
Editor's Note (it's painful for me to type this because we may not hear the end of it).
Many congratulations to Paul and Zoe on a wonderful round of golf - Well Done!!
Captain
Reference to the raffle (those unclaimed are in the Offfice)
Just about covers it for now
Many thanks
Captain
Pride of the Midlands.
Our Pride of the Midlands Golf Event took place on Sunday 2nd October
We were blessed with perfect playing conditions, which was only matched by the organisation of the event by Dave Guest and his team. Growing ever more popular with each year, it was great to see 72 players out playing.
Our thanks go to Lady Captain and Vice Lady Captain, Maureen Badger and Claire Davies for their help on the desk and the selling of raffle tickets. We would also like to thank Trevor Hoare for his help on the day as well. Terry was later given a yellow card, as he decided to remove his team shirt in celebration. But we're still trying to work out how an Irish Man can support Aston Villa. I'm sure there is a connection somewhere.
Our thanks go to the members for their fantastic support, yet again, for a Competition all in aid of Charity. A staggering £559.00 was raised to go to our Children's Hospital Fund. Thank you all.
We would also like to thank Ian Sludge-Lees for taking the time out to come and play and also for his quite memorable performance after the golf.
Our thanks also to Robbie Dennison and Andy Blair for joining us on the day, we really do appreciate them taking the time to play.
Many thanks to Keith Fenby for the pictures he lovingly created as prizes for the winners/guests
.The Results were as follows:
- 1st Aston Villa with 181 Points
- 2nd Birmingham City with 176 Points
- 3rd WBA (1st Team) with 174 Points
- 4th All-Star Team with 169 Points
- 5th WBA (2nd Team) with 165 Points
- 6th Wolves with 162 Points.
- Longest Drive went to Richard Woodward - WBA
- Nearest the Pin went to Ray Gillett - Birmingham
- Best Score of the Day went to Andy Price and Justin Webster (Villa) with a fantastic 50 Points
Captain's comment
A fantastic day, wonderfully supported by our members
Personal congratulations go to Pete Houghton captain of the Villa Team on their success (again) - well done, and also to Andy and Justin who's excellent score, tipped the balance in the favour of the Villa Team.
My final thanks must go to Dave Guest for the wonderful day he organised and the food and entertainment he provided. A quite memorable day.
Well done Dave.
Many thanks
Captain.
Click here for pictures when available.
Seniors Past Captains Day at Home
The Seniors Past Captains Day at Home was played on Friday 30th September.
Club Captain Andy Harper and President Brian Stokes, joined the current Senior Captain Trevor Norman and many Past Senior Captains for their Day at Home.
A wonderful 10 Hole Competition played in beautiful weather conditions preceded a four course meal.
Many thanks to Martin Parish for organising the day, which was enjoyed by all.
Results being:
- 1st Andy Harper - Club Captain 23 Points
- 2nd Brian Stokes - 22 Points
- 3rd Frank Tomlinson - 21 Points.
Captain's Log, many thanks to Martin Parish for his kind invite.
I was delighted to be able to join the Seniors Past Captains for their Day at home, and also find out what a senior handicap is all about (I don't think they will be so generous next time).
In true Captain's spirit, the bottle of whiskey that was won, was duly put up in the bar. Captain noted it didn't last long!!.
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Halesowen Golf club members, would like to wish Dave and Tilly Guest a very Happy wedding anniversary, today 22nd September.
6 years married and working together, and still smiling. Not sure who should have the medal looking at Dave pic below. Joking.
Hope you enjoyed your Bucks Fizz breakfast and wish you all the verybest and have a Happy Day and many, many more happy years together.
Seniors win All Sections Vase for only the 3rd time in 24 Years.
On Sunday the 18th of September, the Annual All Sections Vase took place. An annual event between the Four Sections of the Golf Club, with the Gentlemen Members and the Juniors being predominant winners for the last number of years, it was somewhat of a surprise when the Senior Section won, closely followed by the Ladies Section with the Gentlemen third and the Juniors 4th.
An event first started in 1988 by the then current Captains, Colin Handy and Ruth Woodward. Club Captain's Andy Harper and Maureen Badger were delighted that Ruth and Colin had taken the time to come down and present the All Sections Vase Trophy, to the Senior Captain Mr Trevor "Bandit" Norman.
We were delighted to get a good response from the membership for the event and were also blessed with great weather.
Many thanks
Captain Andy
Black Country Night
Another teriffic social event was well attended on Saturday 17th Sept, in the presence of The Black Country's own, Nipper Thomas (pictured).
The jokes came thick and fast and he had us all in stitches from start to finish. Thank You Nipper.
Not only did we have a treat for our ears, there was one in store for our bellies as well, with some traditional and extremely tasty, Black Country Fayre.
To top the night off, we had a Black Country Quiz, fused together by our Honorary Black Country Expert (not) Ian 'Northern Bloke' Davies. The winners of the Quiz, after some deliberation, were Angela Norman and her team, with 24 out of 30. Bennetts & Co. finished with the same score, but failed in the draw. A very good effort from both teams and well done to all teams who enetered and raised £30.00 for The Captain's Charity.
Many thanks to all those concerned with the organisation of such a fabulous night and keep your eyes peeled for the next one.
Mens Invitation Open
The Men's Invitation Open was played on Saturday 10th September 2011
Please click here for results
Lady Vice Captain's day at home
Claire held her Vice Captains day at home on Wednesday 24th August. A word from our Lady Vice Captain.....
My sincere thanks to all the ladies who helped to make my day at home so enjoyable. I was overwhelmed by the response of the ladies and it was super to see you all enjoy the day.
In the main, the weather was kind to us, just a few spots of rain during late afternoon. It was lovely to see our non-playing ladies take part in the putting competition, thank you Ruth, Vera, Val and Jeanne.
Sadly some of our ladies had to refrain from playing due to injury/recovery from an operation, however, I was truly grateful that you came to support the day and hope you enjoyed chatting to friends. I would also like to wish you a speedy recovery.
There were a variety of competitions to take part in and the results were as follows:
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Congratulations to you all.... Claire Davies.
Lady Captain's day at home
Maureen held her Captains day at home on Wednesday 3rd August.
As the August newsletter was a joint club newsletter celebrating the Captain's charity weekend, the lady Captain did not have the opportunity to thank all the ladies who supported her day at home.
A word from our LadyCaptain.....
I would like to thank all the ladies for supporting my day and once again it was lovely to see our non-playing ladies as well as our playing section. We had been extremely fortunate with the weather during this month and it was a lovely, hot day.
The winner from Division 1 was Alison Bennett and from Division 2 was Dorothy Hughes.
Well done also to Chris Rollings, Chris Stokes, Anne Solloway, Angela Norman, Olwyn Gore, Audrey Parry and Elsie Hingley for winning prizes.
Wales Sneak in to Win Home Internationals
Sunday 30th of October, the golf club held its annual Home International Golf Tournament, with members nailing the allegiance to the respective nationalities.
With 72 players taking part, representing England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland, golf again was played in fantastic conditions given the time of year.
Captain would like to thank everyone who took part, also, those who stood in at very short notice, I think an enjoyable day was had by all.
My particular thanks go to Merlyn Roberts, Terry Hoare and John Andrews for organising the Wales, Ireland and Scotland teams respectively (Thank you to Captain also for all his hard work and organizational skills on the day - Ian).
With an American Greensome format, using a stableford scoring system, there were nine pairs in each team with the best six cards to count, unless in the event of a tie, the seventh card would be taken into consideration.
The results being as follows.
My congratulations go to Welsh Captain Merlyn for the Welsh Victory albeit on the Seventh Card, a fantastically close event.
Best scores of the day were as follows:
Well done to the above eight golfers who all received vouchers.
My thanks also to the Ladies for taking part, a fantastic club event.
Picture shows the Victorious Welsh Team
Captain Andy
More photos here.
Christmas Competition
Saturday and Sunday Christmas Competition played in lovely weather, with a fantastic turnout from the membership yet again.
Thank you to everyone who took part and my special thanks to Joyce Parkes for helping out with desk duties, yet again.
Captain.
Results were as follows:
Men's Competition
Congratulations to Mark and Martin on their win in a very close competition with many scores on 43 points or there abouts.
In the Mixed Competition results were as follows:
Editor's Note (it's painful for me to type this because we may not hear the end of it).
Many congratulations to Paul and Zoe on a wonderful round of golf - Well Done!!
Captain
Reference to the raffle (those unclaimed are in the Offfice)
Just about covers it for now
Many thanks
Captain
Pride of the Midlands.
Our Pride of the Midlands Golf Event took place on Sunday 2nd October
We were blessed with perfect playing conditions, which was only matched by the organisation of the event by Dave Guest and his team. Growing ever more popular with each year, it was great to see 72 players out playing.
Our thanks go to Lady Captain and Vice Lady Captain, Maureen Badger and Claire Davies for their help on the desk and the selling of raffle tickets. We would also like to thank Trevor Hoare for his help on the day as well. Terry was later given a yellow card, as he decided to remove his team shirt in celebration. But we're still trying to work out how an Irish Man can support Aston Villa. I'm sure there is a connection somewhere.
Our thanks go to the members for their fantastic support, yet again, for a Competition all in aid of Charity. A staggering £559.00 was raised to go to our Children's Hospital Fund. Thank you all.
We would also like to thank Ian Sludge-Lees for taking the time out to come and play and also for his quite memorable performance after the golf.
Our thanks also to Robbie Dennison and Andy Blair for joining us on the day, we really do appreciate them taking the time to play.
Many thanks to Keith Fenby for the pictures he lovingly created as prizes for the winners/guests
.The Results were as follows:
- 1st Aston Villa with 181 Points
- 2nd Birmingham City with 176 Points
- 3rd WBA (1st Team) with 174 Points
- 4th All-Star Team with 169 Points
- 5th WBA (2nd Team) with 165 Points
- 6th Wolves with 162 Points.
- Longest Drive went to Richard Woodward - WBA
- Nearest the Pin went to Ray Gillett - Birmingham
- Best Score of the Day went to Andy Price and Justin Webster (Villa) with a fantastic 50 Points
Captain's comment
A fantastic day, wonderfully supported by our members
Personal congratulations go to Pete Houghton captain of the Villa Team on their success (again) - well done, and also to Andy and Justin who's excellent score, tipped the balance in the favour of the Villa Team.
My final thanks must go to Dave Guest for the wonderful day he organised and the food and entertainment he provided. A quite memorable day.
Well done Dave.
Many thanks
Captain.
Click here for pictures when available.
Seniors Past Captains Day at Home
The Seniors Past Captains Day at Home was played on Friday 30th September.
Club Captain Andy Harper and President Brian Stokes, joined the current Senior Captain Trevor Norman and many Past Senior Captains for their Day at Home.
A wonderful 10 Hole Competition played in beautiful weather conditions preceded a four course meal.
Many thanks to Martin Parish for organising the day, which was enjoyed by all.
Results being:
- 1st Andy Harper - Club Captain 23 Points
- 2nd Brian Stokes - 22 Points
- 3rd Frank Tomlinson - 21 Points.
Captain's Log, many thanks to Martin Parish for his kind invite.
I was delighted to be able to join the Seniors Past Captains for their Day at home, and also find out what a senior handicap is all about (I don't think they will be so generous next time).
In true Captain's spirit, the bottle of whiskey that was won, was duly put up in the bar. Captain noted it didn't last long!!.
» » » Happy Wedding Anniversary « « «
Halesowen Golf club members, would like to wish Dave and Tilly Guest a very Happy wedding anniversary, today 22nd September.
6 years married and working together, and still smiling. Not sure who should have the medal looking at Dave pic below. Joking.
Hope you enjoyed your Bucks Fizz breakfast and wish you all the verybest and have a Happy Day and many, many more happy years together.
Seniors win All Sections Vase for only the 3rd time in 24 Years.
On Sunday the 18th of September, the Annual All Sections Vase took place. An annual event between the Four Sections of the Golf Club, with the Gentlemen Members and the Juniors being predominant winners for the last number of years, it was somewhat of a surprise when the Senior Section won, closely followed by the Ladies Section with the Gentlemen third and the Juniors 4th.
An event first started in 1988 by the then current Captains, Colin Handy and Ruth Woodward. Club Captain's Andy Harper and Maureen Badger were delighted that Ruth and Colin had taken the time to come down and present the All Sections Vase Trophy, to the Senior Captain Mr Trevor "Bandit" Norman.
We were delighted to get a good response from the membership for the event and were also blessed with great weather.
Many thanks
Captain Andy
Black Country Night
Another teriffic social event was well attended on Saturday 17th Sept, in the presence of The Black Country's own, Nipper Thomas (pictured).
The jokes came thick and fast and he had us all in stitches from start to finish. Thank You Nipper.
Not only did we have a treat for our ears, there was one in store for our bellies as well, with some traditional and extremely tasty, Black Country Fayre.
To top the night off, we had a Black Country Quiz, fused together by our Honorary Black Country Expert (not) Ian 'Northern Bloke' Davies. The winners of the Quiz, after some deliberation, were Angela Norman and her team, with 24 out of 30. Bennetts & Co. finished with the same score, but failed in the draw. A very good effort from both teams and well done to all teams who enetered and raised £30.00 for The Captain's Charity.
Many thanks to all those concerned with the organisation of such a fabulous night and keep your eyes peeled for the next one.
Mens Invitation Open
The Men's Invitation Open was played on Saturday 10th September 2011
Please click here for results
Lady Vice Captain's day at home
Claire held her Vice Captains day at home on Wednesday 24th August. A word from our Lady Vice Captain.....
My sincere thanks to all the ladies who helped to make my day at home so enjoyable. I was overwhelmed by the response of the ladies and it was super to see you all enjoy the day.
In the main, the weather was kind to us, just a few spots of rain during late afternoon. It was lovely to see our non-playing ladies take part in the putting competition, thank you Ruth, Vera, Val and Jeanne.
Sadly some of our ladies had to refrain from playing due to injury/recovery from an operation, however, I was truly grateful that you came to support the day and hope you enjoyed chatting to friends. I would also like to wish you a speedy recovery.
There were a variety of competitions to take part in and the results were as follows:
Congratulations to you all.... Claire Davies.
Lady Captain's day at home
Maureen held her Captains day at home on Wednesday 3rd August.
As the August newsletter was a joint club newsletter celebrating the Captain's charity weekend, the lady Captain did not have the opportunity to thank all the ladies who supported her day at home.
A word from our LadyCaptain.....
I would like to thank all the ladies for supporting my day and once again it was lovely to see our non-playing ladies as well as our playing section. We had been extremely fortunate with the weather during this month and it was a lovely, hot day.
The winner from Division 1 was Alison Bennett and from Division 2 was Dorothy Hughes.
Well done also to Chris Rollings, Chris Stokes, Anne Solloway, Angela Norman, Olwyn Gore, Audrey Parry and Elsie Hingley for winning prizes.
Mary Stevens Hospice Cup
Halesowen Golf Club welcomed Gerald Wood, representatives from Mary Stevens Hospice and Men and Lady Golfers from Enville, Hagley and Dudley Golf Clubs respectively to play for the Mary Stevens Hospice Cup, which is an annual event, held this year on Sunday 28th August.
Although we went through the whole spectrum of weather to start off with, eventually conditions settled to be overcast and mainly dry.
In the Men's competition, Halesowen ran out winners with 112pts, being the best three stableford cards from six competitors, Dudley Golf Club came second with 101pts. In the individual event, Halesowen's Wayne Jones, pipped Club Captain Andy Harper by 1pt to take the best golfer award with 39pts and 38pts respectively.
In the Ladies competition Hagley Ladies ran out winners with 99pts and Amy Field representing Hagley scored 39pts to take the Individual Ladies Trophy.
Club Captain Andy Harper, would like to put on record his thanks to the Ladies for organising the desk and the selling of raffle tickets, and also the Halesowen Teams for taking the time to represent the club, his thanks go to: Ross Bloomer, Scott Attwood, Kevin Hilliard, Dave Gough and Wayne Jones, the Ladies representatives being, Lady Captain Maureen Badger, Lady Vice Captain Claire Davies, Alison Bennett, Gill Miller, Jane Barber, Chris Rollings. Captain would also like to thank Acting Assisting Greenkeeper, Paul Badger, for his help with raking the bunkers.
Our picture shows Club Captain Andy Harper and members of the victorious Halesowen Team with the Mary Stevens Trophy.
Happy 80th Birthday
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Halesowen Golf Club and all it's members, would like to wish Mr Stan Bateman a Happy 80th birthday.
Stan is a long standing member and Past Captain of the club and does much work for the Rotary Club as well as HGC.
We hope you had a fantastic day on Wednesday 3rd Aug and wish you all the best for the future.
Enjoy your week(end) of celebrations, Stan.
Let Us Know
If you have any news or information you would like to share with us.
Forward information and/or pictures to Ian at the above email address, or let him know via mobile.
If you need a photo taking, please let us know in plenty of time.
Captain's Day Away
A teriffic day was had by all at the Captain's Day Away at Shifnal on Fri 29th July and once again, Mr Captain had done a deal with the powers that be and managed to get a fine, dry day (how does he do it!!!!)
'Just a small mention of what a Fantastic Day in Shifnal, was enjoyed (I think) by everyone who went, and a small congratulations to the winners....... Richard Moyes, John Hassall, Ken Perry and Brian Cockburn with a magnificent 133 points and the runners up....... Graham Dumphy, Bob Powell, Paul Jackson and Alan Skett with 123 points.
Congratulations also to; Longest Drive Winner Mr John Hassall; Nearest the Pin in Two Mr Bob Powell; Nearest the Pin Dave Parry. Also my thanks to the Vice Captain for his help, support and assistance on the day.
Finally thanks to Shifnal Golf Club for accommodating us and the help and hospitality on the day.
Finally, Finally to the Northern Bloke for keeping me company on the way there and the way back!!.
All the best Captain Andy.'
I'm sure all of the participants would like to say a great big "Thank You" to Captain, for organizing such a great day.
Finally, worth a mention, is the outstanding effort of Peter Parkes, Martin Tumelty, John Andrews and Northern Bloke, for achieving a 17 score on par 3 hole 10, using the yellow ball to double Ian's score. And for all the doubters, the one thing that proves that this wasn't fixed, was our final score......... LAST! Laughs......
Finally, finally. You are welcome Mr Captain. The journey was as enjoyable as the day.
Lady Captains Day away
Thank you to all the ladies who attended the Lady Captains day away at Cleobury Mortimer on Wednesday 28th July. The weather was glorious again and we had in total 23 playing ladies. We all enjoyed the day and joined in a meal together following our games.
A special thank you to our Lady Captain, Maureen Badger, for organising a super day. We hope you enjoy your flowers. The ladies played a Stableford on the Deers and Badgers courses.
Results were as follows:
36 Division 1st Claire Davies 34 points 2nd Alison Sayer 30 points
28—34 division 1st Janet Clarke 34 points 2nd Joyce Goodwin 30 points
13—27 division 1st Chris Stokes 37 points 2nd Anne Solloway 31 points
Nearest the Pin Jodie Badger
Best 9 prizes Jodie Badger (Badger course) Audrey Parry (Deer course)
Summer Ball
Thank you to all the members who supported our Summer Ball.
We had a lovely evening, even if a little upset by the weather. The wind and rain was a little persistent, which meant the outdoor hog roast, had to be completed indoors, but as usual, the food was exemplary and the company even better. The live band was excellent, producing a medley of hits from the past. Many thanks to all those involved and to Dave, Tilly and staff.
Vice Captains' Day at Home
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Thank you to all the members who supported our Vice Captain, on his day at home. For the main part, the weather was glorious and a great game of golf was had by all (well enjoyable if not great).
Click here for results.
Captains' Charity Weekend
The Captains' Charity weekend was a resounding success, with everything (barring Sunday afternoon's weather) running like clockwork. The amount raised was a staggering sum and the largest ever recorded at Halesowen Golf Club.
There was some great golf played, followed by a wonderful presentation evening, initiated by a very moving and heartfelt speech from our Captain, and then a wonderful performance by Julian Smith (yes, the one from 'Britain's Got Talent').
HGC would like to say a great big "Thank You", to everybody who contributed in any way, in making the day such a runaway success, but especially to our Captain and Lady Captain.
Please click here for results.
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A word from our Captain.
"Can I first start by putting on record that I have never Met Victoria Beckham and most certainly not on (Seven) occasions. (see link).
The Lady Captain and I would like to place on record our deep appreciation for the fantastic support that we had on Charity Weekend. There was never any intention to set any kind of record for the amount we've raised, we just wanted to do the best we could for our chosen charities, Cure Leukaemia and Birmingham Childrens Hospital. We handed over a cheque for Cure Leukaemia for £4850, with approximately £1,500 in the bank for a presentation to BirminghamChildren's Hospital in November.
This brings the total somewhere in the region of £6,350.00 (A Fantastic Achievement and one which every member can be extremely proud).
We would also like to place on record our appreciation to our tee sponsors, for the sponsoring of the tee's and also our willing band of helpers who ensured the weekend would be a success.
Thanks particularly go to Joyce Parkes, Ian & Claire Davies, Paul Badger, Linda and John Gillett, Elaine and Gemma Harper, Steve Collins, Dave Gough, Martin Parish, Trevor & Angela Norman, Kevin Hilliard and of course, everybody who donated prizes for the auctions and raffles..
We would also like to thank Clare Waldron from Cure Leukaemia for taking the time and trouble to be with us on Sunday for the presentation and also our entertainer Mr Julian Smith".
Andy Harper
Club Captain 2011
Click here for photographs.
Congratulations to Charlene and Rob Williamson
On behalf of the members of Halesowen Golf Club, we would like to send our congratulations and best wishes, to Charlene and Rob on the birth of their beautiful daughter, Elizabeth Jane, who weighed in at 6lb 10oz.
Mum and baby are both well.
The photo was taken when Elizabeth Jane was just 1 day old (click photo for larger image)!!!!
Charity Weekend Sponsorship
Captain Andy Harper has now filled all hole sponsorship opportunities for the Charity Weekend, raising an incredible £1800.
A big thank you to all members and non-members who supported the cause. You can view them all by clicking here.
Hope you will join us over the weekend and for the presentation on Sunday evening.
Wedding Bells
Could we take this opportunity to wish Mr Paul Carter a member of our club and Miss Dawn Holbrooke, Best Wishes for their wedding on Saturday 24th June. Hope you had a fantastic day and that this is just the start of a wonderful life together. All the very Best from the members and Committees of Halesowen Golf Club.
Lost and Found
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Does anybody recognise this bag tag?
Found on the first tee by the starter
Please contact Ian 'Northern Bloke' Davies, if you've lost it, or know who has.
Dawn Chorus
This years Dawn Chorus was held on Saturday 4th June.
The day started with an absolutely beautiful sunny morning (unusual considering it was 6.30AM).
We had an excellent turn out of members, requiring the need to utilise A and B tee times from a couple of the holes.
A delicious cooked breakfast (Thanks Chef) followed a very pleasant 18 holes of golf.
Results:
Winners Pat Parish, Dave Adcock, Paul Bennett. 88 points.
Runners-up Colin Isherwood, Lynne Andrews, Ian Davies.
Booby prize John Hassal, Claire Davies & Adam Sayers... who received a bag of pork scratchings......EACH!
Captain, Lady Captain and John Taylor were actually 1st with 93 points (HOW MANY!) , but gave up there placing. Their 3rd team mate John, shares top slot with the winning team.
Captains' Mixed Weekend Away
Our club Captains' Mr Andy Harper and Mrs Maureen Badger organised a mixed weekend away. The weekend was held on Sunday 29th and Monday 30th May at Tewkesbury Golf Club.
The weekend was a great success (only marginally upset by a blustery breeze on Sunday and a little precipitation on Monday). The Captain and Lady Captain would like to express their thanks to everybody attending and well done to competition prize winners, Claire Davies, Dave Parry, Colin Prophet and Chris Stokes. Both Captains came in first in competitions, but gave up their prizes.
Thanks to Badger and Northern Bloke for the evenings entertainment and also a Big Thank You to Captain and Lady Captain for the weekend and drinks on the evening.
Click link for photograph of attendees hi-res or lo-res (slower connections).
Charity Weekend Sponsorship
Captain Andy Harper has now filled all hole sponsorship opportunities for the Charity Weekend, raising an incredible £1800.
A big thank you to all members and non-members who supported the cause. You can view them all by clicking here.
Hope you will join us over the weekend and for the presentation on Sunday evening.
New Members BBQ
Thank You to all our new members (and members) for turning out on such an extremely dull and wet day for the barbeque, on Sunday 12th June.
Although it was too wet to cook food outside, a lovely selection was provided by Chef, in the kitchen and everybody enjoyed a glass of bubbly, compliments of the house.
Thanks to Mr President for organising the event.
Mixed Knockout Draw
If you have entered into the Mixed knockout, please see the notice board in the main entrance of the clubhouse, in order to find out which opponents you have been drawn against.
Games must be played by Sunday 26th June.
Halesowen Golf Club AM-AM Event
Halesowen Golf Club held its Annual AM-AM Event on Sunday 22nd of May, in dry but very blustery conditions, 35 four-ball teams battled it out in a Stableford Competition with two out of four to count, as is the case with many of these events, the final places were decided by the last few cards in.
It was nice to see so many visiting teams enjoying the facilities on offer, along with the golf, there was also a putting competition which was enjoyed by many of the competitors taking part.
Although at the time of writing, figures had not been finalised, a significant sum was raised for the Captains' nominated charities, Cure Leukaemia and Birmingham Children's Hospital through a raffle held on the day.
Many thanks to all who took part, we look forward to seeing you again next year.
Club Captain