CAPTAIN'S BLOG - NEWS

Good weather for course renovations...

18/9/2023

A couple of busy days, today and tomorrow, for Matt and his team as they spike and sand the greens and core the tee boxes. The dry warm weather will assist the flow of the sand into the spike holes on the greens. The holes are approximately 100mm deep and the sand on the greens are "rubbed" into the holes by dragging a matt of artificial turf across the greens using a golf cart. Hopefully a shower or two of rain will come with the weather change on Thursday.

Arthur Brassey - single knock out draw

The draw has been done for the Arthur Brassey single knock out competition. A strong field of twenty players - the draw is below and on the notice board in the club house.

Recent Results... Secretarys Trophy

Congratulations to Bob Constable and Jamie O'Reilly for winning the member and offspring Secretarys Trophy for 2023.

The 4BBB competition, 82 players, was won by two visitors from Tully Park Golf Club, Jack Klopf and Josh Whitfield with 48 points.
Runners up were John Hobbs and Ross Jauncey with 46 points.
Charles Vaugh-Smith won the Eagles Nest; NTP 11th hole won by John Hobbs and Peter Leon won the 14th hole Pro-Pin.

Upcoming Events...

Wednesday 20th Sept - Greenskeepers Revenge - 3 ball Ambrose

Saturday 7th October - Monthly Medal and first round of the qualifiers for the Club Championship. The second round is the following Saturday the 14th October.

Dave Burgess

J W Draper... winners

12/9/2023

J W Draper Trophy - Foursomes Hcp Knockout

The winners of the Claret Jug trophy this year were Tony Hobson and Peter Metcalf. They one 1 UP from the other finalists Paul Barnes and David Bickford.

Jim Draper joined our club in 1984 with an impressive golfing pedigree. Jim was the Scottish Amateur Champion in 1954.

Well done to Tony and Peter.

The Arthur Brassey - Singles Handicap Match Play Knockout

You have till this Sunday to sign up for the Arthur Brassy knock out. Don't miss the opportunity.

Arthur Brassey was one of the original shareholders in the BGC Company and was a committee member from 1917 to 1921.

Sign up sheet is in the Pro-Shop on the counter.

A Reminder... Course Renovations.

Next Monday and Tuesday (18th/19th) the course will be closed for the spring renovations.

Book in for next Wednesday 3 ball Ambrose - Greenskeepers Revenge.

September Monthly Medal... Max Allen Trophy

4/9/2023

Last Saturday's Monthly Medal and Max Allen Trophy attracted 76 players.

The Grade Winners were:
A Grade
Winner - Adem De Manincor Nett 67
Runner up - Sam Mulholland Nett 68

B Grade
Winner - Paul Knock - Nett 65
Runner up - Gregory Morgan - Nett 66

C Grade
Winner - Colin Hoskins - Nett 62 - great score.
Runner up - Wayne Godbolt - Nett 69.

Colin Hoskins won the Max Allen Trophy with the great score nett 62. (See photo below)
James Pinkstone was the best gross score with 74. (See photo below)

Eagles Nest winner Ian McKenzie
NTP 11th - James Karkin
14th Hole Pro-Pin - Peter Chen.

Course Update
The final 260 meters of boundary fence along Links Road is underway and planned to be complete this week. This will complete stage one of the fencing upgrade. Matt and his team plus our volunteers have done a great job and saved the Club considerable money in doing this "in-house" as opposed to the fencing contract quotes we received. Well done!!

Upcoming Greens Renovation
Monday and Tuesday; 18th & 19th September the course will be closed for the renovation of the greens.
Wednesday will be a 3 ball Ambrose "Greenskeepers Revenge".

Local Rules...on one page

28/8/2023

With the assistance of one of our members we have been able to get all the local rules onto one page.
Hopefully this makes it easier for members and guests.

The page is on the website under the Captains News page menu, the Club notice board and the Pro-Shop notice board.

Remember, these local rules are in conjunction with the R&A Rules of Golf which can be found on the R&A website and on the MiScore app.

The latest file for the "BGC Men Trophy winners" has been uploaded to the website - see menu Captains News page.

The new fencing is being installed along the 5th hole this week... next stage will be along the 7th hole to the 8th tee box.

With the recent rains "preferred lies" will remain in place.

Recent Results... Saturday

Well done to Tony Rourke with 42 points to win the day. Chris Shaw was runner up with 40 on a count back.
An increased field size over recent weeks resulted in a handsome payout for the 14th Pro-Pin to Colin Weatherby.
Eagles Nest went to Kevin Burke and the HTP 11th was Tom Cavanough.

Upcoming events...

Saturday September 2nd - Monthly Medal and the Max Allen Trophy

Saturday September 16th - Secretarys Trophy - members and offspring 4BBB Stableford

Monday/Tuesday 18/19 September - Greens Renovations - course closed.

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