Captain's Newsletter - 28 Aug 2017

Sign up now for the Autumn Meeting on 21st September. Cups, trophies, medals & stablefords won since the Spring meeting will be presented after a delicious lunch.

There are still tee times available for Captain's Day on Sat 30th September.  The price includes a 3 course dinner with entertainment in the evening. Sign up on the board.

Golf Results

Weekend -  Round 5 of the eclectic, still all to play for.

Tuesday saw the last round of the summer eclectic. Winners will be announced at the Autumn meeting

Thursday -  Great weather and conditions made for some great scores in the August Stableford. Sarah Faircliff won Division 1 on countback from Amanda Macknight with 37 points. Maggie Theaker took Division 2, again on countback, from Lesley Bonser with 39 points. Julia Goodwin, with 16 points won the 9 hole competition.

Have a great bank holiday.

Jackie Reid
Ladies' Captain⛳️

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Captain's Newsletter - 21 Aug 2017

Solheim Cup 2017
A fabulous day of camaraderie, fun and of course golf at Mill Green (EUROPE) in trying to bring the Solheim Cup back to Chesfield Downs (USA).

Suitably dressed for the occasion Team USA played their hearts out on a very well prepared course. Home advantage proved to much in the end. Europe 7 - 2 USA

Click here to see more photos of the day.

Bank Holiday Monday - Pro Shop Staff v Members - Three tee times are available with more if needed. Plenty of prizes up for grabs. Sign up on the board in the bar.

As a courtesy to your playing partners please check on HDID what you have signed up for. Competitions are open 3 weeks in advance and in that time changes are inevitable so please on Monday/Tuesday prior to the Thursday please just check you are still playing with whom you originally signed up with. If you are a single player there is still time to change and fill a spare tee time. Thank you for your help in making our booking system run smoothly.

One Years Free Membership - As the Captain takes a much needed break this week Sarah will be offering you the chance to buy a ticket to get you in the draw for a years membership. Tickets £5. All proceeds will be split between the Captains charities.

Golf Results
Tuesday - Penultimate round of the Summer eclectic. Some great scores shot today, will the gross winner be below par??

Thursday
Dark clouds threatened to put a dampener on the Macknight Pairs Scramble but sunshine and good scoring won the day. This popular format of playing the best positioned ball on each shot saw Jackie Reid and Sarah Faircliff come out on top with a gross score of 76, nett 68.7 Well played all.

Jackie Reid
Ladies Captain⛳️

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Captain's Newsletter - 14 Aug 2017

Captain's Day

The sign up sheet for the Captain's Day on the 30th September is now on the notice board. 18 holes of golf with some great prizes and a 3 course dinner with entertainment in the evening. All for £30.
Additional guests are welcome to play the golf and/or attend the evening.

When signing up for the golf please also indicate how many additional tickets you would like for the evening. Please make payment to Ladies Section clearly indicating 'Captains Day'.

Autumn Meeting
Sign up will open this coming Thursday for the Autumn Meeting (Thursday 21st Sep) playing for the Chris Leary Chalice. Those just wishing to just come for for lunch please sign up on the notice board.

Once again courtesy of Crown Golf we will be raffling off One Years Free Membership!!! Tickets are £5 each, the draw will take place on the evening of the Captains Day. See Captain or Vice to be in it to win it.

Boat Trip On The River Lee

With afternoon tea - still a few spaces left for our cruise down the river on Wednesday 20th September. Only £16

Solheim Cup
Good luck to the Solheim Cup team playing at Mill Green on Friday - bring those balls home girls 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

And finally........

Golf Results
Weekend - unseasonal wet weather meant an abandoned medal round.

Tuesday saw round 2 of the summer eclectic - results at the Autumn Meeting.

Palmer Cup - unfortunately seasonal August weather caused a postponement of the ladies match to retain the Cup against the senior men. We had a fun morning on the Sky Trak followed by lunch and rescheduled for 27th September. Two places are available if anyone wishes to play.

Thursday - yes you've guessed it, even though the sun was shining and the sky was clear all bunkers were GUR (to help preserve them) so the monthly medal was abandoned. We enjoyed a fun round.

The forecast for the coming weeks is looking good so get out and enjoy your golf.

Jackie Reid
Ladies Captain⛳️

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Playing Away From Home

Playing Away From Home

If you play in a non- qualifying competition at another club it is YOUR responsibility to inform the Handicap Secretary of your scores and result.

England Golf wants to make sure that Handicap Committees have all necessary 'supporting evidence' for handicap reviews. Any non-qualifying AWAY scores will not directly affect your handicap, but may be used as part of the handicap review.

Your individual scores or team results must be returned in all singles, Am-Am & 4BBB with the exception of Texas Scrambles, Foursomes, Greensomes, Open's and casual social rounds.

Please use the form produced by England Golf, which is on the general notice board. The following information is required:

1. Your name & partners name (if team/pairs)
2. Date & venue/course
3. Format of competition
4. SSS of course
5. Score returned
6. Placement if in top 5

Players must make every effort to maintain a handicap that reflects their current playing ability. If a player does not return away scores a loss or suspension of handicap may result under Clause 24.1 CONGU rules.

Rogie Taylor
Handicap Secretary

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Captain's Newsletter - 7 Aug 2017

Away Day Winners

Away Day
A very windy and occasionally wet Collingtree Park played host to the 2017 Kelland Pairs Away day. Thirty four ladies started out with hearty bacon butties and pastries before taking on the challenging course.

Scoring proved difficult in the gale force winds. Runners up (on countback) with 32 points were Lauren Pitcher & Kathy Dale. Winning with 33 points were Lesley Bonser & Di Rogers. Congratulations to all for completing the course and thank you to Collingtree Park for being the perfect hosts.

In other news sign up for the Macknight Pairs is on the PSI, rules are on the board.

Good luck to the ladies playing on Wednesday to defend the Palmer Cup against the senior men.

Golf Results
Weekend - Round 4 of the eclectic, still all to play for.

Tuesday - Summer eclectic has begun. First of four rounds played. Sign up in PSI for remaining 3 rounds.

Jackie Reid
Ladies Captain⛳️

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Captain's Newsletter - 31 Jul 2017

Away Day
Last weeks deliberate mistake was well spotted by many. Our away day is in fact up the M1 at Collingtree Park. There is an excellent app that can be downloaded with course info and pro tips. This may be used as a stroke saver on the course.

Junior Charity Day
Dan Jordan is hosting his charity day on Saturday 12th August, in aid of The Chelsea Children's Hospital Charity. Please see the sign up sheet if you wish to enter.

Golf results
Weekend - Seven ladies joined the men to play in the Denis Flynn Memorial last Sunday, top position with 32 points was Julie Price.

Tuesday - Final round of the stableford league, results on the website.

Thursday - A gift, a wish & a joker saw some high scores returned. Playing for Hellidon Lakes prizes the winner on countback was Mandy Unger. Longest drive went to Marica Kelland and nearest the pin Sarah Faircliff. Many thanks to Lin Goodey and Katy Cook for organising our excellent extended away weekend.

Course maintenance starts this week. There will be no golf on Thursday as we are holding our annual Kelland Pairs away day. Please be patient with the ground staff who will be working to improve our course, so greens may be affected.

Good luck to all playing at Collingtree Park.

Jackie Reid
Ladies Captain

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